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Harold Adrian-Russeb} Philby also known as Kim Philby @@M said although Mi dia not tmow whether he was a Communist Party (CP) member, @Mrnoted that it was fashionable to be a Communist and espouse the Communist philosophy, at Cambridge University, at the time Philby attended in the 1930's. It was jp opinion Philby adopted socialism ab that time and retained it all his life. é, At the time Burgess and Maclean disappeared in 1951, Philby was requested to resign and he did in fact tender his resignation which was accepted. He did this to avoid embarrassing the British Government. noted at this point that Philby had previously received an award from King George VI for his service to the Government and that he had Similarly been granted a decoration by the Franco forces during the Spanish Civil War. @§ related it vas understand- ing that for the next three or four years, Philby underwent severe hardship since he was attempting to earn a livelihood for hinand his five minor children in England.In 1955. - Prime Minister MacMillan "cleared" in Parliament of any complicity in the Burgess and Maclean incident. He had at this time obtained employment as & newspaper man and subsequently was assigned to the Middle-East. It was i Beirut, Lebanon, @™@W met Philby through ag _4e