LONDON PAPERS TRACE PHILBY'S RISE IN BRITISH INTELLIGENCE AS SOVIET SPY

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: October 1, 1967
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London Rapers Trace Philby's Rise
In. i:ritish Intelligence as Soviet Spy:
Special to The Washington Post imes, "he defended himself ` In late 1961, however., infor-'
LONDON, Sept. 30-Thel rilliantly." Burgess died in I mation became available (the'
on Sunday Times tonight re-
ealed what both claimed
ere "exclusive" details of the
arcer of Harold Philby, a
oviet spy"who penetrated the
very heart" of British intelli-
ence.
Philby, who fled to Moscow
'from Beirut in 1963, was re-
963. Observer says from a Soviet;
In 1955, Philby was publicly defector; the Sunday Times
leared by Prime Minister says from counterspy George
Harold MacMillan and a year Blake) that made it impossible:
ater the Observer, acting on; for Philby to deny he was a'
he assurance that Philby was Soviet agent. At the end, says,
o longer a government agent, the Observer, Philby admitted:
ent him to Beirut as their to seeing his contact in the'
Middle East correspondent. Russian Embassy !.Once a'
But, the two papers say, Phil-I month.
by had never been taken off l On' Jan. 23, 1963, he fled,!
and says the Observer, "Brit-1
the government payroll and
I
ystem in 1933, at age 22 and, hoped to' work his way back ish authorities either would
ccording to the Sunday into the Intelligence Service. not, or could not. stop him.
imes, was given only one
ob-ato penetrate British in
elligence.
This Philby did in 1941 after
erving as a correspondent;
or- the London Times in
pain and as a minor official;
n several secret departments'
f the British government. !
During World War II, his,
osition in the Intelligence
ervice (known as MI-6) grew
o such an extent that he was
it one time tipped as a pos-
ible future chief of the Serv- '.
ce.
In 1944, say the two papers,
hilby was selected to head
new section of MI-6 devoted
o counter Soviet espionage
ctivities, the Sunday Times
eports, and his unsuspecting
ritish superiors even gave .
im permission to play the
art of a double- agent with
ussians.
In 1949, Philby was sent , to
'Vashington to serve as British ?
iaison with the CIA and FBI.
hen the Russians exploded,
heir first atomic bomb in
949, the Observer says, Philby
nd his staff worked day and
ight for four days coding and
ecoding a n d transmitting
ital British and American ex
hanges.
Philby's career came to a
alt in 1951 when two of his
closest colleagues, Guy D. Bur-
ess - and Donald MacLean,
fled to Russia. Hb wag ordered
to return to London for a se-
cret trial where,, say3 the
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