1 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: We'll be looking at a new spy story with Kim Philby. 2 00:00:05,639 --> 00:00:07,080 We're going to be looking a little bit more at 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:11,560 Kim Philby in depth. There's a lot of unfortunately situations 4 00:00:11,599 --> 00:00:16,399 where he betrayed the British government and we'll look to 5 00:00:16,399 --> 00:00:20,199 see at some of his cases in the world of spy. 6 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,120 So this one's Compromising five and MI six. We mentioned 7 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,440 before he was a central figure in the Cambridge five 8 00:00:26,559 --> 00:00:31,519 spy ring. Inflicted severe damage on Britain's six and their 9 00:00:31,559 --> 00:00:35,600 Security Service five by passing critical intelligence to the Soviet Union. 10 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:40,439 In the nineteen thirties, he recruited Soviet handlers. Philby infiltrated 11 00:00:40,759 --> 00:00:43,960 six and nineteen forty, leveraging his positions to undermine Western 12 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,000 intelligence operations. One of the most damaging betrayals occurred in 13 00:00:48,039 --> 00:00:50,799 the late forties and early fifties when he compromised six 14 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:57,399 Operation Valuable, a joint six CIA effort to destabilize Communist Albania. 15 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,759 As six is liaison in Washington in d C from 16 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,719 nineteen forty nine to nineteen fifty one, Philby had access 17 00:01:04,799 --> 00:01:12,359 to operational plans, including agent insertion points and schedules. He 18 00:01:12,439 --> 00:01:15,760 relayed these details to his Soviet handlers, enabling the KGB 19 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,760 to intercept nearly one hundred operatives sent into Albania between 20 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,879 nineteen forty nine and nineteen fifty one. Most were captured 21 00:01:22,879 --> 00:01:27,200 and executed, crippling six IS covert operations in the region 22 00:01:27,239 --> 00:01:31,239 and exposing strategies to Moscow. The betrayal also wrote a 23 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:35,159 trust with the CIA. As mik's MI six's failure was 24 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:39,239 partly attributed to internal leaks, Philby's actions directly undermine m 25 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,439 I five, and nineteen fifty one, he alerted fellow Cambridge 26 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,359 spies Guy Burgess and Donald McClain, both linked MI five 27 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,840 and six of their impending exposure of Soviet agents. MI 28 00:01:49,079 --> 00:01:51,519 five had been closing in on mcclaim through the Cryptid 29 00:01:51,519 --> 00:01:56,920 Soviet Communications Venona project, but Philby's warning enabled their defection 30 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:01,640 to Moscow. This incident not only embarrassed five, but also 31 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:05,719 cast suspicion on Philby himself, though he evaded prosecution until 32 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,960 nineteen sixty three. The defection exposed vulnerabilities in MI five's 33 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:14,879 counterintelligence methods, prompting internal reviews and heightened security of personnel. 34 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,599 Philby's access to MI six's syngent signals intelligence sharing with 35 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,520 the US further amplified his impact by passing NATO and 36 00:02:22,599 --> 00:02:27,039 MI six plans to Moscow. He compromised both five six 37 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:31,520 operations targeting Soviet activities in Europe, including efforts to infiltrate 38 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:35,639 Communist cells in Greece and Turkey. These lead These leaks 39 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,639 led to the deathsout of dozens of agents and disrupted 40 00:02:38,759 --> 00:02:42,840 MI six regional influence. When Philby defected the Moscow he 41 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:47,080 would continued to provide intelligence, revealing more operational protocols, further 42 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,800 weakening Western counter intelligence, and he is believed to be 43 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:57,360 responsible for over three hundred agent deaths. So tragic, definitely tragic. 44 00:02:58,560 --> 00:02:59,360 That's it for now.