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Joan:
[Reading a statement to the reporters outside her house] Joan:
I have been accused of passing information to the Russians in the 1940s, information which accelerated their ability to build an atomic bomb. And I have been accused of deceiving my colleagues and my family. This I don't deny. But I have also been accused of deceiving my country. Joan:
[Looks up from her notes and straight at the reporters and into their cameras] Joan:
I'm not a spy. I don't believe in working against one's country. I wanted the Russians to be on an equal footing with the West. I'm not a traitor. I... wanted everyone to share the same knowledge because... Reporter:
How much did the Russians pay you? Joan:
Because only that way could the horror of another war be averted. And I think if you look back at history, you'll see I was right
[Reading a statement to the reporters outside her house] Joan:
I have been accused of passing information to the Russians in the 1940s, information which accelerated their ability to build an atomic bomb. And I have been accused of deceiving my colleagues and my family. This I don't deny. But I have also been accused of deceiving my country. Joan:
[Looks up from her notes and straight at the reporters and into their cameras] Joan:
I'm not a spy. I don't believe in working against one's country. I wanted the Russians to be on an equal footing with the West. I'm not a traitor. I... wanted everyone to share the same knowledge because... Reporter:
How much did the Russians pay you? Joan:
Because only that way could the horror of another war be averted. And I think if you look back at history, you'll see I was right
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I don't believe in working against one's country
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I wanted the Russians to be on an equal footing
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with the West
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I'm not a traitor
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I wanted everyone
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to share the same knowledge because
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How much did the Russians pay you
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because only that way
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Movie Summary
The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the K.G.B.'s longest-serving British spy.
