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The West Worried About Russian Escalation and Proxy War in Syria — in 1957
Newly released files show that 58 years ago, British diplomats predicted that Russia would use Syria's civil war to "arouse antagonism" against America.
Britain's Most Infamous Spies Were Loose-Lipped and Drunk, Newly Released Files Reveal
Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, double agents who defected to Soviet Russia in 1951, have always been framed as slick operators. Newly released secret files show that perception is a far cry from reality.
MI5 Spied on a Nobel Prize Winning Author for Over a Decade, New Files Reveal
VICE News reviewed newly released MI5 files that revealed how British spies aggressively monitored Doris Lessing, famous author and Communist.
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