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Mr. Tolson LE Lf jc tee oe . Mr. Belmgp—___ ~ Britain's ‘Third Man’ wip— Mr Hone” ‘ The identification, by a me) ber’ ee Mr. Mohr — Parliament, of Harold Philby as the Mr. Parsons “third man” in the Maclean-Burgess spy Mr. Rosen 1 H ease sheds little new light on this Mr. Tamm mysterious affair. Mr. Sizoo Philby formerly was in charge of . Mc. Winterrowd security at the British Embassy here. . Tel Re His particular job was to see to it that ele. Room embassy personnel protected the secrecy Mr. Holloman —_—_. of official documents. : Miss Gandy According to London reports, Philby unwittingly pullggs the trigger on the, . “A 77 spy case. Donal jaclean, then head of the American department of the British & t./ Forelgn Office, was under suryeiliance as & spy for the Russians. Guy "Burgess, an* all-around bad actor, had been recalled to London from’ his post as second secre- tary at the Washington embassy and forced to resign from the diplomatic: service. But this was for misconduct. Although evidently 2 spy, he was not x suspect on that ground. Philby, who did not know that Maclean was a spy, is sup- posed to have warned Burgess that his conduct was under scrutiny. Whether Maciean also was warned Js not known. But both men in any event fled from London in 1951, and are believed to be working for the Russians in Moscow. Philby resigned from the government service four months after the escape of Maclean and Burgess. The thing that sticks in the craw in this business, and which ostensibly touched off the row in Commons which resulted in the naming of Philby, is the el attitude of the British government. ‘There is considerable evidence that Brit~ Wash. Post and ish counter-intelligence bungled the job Times Herald prior to the escape of Maclean and Bur~ gess. There is a great deal of evidence: that the British government has tried to - cover up much of the scandal. It is this latter aspect which has provoked most of the criticism in London. Prime Minister Eden now says that the matter will be called up for debate Wash. News a Wash. Star ae, N. Y. Herald —__ Tribune N. Y. Mirror Daily Worker —__ The Worker —______ bana yt in Commons at an early date. Since New Leader ~™ there is no other way to establish the I facts and allay unwarranted suspicions, . on the_sooner this is done the better it Date OCT 27 1955 { will be eas Date ———_ = DELETED COPY SENT @.B. Mee Doweleh 2 . BY LETTER JUN 22 1976, ° PER FOIA & Lat oe.