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‘time }e_arrived Turkey, Volkov was no lonber—worize a polite ord, available. In Font ha aA hee ur. fact, he Sad been removed feet first 4n a Soviet military aircraft, ‘Tt struck a colleague of Philby’s at the time that either he had been ‘highly in- competent, which was not his habit, or that he had been up to a double game. But his colleague assumed that MI5, the Security Service, which corresponds roughly to he F.B.I., would be onto that point. They were, but not with much force. No conclu- sive evidence came to light. Philby got the benefit of the doubt. The C.LA. was set up in 1947, and Philby along with his British colleagues were re- garded as elder brothers who had helped to advise an its organization. -But before go- ing to Washington to com- pound his treacheries, Philby went in 1946 to be near the land of his masters. He took over the highly important Istanbul station, from’ where it was-his duty to operate not only into the Soviet ‘Griierbat imi the Comiununist Talsans. He Gpatrieethere bal Ade ite i Une way ats toa keyeely head oOfliee in Londen ii tender. AML this ume his col- Tecnuc Tudciean was spyica away most eriectively on wos Unilec States svomnc from his fost uk tie Seiasa Embasay ia Waoiington, Ey Getobeor, Yea, thouch still only 37, was ready for the top joo in the ficki— by bo. Western and Commie nist exsiinalon—the Washing: tom station. Here he was in the most intimate daily con- wact With the CA. and ihe { Li. VYae Votkoy case wis forgotién, Ha was regarded by the Anterie: the ablesh Driish operator, and rdiafions berween the claidectivg organizations were pernans oser than Jhey had Philby, CVuT vT- WOVEN the abject failure of a joint C.LA-S.1S. opcration in Atbania did nat shake his position. In the spring of 1829. after what was consid- ered due preparation, we in- filtrated well-armed bands inte albania whicn, according 1G Gur intelligence, was about rency to throw off the Soviet yoke. Sucecss there might have had farrenching conse- quenees in Sumulating unrest throughout Eastern Europe. But there was no question of success. Utwasa fiasco. The intilteaiers were methodically met and siaushtered. About So pur cent of whe force of 390 strugsicd buck into Greece. Tae CLA. man who orgunized the operation with Philby has no doubt now that treachery and that the was at work, once agnin at pinacd on hin. ; Prilpy Stet sie ap tin: isfund bs yireal duvy go taubRetrert®n rhe Wea De in io senac, forced ita te iy his diniter coke nome) ureess, was oa frubby hoamosexus: who, aragingiy, was 9 ape noted 10 4 guud GOST in the Hriiish Enibassy in Washing- tun when Panny wes ihecre. He svcn crev unfavorabic uitention te Rimscli by huis stunk. behavicr. Padby re- : > of vais uad of the Tacs thal he was not even an effi int Cormunisi spy. He was soon seni back to London by tre Embassy. Maclean was another ketile of fish. He had procured in- Valuable atomic anfarnmiation for nis Moscow masters, but he eracked under the sirain of his double Hfe. In Cilro and later in London his days and nights were a whirl of drunk- caness, Violence, homoasexual- ity, and so on. MIS began to keep an eye on him ihouga, i , he fad been imaportant post in whet bares Perera. c: Reece Phijoy, was he time came, in May. 185i, Whenrtiese woo Tatclits thar Britain was no longer ¢ healthy place for them. Trev were tioped off by the “ihira man”? and lett zt a monicnt’s notice for the Sovict Union. That third man was Philby O3 was he? Pc CLA, and FBI haa no doubis apout ht. AS was practicaliy certain. Bui his awn service, MI6, reacted dis- ferently, Dammit, the follor’s 2 genticman. one of us, was > attitude (it overlooked the sact that Maciean and Burgcss eame into the same category). Then there was na leve last weer 5 and @ rather as is eose someumes berweoen C.I.A. and the FBT. More, 2 owas strong antlAmer- feciing i Mis, based meinty on envy of the tre- Some Mig men noinied out irrelevantiy inat the United States was net blameless in the mutier otf saving irattars, 9 Fina libs’s defenders Gssesied that be was 2 vietim of ‘ce Cardvyisin. \ ma wt a tt ia st t 3 vv abs recalicd | froma Washington and inteTrfogcted by his service ana MIS. Huis tactics were to sit igni anc keeo waum. A friend oF mirc who knew him weil scia that he almost Grove his interre- nators up tae wall by his oo- weiss THe SumuGto Silence. Tihs frieac, Who kept in touch writt him right up to, his defection, scid inat until Philay’s ows confession at the end of 1902 he could not believe what proved to Be the tryth. He. coramentec that. white he : liked, Philby and adqired_his professional ski, he was never sure what made him tick. My friend was not alone in this. From my few meetings with him in the Middle East in the forties and fifties I remember an apparently normal member of the British upper class— amugng, _inielligena_.. soa9- looking. | He always. drank 40 soy? ~