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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tub Day March 22,19s8 the stars and stripes comic diversion Tito youngsters take a comic Book break brother Gary 15, resting outside a under the Guril to Kennson i Clr Sperbe Houston Bookstore my their Rowry pit  left , chased Hulk comic Book. Double agent Philby blames British Bosses Page 9 London up1 Kim Philby who Rose to the top of British Intelli gence while also a soviet Kab officer claims his British Bosses pushed him into open defection to Moscow in order to save their own  the sunday times said. The Moil damaging double agent in British history also said he was re hired by the British secret service in 1956, five Yean after he officially re signed Over suspicions he worked for Moscow the newspaper said. Philby who Rose to be head or Brit Ain s anti soviet service in 1944 and went to Washington in 1949 As Brit Ain s link Man with the Central Intelli gence Agency was Able to provide american Secreti to Moscow As Well the newspaper said. Philby member of a notorious soviet spy ring operating in the heart of British intelligence from the 1930s,broke a 25-year silence in a series of interview in Moscow where he live luxuriously with the rank of full Gen eral or the Kab and a drawer full of soviet and other communist decorations the newspaper said. In the interviews which it began publishing sunday the newspaper said Philby now 76, claims that the British deliberately allowed him o flee to Moscow from Beirut in 1963 so that an embarrassing Security scandal and a sensational trial could be avoided. It said he claimed that when the British authorities were at last persuaded of his treachery they deliberately pushed h i m into defect ing to save their own Ace. Philby also said he worked for the British counter espionage organization mi6, from 1956 right up until hit defection even though he had been forced officially to resign in 1951 be cause of suspicion about his loyalty.  the newspaper said his official cover at the time was Middle East correspondent of the observer in London a newspaper Job he said had been fixed for him by the intelligence service according 10 tin1 newspaper. Other disclosures by Philby to be published include the identity of the Talent spotter Al Cambridge univer sity who recruited him for the Kab in the 1930s, and new details about the Cambridge spy ring including Fel Low defectors Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean whom he lipped off in Lime to escape to Moscow and avoid arrest in the Early 1930s, the newspaper Laid. In addition to betraying secrets to the Kremlin Philby sent hundreds of agents working for the West to their deaths including Many in Albania from 1949-53, because of his Beira a of Allied plans to overthrow the communist regime the newspaper said. Train for Cap to i trip Seattle a Well wishers waved goodbye saturday to about 75 people who boarded a citizens train bound for Washington d.c., where they intend to lobby for new National budget priorities. They will a lawmakers to spend less for weapons and More for improve housing health care education and care for the environment. Several dozen people held a rally Fri Day carrying signs with messages such As citizens budget More for Chil Dren. Leu for  about is people from Washington its More from Oregon 20 from califor Nia and a few from other Wei turn slate planned to Board trains Over the week end and meet in Chicago an monday the travellers then were to Bun a train bound for Washington  while in Board rider plan to attend workshops on lobbying strategies the Federal budget process education healthcare and the Constitution. They arc to be met by supporters at stops along the Way. They la arrive tuesday in  they plan to rally on the Capitol Steps and be greeted by astronomer car Sagan. British probing Why two soldiers to were killed ignored orders be fact Tor them Ireland a the British and rom cd sunday it has begun an  Why iwo soldiers murdered a flex pm gunner ing an Irish Republican army procession ignored instructions to away from the mourners All soldiers in the British ruled prov Ince were old that the funeral it taking place on saturday and were warned to steer Clear an army spokesman said Sun Day the two corporals should not have been where they were and we Are inter ested in Cia mining How that came about said the spokesman speaking anonymously in keeping with British custom they would have been briefed about the route of the funeral procession and the two corporals were not expected Tobe there and had no requirement to be  Cpl. Derek Wood 24, and Cpl. David Howes 23, were shot dead saturday after funeral Mourner dragged the from their unmarked car beat them unconscious and stripped them naked the outlawed Ira said it was responsible for their deaths and the Royal Ulster constabulary norther Ireland police Force said it Wai questioning three people. Both soldiers belonged to the Royal corps of signals a regiment often Inin highly secret monitoring of limitations. Wood joined the army in Atril i to and Howes in August 1981 a. The army spokesman said they were Raveling in rivals a Tjo Hes Between the Belfast in head Varte Acar Falls Road the City s Maia Catholic in tact and bar Racks in Lisburn the British army s Northern Ireland   Are a number of possible routes Avail Abl to them but it is a mat Ter of speculation How they came to be in a place they were not supposed to be in he said. However an army statement de scribed Wood and Howes As two Fine Young soldiers who loved the Irmy and its life their restraint under the Moji i to coup provocation was obvious to the entire nation the statement said. The Royal corps of signals mourn their loss but is proud of them and will Long Honor their  the soldiers were killed when they encountered the procession following the coffin of Kevin Brady an Ira member who was one of three people killed wednesday at the Mill own Catholic cemetery. In that attack a protestant gunman opened fire and hurled grenades Al mourners As the coffins of three Ira guerrillas shot by British commandos in Gibraltar were being lowered into a com Mon grave. Another 63 people were injured. For reasons that can Only be speculated upon they the soldiers became entangled in the funeral procession the any spokesman said they were clearly trying to get  were boned  with cinch said the soldiers car was engulfed by Ohy mourners who apparently assumed Imi they were undercover agents spying on to crowd a film of the in Ciatu viewed by Mil Lions on British Lel Etlin saturday night showed that one Iru climbed onto the car roof and began pounding it with an Iron bar while Tihen smashed the car windows and dragged the bleed ing soldiers out  
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