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‘was in on the ground floor of mot only the British but also the American espionage organ- tzation ‘When the United States came into the war, all was apparently sweetness and light between the Western and East em Allies in the anti-Hier coalition. But it did not take the Soviet Government long to judge, correctly, that its most dangerous enemies in the jong run would be its Allies of the moment, the Americans Philby had a particular dislike of American power and mate- ma} success, and be was de- lighted to be told by Moscow to step up his spying on them. ‘Then, by a combination of luck inside the S.LS. and judg- ment by Philby, the perfect Opportunity tor his double game was afforded him. The British on their side realized that they were in for a long tussle with the Soviet Gov. emment 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 Biusy sow nae it realy made. As head of this depart- ment ft was his duty to see all the vital intelligence he could, whether from British, Amencan or other sources Any interceptions of Soviet 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 detait and could betray it to the Russians as it developed from day to MOVEMBER 12, 1967 day. It all sounds almost too bad to be true. It was— almost. Philby's first slip occurred im 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. gznization 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 be was warned of a time timit which the Rus- sian had set. Clearly Volkov was a threat to him and his network. He therefore took ‘ection, at a leisurely pace, behind the scenes. By the time he arrived in Turkey, Volkov was no longer, to use ® polite word, available. ip ct, he had been removed feet first in # Soviet military aircraft. It struck a colleague ‘ot Philby’s at the time that either be had been highly in- competent, which was not his habit, or that he had been up to # double game. But his colleague assumed that MIS, the Security Service, which corresponds roughly to the PBL, would be onto that point. They were, but not with much force. No conclu: sive evidence came to light Philby got the benefit of the doubt. The CLA. was set up in 1947, and Philby along with his British colleagues were re- garded as elder brothers who had helped to advise on Its organization. But before go- ing to Washington to com- pound his treacheries, Philby went in 1946 to be near the land of his masters. He took ever the highly important Istanbul station, from where ft was his duty to operate not ‘only into the Soviet Union but Those in the knov 5 oe eee eee ry... ROBERTS thrilling stereo sound 30 WATT FM STEREO RECEIVER for your high fidelity component system @oos@ceoc SOLD STATE MODE Ww. LOnINE was Ste“ Cure: compartentgh mt LOS AMS FM ard Ts Yate, Atta pigs sd n recone, Sona seo Oot Tare | Powe tuning. Spee AVAILABLE AT ROBERTS FRANCHISED DEALERS FOR LESS THAN $179.95 AIREX RADIO. “UD Nama Saree, 1 ¥.C @ Wee Bid Se tovie ASCO SOUND GRAND CENTRAL RADIO RARSONS. 14 Last ath Saree, WY C. 19 West Dah Sree NY. 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