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Missing british Do Ussxe- ——~ By Raymond E: Palmer LONDON, July 1 (AP)—~Brit ain’s scandal-shaken govern ment reported lay forma: diplomat Haral. aes was Soviet spy “in Worl ‘ar IJ and the mysterious “third .Jman” who tipped two turncoat ‘lspies so they could Nee wo Moscow in 1951. The charge by Deputy For- eign Minister Edward Heath came while ‘Prime Minister -|Harold Macmillan's govern: ,{ment stil! reeled from the scandal following former War Minister John Profumo’s resig- nation when it was revealed, he shared the favors of call gitl Christine Keeler with a former Soviet Assistant Naval Attache, Evgeny Ivanov. Heath told the House of Commons Philby, 51, was be- lieved to have joined the former diplomats Burgess and Maclean behind the Iron Cur- tain. , Double Agent There were indications that| Philby, a dark-haired, dashing- ly handsome man who once, served as first secretary at the British Embassy in Wash- ington, was apparently a dou- ble agent, spying for bath East and West. Britain and the Soviet Union were allies in| World War II. Philby was first secretary of the British Embassy in Washington from October 1949 until June 1951, returning to Britain\a month after Burgess and Maclean fled to Russia, U. S. officials said they are looking into the case for any aspects that may involve the country, Philby disabpeared from his post as a foreign correspond- ent in Beirut, Lebanon, one night Jast January. He left his American wife in 2 taxi on the way to, saying. ned gh he a fewsmmu He has not been, reported since The Leportss seen’ aS em ape =. rned 2 Turncoats = While Heath said he_bg- Meved—Pimtby was Sante Iron Curtain, the Soviet news- ‘\paper Izvestia last June 3 de- jmounced Philby as an agent for British and American .in-' telligence. I The newspaper said he had ‘fleft Beirut to work with coun- terrevolutionary forces of the deposed ruler of Yemen in Saudi Arabia. Philby is the son of the late Harry St. John Bridger Phil- by, noted Middle East expert and explorer. {Decorated Agent The younger Philby worked as .a correspondent for the London” Times untithe—aat- at NU Q. ood av : — Nor reconvED JUL 2 1969 191 JuL 8 1983 ; Mohr yf Casper Callahan Me ae ra vans oe 7a avel Trottey Tele Room V4 Holmes Gandy 1 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 —______ Date