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~~ - “Philby Says He’s Happy | Qver Red Spy Charge meéring Kremiin spy accused of penetrating American and Brit- ish ¢s piona ge headquarters smiled today and said he really wouldn't Mind doing it all over again, & Harold Philby, the upperclass Englishman said to have served Moscow while heading Britain's anti-Soviet spy network, emerged for the first time from Soviet espionage shadows and talked with Western newsmen in a Moscow hotel. Philby seemed pleased with himself. Faced with British charges ihat he stole enough secrets to earn the title as the twentieth century’s greatest spy, Philby waggled a finger only once with a correction. He said it most certainty was not true that he began spying in 1943, as reported in London. It was in 1933, he said happily. And why? Philby, stammering stilt at times, said he became a Com- munist agent during the great depression. ‘The dilemma of the . working class people was fright- ful,"’ he said, “That's why I did it—I would do it again tomorrow,” he Any regrets? “I do miss the casual access fo my children, although in fact I think I see as much of them as i would have had I remained a z | ; + jpionage netwo World War II. Spying for the Soviet Union while a liaison man in Washing- ton for Britain’s M. I. 6 espio- nage organization, London's or Veeck of Ont Land Being asked for and advising U. §. security officials in those years on organizing the CIA. Being the “third man" who tipped off British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donaid Maciean in time for the pair to make their famed 1951 flight to Moscow, steps ahead of British counter. spies, ; That Was Undat sone mG Wale According to British reports, it was Philby’s known friendship with both Burgess and Maclean that led to his undoing, Eased out of sensitive fields, he re- turned to being a foreign corre- spondent, fleeing at last to Mos- cow in 1963. ; Some things Philby refused to talk about. This included his re- ported marriage to Maclean's lay: ex-wife, Melinda. She and Philby Spying for the Soviet Union| were spotted at a Moscow con- while serving as wartime British| cert only jast week. . spy chief for Spain, Portugal] He indicated he enjoys very and Africa. much life in a comfortable Spying for the Soviet Union! apartment supplied by a grate-| gail eau, rier ne oreign correspondent (one of Mis (SPY “cover’ Jjobs),” Philby said. ng Record in Top Spots He waid he was “never hap- pier, certainly never healthier than during the last four years in Moscow since he skipped away from Beirut. Behind him, according to Brit- ish official and press reports, re * equivalent of Washington's CIA. | IV hi er Callahan — Conrad Felt Gale Rosen Sullivan Tove Trotter Tele. Room Holmes DELETED COPY SENT. AC Beewe) OY LETTER Ff iofr- DER EMA DTT PER fees, Post Times Herald The Washington Daily News - , Whe Evening Star (Washington | The Sunday Star (Washington) CALlVt Daily News (New York} Sunday News (New York) New York Post The New York Times The Sun (Baltimore) The Work Worker The New Leader The Wall Steet Journal The National Observer People’s World NGY 15 967 ~) A Date . while serving’as organizer andj ful Kremlin. He refused toa show! a chie®<di-Sritain’s anti-Soviet es-!it to newsmen. ar 4 . Be AE ee af NOP RECORDED. ( / D4ANOVI7 1967); - gt 45 Wort 1397 ADs ae