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- AU pw Philby Stabbed « Into the Heart of + LONDON — Haro]d (Kim ‘Philf _ pelts ‘coming head of the Soviet section of the British Secret Intelligence Service, while himself being a Soviet agent, must rank as one of the great professional coups in the twisted history of esplonage. Philby later went on to higher things when he be- eame the linkman between the SIS and the U.S, Central Intelligence Agency, from which position he could give his Soviet spymasters thor- ough general knowledge of the operations of both the major Western intelligence agencies. But there is a classic quality about the earlier achievement. The selection in 1944 of Philby, already a Soviet agent of more than ten years’ standing as the man to conceive, build and control a new British opera- tion against the Russians is an event embodying the. purest essence of espionage. . Bde tos Surtery Times nate mmunist beping ts; acade of a mi Englishman with Liberal-to- Conservative opinions, Tt is stil! almost impos- sible to find chinks in the mask that Kim Philby first put on when he was 22. There are one or two clues: His writing was eareful and restrained, and many people who knew him recall an elusive sense of distance or remoteness, Rarely did he allow himself to be engaged in such a way as to reveal his inner thoughts, Had Philby been forced to Bpend more time in first- class intellectual company during those 30 years, it is questionable whether he could have kept up the charade, But the ineptitude of the British Intelligence Service helped to make his fantastic career possible. Because the SIS bureaue- racy was protected by lay- ers of official mystery, the agency Was even less pre- pared than others in the % British establishment to cope with the mid-20th cen- \\) British Security - Disguised Spy Slipped | Past vast His Lax Superiors” HST a Lj. bt / GF NOT) RECORDED™ Mohr Bishop Casper Callahan Conrad Felt Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele. Room Holmes Gandy The Washington re A202 Times Herald aa A The Washington Daily News The Evening Star (Washington) The Sunday Star (Washington} Daily News (New York) __ Sunday News (New York) New York Post The New York Times The Sun (Baltimore) The Worker ipped Well Eau pret tury. The Service was a 47. i. 17 1567 ne was Philby able to do earieature of th e establish- The New Leader . ment, and so this is an ac- , First, he was superbly count of a great breach that = ———— — ree ee The Wall Street Journal equipped for the role of spy: opened up the defenses of a - The National Observer His marksmanship was ex- social class, and therefore People’s World cellent, his mind was swift the defenses or the nation. and clear, his nerves were ilby was born on New strong. Despite some power- Year's Day; I9TZ,in imperial Date ful drinking, he remained Ingia. Ironica'ly, young Phil- physically tough and re- by’s Thdian a2 Noung Phil, _ silient, He was also extreme- named him “Kim,” after : f . ly attractive to women. - | ‘the half-caste boy of the Lf rn But above these ae Kipling book whose central c f f Philby had the cap ta theme is intelligence work. ‘Oty hts ‘WE TR: The boy's father, Harry OUT E ft St. John Bridger Philby, was ~ éf a spy. For an officer of the Indian sot ? a ai 3 e lived - civil service, guished toe fri et7e™, ant toe Sager pony : - i” ae Rae settee oe CPt My Somme S SAIN ae fae A