Which British diplomat and MI-6 officer became a double agent for the USSR, was arrested in 1961, and escaped in 1966?

• A. Kim Philby
• B. George Blake
• C. Ian Fleming
• D. Geoffrey Pyke

Answer: (B)

George Blake fits this description because he was a British diplomat and MI-6 officer who became a Soviet double agent. His treason involved passing information to the USSR for many years, leading to his arrest in 1961. He then escaped from prison in 1966, fleeing to the Soviet Union. The other names were involved in Cold War espionage in different ways or times: Kim Philby was a fellow MI-6 officer who defected to the USSR in the early 1960s, Ian Fleming was a writer and former intelligence officer who did not act as a Soviet double agent, and Geoffrey Pyke was a World War II planner, not a Soviet spy.