Unveiling the Secrets: Declassified MI5 Files on Britain's Double Agents

Recently released MI5 files reveal confessions from Britain's notorious double agents, including Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt, who spied for the Soviets. These declassified documents, made public by the National Archives, highlight the Cambridge Five's espionage activities, now featured in an exhibition titled 'MI5: Official Secrets.'

Top secret MI5 files revealing confessions from Britain's infamous double agents have been declassified. Released for the first time, these documents bring to light the espionage activities of the 'Ring of Five,' including notorious figures such as Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt, who spied for the Soviet Union.

The declassified files, now available through the National Archives, detail how Philby, Blunt, and others, including Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, covertly passed information to the Soviets from the 1930s until the 1950s. Enriched with personal confessions and investigative records, these once-shadowy narratives now inspire public intrigue and countless cinematic adaptations.

Some documents, including a comprehensive confession from Philby and other accounts of double-agent activities, are part of a special exhibit at the National Archives. The exhibition, 'MI5: Official Secrets,' offers a glimpse into the clandestine world of espionage, as well as MI5's inner workings, across decades of secret intelligence history.

(With inputs from agencies.)