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ante. G — REPORT Yemen a The Communist newspaper Isvestia reported on June 3 that Mr. Philby was with the Imam of Yemen There was Ro confirmation of this report, +. Heath recalled that on November 7, 1955, the Prime Minister, at'that time Foreign Secretary, told the House that Mt had become known that Mr. Philby had had Communist associatiors and that he w.a asked to resign from the Foreign Service in July, 1951, which he did. Mr Macmillan had also stated that Mr Phitby’s case had been subjected to close investigation and that n0 evi- dence had been found up to that Ume to show he was re- Sponsible for warning Burgess and Maclean, or that he had betrayed the interests of this country. Mr. Heath went on: “Since Mr. Philby resigned from the Foreign Service he hag not had @ccess to any itind of any Official information. For the last seven years he has been living outside British legal jurisdiction.” UESTIONS ordon Walker Mr. Patrick Gordon Walker. (Lab, = Smethwick) — asked: “Could you tell us to whom the admussion was made and in what circumstances? “Could the other evidence ave been known if 1: had been more diligently pursded in 1955 when the Prime Minister made his statement ? “How was an cmployee of the Foreign Service able to. know the intentions of the security services? This seems & matter of great Importance” It seemed inconceivable he might be in the Yemen if he had been working for the Rus- sians, but if he was. was he having anything to do with the fate our our men now in the Yemen? YEMEN : No Confirmation Mr. Heath: “We have natur- ally tried to secure confirma- tion of the report that he was with the Yemeni. There have been & number of statements or rumours about it. We have not been able to obtain any con- ‘mation,” Mr. Heath added: “The ; 1 aga over this very long period of 12 years they have eectamiedl | 2) with: persistence to efldeavour ; . to find the “r to give the inform: of the way in which this'@nformation was finally brought together.” Mr. Heath went on: “So far as Mr. Philby's activities in Foreign Service are concerned, he was first a temporary first secretary up to July, 1951. “And in that capacity he had knowledge of certain informa- tion which he was then able to pass to Burgess and Maclean.” THIRD MAN? “Yes, Sir’ ‘Mr, Marcus Lipton (Labour, Brixton) asked if it was sug- | gested that Mr. Philby was third man” at the time Burgess and Maclean disappeared. ’ Mr. Heath: “Yes, sir.” j Mr. Lipton said later thls evening: “ Although the truth about the Philby affair is be gimming to emerge bit by bit, we are still not satisfied that the whole truth has been toid.’ Mr. ge Wigg, MP for Dudley. is believed to be examining Parliamentary procedures to see if Mr. Lip- ton, who had to apalogise in 1955 for mentioning Mr Philby as the “Third Man” in the ° Burgess and Maclean episode, can be publicly .vindicated in the Commons. Harold Philby, Middle East correspondent of The Observer, vanished on the evening of January 23, He was on his way to a dinner party near his home in Beirut when he stopped the taxi and told his wife he would rejoin her “in @ few minutes.” He was not seen again. A few days later. after she had reported his disappearance to the British Embassy in the Lebanon, Mrs Philby received a telegram in his name from Cairo saying there was no need for her to worry. ' Mrs Philby rematned tn Bierut until the beginning of dune when she returned to Britain. — |