National Archives files show officials were troubled by idea of institution enriching widow of Cambridge Five agent
The British Library wanted to acquire the personal archive of the notorious double agent Kim Philby in a deal worth tens of thousands of pounds to his widow, according to newly released government files.
Papers released by the National Archives in Kew show that officials in the mid-1990s were horrified by the prospect of such an institution being party to an arrangement that would enrich the family of a man whose treachery was blamed for countless agent deaths.
