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- fm a Bee C se0 0807p | DeLoach . : . , mL Mohr ————_____ i ’ C Bishop story—by - cape Callahan _— . . Conrad —____ oe - C4 Felt ——________ Kim Philb oe a . Rosen . } Bot ‘ . . Sullivan . o . Tavel ——____ Trotter ——___ himse Tete: Room Holmes THE SUNDAY EXPRESS has taken a decision Gandy which will arouse fierce controversy throughout Britain. : - © It is to serialise the book written by Kim__ Philby, the Russian agent who penetrated ~~Britain’s Secret Service, rose to high rank in it while passing its secrets on to Russia, and was eventually responsible for the escape of the Foreign Office defectors Burgess and Maclean. x wk ~ Millions of words have been written about Philby. But it has all been second-hand, speculative stuff, This is the first-hand account written by the only man who ‘really knows. ‘ Of course, one question will be asked: Should . . Philby’s own story be published in Britain ? DELETED COPY SENT 4 cB Lawl The answer, except from those who fear personal _ ; embarrassment as a result of his disclosures, must be BY LETTER glisfa . YES. No responsible person would wish to do anything YA REQUEST which would damage the work of the security depart- The Washi ments ; but the people are entitled to have information ¢ Washington Post which enables them to assess the efficiency of this Times Heratd ‘sector of the public service. The Washington Daily News And the Philby story is of fantastic interest. It is ‘The Evening Star (Washington) —__ the spy story of the century, perhaps of alltime. Philby ‘The Sunday Star (Washi — not only has a unique tale to tell. He is a vivid narrator, ¢ Sunday Star (Washington) with a Wry sense of humour. Daily News (New York) ——————-- t : Sunday News (New ¥ork) ' : New York Post THE RUSSIANS KNOW... New Yor Post — There would be only one valid reason for suppress- The Sun (Balti Ing Philby’s story : if it were to give potential enemies ¢ Sun (Baltimore) aan new information. The Worker No such factor exists. The Russians already know The New Leader everything in the Philby book. In any case, it is being The Wall Street Journal published extensively in Europe and Americ: why . The National Observer should Britain alone not know what Philby to say? People’s World ... It will be said that any document from Philby 2 , must, be propaganda to help Russia and injure Britain. Date __- on J Of. course there is propaganda in this book. But-there - qi is mach with the stamp of truth on it too. Sunds 74 E YLT ESS With each' Sunday Express instalment, there will ,* = . + _ ‘ . be rigorous: sifting of, propaganda from fact by 4 Ltn CLfn LZrifeed a > tafive commentator on security affairs. . oy fe on The publication of Philby’s story in Britain, \ %/° fr —g belts ae uwelcome ‘as it will be to many in high and secret | 7 vi cod / NOT RECORNDE? P cannot affect the future operations of Britain’s ' Cc 167 MAR Us ee 2 4g" ‘0 spilt "to Wand unnamed to see there | 1¢ = ts never a “ Philby Affair” again. . ees — whee hia Pinoher, Britain’s most brilllant and authori- |