Kitty Harris: The Spy With 17 Names [Paperback]

Igor Damaskin (Author), Geoffrey Elliott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2002

Who was Kitty Harris? Born in London to an emigre Jewish family she was a key figure in Soviet espionage networks across the globe, running agents in London, Berlin, Shanghai, Mexico and Los Alamos. She was Donald Maclean's controller and lover in London and Paris; and was the bigamous wife of Earl Browder, General-Secretary to the American Communist Party. She also played a role in the penetration of the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb, and helped organize an illegal spy-ring in Mexico City. A master of disguise and different identities, Kitty Harris was thought to have disappeared in the Soviet Union, but her extraordinary story can now be told by a senior Russian intelligence officer who has had access to her astonishing archive.

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Born in London to an emigrant Jewish family, Kitty Harris was a key figure in Soviet espionage networks across the globe, running agents in London, Berlin, Shanghai, Mexico, and Los Alamos. She was Donald Maclean's controller and lover in London and Paris, and the bigamous wife of Earl Browder, General–Secretary of the American Communist Party. She also played a role in the penetration of the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb, and helped organize an illegal spy ring in Mexico City. A master of disguise and covert identities, Kitty Harris has remained a virtually unknown figure, despite all that has been disclosed about the Soviet espionage system over the past forty years.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 22 pages
• Publisher: St Ermins (September 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1903608066
• ISBN-13: 978-1903608067
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,853,771 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)