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{1 ce aa which has i ways urged him on. Cetneniienen @ “As for Hoover, he is a notorious counterintelligencé man, who controls an ap- paratus of repression that is monstrous in scale. At. times y conversations with Hoo- er were extremely curious.’ They got on to discussions .of the working methods of Soviet intelligence. They were most enthralling chats.” Comrade Kim finds it hard to keep back a smilie. . But the person who really made an indelible impression’ on met, he adds, “was @ioover's deputy, Mr. Ladd. . This astonishingly dense per- sonage tried to convince me in all seriousness that Frank- lin Roosevelt was a Comin- _tern agent.” 1 “Apart from those ‘you “have mentioned, have you managed to visit many other countries over these long years?” “T haven't specially counted them, but I should think about 20. I had my specific work, my tasks in each coun- try. One had adapt onself to - them. As a spy with a known -Jength of service, I presented excellent opportunities for traps. They lay in wait for , me at eyery step. “Beca é nature of “m™y activities I had to. or- “ ganize all sorts of operations i against the Soviet Union and other Socialist countries and _then torpedo them myseif. I _always found support in thinking about the solidarity, the reliability of the rear. 1 regularly met in various countries with representatives of the center. Such meetings were great events for me, they filled me with new strength, Still more import- ant were trips to Moscow. 1 Knew that controi highiy valued my work, and trusted me. But all the same, despite all my self-control, I was ex- cited when I heard that 1 had been awarded the Order of the Red Banner. ‘Sincere Friends’ of Soviet “I was also very much helped in my work by the fact that, even in Western countries, I continuaily came across sincere friends of the Soviet people, people whose entire hearts were devoted to Socialism. I saw that these . people were prepared to in- volve themselves in the strugele for the security of the world’s finest Socialist state. Moreover, among the members of - Western coun- G4 = «§122lv : > tries* Nigence services ¥ - the Soviet Chekis is in- know ean afew peo- deed also hi iday, Lis a Mm I ae ‘ ~% sek . . cS . s me . . aw ee Ce Pa : ange ent aR cide i eT ab ar : eee "et c pie like myself who have de- voted themselvef—~to~the struggle against Fascism, to ~, the international solidarity of the workers. And the num- ber of such people is contin- ‘yally growing.” “Comrade Kim, would you not tell us something about your present life?” ‘and Here I Am’ “My work in the British intelligence service took place tin very difficult circum: stances toward the end. Con- trol decided to summon me ' to the Soviet Union with the aim of guaranteeing my safe- ty. And hereiam. I have just finished work on a book. Within the framework of the possible and reasonable I, -, from the position of a spy, ‘illuminate in dt various mo- ments of my life. Many pages of the book have the most direct connection with certain circles,in a string of West European countries. “I travel a lot through the boundless Soviet land, which has become my second home. Immediately after this book Tam thinking of strating an- other, and then I wil write another. I have many plans. Iam a journalist. In my free time T do all sorts, of things —from music to Sentmeas fretwork. I go to the the- ater and regularly attend con- certs. A day or two ago I saw with pleasure the play '‘Al’s Well That Ends Well,’ performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 4 word, I tive a full-blooded ‘life. I cannot complain about my health.” ; “Comrade Kim, a last, per- haps rather straightforward question: Are you happy?" “The major part of my life is behind me. Looking back over the past years, I don’t . think that T lived them in vain. Yes, I am happy. I would like on my own accord to repeat the words of Felix Dzerzhinsky, the knight of the Revolution, the great hu- manist: ‘if I had to begin my life again, I would begin it F] just as I did!” - We say Farewell, The four- hour conversation is over, Of ‘ course, the 30 unusual years of this astonishing man have not ail fited into these four hours. We arrange new meet- ings. Comrade Philby prom- ises to visit our editorial of- fices. We congratulate him from the bottom of our hearts on the coming jubilee-—the 50th anniversary of the Cheka-K.G.B.—the festival of ‘ ay . Toole Harold A, BR. Philby, former British agent who also as- sisted Soviet, Union. He has 728