#for the uninitiated the cambridge five was a huge blow to usuk intelligence sharing

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Late SSR/early SHIELD headcanon:

Peggy was originally slated to be the founding director, or at least in a much more prominent position, when the first drafts of SHIELD were drawn in the late 40s/early 50s. Unfortunately, the defection of the Cambridge Five spy ring happened at the same time, and America was like NUH UH like hell are we gonna let a Brit head up an intelligence agency on our soil. So to placate the government, they put Philips in charge, and Peggy didn't get the directorship until the late 60s.

#peggy carter #my stuff #surprisingly this is not from me listening to too much true spies podcast #...this is from british scandal podcast #their season on the cambridge five was pretty good it's on my relisten list #headcanon #for the uninitiated the cambridge five was a huge blow to usuk intelligence sharing #they stopped sharing nuclear secrets with the uk and it took years if not decades for that relationship to recover