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Cc And so, taking his,time ta the lasarereceiving his new wife just, as he“ deceived the rest them, Phiiby made his arrangbments to depart. A few wee later, in January, 1963, he did so, by night on a Soviet ship. _ His son John Philby visited him in Moscow last September. He reported that Kim was looking younger and more re- laxed,. His slammer dias pane. | | The to form, he has removed! Mac: American wo, linda Trent iin, without b: n Eleanor. This spy has come from the cold. Or, in Kim's own words, “I have come horae.” He has been joined by his cofleague in treachery, George Blake, who was casily re- . moved from his London on by his Communist nds, Kim holds an important po: tion in the K.GE. the Sovict | Security and intelligence De- partment. Between ra, they Should have many more years of activity in the cause to which they have devoted their lives, One theory is that Pnilby is now a treble agent, bdusiiy | penetrating the K.G.B. in the Western cause. It is true that) * with Philby almost anything is) possible. But this, I-fear, is; wishful thinking, Had it ev been a remote possib: would by now have be biown to pieces as @ res speculation coout it in ti West. I believe what Kim| . said straight to Eleancr when" she went to see hi cow in October, 1962: That he’ bad dedicated self whoily ; to the Communist cause since} his student days and would! stick to it rather than to his! family. I believe the judgment .of a close friend of hi told me Philoy did it from “ideal howewer zrotesque that Bap ea SS = ering to inform his legal wife, l Peyn * Sebh aS * Therearc alijoo many sos’ of disagreement and disrup-!~ tion in the non-Commu world today. Men like and their agents everywher “e will be quick to recognize any weakness — human, political, econo) —and to exploit it. to the full. ' The supply of traitors un-.: happily always seems ample: to meet the demand. Since the very future of humanity is! invoived, it is up to us all to; pongar the lessows unt ashe macabre’ Prilioy story. Zz |