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a *——* By ARNOLD TURVEY “Evening News” Parliamentary Reporter A SENSATIONAL STATEMENT ABOUT MR. HAROLD PHILBY—AT ONE TIME ALLEGED TO BE THE “THIRD “ MAN ” IN THE BURGESS AND MACLEAN ‘MISSING DIPLOMATS SFORY—CAME FROM THE GOVERNMENT THIS AFTER- NOON. | os Mr. Edward Heath, Lord Privy Seal, said -the security services had further information yon Mr. Philby who vanished in the Middle ast five months ago. 2) They were now aware" apparently tm the result bE yY Wel COW eae pres thle of an admission by Mr, Philby himseff’—that he “worked for the Soviet authorities befofe 1946 and that in 1951 he in fact warned Maclean through Burgess that the security services were about to take action against him.” Mr. Heath told Members that messages purporting to come from Mr. Philby had been re- ceived by his wife from “ be- hind the Eron Curtain.” Mr. Heath recalled Mr. Philby’s disappearance from the Lebanon about which a state- ment was made in March. v. Heath said the security sertice information, coupled with the messages received by Mr§_,, Philby, suggested that when he left Beirut Mr. Philby might have gone to one of the countries of the Soviet bloc. | oe. My Eleanor Phiy si