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AIM: To have chew leok at the Burgess-MacLean affair from the position that they were controlled by Kim Philby, a Russian agent from the early 1930's and, hac he not been wnoovered, the man slated for head of M.I.6. BURGESS: The British official version of Burgess's departure from Washington in 1950 is simply that his work was mpeebbefeovery and he was removed for disciplinary reasons. Fhilby‘s) own account given to friends soon after the event was that Pailby, in his position as chief M.I. 6 man in Washington, received FB} reports on embassy personel and was reading one offering evidence that Burgess was a Russian agent when Burgess, his flat@l mate, waked into the room, Philby said he “blurted out the contents" to Burgess in a joking manner only to find later that night that Burgess had fled. This story, in the light of Philby'ts own defection to Russias mow seens completely untrue. But need it ve? Philby, for all his friendship with Burgess, was too big a fish to risk his own plans for Burgess. Also we don't have to depend wn Philby's own acoount. It is known that the F.B.I. and the C.I.A. were furious at Burgees's departure and at Philby's role in it. Gen. Bedel Smith told the ambassador, "Have Philby fired or we break off liasion on all secret matters." (And Philby was asked to resign in July July, Burgess's sudden exit after the F that he was an enemy agent therefore put British-Aneriocan \2 security liasion at an all-time lov. ‘LL