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Roger HollisSir Roger Hollis (1905 - 1973) journalist, and head of MI5. After a pre-war career in journalism, Hollis joined MI5 during World War II and rose quickly through the ranks, replacing Sir Dick White in 1956 as head of MI5 until his retirement in 1972. After Kim Philby's flight to Moscow in 1962 rumours began to circulate that Hollis had alerted him to his impending arrest. He was also criticised for not alerting John Profumo to the fact that he may be involved with a Soviet spy ring through his friendship with Stephen Ward and affair with Christine Keeler. In her 2001 autobiography, Keeler alleged, without supporting evidence, that Hollis and Ward were part of a spy ring with Sir Anthony Blunt. He has also been accused by Arthur Martin (head of MI5's Soviet counter-intelligence section at the time), Peter Wright (MI5 officer assigned to investigate Hollis) and Chapman Pincher (investigative journalist who produced several exposs of failures in British counter-intelligence) of being the 'fifth man' in the Cambridge Five spy ring. Hollis, Roger Hollis, Roger Hollis, Roger Hollis, Roger Hollis, Roger
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