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2 a ‘ (clendsgefor. he, went. to the | “Franco side for The«London imes and: earned a Fascist « lecoration or his devotion to |: : ,duty. Thig was no mean be- | ~ "ginning ra a young. double' agent. . € » Like Maclean and Burgess, Philby found no difficulty in . avoiding .the call-up,” ae ..could be done through influ- “He had a spell with’the British’ Expeditionary Force in France * “as The Times war correspond... “ent, arfd returned to Britain in 41940 with “the” remnants of that force. Now the big. stuff , feally began. . * * already.had their agent. in the British Diplomatic Service in 4 the shape of Macleay. He was * coming along well. Burgess * was buzzing about around the edges of the B.B.C. (where - he was able to influence the content of a series of news commentaries) and the F.O. (Foreign Office). What better than to plant their abiest man of all, Philby, at the very cen- ter—in the British Secret In- = telligence Service itself. That service had existed for’ some time, but in a highly” amateurish way. Its heads‘ were by tradition retirea mem- bers of the fighting forces, of: less than the highest caliber.;.- ‘(This tradition has, thank God, been discontinued over the last 10 years.) Its members were recruited in the “old boy net.” The head of the service at the time was a retired ma-~ jor general who was a mem- ber of White's, one of the most Qld-World clubs in London's Old-World St. James's. He and one or two other close cronies would, discuss possible ‘re- cruits over the claret, port and lot : The Soviet Secret’ Service’ " social background, " presenta- ,_ ential friends in those ae i oned to his credit that he had éome clean about them. Secu-*~ been. , Philby Was ofthe tight ble, highly intelligent but not &@ long-haired chap. He liked “his drink and knew how to vhold it. ~ youthful folties of having been He admitted to the both a Nazi and a Communist sympathizer. Of course, he said, those days were over. So the youthful excesses - were laughed off and it was reck- tity was considered a bit of a “bind anyway while there were . urgent clandestine matters to * ations cigars. They all agreed that, - provided a man came from a good family, school and uni- versity kg themselves, he was . to be trustéd. Not so the lesser,” breeds. quite surejof the clever ones. Consequt ntly, not all the re- cruits in those days were as, bright" as” they might rave’: “fs you couldn't be, “ally in June, 1941, matter: be done. Kim was welcomed with open arms. ’ Hi: flourished. As soon a: the Soviet Union became our ‘were even easier for him than before. He took a hand in: organizing the Special Oper-.. Executive © (S.0.E.) branch of the S.LS., a lot of swashbuckling amateurs who went around blowing things up and helping to organize re~ sistance movements in Europe. He collaborated in setting up the American Office. of Stra- tegic Services under the well- named Gen. “Wild Bill" Dono- van. war into the mighty Central Intelligence ‘Agency. Thus he "was in on the ground floor of + not only the British” but aiso the American espionage organ ization. When the United States came into the- war, all was apparently sweetness and light between the Western and East- ern Allies in the anti-Hitler coalition, But it did not take the Soviet Government long to judge, correctly, that its most dangerous enemies in the -- long run would be its Allies of the moment, the Americans, Philby had a particular dislike of American power and mate- rial success, and he was de- lighted to be told by Moscow “to step up his spying on them. Then, by a combination of inside the S.LS, and judg- tu iby,’ the” “perfect This developed after the’ : behind “the “scenes.” opportunity, for game was afforded him. The British on their side realized” that they were in for a long tussle with the Soviet Gov- ernment, In 1944 they set up @ powerful counterespionage section to keep a sharp eye on their Communist Allies. You can guess who was appointed head of it... ~ els Pisy now had. it really made, ment it was his duty to’ see all the vital intelligence -he could, whether from British, American or other sources. Any interceptions of Sovict in- telligence were his business too, and he was responsible for countering all clandestine operations or subversion at- tempts by the Communists. Since he was, unknown to his ‘ British employers and Amer- ican friends, involved in some of these in his dual role, the central power for evil which he wielded was enormous. Added to this, he of course _ knew the organization of both the British and American secret services in detail and ‘ could betray it to the Russians hus <dnuble’ As head of this depart-" -as it developed from gay to day. It.all.sounds abe bad to be true. I almost, . Philby's first slip occurred _ in August, 1945, over what is known as the Volkov case, A Russian using that name got in touch with the British Em- bassy in Turkey and offered to defect.. He undertook to bring with him a lot of invalu- able information on the -or- ganization of the Soviet Secret Services and in particular on its agents in British Govern- mental departments. The case was referred to Philby as head of the counterespionage de- partment, and he was warned. of a time limit which the Rus- | sian had set. was a threat to him and his network, ‘He therefore took saction,_ at, @ leisurely pace, “By “the, Clearly Volkov ©