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“tesa 2 Defpctors © Den¥qW ord .: Of Newsman AN Reuters : MOSCOW, July Burgess and Donal former British~aplomats who defected to Russia in 1951, said in separate interviews to- night they did not know any- thing about an English news- man who is reported to have followed them behind the Iron, Curtain. \ Burgess and MacLean gave differing replies when asked if H. A. R. “Kim” Phitby, who} disappeared from’ Beirut ear- lier this year, informed them] they were in danger in 1951. | Burgess denied the charge and said Maclean was tipped off when a car carrying “over- eager MI five sleuths” bumped into his car in London. 4 j MacLean's only .comment. I have nothing to say.” urgess ridiculed Foreign’ penis Edward Heath's state-, Ment in the House of Com- ? mons that Philby was the “third man” in the sensational, flight to Moscow by Burgess, and MacLeane+ ~~ Burgess recalled that Philby had told a press -conference that he (Burgess) was “one of my oldest friends, one of those good friends in bad times as! well as good.” . } Burgess added: 4 “Philby was that sort of chap. I would have thought ne would have got in touch’ * with me but he has not.” When asked about the re-, port that Philby was a Com- munist and a Sovict spy, Burgess paused for a moment,' then said: “To my certain. - knowledge Kim was never a” member of the Communist: Party at Cambridge. He joined} | the secret rvice as an assistant of Imgne.” o_ Asked if knew that! ave formation to: ens, Burgess replied: Saree sbarply "No"... oe RC et via Ny — \ eae oe aie 4 \co 224/93 “The National Observer Imont VY johr —__s_ Casper Calldhon —___ Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale »~——_-—_.__ Ai? gaa Suffivas Trotter Tele Room —_. Holmes Gandy ‘The Washington Post and 43 Times Herald ‘The Washington Daily News The Evening Star — New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-American New York Mirror New York Daly News New York Post The New York Times The Worker The New Leader . ‘The Wall Street Journal —_ Date (O0- gw : poe . Re NOT RECORDED + 191 JuL 8 1963 oul $ -40° 063 ORIGINAL FIL: