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. . : a . Tol 0-20 (Hev. 7-27-67) C C 4 eLoach ? : done Bis Casper ——~—_____ Callahan Conrad ; Felt : j Gale Rosen a S , Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele. Room UPI-195 oO . MOSCOY--~ ey EM PHT BY, THE BRITISH DOUBLE-AGENT WHO SERVED AS A SOVIET SPY FOR 30 YEARS BEFORE HE DEFECTED TO RUSSTA BROKE LONG MONTHS OF SILEN€S. TONIGHT AND SAID HE WOULD DO IT AGAIN, PHILBY, 55, SAID THE DEPRESSION AND THE SPLIT IN BRITISH SOCIALISM IN THE 19308 LED HIM TO DEVOTE HIs LIFE TO "A FIGHT FOR COMMUNISM." _ STHAT’S WHY I DID IT," PHILBY SAID. “I WOULD DO IT AGAIN TOMORROW." =p, PHILBY ARRIVED IN THE SOVIET UNION IN 1963 TOUCHING OFF A SECURIYT SCANDAL THAT ROCKED BRITISH INTELLIGENCE. fir fa D BEEN A RESPECTED MEMBER OF Mié--THE BRITISH SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE--AND HAD HE BRITISH AND AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE VE EWORKS OVER THE YEARS AS AN UNDERCOVER ESPIONAGE AGENT FOR THE THE CAMBRIDGE-EDUCATED BRITON NOW KOLDS AN IMPORTANT POST IN THE SOVIET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE IN MOSCOW. HE TOLD HIS STORY MONDAY NIGHT IN THE FIRST INTERVIEW HE HAS GRANTED TO WESTERN CORRESPONDENTS SINCE JANUARY, 1963. UHEG HE pone? FROM BE é TRUT, LEBANON, WHERE HE WAS WORKING AS A NEWSPAPER ORRESPONDENT AND TURNED UP IN Moscow. 11/14--EG816PES DELETED COPY SENT Ac Diewr aycemer afisf76 PER FOIA REQUEST ao Co (4) an ee cae, ff ete NOT RECGRDED~ Jy G satelod 145 Nov 1'7 1937 , he oe NOY e 4iS87 WASHINGTON CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE ———= ——~ ——a ‘4 _ — ee eg Ne on ee pe iy, sgt an Ts =, Pa ae ee ae at Ce ne ON on, Tanah, apne Lot ey ee” Pe Bee ote Sane A . - 2 at re emt a orereenttn eres