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was in on the ground floor of Bot only the British but also the American espionage organ- tration, When the United States caine into the war, all was apparently sweetness and light between the Western and Ezst- em Allies in the anti-Hitler coalition. But it did not take the Soviet Government long to judge, correctly, that its meosi dangerous enemies in the jong run would be its Allies of the moment, the Americans. Philby had a particular dislike of American power and mate- rial success, and be was de- lighted to be told by Moscow to step up his spying on them. , by @ combination of fuck inside the 5.15. and judg- ment by Philby, the perfect Opportunity for his double game was afforded him. The British on their side realized that they were in for 2 long tussle with the Soviet Gov- emment In 1944 they set up & powerful counterespionage section to keep a sharp eye on their Communist Allies You can guess who was appointed head of it. Busy tow had it realiy made. As head of this depart- ment it was his duty to see all the vital intelligence he could, whether from British, American or other sources. Ary intercuptions of Soviet in- telligence were his business too. and he was responsible for countering all clandestine operations or subversion at- tempts by the Communists. Since he was, unknown to his British employers and Amert- ican friends, involved in some of these in bis dual role, the central power for evil which he wielded was enormous. Added to this, he of course knew the organization of both the British and American secret services in detail and could betray it to the Russians as it developed from day to MOVEMBER 12, 1967 | day. It all sounds almost too bad to be true. almost. . Philby's first slip occurred im August, 1945, over what is known as the Volkov case. A Russian using that name got in touch with the British Em bassy in Turkey and offered to defect. bring with him a lot of invalu- able information on the or- genization of the Soviet Secret Services and in particular on its agents in British Govern- mental departments. The case was referred to Philby as head of the counterespionage de- partment, and he was warned of a time limit which the Rus- sian had set. Clearly Volkov was a threat to him and his méetwork, He therefore took action, at a Jeisurely pace, behind the scenes. By the time he arrived in Turkey, Volkov was no longer, to use & polite word, available. Ip fact, he had been removed feet first in a Soviet military aircraft. It struck a colleague of Philby’s at the time that either be 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 the FBI, 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 1847, and Philby along with his British colleagues were re- garded as elder brothers who had helped to advise on 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 aver the highly important istanbul station, from where it was his duty to operate not only into the Soviet Union but It was-- He undertook to © Those in the knos ee thrilling stereo sound _ 30 WATT FM STEREO RECEFVER for your high fidelity component system AVAILABLE AT ROBERTS FRANCHISED DEALERS FOR LESS THAN $179.95 AITEX RADIO ~ GRAND CENTRAL RADIO RABSONS ‘UT Nanay Sereet, WLV.C. ‘12 East 4th Street, WLC, TH) West Sth Sernet B.C. Wes Died SHC MIDWAY RADIO & TY ITE ELECTRONICS ASCO SOUND SH West a5th Stowet, HLY.C ‘ . HG NY. Ave, Huntington, £1. 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