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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 25
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were “exclusive” jis of thellater the Observer, acting on;for Philby to deny he waa a
career of Harol hilby, a;the assurance that Philby was Soviet agent. “4 the end, gays
i 5 he|"© longer a government agent,|the Observer, Philby admitted
aoe eet at Renetrated tte sent him to Beirut as their to seeing his contact in the|
gence. Middle East correspondent./Russian Embassy once a) ~
“Bhilby. who fled to Moscow| Hut, the two papers say, Phil-; month. .
from. Beirut “in 1963, wes te. by had never been taken eff] On Jan. 23, 1963, he flbd,
cruited Into the Soviet Epy the government payroll and|/and says the Observer, “Blit-
system in 1933, at age 22 and,|hoped to work his way back/ish authorities either would
according to the Sunday! into the Intelligence Service./not, or could not stop him.’
Times, was given only one|’ its -
job—to penetrate British in-
elligence.
This Philby did in 1941 afier:
erving as a- correspondent)
or the London Times in
pain and as a minor official:
in several secret departments’
of the British government,
During World War II, his:
position’ in the Intelligence
IService (known as MI-6) grew
ito such an extenl that he was
‘at one time tinped as a pos.
isible future chief of the Serv-
lice.
j In 1944. say the two papers, . The Washington Post ’
Philby was selected to head Times Herald LO “f i
la new section of MI-6 devoted : me . . .
to counter Soviet espionage | ‘ The Washington Daily News
lactivities, the Sunday Times’
ireports, and his unsuspecting pe as Washi
| British Superiors even gave! U- a f+ x JY - Waa _ The Sunday w i
him permission to play the ; ; ; Daily News (New York)
part of a double agent with
The Evening Star (Washington)
Russians. NoT RECORDED Sunday ues (New York}
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In 1949, Philby was sent to 199 OCT @ 1967 New York Pos
Washington to serve as British The New York Times
liaison with the CIA and FBI. The Sun (Baltimore)
When the Russians exploded me eee seannemanaaeey
their first atomic bomb in The Worker
1949, the Observer says, Philby The New Leader
jand his staff worked day and
‘night for four days coding and
The Wall Street Journal
i decoding and transmitting . The National Observer
» vital British and American ex- People’s World
changes.
i =Philbv’s career came to a
j halt in 1951) when two of his
‘. closest colleagues, Guy D. Bur-
gess and Donald MacLean,
jfled to Russia. He was ordered
ta return to London for a se-!
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