NYTimes CIA 16 Apr 68

"Topaz," published in the Unit- an article by De Vosjoly in the PARIS BELITTLES ed States by McGraw-Hill. issue coming out next Monday, The satirical magazine, which dated April 26. The cover commented that anyone familiar hasn't closed yet; it could very SPY-CASE CHARGES with the "alleys" of govern- well be on the cover." ment would recognize the, char- Mr. Griffith said that it was acters in Mr. Uris's novel, said: "article length," but that he Reports Abroad of 'French 'The 'turned-around' Soviet did not know what the exact length would be. He also then Philby' Termed Ridiculous colonel, that's Penkovsky; the high N.A.T.O. official, that's said the title for the article 1 I Aft< Ci [Georges] Paques, since con- had not yet been decided, but that it would not include the By HENRY TANNER victed of espionage; the aide to De Gaulle, that's Jacques Foc- words "French Philby." Special to Tlx New York Dimes cart, master for De Gaulle of . , PARIS, April 15—Allegations the French barbouzeries, [secret that the "highest French S.64- services]. As for the French ernment circles" had been in- barbouze who battles heroically filtrated by a Soviet agent to let truth be known, that is, were dismissed today by offi- in Uris's book, Colonel Dev- cials of President de Gaulle's ereaux. Under this name one ;office as completely ridiculous recognizes Thiraud de Vosjoly." and grotesque. Mr. Foccart has been one of A one-sentence statement to President de Gaulle's closets that effect by tilt Elysee, the associates for many years. His Presidential Palace, was car- office is in Elysee Palace and ried by Agence France-Presse, he is in charge of coordinating the French news agency, this and supervising the activities j afternoon. of France's various, intelligence Elysee officials later ex- organizations. .plained that the statement had been issued because the allega- Author Reported in U.S. itions had appeared in two rep- Special to The New York Times utable London newspapers but WASHINGTON, April 15 - that the whole matter was Mr. Philippe Thiraud de Vos- "wholly insignificant" and "un- joly was reported today to interesting." have gone into hiding in the The Sunday Times of London United States, apparently to announced that it would start avoid questioning about his publication next week of a forthcoming memoirs. "sensational" espionage story, United States officials said including the charge that a he had retained his French "French traitor, a French Phil- passport and did not apply for by, had pushed President de a permanent residence permit Gaulle into anti-Western acts." after his decision five years H. A. R. Philby, fortherly ago to leave service in the high-ranking British intelli- French Government. gence officer, was one of the By making periodic trips to Soviet Union's most successful Canada and other foreign spies. countries, the officials said, he In a later edition, The Sun- is able to live in the United day Times said that the author States on temporary entry per- of its account was Philippe mits. He is also said to have Thiraud de Vosjoly, a former avoided his former colleagues French intelligence officer now at the French Embassy. living in the United States. Former acquaintances of Mr. The French officials pointed Thiraud de Vosjoly recalled out that the news of the pend- that one of his exploits for the ing publication by The Sunday French Intelligence services Times and Life magazine of the was to visit Cuba just before memoirs of Mr. Thiraud de Vos- the missile crisis of 1962 to joly appeared last Thursday in photograph the Soviet missile the current issue of Le Canard sites under construction. His Enchaine, the French satirical pictures were credited as the weekly. first taken on the. ground. Le Canard, as it is usually called, named Mr. de Vosjoly as Life Plans Publication • the source of similar material Thomas Griffith, editor of treated in fictionalized form in Life, said yesterday: Leon Uris's best-selling novel, "Yes, we will be publishing