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John Cairncross

John Cairncross

British spy
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 influenced the Battle of Kursk. He was... Wikipedia
Born: July 25, 1913, Lesmahagow, United Kingdom
Died: October 8, 1995 (age 82 years), Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Allegiance: Soviet Union
Codename: Liszt