Len Beurton

Len Beurton
Born
Leon Charles Beurton

19 February 1914
Barking, Essex, England
Died29 October 1997(1997-10-29) (aged 83)
Berlin, Germany
OccupationSoviet intelligence agent
Political partyCommunist
SpouseUrsula Kuczynski
ChildrenPeter John Beurton

Leon Charles Beurton (19 February 1914 – 29 October 1997) was an English Communist who worked as an agent for the Soviet intelligence services (Main Intelligence Directorate / Гла́вное разве́дывательное управле́ние).[1]

Many details of his activity remain uncertain, but it is known that he became, on 23 February 1940, the second husband of his co-worker Ursula Kuczynski,[2] whose own public profile in English language sources is relatively well rehearsed thanks to her espionage work involving Klaus Fuchs.[1]

Like many who make their careers in espionage, Beurton appears in sources with a number of different names. At the time of his birth he was Leon Charles Beurton. His first name appears variously as Len, Leon and Leonard, while his family name may be shown as Beuston, Benston or Brewer.

  1. ^ a b Kant, Hermann (2007). Rudolf Hempel, Berlin (ed.). Funksprüche an Sonja. Die Geschichte der Ruth Werner [Radio messages to Sonja. The story of Ruth Werner]. Verlag Neues Leben. ISBN 978-3-355-01731-2.
  2. ^ "Ursula Kuczynski". Interviews of associates of Fuchs. FBI Records: The Vault. Retrieved 9 July 2015.