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\ i © {Mount Clipping in Space Below) PARTY TALK ON PHILBY ‘Setting Commons records straight BY _OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THERE are to be consulta- tions between Government and Opposition in the hope of agreeing on some means of setting House of Commons records straight about the Philby affair. But Mr. Macleod, Leader of the House, made clear yesterday {report—P30} that the Govérnment has no intention of finding time for a motion which could be construed as censuring the Prime Minister. The motion, sponsored jointly by Mr. Lipton (Lab,, Brixton) and Mr. Wigg (Lab, Dudley), arises from Mr, Lipton’s personal statement ia November, 1955. In this he with- drew an allegation that Mr. Harold Philby was the “Third Man” in the Burgess-Maclean episode. it invites the House to “ deplore the fact that Mr. Lipton was pre- vailed on by the formal assurances of Mr. Macmillan,” then Foreiga Secretary, to make his statement, “SLUR” UNJUSTIFIED In the Government's view. this amounts to an unjustified slur on Mr. Macmillan. Ministers have to speak on the information avail- able to them at the time, When Mr. Macmillan reported that there was no evidence identi- fying Philby as the “third man™ he did so in good faith. The Opposition would be satis- Ged if Mr. Macmillan made a per- sonal statement putting Mr. Lipton “in the clear." The Government is not dispoeewerane even mst ———— s. Bahinont Meo Mohr Mr. Casper _. ftp, Calatan Ve Teed Me Miss Holmes Miss Gandy. {indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH London, England — Pagel be 7/5/63 Edition: Author: Editor: CO tite: HAROLD PHILBY Character: or Classification: ESP-R London Submitting Office: Heeg 191 gue 15 1%.