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This is the Conversation Forum for The Cambridge Spies << Cool. Toot Toot Beep Beep >> Subject: The 5th man Posted May 26, 2003 by ColBot   Posting 1 Fascinating article! I was just wondering why nothing more was said about the fifth man??? Any information/speculation would interest me. By the way, You write that the fifth man's identity cannot be revealed until after his death, but at the end of the article you write that none of the spies survived to see the end of the Soviet Union???!!! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The 5th man Posted May 26, 2003 by Reefgirl This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 what I meant by 'none of the spies' was Burgess, McLean, Philby and Blunt there has always been speculation that there was a 'Fifth Man' some one 'very high up' the rumours have pointed to Sir Roger Hollis who was head of the Intellegence Services at the time, others have said it was John Cairncross, but whoever it is/was immunity was granted in return for double crossing the Soviets as in the case of Blunt, we will have to wait until whoever he/she was has died. Have you been watching the drama on BBC2? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The 5th man Posted May 27, 2003 by ColBot This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Unfortunately no (I'm not resident in the UK) Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The 5th man Posted May 27, 2003 by Reefgirl This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 May I ask where you are from Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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