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po T | L mee ny While serving as a Soviet Spy, Harold (Kim) Philby sat, on a Special Policy Committee in Washington which planned and executed joint British- American clandestine intell- gence missions in Albania and the Ukraine. Philby represented British Intelligence on the Commit- tee. The other members he identifies as Robert Joyce, representing the State Depart- ment; Frank Lindsay of the land Earl. Jellicoe, from the retired and lives in Greece, Philby reveals this in his memoirs “My Silent War,” re- leased today by Grove Press in New York, The clandestine operation in Albania, he contends, took place in 1949, and involved the landing “of a small party”’/in Albania “to detach it... from the socialist bloc.” He de- scribes the operation as “futile from the beginning.” CIA Is Silent The operations in the Ukraine took place from 1949 to 1951, Philby writes, and in- volved six British parachute drops and “some” CIA cour- jers. “IT do not know what hap pened to the parties con- ‘eerned,” Philby writes, “but 7 can make an informed guess.” The CIA yesterday had no comment. - 1 “My Silent War’ will be (tmust” reading in both the iCJA and the Federal Bureau jof Investigation, not only for lop description of clandestine loperations but also for its inti- mate personal descriptions of the men he Uealt with in both WasH. “Peer “B1seOE Philby Tellsof HisSpyRole in Washington he served as British Intelligence liaison of- ificer with both the CIA and ithe FBI. He identifies his chief con- |tacts in the GIA as James An- gleton and William J, Howard. Of Angleton, he says, “We formed the habit of lunching once a week at Harvey's... He was one of the thinnest men I have ever met, and one of the biggest eaters. Luck; Central Intelligence Agency! Timm . British Embassy. Joyce is now)A Gentle Snore He describes mecting Angle- ton “for a pleasant hour in a bar,” just after he had been ordered home to London as a suspected spy. The CIA offi- etal “did not seem.to appreci- ate the gravity of my personal position,” Philby says. Philby describes Howard as falling asleep at dinner at his house one night and “snoring gently until midnight when 7 ‘ Ths wife took him away.” He adds that Howard “cooperated well. . . in the construction of ‘the famous Berlin tunnel.” Philby says he once asked FBI director J. Edgar Hoover what he “really thought” of Senate Joseph R. McCarthy. He quotes Hoover as replying: “well, L-ofteh meet Joe at the race track, but he has never given me a winner yet.” Philby says that the expul.| sion of British diplomat-spy Guy Burgess from Washington in 1951—ostensibly for abus- ing his diplomatic status—was all part of a Communist con- spiracy. . ‘ The Communists needed Burgess’ back in London quickly to warn fellow dipio- mat-spy Donald, Maclean of ‘agencies, During his two years ——s ! ! Herein Book Released Today his imminent arrest and’ to take charge of Maclean's “res- cue,” Philby writes. Q Ingenious and Simple quired the unwitting coopera- tion of Virginia Gov. John S. Battle, British Ambassador Sir Oliver Franks and Secretary lof State Dean Acheson. Bur- gess was simply told to go out and get arrested three times tess driving in Virginia, Philby Says. Burgess did, Battle obliged’ \by protesting vehemently td the State Department. Thi State Department obliged by; (protesting to the British Em- bassy, and Ambassador Franks obliged by sending Burgess back to London pronto, Philby’ says. Once in London, Burgess; jtipped off Maclean that, jBritish intelligence was laware of his spying for the: Soviets, and both shortly flew, the coop to Moscow, Philby writes, = f Lely Sect alget renege fod The scheme was ingenious . and simple, although it re- , © T~ Astociated Press ; , MAROLD PHILBY _ { i ays Writes of role :. n one day for drunk and peck nected OF wy FON, ond