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cmdkeen
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Kim Philby, Lecturing in East Berlin, Bragged of H...
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.
knight17
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Do you've more information on this? Wikipedia says his mother is Dora Johnston, that doesn't sound like an Indian name.
draugadrotten
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Picture of Dora:
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multimedia/archive/00528/34242...
Dora's parents:
https://www.geni.com/people/Dora-Philby/6000000013566932381
cmdkeen
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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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