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The writer and academic, Goronwy Rees, was one of Burgessās closest friends and this volume of memoir best conveys Burgessās character and charm. The two men saw much of each other during the 1930s, and Rees was one of Burgessās first recruits, but the relationship foundered when Rees decided during the Nazi-Soviet Pact in 1939 to stop spying and threatened to betray his friend. After Burgess surfaced in Moscow, Rees penned a series of sensational articles about Burgessās dissolute private life, probably as a damage limitation exercise, which backfired and led him to losing his academic post but he soonā¦
From Andrew's list on Guy Burgess (Cambridge Spy Ring).
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