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Kim Philby was also mixed race - his mother was Indian. In British society at the time that very much didn't make him part of the Establishment, and he did face prejudice from senior officials because of it.



Do you've more information on this? Wikipedia says his mother is Dora Johnston, that doesn't sound like an Indian name.



Looks like I was led astray by a newspaper article today, thanks for the correction. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/04/kim-philby-was-a-...




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