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Cc By FRANCIS MOIR, Herslj-,Diplomatic Correspondent ‘. AROLD “ KIM ” PHILBY, the former diplomat who gave Burgess. and Maclean the tip-off that sent them fleeing to Russia in 1951, is in Moscow. ra * He has been granted asylum in Russia— and ‘given Soviet citizenship. So the three runawav' Sallis lle ene ESR 8 kek oee ry day |British dipiomats are together again—behind the + Iron Curtain. Last night Western news- Paper reporters In Moscow thought it likely that Philby, Burgess and Maclean. had already had a reunion: ata villa outside the city. ‘ Philby, who had ‘been working as Middle East ' cotrespondent for a British } newspaper, disappeared from his home in Beirut, 1. Lebanon, in January. , | - A month ago the Lord Privy Seal, Mr. Edward Heath, revealed in the House of Commons that §l-year- old Philby was the “ third man” who tipped off Bur- gess and Maclean tn 1951, : — [. J ae + - pea wets STR ee a “hom Mar) te sera Mee are ee Cs eps * wen we S : (Mount Clipping in Spoce Below) APPLIED ~ | After Philby disappeared Jt was widely belleved he had fied behind the Iron Curtain. - "This was confirmed yesterday by*the Russian newspaper Izvéstia Which said Philby had “applied to the Soviet authori- ties. with @ request for political asylum and’ for Soviet eitizen- . ship. ” Izvestia. added: “The | Supreme Soviet of the USSR | have satisfied Philby's reques.” © The newspaper said Philby “held a leading position in the British Intelligence Service.” In 1956 the Foreign Office , | officially assured both The | ; Observer and the Economist— who had engaged Philby as thelr Middle East correspondent — that he had-no further links with Intelligence or Govern- ment work of ay Xing. eg SRG . “ * -:. DOUBLE SPY ** But four days after Mr. Heath told MPs that Philby was the “third man” in the Burgess- Maclean case, firm evidence reached the Daily Herald that Philby was employed as a double agent in the Middle East. ; He had worked as a apy for . _both Britain and Russia until | just before he vanished. Philby’s American wife Eleanor, came to Britain in May | with their two children, They | have been staying at a secret address. | Last night the Foreign Office - Would not say where Mrs, Philby was. IA spokesman added: “ As an American citizen she is a free agent. She can do what v She likes and go where she likes. : -tt Tolsen .. . Belmont. . Moke Sty peat jake. brother. - Teto, Room. oo. Misa Heimies.. Misa Gandy (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) DAILY HERALD 1/31/63 Date: Edition: Author: Editor: tite: CHRISTINE. KEELE OHN... PROFUMO Cheracter: or iS - R, GB Classification: Submitting Office: London hv oa FADED 191 Ave g& 1863