(1905-1973)
MI-5 chief
In the early 1930s he indeed was contacted by Soviet agents in China. At the end of the 30s, he entered the MI-5 and he monitored political parties. He became the MI-5 chief in 1956 and he remained there till his retirement in 1965. His soft way of threading the left-wing organizations and low number of revealed spies made him suspicious. However, his collaboration had never been proved, in spite of interrogations lasting till 1970. Later defectors like Golycin and Gordievskiy supported his version saying "when the KGB people heard that the Brits were suspecting Hollis being the fifth man, the Red Square began to shake of their laughs". In despite, the doubts never totally dissolved, even Margareth Thatcher, when asked in 1983, was reluctant to agree or disagree on the issue. She admitted, that the internal investigation of the issue couldn't prove it was true though.Recommended books:
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