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3 unusual facts about Harry Houghton


Ethel Gee

In 1958, Gee met Harry Houghton, a former sailor who had become a civil service clerk.

Harry Houghton

Houghton and Gee were among five spies arrested in London by Special Branch detectives on 7 January 1961.

Konon Molody

One of the five was Gordon Lonsdale who was caught by Scotland Yard taking secrets from a British spy Harry Houghton on Waterloo Bridge.


London Buses route 68

The spies Harry Houghton and Ethel Gee were trailed by a Special Branch agent when they travelled on the 68 between Waterloo Road and Walworth Road.


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