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* ' 3 © «> Questions By Clare Hollingsworth ‘The Manchester Guardian LONDON, July 2—An air Inystery hangs over Brit- atn’s newest spy case involv. hive inissing Journalist H HAR. “The. government disclosed yesterday that Philby had worked as a double-agent and ad been the “third man” in e Burgess-Maclean ‘spy anda) of a decade ago. Diplomats Guy Burgess 1d Donald Maclean fled to the Soviet Union in 1951, The government disclosed yester- day that Philby, who was at- tached to the British Em- assy in Washington in 1951, had tipped them off then that they were about to be arrested in a security inves- tigation. Philby, who left the British Foreign service in 1955, dis- appeared in January from Beirut, Lebanon, where he was working as a foreign correspondent. Britain’s Latest Spy Case Rdises Some Puzzling ng It is understood that Phil- by admitted his role in the spy scandal shortly before his disappearance. There is Speculation that he made his confession to a British Em- bassy official in Beirut after having learned that someone had “squealed.” if Philby was a spy and a traitor, as the government disclosures yesterday would indicate, why was he spared the misery. of a trial and prison sentence, punishments Ne Tr Mohr Casper Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale Rosen Sullfvan Tavet Trotter Tele Room Holmes Gandy that have been imposed on: lesser agents? Balfour Paul, a senior member of the Embassy staff, who should have been the Philbys’ host et dinner the night he disappeared did not alert either the Embas- by or the Lebanese police. Philby, in any case, fol- lowed his former friends to the Soviet Union, but Russians apparently hav not yet decided to allow hi to make a public appearal Philby’s wife Eleanor, The Washington Post and © Times Herald The Washington Daily News The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-American —____ New York Mirror New York Daily News New York Post The New York Times The Worker The New Leader The Wall Street Journal The National Observer