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- . . " . Tol 0-20 (Rev. 7-27-67) ¢ Cc ings F hr i Casper —_____ 7 Callahan . Conrad . Felt —_____ Gale. Sullivan Tave] —_______ ‘ Trotter Tele. Room Holmes Gand UPI<195 FORE HE DEFECTED TO RUSSIA, BROKE LONG MONTHS OF SILENS&. TONIGHT AND SAID HE WOULD DO IT AGAIN, PHILBY, 55, SAID THE DEPRESSION AND THE SPLIT IN BRITISH SOCIALISM IN THE ‘39308 LED HIM TO DEVOTE HIS LIFE TO "A FIGHT FOR COMMUNISM.” "THAT'S WHY I DID IT," PHILBY SAID. "I WOULD DO IT AGAIN TOMORROW." =n,PHILBY ARRIVED IN THE SOVIET UNION IN 1963, TOUCHING OFF A SECURIYT SCANDAL THAT ROCKED BRITISH INTELLIGENCE. HE MAD BEEN A RESPECTED PIE RE Pree Nig THE BRITISH SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE-~AND HAD EVERY LEVEL OF THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE ME TWORKS OVER THE YEARS AS AN UNDERCOVER ESPIONAGE AGENT FOR THE THE CAMBRIDGE-EDUCATED BRITON NOW HOLDS AN IMPORTANT POST IN THE SOVIET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE IN MOSCOW. THE FIRST INTERVIEW HE HAS P OO . _MOSCOW-- LD (KIM) PHILBY, TKE BRITISH DOUBLE -AGENT WHO SERVED AS iA SOVIET SP' R30 YEARS Bi HE TOLD HIS STORY MONDAY NIGHT IN GRANTED TO WESTERN CORRESPONDENTS SINCE JANUARY, isc3 WHEN Ue ISAPPEARED FROM BEIRUT, LEBANON, WHERE HE WAS forking AS A NEWSPAPER ORRESPONDENT AND TURNED UP IN Moscow. 11/14--EG816PES (i. DELETED COPY SENT Ac Biewr ay LermeR ]:3]7% ; . 1 PER FO\A REQUEST -4 a . CEL ETCYG-A 4 NOT RECORDED 6 s¢@%o dy 145 Nov 17 1957 OE NOV 41967 WASHINGTON CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE ——— ——= ——o oS