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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 31
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Double Agent Philby (Cont.)
(From Page 37)
‘the day and night He mar-
ried four wives, he produced
five children; he had plenty of
he di "
fish. He was handsome, soci-
ally easy. The only outward
sign of strain wes a stam-
met, which varied in intensity
and’ which some girls found
attractive. In all this career
of duplicity. he slipped only
three times, and in different
ways he got away with it each
time.
Busrs first assignment
after Cambridge was, typical-
ly, to appear to be & pro-Nazi
He went into journalism and,
like many British enthusiasts,
rushed off to cover the Civil
War in Spain, but with a dif-
ference from most of his
friends—tor he went to the
Franco side for The London
Times and earned a Fascist
decoration for his devotion to
duty. This was no mean be
ginning for a young double
agent.
‘Like Maclean and Burgess,
Philby found no difficulty in
avolding the call-up. A Jot
could be done through influ. _
enti! friends in those days
‘He had x spell with the British
Expeditionary Force in France
as The Times war correspond
ent, and returned to Britain in
1940 with the remnants of
that force. Now the big stuff
really began.
‘The Soviet Secret Service
already had their agent in the
British Diplomatic Service In
the shape of Maclean. He was
coming along well. Burgess
‘was buzzing about around the
edges of the BBC. (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 ablest man
‘Of all, Philby, at the very cen-
ter—in the British Secret In-
telligence Service itself
‘That sprvice had existed for
ip a highly
yy. Its heads
‘were by tradition retirea mem-
bers of the fighting forces, of
fess than the highest caliber.
(This tradition has, thank God,
been i dover the
jast 0 years.) Its members
were recruited in the “old boy
net.” The bead of the service
at the time was a retired ma-
jor genera! who was « mem
ber of White's, one of the most
Ol6-World clubs in London's
O16-World St. James's. He and
‘one or two other close cronies
would discuss possible re-
cruits over the claret, port and
cigars. They all agreed that,
provided a man came from a
good family, school and uni-
versity like themselves, he was
to be trusted. Not 30 the besser
breeds. And you couldn't be
quite sure of the clever ones.
Consequently, not all the re-
cruits in those days were as
bright as they might have
been. Philby was of the right
social background, presenta-
ble, highly intelligent but not
a long-haired chap. He liked
his drink and knew how to
hold it He admitted to the
youthful follies of having been
both a Nazi and » Communist
sympathizer. Of course, he
said, those days were over. So
the youthful excesses were
laughed off and it was reck-
oned to his credit that he had
come clean about them. Secu-
rity was considered a bit of a
bind anyway while there were
urgent clandestine matters to
be done. Kim was welcomed
with open arms,
H: flourished. As sop #3
the Soviet Union became our
ally In June, 3941, matters
were even easier for him than
before. He took a hand in
organizing the Special Oper-
ations Executive (S.0.E.)
branch of the $.15., 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. This developed after the
war into the m
Intelligence Agency. Thus he
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