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Igor Gouzenko,
Igor Gouzenko, a KGB intelligence officer based in Canada, defected to the West claiming he had evidence of an Soviet spy ring based in Britain. Gouzenko provided evidence that led to the arrest of 22 local agents and 15 Soviet spies in Canada. -
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Roseberg Case:
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Klaus Fuchs' arrest
Klaus Fuchs, head of the physics department of the British nuclear research center at Harwell, was arrested and charged with espionage. Fuchs confessed that he had been passing information to the Soviet Union since working on the Manhattan Project during the World War II. -
Fuchs Confesses
Fuchs eventually confessed to passing information of nuclear technology to the Soviet Union. -
Fuchs is sentenced.
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Greenglass's Confession and Rosenberg's Appearance
David Greenglass was arrested and accused of spying for the Soviet Union. He admitted to acting as a spy and named Julius Rosenberg as one of his contacts. He denied that his sister, Ethel Rosenberg, had been involved but confessed that his wife, Ruth Greenglass, had been used as a courier. -
The Rosenberg Trail
The trial of Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg begins. Both Julius and Ethel were found guilty of espionage and sentenced to death. -
The Rosenberg Execution
Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg remained on death row for twenty-six months in Sing Sing Prison. During which they both refused to confess or provide any evidence against others and they were eventually executed. As one political commentator pointed out, they died because they refused to confess and name others.
