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amen is cooperating with B: Ush security euthori. ties. They, in turn, are - giving her protection and although. she is said to be in Britain now, her. whereabouts are secret, , She is, of course, free to nter or leave the country as fe wishes. Mrs, Philby is, In fact, be- he treated with the same kid loves that British security authorities wore when deal- ing with Melinda Maclean, the wifé of defector Donald ‘Maclean who confounded them and her tmends by fol- lowing her husband to the Soviety Union. Immediately after Philby's disappearance, friends of his wife in Beirut suggested that she was “very worried about money.” But a short time lat- er Mrs. Philby left for Ew rope with her two children, a trip that must have cost be- tween $1500 and $2000. é Philby had no money ex- \eept his earnings as a for-‘ | | 1 | eign correspondent which are | assumed to have ended, He may not be as useful to ; the Soviet Union as Maclean was when he disappeared. But surely any man who has worked in 2 British counter- espionage organization must have some value. ° There is little need to Stress the similarity between the Maciean and Philby cases. {Both men are from similar backgrounds, the same age, Communists in their youth | and Soviet agents while they | worked for the British For- | eign Service. | Further, they wer e attrac: tive to-women, had Amer Tit wives, but indulged in emo. tional relationships with oth- er men, and both were drunk- ards, Philby used the once lux- urious Normandy Hotel in.! Beirut as his office and gen- eral meeting place. He had tauch of his mail addressed were mounting and-hiv-ered- . jtors became restless he would suddenly announce that he would soon be in the chips. When the money ar- rived he paid the barman and other creditora for a party, which would continue afterwards, or until Philby passed out. United States security of- ficers in Beirut are under- sinod to have cugogactad en Ses oo Gia eo Sua cored, SOF two months ago, that th had evidence that Philby w behind the Iron Curtain. 1 WO wis FN pls Boe gH ere tale - 7) ne .. gf i are ee Ae “ ” ae o + ot Petes sy 3 regs Sf Hes nee? ee arid . eu aye tet ible! at oe we a ee eee ag ms ea OE te et Saati tal eT en Fete oe |