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Ey (ou eee — i : : Cc Laie Casper ——_____ Callahan Conrad ——_—__—_- ——— BLUNT QUESTIONS . ~" what sort of a man is Kim Philby ? Felt How does he justify his treachery to Britain and © Gale 4 his personal friends in Britain’s security services ? Rosen Y A series of blunt questions were put to Philby. Here Sullivan aye his answers to some pf them :— . Tavel Did you feel any sense of shame that you were betray-_ Trotter Sis seried ? whom you posed as friend during your Tele. Room A.) No culpability whatever. I was working for my Holmes bellefs; they, in so far as they were not pure careerists, Gandy were working for theirs. Do they feel culpability towards me or towards my colleagues ? When you gave information to the Russlans which you | knew would inevitably result in the loss of freedom or ‘ life to one or more of your British or American col- leagues, or to any other agent of the West, did you suffer from this realisation, and in what way did you justify and rationalise such results of your actions to | yourself ? I am not aware of having caused the loss of life or Uberty to any of my British or American colleagues, all of whom worked under the cover of diplomatic immunity. 4s it a fact that you always put your work for the Russians before any of your personal considerations ? It is true that my commitment to the Soviet Union has been total. not even excepting my familly. That is “not so odd as It sounds. Any soldier who goes to war by definition puts his country above his immediate Interests, especially if he knows what he Is fighting for. It is in that sense that I have always done so. You have been criticised for your heavy-drinking habits. Could these be the result of any guilt feeling ft inner conflict of loyalties, or how do you explain em ? 1 understand that {t 1s becoming the custom in Eng- land to haul public figures before’ the television cameras to explain away their drinking habits. 1 deplore this custom, but offer you a piece of ancient English wisdom written in the days of the first Queen Elizabeth :— If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons why I drink. Good wine, a friend, or feeling dry, Or least I should be by and by, or any other reason why. Could you give any figure which would indicate roughly your total reward, in expenses and recompense, reccived from the Russians over your 30 years of service? ! There has never been a financial basis to my work | for the Soviet Union. My wholly satisfactory reward : “has been the recognition of my colleagues. All the } same, they have seen to it that I lack nothing. My bank balance {s not of the order of Rockefeller's; but 4m other respects I feel myself richer. © In Western terms, what {s your rank In the KGB? . You may take it that my position in the KGB is one of honour—perhaps beyond my deserts. In my last post with S.1S, in Washington, I was granted the ~+—-allowances of a Brigadier. I am considerabiz_hetter t off _now. The Washington Post Times Herald ‘The Washington Daily News The Evening Star (Washington) —-— The Sunday Star (Washington) —_— Daily News (New York) Sunday News (New York} New York Post The New York Times ‘The Sun (Baltimore) —— The Worker The New Leader The Wall Street Journal The National Observer —._____ Peoples World Date eee Ls ae Sunday Express Lbs den, ong fond