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I ’m” puzzled | “However, dear boy, I am just aS Puzzled about his movements as the British Government seems to be. “Mind you, that’s not to say that he isn’t here. “ The more I read about the Profumo case the more glad I am to be here. And the more I belleve that any civilised person like Philby might want to come here.” He ridiculed the idea that Philby was the “Third Man” in his own and Maclean’s sensa- tlonal disappearance 12 years ago, ‘An accident’ The truth, he said, was . that Maclean stopped his ; taxi in St. James's- square and was bumped into by a car carrying over - eager Special Branch sleuths. “He was on his way to ae i From MARTIN PAGE MOscOW, Monday. Gee BURGESS and " Donald Maclean, the British diplomats ‘who fled to Russia in 1951, both said in lMos- cow tonight that they did not know if Philby wus now behind the lunch with me,” said Burgess. “It was this and this alone which revealed to Macican that he was being followed. “There was no ‘Third Man,’ no unnamed M.L5. man, no unnamed diplo- mat. no Philby who is supposed to have told me in Washington what was going on.” Donald Maclean was asked if he could con- firm that Philby was in a Communist country. “T don't know anything about ‘*“he-Yeplied. Iron Curtain. Burgess, dressed in a dark blue pyjama jacket and trousers which did ; not quite match, seemed : upset at the House of Commons statement about his old friend. : . “Tf he was in this part ° “of the world.” sald Burgess,.“I would have ‘thought that he would have got in touch with me. But he has not. If IT knew_he was in Prague \ I would certainly go there tosee him. Sees i tT hase ’ . vie? a iatee Cg ae er! St age OMe ye a: ‘maga t