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ae i To|w6n oA, 0-20 (Rev. 7-27-67) Cc Cc peosch . Mohr . Bishop . . VA Casper —_-____ r : Callahan . “ps Conrad —____ . ¢. . Felt t (4: Gale Ny Rosen ¥ Sulliv. \ yy Tavelf__ ~ “Bron t” Trotter —_____ DELETED COPY SENT A Co Gieew F ( Tele. Room BY LETTER alg oe Holmes — 56 Gandy PER FOIA REQUEST PHILBY 3/14 NX . ADV_FOR 6:30 Pei. EST GOR MARCH 17 — [Pe EFR NEW YORK’ (UPI)>-XIM PHILBY, TEE BRITISH SOVIET SPY WHO VAS GIVEN POLITICAL ASYLUM IN-POSCUT-IN1963, DECLARED SUNDAY HE HAD NEVER BEEN A DOUBLE AGENT BUT HAD WORKED’FOR 30 YEARS AS "A STRAIGHT PENETRATION AGENT WORKING IN THE SOVIET INTEREST. IN A_SHORT BICGRAPHY, "MY SILENT WAR ".SOON TO BE PUBLISHED RY GROVE’ PRESS, PHILRY tives EVIDENCE CF BEING IRRITATED BY WRITERS WHO HAVE DESCRIPED HIM AS BOTH A DOUELE AND TRIPLE AGENT. WRITING FROM MOSCOW, HE SAID HIS LONG CONNECTION WITH THE ERITISH SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (SIS) MUST BE SEEN "AGAINST MY PRIOP Soyay COMMITMENT TO THE SOVIET UNION WHICH I REGARDED THEN, AS I BC NCW, AS THE INNER FORTRESS OF THE WORLD MOVEMENT." Pulley, THE THIRD MAN IN THE SENSATIONAL FUSGESS -MACLEAN Spy CASE OF 1551, SERVED AS TOP SIS OFFICER IN WASHINGTON FROM 164s To 196 AND WORKED IN LIAISON WITH THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY fords AND FBI. HE DESCRIBED FORMER CIA CHIEF ALLEN DULLES, WHO HAS BEEN CALLED PHILBY *THE BEST SPY THE SOVIETS EVER HAD,” As 0 j "BUMSLING® THAT HE WAS LATER PUZZLED BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY 'S MISTAKE IN TAKING DULLES’ ADVICE ON THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION OF CUBA. AS FOR HIS ALMOST DAILY CONTACTS WITH THE FEI'S J. EDGAR HOOVER, PHILBY SAID: PIF THERE WAS EVER A BUBBLE REPUTATION, IT IS HOOVER'S." | PHILBY NOTES THAT HOOVER WAS UNABLE TO” CATCH MACLEAN, BURGESS, rn COL. RUDOLF IVANOVICH APEL AND OTHER SOVIET SPIES WORKING IN THE UNITED STATES. BECAUSE HE IS "A GREAT -POLITICIAN,*” HOOVER STCOD BY WHILE THE LATE SEN, JOSEPH MCCARTHY STIRRED UP A NATICNWIDE SPY FEVER BECAUSE UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS "NO CONGRESSMAN WOULD DARE TO OPPOSE INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FBI," HE SAID. THE MASTER SPY SAID HOOVER SUFFERED THE DEGRADATION OF HAVING BRITISH SECRET AGENTS OPERATING ON U.S. SOIL IN 1540 WITH THE IMPLICATION THAT THE FBI WAS NOT CAPABLE OF DEALING WITH SABOTAGE ON AMERICAN SOIL. UNDER BRITISH SECURITY COORDINATION 'S, (BSC) WILLIAM STEPHENSON, PHILBY SAID, BRITISH ACENTS “COMMITTED MORE ACTS OF SARCTAGE THAN THE WHOLE OF THE GERMAN-PORN COLONY IN THE UNITED STATES." STEPHENSON *INTERFERED" WITH SUPPLIES DESTINED FOR THE AXIS NATIONS AND HIS STRONG BOYS "BEAT UP OR INTOXICATED" THE CREW, OF SHIPS LOADING THESE SUPPLIES, PHILBY SAID. STEPHENSON LATER PLAYED "MIDWIFE AND NURSE" TO THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICE ——_—_—_—__ (OSS), AN OFFICE WHICH COMPETED WITH THE FRI FOR FEDERAL FUNDS AND DESTROYED HOOVER'S MCNQPOLY IN THE _PAVESTIGATIVE FIELD, ME SAID. eA OHO F EAT oo cS ——— = = ! NOT RECORL™ .) aries H1MAR 204968 \e WASHING ZOMAR ABQTIBS NEWS SERVICE