MI6 double agent George Blake warns that the world is facing new nuclear apocalypse in 95th birthday message from Russia where he fled after breaking out of jail in Britain
George Blake, who fed information to the Kremlin as an MI6 agent in the 1950s
He has lived in Russia since escaping from Wormwood Scrubs prison in 1966
Today the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service wished him a happy birthday
By CHARLIE MOORE
DAILYMAIL.COM
10 November 2017
Britain’s greatest traitor has warned that the world is facing new nuclear apocalypse in his 95th birthday message.
George Blake, who fed information to the Kremlin while working as an MI6 agent in the 1950s, has lived in Russia since dramatically escaping from London’s Wormwood Scrubs prison in 1966.
Today the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service released a statement on his behalf and wished him a happy birthday for tomorrow.
In the statement Blake said Russian spies must ‘save the world in a situation when the danger of nuclear war and the resulting self-destruction of humankind again have been put on the agenda by irresponsible politicians.’
‘It’s a true battle between good and evil,’ he added.
Blake also said that terrorism has ‘left bloody traces in many corners of the world.’
SVR chief Sergei Naryshkin congratulated Blake on his birthday, saying Blake had been a role model for the agency’s officers.
As a double agent, Blake passed some of the most coveted British secrets to the Soviet Union, including a Western plan to eavesdrop on Soviet communications from an underground tunnel into East Berlin.
A Polish defector exposed Blake as a spy for Russia in 1961. He was convicted on spying charges in Britain and sentenced to 42 years in prison. In October 1966, he made a dashing escape with help from several people he met while in custody.
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