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sa pat baearnpe op ae ™~. ae ie i rh bs V * Philby and. Mr'Brown:|.. he ep 1S: "WITH. RELUCTANCE” ‘that! twa resident ont ‘Mr: 4 ; ee . George Brown’s remarks on ‘Tuesday night!: We have nov}:.i wish to prolong a feud we ‘did -not’ know, existed.” Butt Be 7 _ ja: readers of the Sunday Times’who'have'seen their news-4 toca fg [Undicate page, name of “4i\/, salt ee "BE: paper accused of “asin ge very greatidisservice to-thos ps4 peti keaed GL nb etek and nah tie bie im Hy Nn . ‘country’ are’ entitled to some , comment from. ‘those’. Sia: a responsible ‘for its conduct. :' We believe that ‘this | Paty, Set ticular reference was to the: Philby affairs < ose ireens mate The Sunday Times has been entirely open about this,- Ld both with its readers and with the Foreign Office, » ‘At. Gee Ys 7 : ee ee “ae Fane eas aps aa) rade By ety i, * the end of our inquiries into the' Philby conspiracy in tant ith iliner 7 . September, we made indirect contact. with Philby in. : Moscow; we ‘published a picture!"“Philby “also indicated | iy + then that he might provide “unspecified autobiographic « 5 “l “material. .We have not. seen this to judge whether it “ima, should be ‘accepted’ or ‘rejected, whether it might be a’ a valid contribution to history, unpubtishable propaganda,; ho ind note , Toa +¢ ;or other material prejudicial to British interests... Last .y Weekend Philby made his offerfirm. We kept the Foreign, ‘4* Office informed. Our attitude:is:that we have no-inten-! yi , tion of rewarding treason; but that no newspaper. should '- «at refuse to look at information from whatever source. The :. Sunday Times’s own narrative on.Philby,.it must..be: .. $lressed, was quite independent of Philby,‘ Moscow, ori * any Communist source, It has now been concluded and). we would not reopen it without, full, Tegard for. thes | national interest. : Our two essential guidelines’ were. and; remain’ that ih sine the Philby story was: legitimate news to the British! i ass: *- people about the conduct of their affairs, and that our: nt .Gwn series told the Russians nothing they. had not! "y ‘learned years ago from Philby himself. -The “Avery. great “disservice to the country “a was Pe aie. ang by’ those: ‘who protected h him, - Ne tne ener nernmmsammntnnmnimenin materi tam netmendontt mms eats mme—neragamrae de ores se