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| Born | George Behar 1922-11-11 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Harrow School |
A UK spy who passed a lot of documents to the USSR. | |
George Blake was convicted of spying in 1961 he was sentenced to 42 years (the longest prison sentence ever imposed by a British court).
Escape
On 22nd October, 1966, Blake escaped from Wormwood Scrubs Prison by climbing over the wall using a rope thrown from outside. He went to the Soviet Union and was employed by the Institute for World, Economic and International Affairs.[1]
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