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George Blake Escapes
In October 1966 a Soviet double agent escaped from a British jail.
He was helped, not by the KGB, but by other former prisoners.
Michael Randle was an anti-nuclear protestor who took part in the escape.
(Photo: Michael Randle on his release from Wormwood Scrubs prison).
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