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ord trial, ©) Yemen oo The Communist newspaper fsvestia reported on June 3 that Mr. Philby was with the Imam of Yemen There was ho confirmation of this report, J. Heath recalled that on November 7, 1955, the Prime Minister, at that time Foreign Secretary, told the House that it had become known that Mr. Philby had had Communist associatiors and that he w.s asked to resign from the Foreign Service in July, 1951, which he did. Mr Macmillan had also Btaled that Mr. Philby’s case had been subjected to close investigation and that no evi- dence had been found up to that time to show he was re- sponsible for warning Burgess and Maclean, or that he had betrayed the interests of this country. Mr. Heath went on: “Since Mr. Philby resigned from the Foreign Service he has not had @ccess to any ind of any official information. © . t with: persistence to efideavour" to find the “I am the Inform which this" finally brought Mr. Heath went on: “ So far as Mr. Philby's activitles in Foreign Service are concerned, he was first a temporary first secretary up to July, 1951, “And in that capacity he had tj prepared to give nm of the way in niormation was together.” knowledge of certain informa- tion which he waa then able to pass to Burgess and Maclean.” THIRD MAN? betel Brixton) asked if it was sug- gested that Mr. Philby was “a third man” at the time Burgess and Maclean disappeared. Mr. Heath: “Yes, sir." Mr, Lipton said later this evening: “Although the truth about the Philov affair is be- ginning to emerge bit by bit, we are still not satisfied that the whole truth has been toid.’ “For the last seven years he has been living outside British legal jurisdiction.” UESTIONS Mr. George 1 Pa ali = MP for Dudley. is believed to be examining Parliamentary | procedures to see if Mr. Lip-}, ton, who had to apalogise in’: Wigg. Labour| = pe ordon Walker Mr. Patrick Gordon Walker. ‘(Lab, Smethwick) asked: “Could you tell us to whom the admission was made and in what circumstances? “Could the other evidence have heen known if it had been more diligently pursded in 1985 when the Prime Minister made his statement ? “How was an cmployee of the Foreign Service able to know the intentions of the security services? This seems a matter of great tmportance” It seemed inconceivable he Might be in the Yemen if he had been working for the Rus- Sians, but if he was. was he having anything to do with the fate our our men now itn the Yemen? VEMEN 2 ALTER No Confirmation Mr. Heath: “We have natur- ally tried to secure confirma- tion of the report that he was with the Yemeni. There have been a numbcr of statements or rumours about it. We have not been able to obtain any con- yimation.” a wey Mr. Marcus Lipton (Labour, 1995 for mentioning Mr. Philby | as the “Third Man" im the ° Burgess and Maclean episode, can be publicly .vindicated in the Commons. Harold Philby, Middle East correspondent of The Observer, vanished on the evening of January 23, He was on his way to a dinner party near his home in Beittit when he stopped the taxi and told his wife he would rejoin her “in a few minutes.” e war not seen again. A few days later. after she had reported his disappearance to the British Embassy in the Lebanon, Mrs Philby received a telegram in his name from Cairo saying there was no need for her to worry. Mrs Philby remained in Bierut until the begmning of June when she returned to Britain. -—— | jMr. Heath added: “The ; security services have never - elbsed their filles on this matter | @gd over this very long period + of 12 years they have scatwaet | we eT “tan “tte a ar at a ie * “4 Peat fate a: Mat “at! “sey oye y* ~— a oe - + : . . ve . . 7 _ oN ee a - re : , : a+ = at : tame, “ ape n . me 1 Nig A Be Soe | po a tcine rs nL as Nae ne “ oe a aay Nes * *s aks, Fine ne Be | if | | f