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Monday, September 13, 1999 Published at 15:22 GMT 16:22 UK
Spies who betrayed Britain
The UK has been shocked by revelations that an 87-year-old great-grandmother and a Scotland Yard detective spied for the former Soviet Union. Both were exposed in the archive of KGB documents smuggled to the UK by Russian dissident Vasili Mitrokhin.
Exposed
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Former secretary Melita Norwood, now 87, began providing information to the KGB in the 1930s, making her the longest-serving Soviet spy.
- Put your questions to spy expert Christopher Andrew
- Q&A: Spying scandal in the spotlight
- Straw under fire
- Talking Point: Can a spy be too old to prosecute?
Profiles
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Former KGB officer Colonel Vasili Mitrokhin spent 10 years copying files before he defected to Britain. BBC News Online profiles the man who unmasked Melita Norwood.
- The 'Romeo' spy
- Driberg always under suspicion
- Melita Norwood: A secret life
- Timeline: Melita Norwood
- MI5's mystery man
Analysis
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The most successful spy of the Cold War era now spends her days pottering about her garden and making jam in her south London home.
- Who's being spied on?
- A spy in the house of love
- MI5 'making government look stupid'
- Q&A: A spy revealed
BBC News Online speaks to David Rose, the journalist who found Mrs Norwood
Background
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The most famous spies in the UK became known by the KGB as the 'magnificent five' but were better known in Britain as the Cambridge spy ring.
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