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ip 2De ectors i eereing Deny Word Of Newsman fh neater “. Reuteras 3) | MOSCOW, July 1 — Guy. Burgess and Donald MacLean former British dipiomats who defected to Russia in 1951, said in separate interviews to- night they did not know any- thing about an English news- man who is reported to have followed them behind the Iron Curtain, Burgess and Maclean gave differing replies-when asked if H. A, R. “Kim Philby, who disappeared Irom Beirut ear- lier this year, informed them they were in danger in 1951. Burgess denied the charge ; and said MacLean was tipped: off when a car carrying “aver.. eager MI five sleuths” bumped’ into his car in London, “f MacLean’s only comment} was: “I have nothing to say.' Burgess ridiculed Foreign : Minister Edward Heath’s state- | ment in the House of Com- mons that Philby was the “third man” in the sensational flight to Moscow by Burgess and MacLeanr-———» Burgess recalled that Philby had told a press conference that he (Burgess) was “one of my oldest friends, one of those good friends in bad times as: well as good.” Burgess added: “Philby was that sort of, chap. I would have thought he would have got in touch with me but he has not.” When asked about the re-, port that Philby was a Com- munist and a Soviet spy, Burgess paused for a moment, then said: “To my certain knowledge Kim was never a member of the Communist .. Party at Cambridge. He oan the secret { service | as an assistant of mine.” ) Asked iff he knew tnatl rm * a ong Rah ay Philby gave information to | the Buscians, Burgess replied ‘wbarply “No” oc tg if load uit tty sage ~s por wrt ee, bo Geof €) © Ccvr oe i as ———_ Casper Calla Evan Gale Rose Su Tavel han Conrad —thage DeLoach At/ n TA a Trotter — Tele Room —___. Holmes Gandy The Washington Post and Times Herald The Washington Daily Newe The Evening Star ; New York Herald New York Journa]|-American New York Mirror Tribune New York Daily News AA ——— + espry New York Post ee The New York T The Worker ' mo Z Ss The New Leader ww | ort) 2 / ~ The Wall Street Journal] _ imeae The National Observer Date Pan SBA bs bad a ORE” 191 Ju 8 1968 ere? " COPY PILED IW n a UNRECNPN