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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 27

50 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: May 25, 1951 · Broad topic: Kennedy Assassination · Topic: Cambridge Five Spy Ring · 50 pages OCR'd
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a ” ia + yrs —_—— By Raymond E. Palmer ‘| LONDON, July 1 (AP)—~Bri: ‘jain’s scandal-shaken govern ment reported ay forme: {diplomat Harold“Philby was |Soviet spy th World War 16] jand the mysterious “third “{/man” who tipped two turncoat ‘Ispies 50 they could flee to ‘|Moscow in 1951. ‘ _] The charge by Deputy For- leign Minister Edward Heath ‘came while ‘Prime Minister -|Harold Macmillan's govern. ,;ment still reeled from the scandal following former War Minister John Profumo’'s resig- nation when it was revealed, he shared the favors of call ‘igirl Christine Keeler with a former Soviet Assistant Naval ‘lAttache, Evgeny Ivanov. | . Heath told the House of Commons Philby, 51, was be- lieved to have joined the former diplomats Burgess and Maclean behind the Iron Cur- tain, Double Agent There were indications that Philby, a dark-haired, dashing- ly handsome man who once served as first secretary at the British Embassy in Wash- ington, was apparently a dou- ble agent, spying for beth '|East and West. Britain and the Soviet Union were allies in World War II. Philby was first secretary of the British Embassy in Washington from October 1949 until June 1951, returning to Britain.a month after Burgess and Maclean fied to Russia. W. S. officiais said they are looking into the case for any aspects that may involve the ‘country, . Philby disappeared from his post as a foyeign correspond- ent in Beirut, Lebanon, one ~ might last January. He left his American wite a 3 taxi sayitig he. wail toh a fewsminutes He has not been, reported seen*since— te tepers' | on the way to, MGA /Missin british Dor While Heath said he . Heved-Pintby was be e Tron Curtain, the Soviet news- \paper Izvestia last June 3 de- Jmounced Philby as an agent for British and American .in- dtelligence. | The newspaper said he had left Beirut to work with coun- terrevolutionary forces of the ‘|deposed ruler of Yemen in Saudi Arabia. Philby is the son of the late Harry St. John Bridger Phil- by, noted Middle East expert and explorer. -| Decorated Agent The younger Philby worked ‘as .a correspondent for the ‘|London Times untiktie—aat- oe mone) Ux rned_2 Turncoats = - Casper Callahan peach ye vans siitoh so vel Trottes Tele Room Holmes Gandy Vv. “At { . " The Washington Post and Times Herald The Washington Daily News The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-American New York Mirror New York Dally News New York Post The New York Times The Worker The New Lecder The Wail Street Journal The National Observer Date SebEd dvs |___ ee Nor aT RECORDED JUL 2 1962 491 jul 8 196 at “
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