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ye 'Cheery’ . Scott _Giooons cables Philby (known to his frien Kim) and his wife Eleanor! . have a penthouse flat in the residential ial of the . Philby told his wife: “You go ahead. TU join you ‘The previous day Philby was geen by ® Briton, Mr. Derrick ‘ Hartiey, in the bar of the Normandy Hotel, Beirut (one of Philoy’s regular haunts). ‘He gave @ cheery reply to Mr. Hartley's greetings, and seemed in good spirits, Philby has vanished without taking his clothes, and made no financial provision for his family. ” He has been married three times and has several children. ‘With them Beirut is his daughter Miranda, aged 16, and their son. FLASHBACK Jt was In October 1955 that Colonel Marcus Lipton, M.P. alleged that Philby. was she Thi Man” in the affair Donald Maclean ai iy Burcess, the Fi siplomat who ei eetea to Moscow. ad been speculati been tloped off by a third that he was. about to arrested. Mr. Philby had been a First Secretary in Washington when alread Philby arrived. Mr, Macmillan, who was then Foreign Secretary, said in the House of Commons: “I have no reason to conclude that Mr. Philby has at any time betra: ¢ interests of his country or to identity him with the so-called Third Man if. indeed there was one.” Challenge Later Mr. Philby sald: “I am not the mysterious Third Man." And he chal ed Colonel Lipton to repeat the statement outside the House. He then issued a typed state- ment and elaborated on his i resignation from the Forelgn Office saying: “I regarded it as a direct consequence of an ‘tmorudent association with | Burgess. had Introduced Burgess to people as an old friend and in a way, I suppose, - that would be taken as spon- soring him.” ‘Mr. Philby sald he had never na Communist although hy h}d always been & “pit to thi le was awarded the 0 ‘ fol his service with Forel - : Intelligence during the war. Patin e bo te wet . Bete Soe