Cambridge Spies | How Philby, Burgess, Maclean, Blunt and Cairncross were unmasked
Radio Newsreel | Tom Driberg
The MP Tom Driberg remembers his friendship with Guy Burgess.
CHANNEL | Home Service
FIRST BROADCAST | 01 September 1963
DURATION | 2 minutes
FIRSTBROADCAST
1963
Synopsis
This interview with Driberg was recorded in 1963, shortly after Burgess' death from a heart attack in a Moscow hospital at the age of 52. Almost an apologist for Burgess, Driberg views his espionage as an activity that could be interpreted as a kind of patriotism.
Did you know?
Tom Driberg was a Labour MP whose association with Burgess dated back to the latter's days as a BBC producer on parliamentary programme 'The Week in Westminster'. Driberg had also written a biography of Burgess called 'Guy Burgess - A Portrait with Background', published in 1956.
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