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7 Cc Martelli Says~ | HeLied, Blames ‘Scotland Yard LONDON, July 10 (UPI)—An, Italian physicist” accused of planning to spy for Russia claimed today he knew of a -Jeak in Scotland Yard. Giuseppe Martelli, in his fi- nal testimony at the trial in which he is charged with vio- lating Britain's official secrets act, said he lied to detectives who arrested him in April “be- cause I knew there was a leak ein Scotland Yard.” He said “it would have got back to the Russians” if he: told the truth about his con- “tacts with the Soviets. Martelli, who was assigned to Britain from the European atomic energy pool, denies he -intended to yield to Soviet ipressure to become a spy. He «claims he was trying to collect; ‘enough evidence to incrimi- nate the Russian contact men. ‘Scotland Yard Mum ‘ Martelli is not accused of! “spying, but of planning to hand: ‘over secret information and of ‘possessing espionage equip- +ment. ! He gave no details of the salleged leak and Scotland v¥ard declined official com- yment. The Martelli case was ad- ourned until Thursday as «{nembers of Parliament tabled xerox “fC, more guestions on the case of Harold-Philby, British news- man who vanished in Lebanon) in January and who, the gov- ernment said, may be behind the Iron Curtain. Lord Privy Seal Edward Heath said last week that Phil- by was the “third man” who tipped off turncoat diplomats! Guy Burgess and Donald Mac-| lean before their 1951 flight to Russia, Questions Await Answers The questions included a de- mand why the House of Com- mons remained uninformed if Philby admitted five months ago to working for the Soviets. Another asked what measures. were taken to check Philby's visits to London from Beirut. Still another asked why Phil- by was paid 3000 pounds ($8400) when asked to resign from the Foreign Office fol- lowing the disappearance of| Burgess and Maclean. ! The questions were sched- uled for answer next Monday and Tuesday. ' Prime Minister Harold Mac- millan, under increasing fire within his own Conservative Party because of the mush- rooming scandals, called a meeting for Thursday with Labor Leader Harold Wilson and Wilson's Deputy, George Brown. : > JUL 15 1963 eee NOY ?>"ORDED I91 gue 25 1903