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1 “ | 2 Cheery’. | Scott Gidbone cables rut i : Philby (known to his frien - Kim) and his wife Eleanor have a penthouse flat in the Rue Kantara, a residential . ‘ quarter of Beirut. ; The party to ‘which he was ‘ going was given by Mr. Balfour ‘ ul, an official of the British ‘ Embassy. Philby told his wife: “You go ahead. Til join you there.” The previous day Philby was seen by # Briton, Mr. Derrick ‘ Hartiey, in the bar of the Normandy Hotel, Beirut (one of Philby’s regular haunts). He gave a cheery reply to Mr. Hartley's greetings, and seemed in good spirits. Philby has vanished without taking his clothes, and has made no financial provision for his family. ~ He has been married three times and has several children. With them in Beirut is his daughter Miranda, aged 16, and their son. FLASHBACK it was In October 1955 that Colonet Marcus Lipton, M.P., alleged that Philby. was the “Third Man” in the affair of Donald Maclean and Guy Rurgess, the Foreign Office diplomat who defected to Moscow. : There had been speculati about whether Maclean been tloped off by a third ma: that he was. about to arrested. . Mr, Philby had been a First Secretary in Washi mn when Burgess was a second secretary there. Donald Maclean had already left Washington before Philby arrived. . Mr. Macmillan, whe was then Foreign Secretary, said in the House of Commons: “E have no reason to cenclude that Mr. Philby has at any time betrayed the interests of his country or to identity him with the so-called Third Man if. indeed there was one.” Challenge Later Mr. Philby sald: “I fam not the mysterious Third ' Man.” And he challenged - Cotonel Lipton to repeat the statement outside the House. , He then issued a typed state- ment and elaborated on his ‘pesignation from the Foreign , Office saying : “I regarded it ‘gs a direct consequence of an. i tmorudent association with Rurgess. I had introduced Burgess to people as an old {rlend and in a way, I suppose, - that would be taken as spon- -soring him.” ' Mr. Philby sald he had never byen a Communist although h had always been a “bit to th 1 e was awarded the 0.B. fot his service with Foreigz - . Intelligence during the war. 4 ae! 4 Or ae Le ee meg a ae age gee 7 tat connec ape