The Spy who came in from the Circus
Tue, Oct 1st 2024 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Speaker: Professor Christopher Andrew.....Cashier: Nigel Neville.........Speaker Host: Julian Landy.......IT : Antony Warren
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Professor Andrew is the world's leading historian of espionage. Among his many publications are the official history of MI5 and the fruits of his collaboration with the two famous Russian defectors Oleg Gordievsky and Vasili Mitrokhin.
His topic today will be Cyril Mills, son of the Circus supremo Bertram Mills. He was a student at Prof Andrew's College, Corpus Christi. He took over running the circus business with his brother after their father's death in 1938, but during the Second World War he worked for both MI5 and MI6 in Britain, Canada and the US
Prof Andrew has also circulated the following remarkable letter, which was smuggled out of a prison in Siberia. Vladimir Kara-Murza is a former student of his, wrongly accused of espionage. His story brings the information about Cyril Mills up to date. He will tell us more when he visits us.
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