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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 13
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_ Mr. Tolson
Mr. Aman ;
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Mr. Belm a
all Britain’ S “Third Man’ whem | Mr. Harbo
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The idehtification, by a me ber ae Mr.. Mohr 2.
Parliament, of Harold. Philby as fhe Mr. Parsons
“third man” in the Maclean-Burgess spy Mr. Rosen 1
4 case sheds little new tight on this Mr. Tamm
aie , ‘forme rl in ch f Ko _ Mr. Sizoo
y formerly was in charge «6
security at the British Embassy here.. . Me. Minterrowd
His particular job was to see to it that ele. Noom
embassy personnel protected the secrecy Mr. Holloman
of official documents. ; Miss Gandy —W__
According to London reports, Philby
, unwittingly pull the trigger on the, ; ff
apy case. Donal aclean, then. head of
the American department of the British , :
Foreign Office, was under suryeillance as
& spy for the Russians. Guy urgess, an’
all-around bad actor, had been recalled
to London from his post as second secre-~
tary at the Washington embassy and
forced to resign from the diplomatic: ;
service. But this was for misconduct.
Although evidently a spy, he was not. oh
suspect.on that ground. Philby, whe aid Ve j
| not know that Maclean was a spy, is sup- Be A ¢
posed to have warned Burgess that his
conduct was under scrutiny. Whether
Maciean also was warnéd is not known.
Bul both men in any event fled from
London in 1951, and are believed to be
working for the Russians in Moscow. (T8,
Philby resigned from the government. {O0-¥ 3 sil
service four months after the escape of | rate ae,
Maclean and Burgess. — ROT RFi
The thing that sticks in the craw in Bou. | isd
this business, and which ostensibly
touched off the row in Commons which ene nem ements
resulted in the naming of Philby, is the ae
altitude-of the British government.
There is considerable evidence that Brit- Wash. Post and
ish counter-intelligence bungled the job Times Herald
prior to the escape of Maclean and Bur- Wash. News —_
gess. There is a great deal of evidence. Wash. Star Ze AEA
“ that the British government. has tried to N. Y. Herald
* . gover up much of the scandal. It is this’ T su:
. latter aspect which has provoked most of Tbune
_. .° the eriticism in London. « N. Y. Mirror
ve Prime Minister Eden now says that Daily Worker
the matter will be called up for debate. The Worker
‘in Commons at an éarly date. Since New Leader
there is no other way to establish the
facts and allay unwarranted suspicions,
the sooner this is done the better it noe €66OCT @? Wood
will be. Sen cinnall Date
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BY LETIER SUN 22 1976. ns
PER FOIA’ te5f,
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