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‘Three theories ‘ are i. Fleet Street to explain the dis- fi appearance of Ha rgld (“Kim "'y : O Philby, the former Foreign Office. Official and journalist, who van- ished from Beirut on January 23. Philby was stated by Mr Heath, Lord Privy Seal, in the House of : Commons, iast week to have ‘admitted he was “the third man" ‘who tipped’ ‘off Burgess and iMaclean, and that he-had worked “for Russia before - 1946, The most probable of the three Suggested explanations is that, having made this admission to : British officials (whether truthfully i is still not clear) shortly before he ro disappeared, he realised that very, i soon his career as correspondent | for “The Observer" and “‘The’ Economist ! must.inevitably end, : Exacting. a price Physically . -and mentally run down, 30 the theory goes, and with a wife and six children te main- ‘tain, he took the easiest way out . ‘and followed Burgess’s example of iI going behind the Iron Curtain, Jl The second and most widely ‘held theory is that Philby was a double. agent, working for the British and Russians = simul- af taneously. But this is much | weakened by Mr Heath's statement in the Commons. Mr Heath clearly had not been told that Philby visited Britain reguiarly over the past eight years, a fact well known to his friends and colleagues in noeane ee gege C ” By Nicholas ‘Carroll, Diplomatic Correspondent Me current: period it is scarcely conceivable this week-end in. Whitehall andj tha! his visits to Britain would’ be unknown to his ‘follows, then, that either he was not a double agent, or that there is an astounding lack of * British Intelligence services. The third theory is that Philby was a double agent working for the United States Central Intelligence Agency, This is based on the ocaa- | siohs when he appeared to, be ‘splashing around far: more money than he would have been likely to act from British or Russian intel London. | But if Philby were WOTKINg tor . " : British intelligence during that. Kim Philby . __¥ r 7 - a | . AA {Mount Clipping in Space Below) employers, It liaison” between the Foreign Office and the. ———— TT: orn /- | . Did harassed P hilby’ £0: _ East.to escapé'troubles?s a rn a Mr. Relmont. Mr. Mohr __. Mr, Cacper Mr. Callahan Mr. Canracd Poel Tb any Mr. Evans... Mr, Gal: » Tavel Mr. Trotter . Tele. Roun ag Miss Holmes. ats Miss Gandy.... el: — uh worae one eee te heels > tyne (indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) The Sunday Times Page 2 London, England Date: 7/7/63 Edition: Author: Editor: Title: DONALD-BUART” Character: or ESP - R Clasalfication: London Submitting Office: