Peter Smollett
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Peter Smollett
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Harry Peter Smollett, OBE (1912–1980), born Hans Peter Smolka and sometimes using that name as a pen name even after he changed it by deed poll, was a journalist for the Daily Express and later a Central Europe correspondent for The Times. During the Second World War, Smollett became head of the Russian section at Britain's Ministry of Information and was responsible for organising pro-Soviet propaganda. He was later identified as a Soviet agent. Born in Vienna, he came to Britain in 1933 as an
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British journalist and Soviet spy
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2023-03-26T13:22:04Z
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