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J TO | . M. QAitdones J- sae suwEcT: -"THE RISE.AND FALL OF A SOVIET AGENT" en Q . ne re em ee 8 | ee OFtioNAL Fou NO, Ie q 1o= 188 may 1F6t COOH O34 GIN, 110 NO, FF os . ot UNITED STATES GOV... NMENT Us ee Memorandum Mr. DeLoach | pare: 3-68-64 eg The February 15, 1964, issue of The Saturday Evening Post" contains an article captioned "The Rise and Fall of a Soviet Agent" by Edward R. Fe*Sheehan: This is_based upon the life of. Harold Adrian Russell & Philby (commonly known as Kim Philby) the former British intelligence a Neate 2 eM ah official who defected to the Soviet Union last year. ARTICLE CONCERNING HAROLD ADRIAN RUSSELL PHILBY phe Today, SMEs of The Reader's Digest" telephoned = the Bureau to advise that the May, 1964, issue of 'The Reader's Digest" will contain a condensed version of this article concerning the Philby spy case. oted that Philby had been assigned in Washington, D. C. during {the early 1950's and that he had passed information to Guy Burgess shortly | before the defection of Burgess and Donald Maclean to the Soviets. She noted ‘that the article concerning Philby in "The Saturday Evening Post" deals briefly ‘with Philby's service in Washington, D. C., and inquired whether the FBI fa ) }could verify the truth of this portion of the article. / te ‘a et! * MER ns advised that the Philby espionage case is one handled primarily by British authorities and that we are not able to be of assistance to "The Reader's Digest" in verifying any aspects of the artjcle _ regarding it. t RECOMMENDATION: Re ce a see NOT PuCoRD my, fw