Soviet Spy Anthony Blunt Interviewed on News at Ten (1979)

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On 20 November 1979, art historian and former Soviet spy Anthony Blunt was interviewed on ITN's News at Ten. Having been publicly revealed as the "fourth man" of the Cambridge spy ring, Anthony Blunt explained his decision to spy for Soviet Russia. Reading from a written statement at an intimate press conference, Blunt said he had put "conscience before country" in the cause of anti-fascism. He confirmed that he had been recruited at Cambridge in the 1930s by Guy Burgess, whose flight to Moscow along with fellow Soviet spy Donald Maclean in 1951 first revealed the Soviet Union's penetration of MI6 to the British public. Also interviewed was George Kennedy Young, formerly deputy director of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), who cast doubt of the sincerity of Blunt's statement. #AnthonyBlunt #Spy #Spies #Spying #ColdWar #CambridgeSpies #Espionage #Russia #SIS #MI6 #Soviet #SovietUnion #USSR #SovietWave #GuyBurgess #KimPhilby #TheCrown To license the footage featured in this clip, follow the link below: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/search/2/film?phrase=AS201179002*%20or%20AS201179001*&sort=best&license=rf%2Crr To search the ITN Archive collection on Getty Images, follow the link below: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/footage/itn 🎥 Subscribe to our YouTube channel (tap the bell icon and stay up to date with all the latest ITN Archive videos!) - https://www.youtube.com/@ITNArchive 🎥 Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ITNArchive 🎥 Like us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ITNArchiveITNP 🎥 Check out our TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@itnarchive1955