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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 32
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HAROLD ADRIAN RUSSELL PHILBY
ultra-right elements of the Christian Democratic
leaders and carry out secret operations to weaken
the position of the current government and to
compromise some of its leaders,
"The work of BIS is aimed in the direction
of depicting polieies of WILLY BRANDT in the eyes of
the Western States, especially the United States,
Engiand and France, as pro-Soviet Union, which is
Supposed to be against the best interests of the
Western Nations and of the German people. Therefore,
it is in no way remarkable to find a parallel between
the memoirs of the former West German BND Chief GEHLEN
and the current actions of the English Intelligence
Service and government, I recall now that my good
friend PETER LANN, English espionage resident in
Beirut from 1962 ~ 1968, told of a whole row of Agents
and Engiish espionage operators and contacts in BND
and other of West Germany's State Departments.
LANN, who rose to a leading position in the BIS in the
fifties, worked as a BIS resident in Bonn during the
years of 1957 = 1961. LANN told me that the anti
BRANDT material published in West German magazines
during the fifties and sixties was inspired by BIS."
The editors then said, "We know that you
worked for some time in the Near Hast, including
Lebanon. We would like to hear about the British
espionage undermining activities in that area, which
through the fault of the imperialistic states thas
become the cause of tension during a number of years."
PHILBY answered, “Yes, I did work for quite
a while in the Near East states, Even now I am
interested in this area, The British Espionage and
Intelligence Center located in Beirut ‘is active
practically against all Arabian states. After PETER
LANN, the leader of the English espionage there was
WOMERTHLY, and currently it is DERBYSHIRE who works
in the disguise of a secretary in the British Embassy.
In the Embassy and in other English representative
organizations the following have worked as Agents:
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