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C A fartelli Says~ eLied,Blames Scotland Yard LONDON, July 10 (UPI)—An) more Italian physicist” accused of /}raro} planning to spy for Russia claimed today he knew of a leak in Scotland Yard. Giuseppe Martelli, in his fi- nal testimony at the trial in which he is charged with vio- lating Britain's official secrets . act, said he lied to detectives “who arrested him in April “be- ' Cause I knew there was a leak ‘in Scotland Yard.” He said “it would have got back to the Russians” if he told the truth about his con- ‘tacts with the Soviets. Martelli, who was assigned ‘to Britain from the European atomic energy pool, denies he «intended to yield to Soviet H ‘pressure to become a spy. He -tlaims he was trying to collect ‘enough evidence to incrimi- :nate the Russian contact men. ‘Scotland Yard Mum a ee as ‘possessing espionage equip- ment. ‘ He gave no details of anu ak © a See th ‘Yard declined official com- ment. The Martelli case was ad- ourned until Thursday as embers of Parliament tabled XEROX - JUL 15 1963 i 4 y TD 10 ‘y, ‘alleged leak and s: S82 ubE Lr (G y= Goene are Yaw Th Roce PS stions on the case of hilby, British news-|: man who vanished in Lebanon in January and who, the gov- ernment said, may be behind the Iron Curtain. Lord Privy Seal Edward Heath csid lact waal that Dhit SANGLI) OGUL ABO WET Liat 2 thal? by was the “third man” who tipped off turncoat diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald Mac- lean before their 1951 flight to Russia. Questions Await Answers The questions included a de- mand why the House of Com- mons remalned uninformed if Philby admitted five months ago to working for the Soviets. Another asked what measures were taken to check Philby’s visits to London from Beirut. Still another asked why Phil- by was paid 3000 pounds ($8400) when asked to resign Martelli is not accused of|from the Foreign Office fol- ‘spying, but of planning to handjlowing the disappearance of! - lover secret information and of/ Burgess and Maclean. The questions were sched- uled for answer next Monday eland Tuesday. : Prime Minister Harold Mac-: miflan, under increasing fire within his own Conservative Party because of the mush-: rooming scandals, called a meeting for Thursday with Labor Leader Harold Wilson and Wilson’s Deputy, George Brown, — NOT PoCCoRDED Si gue 5 1903 Oe ee ey ; wage ac ee Pex wr 5 PS AS eee ~ nF ae