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Guy Francis De Burgess A Traitor
On April 11, 1911,a traitor was born.
Soviet spy Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess, who would later become part of the infamous spy group called the Cambridge Five, was born on that day in Devonport, England into a privileged household. His father, Malcolm Burgess, was an English Naval Officer. Even though he attended the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, he did not succeed in following his father’s footsteps.

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