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July 24, 1967 Sm O HAROLD ADRIAN RUSSELL PHILBY f a amamiitem, advised on June 27, 1967, that he had no knowl- edge of Harold Philby's connections with the Soviet Union, and always considered that Philby was a British agent. noted that his association with Philby in Madrid was wery brief, covering the period from April to July or August, tess pba = covering the war in Spain for the “London Guneee In oe or August, 1939, Philby returned to London on leave and did not return to Madrid because of the outbreak of World War II. saw Philby again on one occasion in about September, 1939, in Paris, at which time Philby indicated that be was to be employed as a war correspondent with the British Arwed Forces. In 1946 Stage bristty wet Philby again in Athens, Greece, at which time y claimed that he was working for the British Foreign Office, although Gummee felt that he was actual loyed by British Intelligence. At that time and Philby to vrennty ) Austria. ‘ GEE again met ‘philby in Beirut, Lebanon, in the Spring of 1956 where they were socially acquainted for over a x year. Philby hed experienced difficulty in securing employment ' in England, and he had gone to Beirut as an observer or ~~ sorrespondent for the “Observer” and the “Economist,” both very conservative British publications. At that time, Philby's @econd wife was im an English sanitarius, probably for alcoholian and the use ef narcotics. believed that this woman ecemitted suicide about of 1957. It was during this period that PeEPrvatated thht he had never met the tary} Hitec 67 —— f Philby,. and his know ice of her existence came f ecaversations with! QUEER wan of the opinion that this wouan @riginally Hungarian although he recall ——— having momecne j tbat she was Austrian. uw 65-68043 aed “ee aed roresen Latin gate (Route through tor of 5 splc 5