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Ornonial roe HO. 18 ¢ £ es UNITED STATES GOVE ~ Memorandtin TO * Mr. DeLoach : Date: 8-6-63 FROM = 6D. CC. Morrelpy 4 } a “ supject: Qala Captioned indjyidual wrote July 31st and stated: "Some explanation is needed to explain Harold hibby'd escape. American intelligence looks stupid and our cooperation with the United Kingdom in that regard non-existant. Ridiculous. Correspondent is apparentiy referring to Harold A, R“Philby, aka., Kim, who is the former British Intelligence Officer who allegedly defected to the Soviet Union after admitting that he had served as a Soviet agent for a number of years. At the time of his disappearance in January of this year, Philby was staying at Beirut, Lebanon, and was a news correspondent. He had not been employed by the British for a number of years. He was stationed in the United States in 1949 to 1951. Corresson dent w ctor in December. 19829. recar ding Correspondent ctor in December, 1962, regarding the issuance of clearances. His letter was acknowledged by the Director 1-2-63. Correspondent cannot be further identified in Bufiles. f OBSERVATION: i We, of course, had no jurisdiction regarding Philby at the ume Al his disappearance. His tenure in the United States was rather limited and was prior to any indication arising concerning his assistance to the Soviets pri Hon arising concernin: nig assistance to the Soviets. RECOMMENDATION: