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C “RUSSIA HAILS PHILBY ; AS SOVIET HERO ORDER OF RED BANNER By JOHN MILLER MOSCOW, Mo nday. USSIA publicly elevated Harold “Kim “Philby, 55, “the British’ traitor, to the statis oF a "ear Soviet hero and comrade.” The Government newspaper Izvestia said today he had been awarded the Order of the Red Banner, the country’s second highest honour. im A 2,500-word article broke the Kremlin’s silence on his 30 years of treachery to Britain and his services to the KG B, Russia's Security police. The decision was clearly prompted by the flood of information on Philby’s espionage. The article recalls that Wed- nesday is the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Soviet Secret Police. Some effort is apparent by the authorities to feplace memories of terror with accounts of great triumphs, The article briefly traces Philby’s career and stresses he had been appoinied head of British _ Intelligence directed against Russia and the Commun- ist bloc. vie ea, “Bond had it easy’ Philby boasted of how he had fooled British Intelligence and said he sometimes worked at it He is praised for betraying details of a CIA operat against Albania in 1951, for which he received the high honour. He spent his “free time” ‘listening to music, visiting the \ theatre. ski-ing and ‘carving wood. {zvestia several times refers to his “high culture," and Philby mentions the late Ian Fleming and Graham Greene, the authors having been friends and col- leagues. He had brought a ™ shelf- full" of Mr. Greene’s novels to Russia. Despite this article, the official Press agency, Tass, refused tonight to transmit an official picture of Philby to London for a Western n€ws agency because the caption described Philby as a “spy.” . we Tas ‘Paes bat said a ‘est has spies but we don't - chesge-the caption.” — 2 1 «Ty B3JANt 214968 Deteren COPY sey PY Lene? af SER FINA Monr Bishop Casper Callahan Conrad Feit Gale ——__=_____ Rosen Sullivan ————_ Tavel Trotter Tele. Room Holmes Gandy TAC Age -. sia A REQUEST The Washington Post Times Herald The Washington Daily News ‘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 —__.___ Th } T et J ‘The National Observer People’s World — The Daath Je hea /2- ae c [Lea den J