Blunt was the fourth man.  According to Gordievsky, the fifth man was John Cairncross, brother of economists Alec Cairncross.
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Subject: Re: [SHOE] Was Pigou a Bolshevik spy?

I remember about 30 years ago just before Tony Blunt was outed as the 5th man (Kim Philby etc.) that someone had suggested in the press that the fifth man was Pigou. This prompted Nicholas Kaldor to write an irate letter (to the Guardian I think) restoring Pigou's memory and arguing that because libel laws do not apply to the dead, this made Pigou the victim of any troglodyte.

Nicholas Theocarakis
Dept of Economics
University of Athens

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Robert Leeson <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
I have located the 1905 coded diary that persuaded Hayek that Pigou was - for over 50 years - a Bolshevik spy.

Hayek was apparently told that the coded messages contained information about Pigou's involvement in gun-running.  Even if this de-coding is correct, the diary may still be a hoax.

Who can decipher codes?

There is a signature in the diary - it looks rather like the signature on Pigou's 1958 will rather than his signature as a young man. Hayek apparently confirmed that he recognized the signature as Pigou's writing.

I would be grateful to have access to other versions of Pigou's signature.

Robert Leeson
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