Men who bust spy from prison face trial
- Title
- Men who bust spy from prison face trial
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 5 Jul 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:04:16
- Description
- John Greenwood interviews Pat (Patrick) Pottle, who is to be charged with Michael Randle of helping Soviet spy George Blake escape from Wormwood Scrubs prison in 1966 and helping him to the East German border. He says they will plead not guilty and do not regret their actions; also talks about the book they wrote which provided evidence of their actions.
- Contributors
- John Greenwood; Pat Pottle
- Keywords
- Books; USSR; Espionage; Spies; Trials; Prisoners; Escapes; George Blake; Michael Randle
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