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iv an i € {Mount Clipping in Space Below) East. to escape ‘troubl “os By. Nicholas: Carroll; Diplomati wae mee we ‘Three theories ‘are current: period it is scarcely conceivable this week-end in Whitehall andj that his visits to Britain would be Fleet Street to explain the appearance of Hargld (“ Philby, the former Foreigs ‘OMicial and journalist, who van- ished from Beirut on January 23. Philby was stated by Mr Heath, Lord Privy Seal, in the House of Commons last week to have vadmitted he was “ the third man” ‘who tipped’ off Burgess and (Maclean, and that he-had worked for Russia before: 1946, The most probable of the three Suggested explanations is that, having made this admission to British officials (whether truthfully is still not clear) shortly before he disappeared, he realised that very, soon his career as correspondent for “The Obsetver" and “The Economist! must inevitably end. © Exacting a price - Physically -and mentally .run down, so the theory goes, and with a wife and six children to mi tain, he took the easiest way out and followed Burgess's example of going behind the Iron Curtain, The second and most widely held theory is that Philby was a double. agent, working for the British and’ Russians _—simul- taneously. But this is much weakened by Mr Heath's statement in the Commons, Mr Heath clearly had not been told that Philby visited Britain regularly over the vast eight years, a fact well known to his friends and colleagues in ndon. But if Philby were working for British intelligence during that ats _unknown to his employers, It. follows, then, that either he was not a double agent, or that there is an astounding Jack _of “ liaison” between the Foreign Office and the. British Intelligence services. The third theory is that Philby was a double agent working for the United States Central Intelligence Agency, This is based on the ocaa- sions when he appeared to. be “splashing around far more money d an he would have been likely to get from British or Russian intel- Correspondent a Kim Philby» Sy Mr, Relmont. Mr. Mohr ._. Mr, Casper. Mr. Callakan, Mr. Conrad Mr, Trotter. Tele. Room .. Miss Holmes. Miss Gandy... (Indicate page, name of newspaper, cily and state.) ~The Sunday Times Page 2 ondon, England pate: 7/7/63 Edition: Author: Editor: tite: DONALD-DUART ‘MAC - ~~. wa hy Lf Character: or ESP - R Classification: London Submitting Office: \ ie Re ts ong pat vot 2 ee oe = Se’. ATE crema