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UNITED STATES GOV... NMENT Memorandum ‘To Mr. DeLoach bate: 3-6-64 ‘ . M. Git m s FROM : ay oer ~~ Paes AUBJECT: -"JHE RISE. AND FALL OF A SOVIET AGENT" ‘ ARTICLE CONCERNING HAROLD ADRIAN RUSSELL PHILBY, On Ty ye The February 15, 1964, issue of "The Saturday Evening Post" contains an ance captioned "The Rise and Fall of a Soviet Agent" by , Edward R, PSiieehan: This is,based upon the life of Harold Adrian Russell & Philby (commonly known as Kim Philby) the former British intelligence Official who defected to the Soviet Union last year. Today, (EM of “The Reader's Digest" telephoned the Bureau to advise that the May, 1964, issue of The Reader's Digest" will contain a condensed version of this article concerning the Philby spy case. ted that Philby had been assigned in Washington, D. C. during the early 1950's and that he had passed information to Guy Burgess shortly | before the defection of Burgess and Donald Maclean to the Soviets. She noted ‘that the article concerning Philby in "The Saturday Evening Post" deals briefly \ ‘with Philby's service in Washington, D. C., and inquired whether the FBI jcould verify the truth of this portion of the article. 2 Qt * MMMM vs advised that the Philby espionage case is one handled primarily by British authorities and that we are not able to be of assistance to "The Reader's Digest" in verifying any aspects of the arti regarding it. { ~TIrrr & RECOMMENDATION: Ey For information. q 1 - ee | = fas S | |