“The spies in history who can say from their graves, the
infomation I supplied to my masters, for better or worse,
altered the history of our planet, can be counted on the fingers
of one hand. Richard Sorge was in that group.” Born in
Bournemouth, England in 1907, the son of an English clergyman.
Moved to Paris with his family in 1911. Returned to England
where he graduated from Cambridge University in 1932. Became a
Fellow at Trinity College and recruited numerous students into
his espionage activities, including Kim Philby, David MacLean
and Guy Burgess, with whom Blunt was sexually involved (Blunt,
Philby, MacLean and Burgess were four members of the Cambridge
Five, England's most notorious spy ring). Is believed by many to
have tipped off Kim Philby about the impending arrest of Donald
MacLean which lead MacLean and Burgess to flee to the Soviet
Union. Was accused of being a spy for the Soviet Union in 1964
by Arthur Martin. Evidence was supplied by an American, Michael
Whitney, who claimed that Blunt had