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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 13
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‘Third Man’ in Spy Case
Lived Here for 2 Years »
Harold Philby, accused in the
British House of Commons today
: ase “third man” in the Burgess-
MacLean spy case, was @ first
| secretary of the British Embassy
: in Washington from October,
| 1949, until the summer of 1951.
| He was then recalled to London
and there resigned from the
British Foreign Service,
Tt is evident that his name
came up early during the British
inve: ’
ancpof Guy Burress and Donz
ald McLean in May, 1951.
Philgy
British Embassy here simul-
tanegusly.
fami
ation ,of the disappear-
Both Mr. Burgess and Mr.
were stationed at the
Mr. Philby and his
y were living at 4100 Ne-
braska avenue N.W., according
to State Department records.
The same records show that Mr
Burgess, who was here without
any family, moved in with the
'Philbys.
After Mr, Burgess returned to
, London and then fled behind
‘the Iron Curtain, British in-
ivestigators
presumably ques-'
Sweet
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LA:
HAROLD PHILBY
Pictured in 1937 as corre.
spondent wounded in Span-
ish civil war—AP Wire-
photo.
‘Times, covering the Franco side
tioned Mr, Philby, It was be-4% the Spanish eivii war. One
: . . “Iperson who knew him at that
Hon and tubsecueat retenaien itime described Mr. Philby as be-
7 : ‘ing @ strong supporter of the
from the Foreign Service might
jhave had connection with the.
‘Burgess-MacLean case.
Presumably, however, British tipped off Mr.
ant!-Communist Generalissimo
|Franco.
If it is true that Mr. Philoy }
Burgess that he *
authorities do not have evidence yas under investigation, the most
warranting any criminal prose-: ne
cution of Mr. Philby.
Mr. Philby is said to have been,
engaged
in the export-import
charitable interpretation would
‘be that Mr. Philby thought that
Mr, Burgess was being investi- |
a gated for too much drinking. Mr. }
business with Spain after his de-|Burgess, however, got in
uch
pardure from the Foreign Service.|with a Soviet agent who armnged
He
in Ehgiana,
MY. Philby once served as ajcould be arrested for spyikg for
for the London'the Sovict Union.
now reported to be living 'for both; Mr. Burgess anf Mr.
MacLean to flee before] they
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