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oN Cc . xt of Izves... Based “es ~ a Las) ke: . MOSCOW, Dec. 18 (Reutty: in unofficial trios text of an arti: .—Following, _ dation, is the ‘on Tnterview ‘ho Spied in Izvestia based on inten view with arold A, Robi and now is a Soviet citizen: __ A frosty mo Ing. not yet left the snow-covera Streets. The trees on Goga Boulevard are covered with a fuzzy hoarfrost, At the troi- leybus stop stands a chain of , People, wiping their cheeks ‘and stamping their feet. Peo. Pe are hurrying. A new day, ith its cares and : is beginning, Automobiles are “also hurrying, passing’ another. y % P mn, one A no longer voung but stiti young strong jan of mitde eight waiks . unhurriedly* along the sidewalk, breathing Sen arUsly air Wilh pleas . He is wearing a warm shee. skin-lined coat an .. fur hat. The man is dbvicntig~tde. lighted by the mornige and the frost and the stream of pedestrians. casionally people bump into him, “Excuse me," they hast- lly say to him. “Don’t! men- tion it,” he answers pleas. antly, speaking with a slight accent. a He alanecas a6 2 say Bees BL i Wit at the trolleybus stop and, with cheerful good-nature gazes, after a fashionable young girl in a miniceat, who is being borne along to the Saving warrath of a subway* station. He looks with inter- est at boys with schoolbags ' on their shoulders throwing snowballs at each other en the boulevard. He always smiles, this man with a good and open farce, . Who is he, what Is he emil- ing at, what unusual things has he found on the boule- vard, in the coated trees, on this ordinary Moscow morn: ing? The young boys on the Hower ag, the passes-hy on péopie, * BSR” oS hing Oc. tO Spied jo? Moscas i: December morn-« The night's gloom he-- | / — ays the sidewalk—-who of them could imagine the surprising life story of the man who smiled at them this-morning?. He has been called a mystery man—his life a riddle. Long ' . Years, whole decades, 30 long years of eternal riddles. A life’ as complex as a labyrinth. A Meeting at the C.I.A. In the spring of 1951, an Important meeting was called in the office of one of the leaders of the Central Intelli- gence Agency, the sanctum sanctorum of the American secret service. In addition to Allan Thullac araund tha lang AEN LAs OS, SPOund the wong table sat Frank Wisner, the head of the service for super- secret subversive political op- erations. His post was a ers, he was listed as an as- sistant to the director of the department for policy coordi- nation. Alongside him was his assistant, Frank Lindsay.* - The participants mission between the British secret service and the C.LA. ‘in Washington, was supposed to take part in working out an operation of extreme im- had pinned high hopes on ‘the- portance. The CLA. British guest, a prominent member of the British secret service who was considered an outstanding expert on Op- erations against the Soviet Union and other’ Socialist countries. Philby had stood at the cradie of the C.LA.—the American espionage system was created under the guid- ance of the highly experi-, anced Eritich caneat soartinga SNClG afiuSi secre, Service. The Englishman was as precise as ever. He arrived on the minute. Very elegant, thoughtful, he was the model af a British gentleman. A slight stammer did not spoil nis speech, and legends of —— ee q " NGP RECORD €¥5 jan 9 1968 sr = ee SNS ah tO he oecuacan Can ede len WN ac ce ie | | ' | secret even to trusted work-, . s in. the: Meeting were waiting for-an ‘important guest, Kim Philby, : . the head of a special Haison * * With'Philby, for [Soviet a the power of his charm cir-_ culated in both the CIA. and the British secret serv- ice. After cordially greeting #hoea accamhlod he tank hic ware Ge PULA EN NS Sat Saree acne seat at the table. The C.LA. had been ordered to wor t an operation on organi ' @ counterrevolu- tionary uprising in one of the Datkan Socialist countries. _ The first siage in ihis action was supposed to be the dropping of a group of sev- eral fundred saboteurs on the territory of this country. Almost all of them were emigrés from the couptry. The hroup was sippos*d” to stir pp trouble in. variou, places, Which, when merged together, would lead to an explosion and the toppling of the existing system, - A big stake had been placed on the operation. Ac- cotding to the thinking of its originators. It was, in the first place, a “test stone” and, in the second, was sup- posed io become the start- ing point for broad countre- _revolutionary actions against all the Socialist countries. ‘The teams of saboteurs were waiting for the signal for the drop. Lindsay, Wisner’s as- sistant, had been designated the immediate executor, the operation. Philby approved the plan, certain details seemed to have been inadequately worked out and he made a number ‘ot corrections, The partici ants in the meeting caught his: every word, Bhilby’s opinion was worth @ good deal, Dulles, puffing on his pipe, listened to the English guest with emphasized 7é- spect. 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