With which fellow spy did Burgess flee to Moscow?
Anthony Blunt
Harold "Kim" Philby
Donald Maclean
John Cairncross
Answer
Donald Maclean, a high-ranking British diplomat and Soviet spy, fled to Moscow in 1951 along with his colleague and fellow spy Guy Burgess. The duo, known as the "Cambridge Five" along with three other spies, played a significant role in passing classified information to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Their defection to the Soviet Union was a major embarrassment to the British government and intelligence services.
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