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PD-350 (4-3-62) bopoe bo 44 ABLE FROM MR. PHILBY SENT TO. (Mount Clipping in Space Below) iP dt, i) t *,.. 4 ‘ . ’ ae fo HIS WIFE FROM CAIRO BEIRUT, Marca 3 Mrs. Eleanor Philby, wife of Mr. Harold Philby. correspondent of The Observer and The Economist today dis- agreed that he: husband was missing or had disappeared. She told a small group of foreign correspondents that her husband was on a special assignment and had left the country in a great hurry. She showed correspondents a cable ‘which she said was delivered to her i yesterday morning purporting to be ‘from her husband who is known to his friends as Kim. She agreed to publica- tion of the cable with the personal part omitted, Jt read: “ All going well... ,etiers with aif details following n... Kim Philby,” The cable was handed in at Cairo at 338 local time and received by the able office here at 2006 local time on March 1. Mrs. Philby said that since his absence on January 23 she had received from her husband four letters and two cables, including the one received yester- day. ee LETTER DELAYED ° One of the letters was left behind bui Was not delivered to her until after she had reported his absence to the British Embassy who in turn reported it to the Lebanese security authorities, . Another letter and both cables originated in Cairo. She did not mention where the other letters originated. The last letter was dated February 4 and received on February 8, A Philby’s absence was noticed on the first night when he was to mect his’ fe at dinner at a British diplomatist's hbuse, but he failed to turo up. She eo 10 184 obs c MAN 10 ivOw, oe From Our Correspondent reported the matter the following morning to the Embassy but two days later she again got in touch with the Embassy and said she had heard from her husband. The Lebanese security authorities later called off the search. Mrs. Philby said her husband did not have a particular address in Cairo and therefore she did not know where he was staying. She thought he first went to Cairo and then probably to Yemen and Saudi Arabia. He was also keen to visit Sudan and Ethiopia. PAPERS NOT TOLD She was surprised that he did not inform The Observer and The Era nonust, as he had informed her: she could not explain how he could go on an assignment without the knowledge pf his papers, All that worried her was that she had not been recciving any letters for nea ly three weeks. She felt that her mail and that of her daughter were beine held back locally because they bore the name Philby. The Lebanese security authorities had said that he did not leave the country according to their records, A Foreign Office official said yesterday that the Egyptian Government had answered the request for information about Mr. Philby by saving that there t i was to evidence that he had been in the . United Arab Republic in the previous five weeks and that so far as was know he had not entered the U.A.R. since Jul 1962. The British inquiries about his possibl presence in Egypt were made last ween I at the request of The Observer, * Ko tt s~. G. r - ‘ "Op Mr. Totaon Mr. Belmant..._ Me Mehp Mr. Caener Te Selahan Menon ” at tr. typastes Tele, Reem Miss Holmes Misa Gandy. (Indicate page, name of \ newspaper, city and state,} i — Page 10 a a4 “1 4 — "The Times London, England } A i) z _ 3 j Date: 3/4/63 2 Edition: “3 Autnor: rsd Editor: = Title: Choracter: or . ae ie to Classification: [it of dfs 3 Submitting Office: Lenton 7 NO’ fecanbED 184 MAR 15 1963 rr ae i Ogee ——— TRY med