Vassall, John

Vassall, John
▪ 1997

      British junior civil servant who succumbed to blackmail in regard to his homosexuality (which was then illegal) and spied for the KGB during his posting at the British embassy in Moscow in the mid 1950s and after his return to London. His arrest in 1962 and subsequent imprisonment (he was released in 1972) provoked a political scandal that brought disgrace on the government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and triggered a public investigation of the British security services (b. Sept. 20, 1924—d. Nov. 18, 1996).

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