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'''Harold Adrian Russell 'Kim' Philby''' (1912-1988) was a British traitor who worked as an agent of Soviet intelligence while occupying a senior position in the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS).

'''Harold Adrian Russell 'Kim' Philby''' (1912-1988) was a British traitor who worked as an agent of Soviet intelligence while occupying a senior position in the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS).  He was the son of [[St. John Philby]].

Philby was born in India where his father, later a well-known Orientalist, was a district magistrate. He was educated at Westminster School and the [[University of Cambridge]], where he encountered other men who were to form the [[Cambridge Five]] spy ring. He was almost certainly recruited by the [[NKVD]] (predecessor of the [[KGB]] in the early 1930s, and during that decade worked as a journalist. In 1940 he was recruited to SIS on the recommendation of [[Guy Burgess]], another member of the 'Five', and rose to be controller of SIS activity in the Iberian peninsula and Africa. Following the war he was head of station in [[Istanbul]] and subsequently in [[Washington]].

Philby was born in India where his father, later a well-known Orientalist, was a district magistrate. He was educated at Westminster School and the [[University of Cambridge]], where he encountered other men who were to form the [[Cambridge Five]] spy ring. He was almost certainly recruited by the [[NKVD]] (predecessor of the [[KGB]] in the early 1930s, and during that decade worked as a journalist. In 1940 he was recruited to SIS on the recommendation of [[Guy Burgess]], another member of the 'Five', and rose to be controller of SIS activity in the Iberian peninsula and Africa. Following the war he was head of station in [[Istanbul]] and subsequently in [[Washington]].