Adam Purpis
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Adam Purpis a Latvian, was a Soviet intelligence agent. He sometimes travelled on a Honduras
passport. In the late 1930s, he was head of a front company in Tientsin, the Far Eastern Fur Trading Company.
Arnold Deutsch
, the NKVD
agent who recruited Kim Philby
and ran the Cambridge Four in the mid 1930s, was, at one stage, an assistant to Purpis (see here).
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
passport. In the late 1930s, he was head of a front company in Tientsin, the Far Eastern Fur Trading Company.
Arnold Deutsch
Arnold Deutsch
Dr. Arnold Deutsch , variously described as Austrian, Czech, or Hungarian, was an academic who worked as a Soviet spy, most well known for having recruited Kim Philby. Much of his life remains unknown or disputed.-Early life:...
, the NKVD
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin....
agent who recruited Kim Philby
Kim Philby
Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby was a high-ranking member of British intelligence who worked as a spy for and later defected to the Soviet Union...
and ran the Cambridge Four in the mid 1930s, was, at one stage, an assistant to Purpis (see here).