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John Cairncross

British intelligence officer and spy for the Soviet Union (1913-1995)

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About John Cairncross

John Cairncross was a British civil servant who became an intelligence officer and spy during the Second World War. As a Soviet double agent, he passed to the Soviet Union the raw Tunny decryptions that may have influenced the Battle of Kursk. He was alleged to be the fifth member of the Cambridge Five. He was also notable as a translator, literary scholar and writer of non-fiction.

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Occupation: writer, intelligence officer, double agent, translator
Citizenship: United Kingdom
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July 25, 1913

Died

October 8, 1995

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