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MI5 feared that Bogarde could have been the target of a gay 'entrapment' by the KGB, after it was claimed his name was on a list of 'six practising British homosexuals' passed to Russians.

Actor Dirk Bogarde was warned by MI5 that he could be the target of a gay “entrapment” sting by the KGB, newly-declassified files reveal today. The intelligence documents released to the ...

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