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C aciillan Holds Back More Details | n Philby Case; Wilson Goes Along — Fhe Washington Post Foreign Service have charged publicly that he LONDON, July 16 — The! continued to work for intel- leaders of the government and) jigence. opposition told Parllament to-} Macmillan told Parliament day that it would be againstitoday that he had made a! the national interest to reveal thorough study of the case. . “I hope the House will ac- further details of the Philby cept,” he said, “that it would case, ¢ . . . not be in the national inter- Harold A. R.Philby disap-| ect for members to inquire peared last January from further inte the past history of the case, I would ask the House therefore to refrain from any further public dis- eussion of these matters.” The surprise came when op- position Labor leader Wilson echoed Macmillan’s plea for discretion. Labor has been Beirut, where he was working aS & hewspaper correspondent. He had worked for British intelligence during World War Il and went into the Foreign Service ‘afterward, but was dropped in 1951 because of Communist connections, The government recently \ disclosed that Philby had been pushing for investigation of security failures. the tip-off man in the 1951 Wilson said he had ' 2 . : received defection of British diplomats a “full and frank account" Guy Burgess and Donald from Macmillan that “raises Maclean. a number of issues that frank- Britain has received reports ; that Philby is new in \Prague. Fy cannot be giscussed ae Foss Opposition leader Harold vie Wilson and deputy leader con® grave see etin . pee George Brown had two long abou eonferences with Prime Minis- ter Harold Macmillan about the case in the past weck. Members of Parliament had put down a series of angry questions for answer by the Prime Minister today asking for full information. The key: question was whether Philby was still working for M1-6, Britain's equivalent of the Central Intelligence Agency, up to the time of his disap- pearance even though he had been fired by the. Foreign. Office 12 years before. | Former friends of _ Philby ee as Seer oe ota a ny Sage cow, - wey * es es me - ©. a ce . iy oat ee ahh a, ie a La RNS EIT ce Rak ee Cee a the handling of the case, Wil- son added, but considered it! best to take them up in epn- fidential talks with the Prime|! Minister. bo ry) if . f NOT ‘°° JRDED 191 gut 17 1963 a tS —eee ———we fart f - . Sry The Weebnghon OT oo 7.1703 647 Leck > | $\ TT} Se ae ae ey as ™ om ve - ee im, pee oh ee! ’ ~s wo a eS. Sm lle itt Sr ek ee } a eae te at EE TT aS de ea