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eels Mel a emia eee Ans Cea a ~ Postseri almost always posing as an accredited diplomat or trade delegate, rarely makes his Personal contact unt{l his quarry is In a position to be useful. He delays making his ~ Pass" as long as possible because it can be a dangerous moment, as it was when a Soviet diplomat in London tried to recruit me. When he offered me money to revea] my sources of defence information I reported him to the security authorities and he Was s00N recalled to Moscow, Philby could not really be useful until he joined the Secret Intelligence Service !n 1940. He Was invited to join after being a foreign correspondent on & newspaper—a ot uncommon Toule of entry. - There is no evidence that Philby knew Maclean was a spy untll he heard of the Secret Service suspicions about him. It is also unilkély that Maclean knew anything about Philby’s activities, ‘ .4 Like all Soviet spymasters | Philoy would have been. under f : woe, . . io . SRR ret ume rm me em hy a . pt o the Arm control of the “ Centre * -In Moscow. This would be arranged through contact with Russian diplomats in London, Washington, and other cities where Phitby worked. Tt is assumed in this new book that Philby told Burgess to warn Maclean that he was under suspicion. When Philby rece‘ved this secret information in Wash- ington, Burgess was staying with him and was about to leave for London. : : a His cover. M.L5 officials told me that it was extremely unlikely that Philby would tell anyone about Maclean's danger without first taking Moscow's advice through the Soviet Embassy in’ Washing- ton. To teli Burgess would break Philby's “cover,” which he had guarded 60 carefully. The Centre in Moscow would aimost certainly hand the proplem over to the Soviet moassy in London. I belleve Burgess was approached by the Russians in_ London after he returned. They could not approach Maclean directly because they knew he was under surveillance. Burgess could do soasairiend 0 =o * ane oe er ae 1 ie pr rmeemnie cays eee ee - rt a-traitor.. This would &ccount ‘for the fact that Burgess did not hurry back to London from America, did not cantact Maclean when | ' he first arrived. and moved to help Maclean escape only at the last minute. alter getting some new and startiing information, Phiiby's “confession” that he tipped Burgess off about Maclean was a lie, I believe, to cover the real route. This is more _than supposition. have & | memorandum written by a Daily Express Investigator in 1953 stating “an informant claiming to be an ex-member of M.1L5 end directly concerned with the Burgess and Maclean inquiry sald Philby was a double-agent —a British spy and a Tieng munist agent from youth. “When he was in Washing. ton. Philby learned of the investigations which might tead to Maclean belng exposed. He immediately alerted the Soviet Embassy in Washington. who passed the warning to Maclean Via their embassy in London.” The Dally Express could not |" Print this at the time. Philby wes protected not only by his Establishment friends but - by the British laws of libel fe. . : a mats Ar a a SN Ne