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veLoach com ae AIPABCTBY ¢ Mohr hi, TOBAPHN OHS. Bishop. sae Casper \/ LS ye nnn eee le eae ESS Callahan e itteate [EEA Soars a Conrad ¥ Pe ey pe wed gE ae te DED ges es Pelt Gale a Rosen — Sullivan —____ Tave] Trotter ida I FOILED A By MIRROR REPORTER USSIAN spy Kim Philby claimed yesterday that he was -responsible for one of the West's worst setbacks in the cold war against the Communist world. . 5 The year was 1951. Philby at that time was head of the British ~ intelligence service in Washington and Britain’s top liaison man with the US spy network, the Central Intelligence Agency. The plan which Philby “ sabotaged” was to send guerillas into a Communist country in the Balkans. It was hoped that 1t would set up a chaln-reaction of rebellions through other Communist nations. ‘This extraordinary story—as told by Philby—was published in yesterday's Izvestia, the Sovlet Government newspaper, in an article with the headline “Greetings, Comrade Philby.” For the Russian public it was their introduction to ,the man who, as a British diplomat, was giving the secrets of the West to the Communists. None of Philby’s activi- ties has, until now, been _ mentioned In the Soviet Press Philby —the man who tipped off British diplo- “mats Guy Burgess and - Donald Maclean that the British security net was * closing in gn them—fled to Moscow in 1963. He was at that time Working as a journalist in Beirut after leaving the Foreign Office. His interview by two ieee correspondents is of a ptt of articles qhe 5oun Before he fled, Russia gave him an anniversary of the Russian Secret Service, called he KGB. Philby confirmed that he had been a Soviet spy since the 1930's, soon after leay- ing Cambridge University. He disclosed that he was awarded the Russian Order of the Red Banner—even before his flight to Moscow. This was how Philby said he “torpedoed” Western 98 for “various opera- against the Soviet Union and other Commun- ist_countries ": The CIA ith the’ per- Kim Philby sonal approval of Its then chief, Allen Dulles— intended to send several hundred saboteurs into the Balkan country. “The group had to stir up trouble in various places, which would have spread and led to an expio- gion and overthrow of the Socialist order.” It was hoped that laree- scale rebellions would then start against all Commun- ist governments. Philby was called in by Dulles as “an expert on operations against the Tele. Room Holmes Gandy Soviet Union” and _ the! Russian agent approved * the pian. But, said lavestia, the?" cha REQUEST operation turned out to be nS “a catastrophe.” Analysed “ Dulles analysed every =. possible reason for the failure but he could not ? CLIPPING cy nagine, even in & night . miate, that we man sitting [042-4 opposite him had been a member of Soviet intelli- ence,” according to hilby's story. (The Izvestia article did con- cerned in the ut & recent British Press report said that tt was Albania sa LEAL OPA See PRSEWe ENT INITIALE ald n Daily News ___ tar (Washington) _ and that 150 men were in- volved in the debacle.) In the interview, Philby said he sometimes worked twenty-four hours @ day as @ double agent. In a reference to his “old friend” author Tan Fleming, he said: was easier for James ‘Bond.” . Smear This ig just one more Stage in @ campaign to tiseredit the British and US security services. - The KGB its using Philby to undermine con- fidence in Western intelll- Bence network. In this way, it hopes to cause distrust between America and Britain, dis- trust inside the security services and distrust of them by their governments. At the same time Philby tries to show the Soviet security and espionage ser vices as being cleverer than than its rivals. - Times er Order of the Red Banner sxcocsce wuss wii: ‘Joos Read sr wie te aaa tas ar (Washington) __ ew York) New York) t more) — — bserver f2AF-CT P2gese deg,