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‘Philby’ offeis Lh his memoir mUS FROM HENRY RAYMONT New York. Jan. 12.—The memoirs of H. A. R, (Kim) Philby have been offered to a dozen major }} book publishers in the United | Staus. i" Last month, Mr. Philby's | i} 80,000-word manuscript about his ’ espionage activities for the Soviet ; | Union over a period of 30 years, jj ‘Wete made available to The Sun- i) day-Times of London. But phe! newspaper turned it down because | it-said Philby's work “ could only be 4 deliberate attempt to damage * “western interests, including ! ‘western intelligence organiza- tions’. uA fl / Representatives of a number of American publishing houses ‘acknowledged today that they had } been offered the English-language publication rights of the Philby manuscript by Perry H. Knowlton, | @ prominent literary agent. Mr. Philby is reported to have MMadehis memoirs available to they Mwest with the approval of thé Soviet Government. “ Mr. Knowlton said tonight he ‘| bad been asked to handle thef negotiations here by Paris-Maich, the French magazine. He said that Paris-Match had recently obtained } warld rights for the book from Philby himself in Moscow, Publishing sources, who de- ctined to be identified, contended that Mec. Philby had asked for $200,000 for the American rights. The money is to be deposited in a French bank, presumably for transfer to Philby in Moscow, the j said.~-New''York Thnes ews Servite. ist 21.5 + ayy (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) Page 1 The Times London, England ELEYED COPY SeNT 4 C YACESER Dates 1/13/68 Edition: Author: Editor: 2 tite: HAROLD A.R. PHILB: Bufile 65-68043 Character: or ESP Classification: Submitting Office: London (7) Being Investigated