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1911 - Born on April 16th in Davenport, England. British diplomat and spy.
- He proved to be one of the Soviet Union's best spies at the beginning of the Cold War.
1936 - He worked with the BBC.
1939 - Burgess joined the British Intelligence Service.
- He wrote war propaganda.
1941 - He re-joined BBC while working for M15.
1946 - The British Foreign Office hired him for their Embassy in Washington, DC, where he moved in with Philby, who by then was First Secretary at the British Embassy.
1950 - He was a member of the Foreign Office, and second secretary under Philby in Washington.
1951 - Philby learned from Anthony Blunt that Donald Maclean was about to be arrested as a spy, so he sent Burgess back to London to warn Maclean to escape to Russia and to accompany him there.
- Recalled for ‘serious misconduct’, he and Maclean disappeared, re-emerging in the Soviet Union.
1963 - Miserable at having to live inside a puritanical state, Burgess drank himself to death on August 30th in Moscow.
- He proved to be one of the Soviet Union's best spies at the beginning of the Cold War.
1936 - He worked with the BBC.
1939 - Burgess joined the British Intelligence Service.
- He wrote war propaganda.
1941 - He re-joined BBC while working for M15.
1946 - The British Foreign Office hired him for their Embassy in Washington, DC, where he moved in with Philby, who by then was First Secretary at the British Embassy.
1950 - He was a member of the Foreign Office, and second secretary under Philby in Washington.
1951 - Philby learned from Anthony Blunt that Donald Maclean was about to be arrested as a spy, so he sent Burgess back to London to warn Maclean to escape to Russia and to accompany him there.
- Recalled for ‘serious misconduct’, he and Maclean disappeared, re-emerging in the Soviet Union.
1963 - Miserable at having to live inside a puritanical state, Burgess drank himself to death on August 30th in Moscow.
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