Kim Philby, a Soviet double agent, was a correspondent for the newspaper in Spain during the Spanish Civil War of the late 1930s. Philby was admired for his courage in obtaining high-quality reporting from the front lines of the bloody conflict. He later joined MI6 during World War II, was promoted into senior positions after the war ended, then eventually defected to the Soviet Union in 1963. COUNT 4
QSN1 Who was the name of the Soviet double agent who was the correspondent for The Times in Spain in the late 1930s? ANS1 Kim Philby QSN2 A Soviet double agent working for The Times in Spain was a war correspondent during what war in the late 1930s? ANS2 Spanish Civil War QSN3 During World War II, the Soviet double agent who was corresponding for The Times in Spain in the 1930s later joined what agency? ANS3 MI6 QSN4 In 1963, a notable double agent providing valuable and high-quality reporting for The Times during a war in the late 1930s eventually defected to which country? ANS4 Soviet Union