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long as he wera Kittee~—Nouf she had a friend whose character, as confilctin and hard as ‘a many-side diamond, still contained’ much kindness, Kim Philby understands chil- dren ; after ‘all, he has five. He is fond of animals. ti Beirut he kept a tame vixen as a pet in his flat; in Moscow, he has compromised with caged Canaries and budgerigars, € would write little notes, “remember birthdays, show all the outgoing warmth of a basically? ionely, solitary: person —~and above this he was infinitely more highly regarded ¥ his Savier masters than Donald Maclean. In the absence otf Eleanor, Kim Philby took Melinda to the opera (Donald had said he Was too busy). They lunched forether (Donald had other business to attend to), He said thank her tor to draw money r bank H e k aecount in maon to pay for presen his English friends, “0 Philby stayed at the Macleans’ dacha in the country, He and Melinda gathered early morning mushrooms together. He kent none of these mectines Secret: he wrote to his wife about them When Eleanor Philby returned, Kim pestered her to Rat Melinda over for dinner, Of all the wife be specially Wripped.-- He told. hls wife how Donald Maclean was linpotent, how Melinda's life was a misery, how he vearned to bring a little haopiness into it. In her own acronnt.* Eleanor described how Melinda tele. phoned her one dav iy January “T am in an awful state,” Melinda — explained tearfully, “Donald ts becoming quite im. DoSrsttrend T cannot live with him any more." She was in the middle of re et Stranging her flat sctiun—-wre last she could have @ Troon. for herecif, while her husband would be in with one of the BOLI, Meanwhile, Kim Philby drank More and tore heavily, He was aWay more often from home, Apparentivy working on a book he Was ghosting for Konon Molody who. as Gordon Lons- dale, was the Russian spy exchanged for Greville Wynne, Sometimes, Eleanor Philby found her husband making or receiving guarded telephone calls, She was sure he was talking to a woman, but like many another husband caught in the same situation. he indighantiy msisted that he was discussing his work, Among the small group of Western exiles with whom Eleanor Philby was allowed to make friends. the only woman she felt she knew sufficiently well to confide in about her worries was, ironicaily, Melinda Maclean. e told) Melinda how she feared that Kim did not love her any more, “ Melinda gave me a long. hard {ook." Eleanor Philby wrote ater. “He dtd, she gald. “until @ while ago,” Finally. as Eleanor Philby's relations with her husband deteriorated, sh bran te realise the extent af his feelings for Melinda A lever? But she whether he love wilh her—or Soviet superiors using a temporary Was Still not sure Vex Lam Was genuinely in whether his Were simply infatuation, Maybe even encouraging it. as a lever to drive his American wife out of the country. But at Teast she discovered that the affair had heeun when she had been in America. Melinda and Kim had shared a heavy lunch one dav and had drunk a lot torether “They were both feeling verv depressed, Melinda — started erving, te@tmrrhin how miser- able her life with Donald had ecn, He escorted her homie, where she must have given him another drink or two—and that Was that” Eleanor Philpy left Moscow tn 2063 She died in California two months ago. Two Years after Eleanor's de- Parture from Russia, Kim Philby married Melinda. He Proposed in a restaurant. She accepted between courses. Now. for two lonely people. a Se , ° The Spy I Lorie S2WEjeanor Philby (Heute Hamilton), ; new life began in- midd} Is it happier life ? ° ee re is one inking It may be, wound When Eleandr was Still mar. Tred to Kim. she was distressed len he Admitted that so far as ti Cr OF as he was concerned the Com. munist Party came for everything else in his nie ine | ung his feelings for his You should have marria y , Wrst, & dedicated Cont '.., Bobody else,” ghe told “esumably, he h The The Sunday Star (Washington) Daily News (New York) Sund New The New York Timea The Sun (Baltimore) The The New Leader The Wall Street Journal The National Observer _People's World Examiner (Washington) Date limes Herald DeLoach _- Mohr Bishop Casper Callahan “ Conrad - Felt Gale Rosen Sullivan wu Tavel Trotter Tele. Room Holmes Gandy ee ———_ —_————-__- Washington Post ee Washington Daily News Evening Star (Washingto ag ofar mr ay News (New York} York Poat ee a Daily Worlds ee — ee rt