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le: of gg ety TINS Pa ‘ cue Sa No interest 41° Everything was in order. A | Foreign Office spokesman sald : ».“ We have no particular interest {in Mrs. Philby. She {s an inno- cant. British citizen and has done nothing wrong.” ’ Once she had obtained a British passport it was a big ‘gtep forward in Mrs. Philby's struggle to blot out the strain and tension of the past three years, “The passport entitles her to settle in Eire without having the bother of reporting to the police as an alien. . An officer of the Dublin police aaid: “Mrs. Philby is a British citizen and therefore free to settle here and come and go without question. ' “Anyone travelling on an | American passport has to register as an alien after being fan the country three months. . They have to notify the authori- ties of any change of address, “People travelling on a British passport do_not Rave to It was three years ago that : Harold Philby, one-time Foreign a) - MRS. ELEANOR PHILBY *:Ttred of restricted Ufe ‘Office diplomat and = British Inielligence agent, disappeared from his home in Beirut where he had been working as a corre. apondent for The Observer news , papers few months later he turned ;Up In Moscow and the Russians { announced that he had bees eRranted political asylum. AL that time ai Sritish - Government spokesman gin- ; pointed Philby as the mysterious third man” who had tipped ,Of rencgade British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald aclean that they were about to “be atrested and enabied them to pescape to Russia in 1951. Burgess died in Mdscow in 1963 Mrg Philby followed her hus band.to Moscow... and settled - Sta aw . Paes ' for sure. A a 7 bua — +e te ge tat eta Ut s : _ fare Pa ey te ne ae an eee ee gets PEER tig Me pile BO a ne Ot ee * - there until her right to-Dublin about four months ago.- Why did she decide to leave her husband? Nobody knows But the impression in both Whitehall and Washington ja that she became fed up with ne must have been a restricted é. Her London aoallcitor told me | yesterday. “I cannot comment on Mrs. Philby’s personal life. Bhe does not Want to talk abuut the past. She now has to think of the future, ; “Mrs, Philby is an extremely intelilgent and cultured woman. She has a great interest In.the arts, It was I who suggested that she settle in Dublin. It ls a grand centre for the theatre, literature and painting. Inheritance “Tam sure she will be able to lead a very full and interesting life there. She is, of course, a woman of good independent means.” Mrs. Philby became financially independent When an uncle remembered her in his wiil. A close friend of the Philbys who had lived in the same block of flats In Beirut told me: “I remember one morning in 1960 we were having. early morning coffee together, “They were opening thetr mall and Harold Philby announced that an uncle had left his wife an inheritance of $100,000 (nearly £95,000), “He joked about it saying : j ‘You can see how clever The friend ~added:- “I'm absolutely baffled as to why Mrs. Philby left him, They seemed to be such a happy palr together in those days.” . But whatever happened “hh Russia, Mrs. Philby told nobody. : Mr. George Rich. wealthy Leicestershire farmer who employed her stepson ‘Tom Philby, met her when ashe travelled to England just before Christmas to attend her steno | son's 2ist birthday party. “She seemed fairly happy at the party.” said Mr, Rich. “ But She did not sa¥ one word about as #0 far her husband or Russia .,..and. wot ee t did not asks hebae . ute! oh wf tm o nn 7 r tte Se . cet ee ™ ~~ wt oo Ae