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(Mount Clipping in Space Below) Igod hada line ~~ a on U.K. defector — k TORONTO ~ (CP) — The Telegram says that 18 years before spy Kim Philby es- taped to” Moscow, Igor Gon- zenko fold the RCMP there as a high-level spy inside ritish Intelligence. In a copyright story, the newspaper prints the text of a | Mmemerandum by former Rus- : sian cypher clerk Gouzenko | -_ saying that British authorities could catch the spy by care- fully checking the movements of Soviet embassy personnel and by entrusting the investi- gation persons outside British intelligeace, which he cails Ml- 6. o———Fa)-5 ASKED oo, it is addressed to then Supt. |. George MeCleltan of the { REMP. The Telegram says it Was prepared at the request | of British counter-intelligence, et “ i sy hte j ye yl *t 4 The memorandum says Mr Gouzenko saw a telegra describing a graveyard hidin place for documents ftom a | Man from MI-5. It also ; describes information he re- ceived Jate in 1944 or early in 1945 which could mean “that Moscow had an inside track in the British Mi-5."' : “The mistake in dealing | \ May 6, 1952, seven years after with this matter... was that ‘ Mr. Gouzenko defected to the the task of finding the agent | West and’"18 -years before yas given to MI-5 itself. | The memorandum is dated conclude this from the fact : that on two occasions repreé | sentatives of Ml-5 talked with : me in Ottawa... ‘ | i “My humble suggestion is, and I think it is not too late yet to entrust this job to some PHILBY people putside of MI-S Scot- | land Yard, active army me ' ete.” : Gouzenko says: “I am sure that Hf, during the !ast six years, British authorities had established a 24-hour, month- | GOUZENKO | ' Philby, head of the Russian | ' department of Britain's secret ' intelligence Service, was re- vealed as a if after-month check on the movements of members of the Soviel embassy, commercial attache, military attache, ate, ~~ and a real check, not just token — they would have not just one, but dozens of agents in their hands by now.” ’ Te 4 Io. 7 : a0) DELETED Gg QSeP 2319 ’ ! PY Lifes YER FOIA REQUEST Mr. Tolson_ Mr, Sullivan | Mr. Mohr_ un Rishop _ +. F-Brennangp) a Mr. a Mr. Casper. + Convad . Folt . Gales hetemene ey Miss Holmes _~ Miss Gandy. mo (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) THE GAZETTE, Montreal Quebec, Canada p.o Date: 9/8/70 Edition: Author: Editor: Titles HAROLD ADRIAN RUSSELL PHILBY, ai (Bufile 65-68043) Character: ESP - R or Clasalfication: Submitting Office: OTTAWA {_} Being Investigated ea NOT ~~ 170 SEP 2- 1979