Famous British Spy Kim Philby

Famous British spy Kim Philby, who lived in Beirut in the late ‘50s and the early ‘60s, met his KGB contact (Petukhov of the Soviet Trade Mission) at Vrej Restaurant in the Armenian quarter of the city. When he learned that he was about to be arrested for spying, it was at the same restaurant that Philby met his Soviet contact to arrange his escape. The Soviets smuggled him on board freighter “Dolmatov”. The ship was in such a rush to leave that it left some of its cargo on the quay. “Dolmatov” took Philby to Odessa.

Famous British spy Kim Philby, who lived in Beirut in the late ‘50s and the early ‘60s, met his KGB contact (Petukhov of the Soviet Trade Mission) at Vrej Restaurant in the Armenian quarter of the city. When he learned that he was about to be arrested for spying, it was at the same restaurant that Philby met his Soviet contact to arrange his escape. The Soviets smuggled him on board freighter “Dolmatov”. The ship was in such a rush to leave that it left some of its cargo on the quay. “Dolmatov” took Philby to Odessa.