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O-19 (Rev. 9-26-62) al MR. PHILBY BLAKE MENTIONED }ROM OUR POLMIC Al CORRESPONDENT Captain Henry Kerby, Conservative member for Arundel and Shoreham, has tabled several questions in the Commons about Mr. Philby to Mr. Heath, Lord Privy Seal. Tomorrow he will ask on what date the Government first learnt that Mr. Philby had fled behind the Iron Curtain: when they first discovered that Mr. Philby was responsible for tipping off Maclean and Burgess; and what is known of amy asso- cation between Mr. Philby and Blake. formerly im the Foreign Service and now serving a sentence for espionage. On Monday he will ask what cash com- Pensation was pad out of public funds io Mr. Philby when he was requested to resign from the Foreign Service, and what ordars were given to British Embassy rsonnel in Beirut regarding their contacts vith Mr. Philby after his admission that He was the man who warned Maclean and Iiirgess. # Two Lahour members, Mir. Arthur Lewis (West Ham, N.) and Mr, Niall Mac- Dermott (Derby, N.) are to usk the Prime Minister whether he will appoint an inquiry to investigate the Philby affair. PRESIDENT TOLD Mr. Wade, deputy leader of the Liberal Party, will ask Mr. Heath on Monday “what assurances and recom- mendations were given to the editor of The Qhserver and the edner of The Economist by the Foreign Office before Mr. Philby was empioved by them as a correspondent in the Middle East ™ In official quarters yesterday it was dis closed that Mr. Macmillan told President Kennedy at Birch Grove during the weeh- end that a Government statement about Mr. Philbs was to be made in the Commons. Wn the House on Tuesday Mr. Arthur Lewis asked the Prime Minister Q whether he mentioned to the President Teceni secur, causes in this country, with particular reference to the Philby case? Is it becuuse of that case, and the stories cifculating in the American press, that the Lord Privy Seal made his statement ?” Mr. Macmillan teplied that he was nat Prepared io reveal the character of the discussions he had with the President. eS . ur a a “QUESTIONS ABOUT -«——~ ‘. : Loon, i fy f , Z f- al } 1 we ! The Washington Post and —_—___ Times Herald The Washingion Daily News The Evening Ster —____.____-——— New York Herald Tribune ——— New York Journal-American —__— New York Daily News .———_——-—_ New York Post —_————_——__ The New York Times ——————— The Worker ——___—____——_—__—_ The New Leader ———________—_— The Wall Street Journal ———\_—___- The National Observer ————__—_— br 19), ORDED ~ JIC 9 1982