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ad — Mr. Telaon. Mr, Belmont_____ Mr. Mehr (Mount Clipping in Space Below) Mr, Tratioe | Tele, Reon... Miss Holmes... Miss Gandy......... oo et RUSSIANS AIDED PHILBY’S FLIGHT ‘‘NOW IN PRAGUE” From Our Special Correspondent BEIRUT, Wednesday. of | | PHILBY-ROLE | | AS AGENT | QUESTIONED A - wear t that ny ~o- MONTH GAP Prague. There seems little doubt i that he was assisted in his Hight By MICHAEL HILTON, by the Communists who arranged Dally Telegraph Diptomatic for him to embark on a Russian (Indleate page, name of hewspaper, city and state.) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH if Correspondent i hat ti in Lebanese t MIHE statement by the ship at * ime in ba bonds Odserver that Mr. Philby It is mot easy ta leave the . was employed by them at the Lebanon without attracting potice —_—— \ suggestion of the Foreign and ta do so secretly involves care- | Office prompts the questign of ful organisation. Since the troubles r | whether he was continuing to of 1961 the local security forces if work for British Intelligence have kept a vigilant guard, a oof d | from 1956 until january of Many plotters in this republic of , + this year. plotting try to make their way to j | I in 195 hat h neighbouring countries. In a way { was if 6 that he began this is the Switzerland of the work as a Middte East correspond- ent and it was in January that he admitted he had been the third man. The intelligence service makes use of many people who are Middle East, a centre for spying and nefarious activiiles because of its liberal régime and easy going ways, | a -) a not full-time officials. | A Foreign Office spokesman said Hl yesterday: “ As is wel] known, we : ave mot prepared to answer ! , questions about intelligence miat- \ ters.” ; FIVE.MONTH GAP With regard to the Ave-month : gap between Philby’s admission and the statement to the House of Commons on Manday, the expla- nation being advanced in offical quarters goes something like this: Author: Mi chael Hilton 1—As soon as the admission was Editor: : i made, the decision was taken . A mV J i / . ¥ + Date: Edition: 7/4/63 in principle that Parliament would Title: HAROLD PHILBY have to be told at some time. , yg yh get 2--There were a number of what a é- bh Oe A : would have been described as i en ee pagndrils " and aide issues that _ haractert : ad to be cleared up. 3--Why the announcement was NOT RECORDS ot ESP R “made at what, from the Gov- 191 JUL 15 3963 | Classification: : ermment’s point of view, was a i particularly unfortunate moment can only be conjectured. Presum- ably it was because it discovered that the news was about to break and had appeared. partially jn an Ameticap maazire—> Submitting Office: oes ee ey — eee A! tye cr an aay, mi: ~ rovn i Nn te ee Dee Re PP ae eee as -