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JD D-19 (Hev. 10-1-64) — [BR Sdn” semen eit (—|SPOPTED IN Philby, in Chance Meeti Calls Moscow ‘Marvel af MOSGOW, Jan. 2 (Reuters) ; H A. italy a former Brit-| jis _afent snd diplomat who! j|Vanishcd from the Middie East|q¢ inte the Soviet Union nearly! hint years ago, eemrged briefly from Moscow concealment to- day and said Soviet Union “Marvelous” solutely wonderful.” ae Looking debonair and fit, the. former Foreign Office official’ ITISH_DEFECTOR: jlean in 1&51 that they had a the found the, ab-| ee ee. 4 * . 1 was alone, studied a large poster in the hotel fobby an- rograms. r a few words of fare- | he moved off and ‘sat wniina hotel armchair. A ew mirutes later he moved be- hind @ Marble pillar and van- ished. . . Mra, Philby joined her hus- d in Moscow more than a ear ago and Isater went to New York, Her present whereabouts ig unknown. , On July 1, 1863, the British Government admitted in a House Commona statement that Philby was the “third man” who warned Burgess and Mac- q few hours left before British security would arrest them, Burgess and Maclean fled to the Soviet Union, Burgess died of heart disease in a Moscow was spotted in the marble Iob- hospita] in August, 1963, at the by of the Ukraine Hotel by a age of $2. Maclenn ‘still works correspondent who had known in a publishing house, but h , ihim in the Middle East. ,Shunned westerners in Moscow ‘ Tt was the first time that uring his 13-year stay there. , .» Philby, the “third man” said to| . Philby’s casual appearance In * . Whave warned two British diplo- & Jarge Moscow hotel may mean mats who were Soviet spies, that his period of total aeciu- Dona’ cLean and Guy Sur- sion is over and that from new ve eces. that British security men’ “were about to arrest them, had been sighted by Westerners! since Jan. 23, 1963. He disap! ; peared in Lebanon while work- ing as a correspondent. Wearing an Enplishr tweed jacket, flannel trousers and a red woolen’ shirt, Philby des- scribed by the Russians as “al British intelligence agent” look- ed as if he was about to take a dog for a2 walk tn one of London's fashionable parks. Asked how he was progress- ing in learning Russian, Phiiby wiggled his hands in the air and, with a slight stutter, re- Plied: “Comme ci, comme ca."| Children in England He satd his children were in, ‘ [England at present and added, ; “I bave a nice fiat here. Ev-! erything is swell," . He made no reference to his. wife, Eleanor, or to his work! fn Moscow, although it has’! been reported that he works’ in a Moscow publishing house. | It is not know whether he maintains any connection with! the Soviet espionage system. When his request for asylum in the Soviet Union was first announced th July, 1963, the Soviet pr@ss“hewdlined the story: “Emglish Intelligence: agent has asked for political/ asylum.” This morning Philby, _ who on he will be allowed to mingle with Westerners if he chooses. Premier Aleksei N. Kasygin is to pay an- official visit to London early this year. Con- celvably the Russians want to! Rormalize the case of “third man” Philby before the Premier faces British reporters. , . Mey ‘ Philby, = Cambridee eradp- ence i a <é A ’ — a aay, & WEMGriCg’e gradu Ba ate and now a Soviet gttizen, is riots & son of St. John¥ Philby, a ¢ +}. C ti noted explorer gdp dseer, owe The Washington Post and Times Herald The Washington Daily News The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune ——.... New York Journal-Amefican New York Mirror New York Daily News Times a ‘ New York Post f The New York c The Worker Pe, - The New Leader £C. ft i, The Wall Street Journal Lf 4 / - ( d _ The National Observer Po Behe f € People’s World i : Date 3 Sor RD VY yay 5B 1968