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Declassified docs reveal closeted actor Dirk Bogarde was the target of a Russian gay entrapment plot
The late Dirk Bogarde was a celebrated British ... FM Merifield, to meet with Bogarde while he was in the south of France, to interview him about the allegations and to warn him of the potential ...
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MI5 feared film star Dirk Bogarde could be target of KGB sting attempt
Film star Dirk Bogarde ... in south of France, MI5 concluded that he was a “retiring, serious” man who was unlikely to fall victim to any kind of KGB sting operation. Bogarde, who died in ...
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British actor warned by MI5 about gay sting attempt from Russian KGB
Actor Dirk Bogarde ... settled in the south of France in the 1970s. After giving up acting, he had a second career as a writer, penning a number of novels and memoirs. Bogarde had a minor stroke ...
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Dirk Bogarde and the KGB’s gay entrapment plot: MI5 files reveal secret warning to British film icon
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