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Memorandum W. A. Branigan to W. C. 7: . RE: = ADRIAN RUSSELL PHILBY Philby's Statement: In Chapter XI, Page 188, Philby charges that the Director has voluminous information in Bureau files about the personal lives of millions of Americans, including a number of American Congressmen which has been used to the Director's advantage and that the existence of the FBI filing system has deterred many from attacking the Director. Comment: The above charges are old and time-worn allegations Which have been used many times by critics of the. Bureau such as Maagggemedagp and are not only without basis in fact but a utterly ridiculous, o Philby's Statement: In Chapter XI, Page 191, Philby discusses the Klaus Fuchs case and claims that a brilliant piece of analysis by Peter Dwyer, his predecessor, led to the development of Puchs as the sole suspect for the Soviet agent.who had worked at ) Los Alamos, New Mexico, ¢@ Comment: As stated heretofore, the identification of Fuchs as the prime suspect was made by the Bureau when we were able to obtain a document at the Atomic Energy Commission which had bee written by him, @ Philby's Statement: In Chapter XI, Pages 191 and 192, Philby Claims that ‘WE (obviously referring to Special Agent Qaallr was a casualty of the Fuchs case when he was unable to interrogate Fuchs, resulting in his demotion by the Director, CONTINUED - OVER 7 ~ ~”