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=== Guy Burgess ===
Guy Burgess served as a British diplomat during the developing bomb project in the United States. He became a Soviet informant after beginning his studies at the University of Cambridge, where he and his classmates (Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, and Donald Maclean) began developing ideals against a capitalist society.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Purvis |first=Stewart |title=Guy Burgess: The Spy Who Knew Everyone |date=January 28, 2016 |publisher=Biteback Publishing}}</ref> Burgess began developing connections throughout college as well as his future careers. He would continue to pass on information as a BBC Radio correspondent, an MI6 intelligence officer, and as a member of the British Foreign Office.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-19 |title=Guy Burgess {{!}} British Diplomat and Spy for the Soviet Union {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guy-Burgess |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> When the Korean War began, Burgess and Philby passed on information regarding movements in Korea to Moscow.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Perry |first=Roland |title=Last of the Cold War Spies: The Life of Michael Straight |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2005}}</ref> Philby had been working closely with British and American intelligence, and was able to be in proximity to any intelligence findings. When the VENONA Project uncovered Julius Rosenberg (LIBERAL) and his wife Ethel, the project posted that they knew of a British spy with the codename HOMER, which Philby knew to be Maclean. Philby (codename STANLEY) reached out to Burgess to remove Maclean to the Soviet Union. Burgess at this point, was overseas in Washington DC serving in the British Foreign Office, and couldn't do much. In 1950, he was sent back to Britain due to "bad behavior", where he was able to warn Maclean. Burgess knew he was under suspicion by MI5, British counterintelligence, and Scotland Yard's Special Branch.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hamrick |first=SJ |title=Deceiving the Deceivers: Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, and Guy Burgess |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2004}}</ref> Both Philby and Burgess knew that out of all of the possible people to crack under pressure, Maclean was the easy choice. When Burgess finally convinced Maclean to leave, they fled to Moscow, followed by Philby shortly after.