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Disappearance of Kim Philby puzzles British espionage
In Beirut on January 23 the American wife of a British diplomat recalls a dinner plan with Philby who vanished that night. The Observer journalist and former MI6 officer was linked to Burgess and Maclean and later admitted spying for the Soviet Union. Police traced no border crossing. a Soviet freighter sailed that night. Glen Balfour Paul, First Secretary at the Beirut embassy, confirmed the dinner plan and expressed shock.
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Kim" Philby
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