John Vassall, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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British civil servant who spied for the Soviet Union
Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1924
Date of Death: 18-Nov-1996
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About John Vassall
- William John Christopher Vassall (20 September 1924 – 18 November 1996) was a British civil servant who spied for the Soviet Union, allegedly under pressure of blackmail, from 1954 until his arrest in 1962.
- Although operating only at a junior level, he was able to provide details of naval technology which were crucial to the modernising of the Soviet Navy.
- He was sentenced to eighteen years' imprisonment, and was released in 1972 after ten.
- The Vassall scandal greatly embarrassed the Macmillan government, but was soon eclipsed by the more dramatic Profumo affair.
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