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Philby Bared fs Red Spy ‘Warned Burgess “" And Méclean A\ LONDON. July 1 (AP) —A government minister disclosed ., today mer British Diplomat ' . Haro! hilby was the third man in the notorius Maclean- i! ' Burgess ease, had spied for the ' Russians while in the Forelgn’ 1 Office, and now is believed to: : be behind-the Iron Curtain . WS MRR de Ee LE be Edward Heath, deputy for- eign minister, told the House of Commons Philby warned Don- ald Maclean and Guy Burgess, - two other Foreign Office men, that British security services ; were about to arrest them. As a ij result the two fled to Russia in ‘June, 1951. Philby quit the Foreign Serv- fee in 1981, turned newsnener- ee in 1951, turned newspaper- man and vanished from his Post in Beirut, Lebanon, as correspondent for the London Observer Jast March. Worked for Reds —_—_———_——~ 1 Mr, Heath said Philby had j acimitted to British security of- ficlals he had worked for the iRussians before 1946—while he j was in the Foreign Office. . Philby also’ had admitted ; Warning Maciean, through Bur- ‘gess, that the security au- ithorities were about to act. Mr, Heath said that Philby was = © nent ,begenairye ‘nilby after his appearance. , “I can now tell the House: [that more recently Mrs, Philby! “nas received messages purport-' ing to come from Mr. Philby! from behind the Iron Curtain,” he sald. “On the other hand ‘the Soviet newspaper Izvestia reported on June 3 that Mr. ‘Philby was with the Imam of the Yemen. Imam Fighting fer Throne | “There is no confirmation of ; this story. Although there is, as yet, no certainty concerning Mr. Philby's whereabouts there fhas been & development which may throw light on the ques- " fon." Ihe Imam or King of Yemen was overthrown last fall and| now is fichting to try to re- gain hls throne, Mr. Heath related it was dis- covered—evidently during the probe following the defection of Maclean and Burgess—that Philby had Communist saso- eijations. In 1951, Mr. Heath continued, there waz no evidence to show that Philby either had werned Burgess and Maclean they were under suspicion or that he had betrayed Eritisn interests. HAROLD PHILBY ron AR WITED o Admission on Warning . SY i Since then inquiries nave been going on uninterruptedly, Heath said. He added: “They (the security services? are now aware, apparently as & result of an admission by Mr. Philby himself, that he worked for the Soviet authorities be- before 1946 and that in 1951 he, in fact, warned Maclean, through Burgess, that the se- Gain Casper Callahan Cpnrad i Delboach Trotter — Tele Room Holmes Gandy The Washington Post and curity services were about to; take action against him. “This information, coupled with the latest message re- céived by Mrs. Philby, suggests that he left Beirut he may have gone to one of the puntries Of the Soviet bloc.” Mr. Heath recalled that Lord Avon told Parliament in 1955 that Philby had Communist associations, Lord Avon then said Philby | Mr. Heath recalled Lord had been asked to quit the’ F eer Avon had reported no evidence orel @ and aoe had been found to show Philby — Warned .Macieag and Burgess. Wife Receiyes Message Mr, “Heath said messages rpurporting to come from Phil- . by had heen received by his wife from behind the Iron Cur- tain. He aid ‘pot. name the ; coun i In special ‘eborteta, parliga! iment,” Mr. Heath’” said | the: ,the third man in the Maclean and Burgess mystery that ishook the nation when it was jrevealed. | Both Prime Minister Haroid -Macmillan, when he was forelgn minister, and ormer Prime Minister Sir Anthony :Eden, now the Earl of Avon, had told the Hcwse in 1955 there was no reason to suspect ;Philby hed been the tipoff man in the Burgess and Maclean | CASE. Qn, ‘y rey ot en a . f tye AON Ee oe eget a E i i (eee | fe a nn i od ed a, me 3 Coe rte on ~~ Tey Me tN ehh “a Becacder4 Times Herald The Washington Dally News ——— The Evening Star ibe New York Herald Tribune New York Journgl-American New York Mirror New York Daily News New York Post The New York Times . The Worker The New Leader The Wali Street Journal The National Observer Date i ———— ee a NOT RECORDED 191 Jut 8 1963 . - week fs a eh the Sieh ‘ote oh ee” >