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\ < ~) . ” ta Memorandum W. A. Branigan to W. C. Sullivan nod -_ ADRIAN RUSSELL PHILBY Comment: The facts are that Philby as the representative of 6, e British counterpart of CIA, would of necessity and actually did spend 90 per cent of his time in this country with CIA On liaison matters. By its very nature, MI-6 had little, if anything, to do with the FBI. Therefore, there is no basis in fact to his statement that the Bureau resented Philby’s relations with CIA, With respect to Philby's statement that the Director was "upset" by Philby's appointment and that Menzies sent a telegram to the Director assuring him that Philby's duties would strictly be liaison, there is nothing contained in our files to bear out either of these statements. (oe - Philby's Statement: In Chapter X, Page 174, Philby is critical of the British and FBI investigation to identify the leak in the British Embassy (subsequently identified as Donald Duart Maclean) because they had concentrated on nondiplomatic and minor employees rather than diplomats. Again in Chapter XI, Page 194, he levels the same criticism at the Bureau stating that it was inexplicable to him because there could be no doubt that from the information this source was furnishing the Soviets he was a man of stature @) a / -3- CONTINUED - OVER nee Shem temic der eens canned nh emma [