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Og RI RR ty £ — a@ fight for freedom and that frecdom was always worth fighting fer. BURGESS weplied by saying,.*I'12 never fight for freedom again, they will have to ikihl me before I go back into service®. BURGESS eeolained ¢ that he had faught for freedea once in the last war and that after it hed bean achieved, the United Nutions hed allowed another war to atart in Korea, after thie the United States and the United uations had gone into thie war when they had BURGESS told MMMM that he planned to go back to Oreat Britain on vacation in the fall of 1951. He did not mention plans fer vacation outside of Britain, dx; Europe, the Soviet Union or any other part of the world. However, in reference to the Soviet Union, BURGESS did comment by saying that he would ‘ike to go to the USSK ee a Representative ef the British Foreign Service. WRIESS said he could learn and do many interosting things in the weeks BRGESS did not specifically gay what. he neant by interesting thinge, but trom the conversation felt that BURGESS had a gencral interest in {@) Resia and ite Government. Tri Gomi: opinion, BURGESS felt sympathetdc towards the Soviet finton. fe dase] this on BUHGESS! reference to Korea, his interest in Russian affaira, as il as his statement. that he could learn and de many interesting things in tos USSK. iggy could not recall any other apecifie etatenents reletd ) to Russia. "¢ After riding with BURGESS for sometins, GUM became alarmed and thought stiby BURGESS might not be a diplomat, but. rather that he might be a spy. ae d this on the fact that BURGESS esked him questions relative to saitthd, thought woul win the war in Korea, what branch of the service hat been in during the last war and questions as to the number of men win tie United States Faval Service and in the United States Air Force. egmtat ind cated that on these oecasions Ae replied that he had no way of @ knowing Ws number of men so maintainod in the armed Services. BURGESS appeared interested also in the american Jet Fighter and inasmuch as had told him thet he bed been in the Air Corp, BURGESS asked him several gucstions milative to the performance of this Fighter. GMM told hie that the Americar Jets, as & group, were protably the best in the world and gav good performance with & minimum of service porformances ‘ WF felt a strongly that BURGESS probably was a spy thot he askud an officer of the Virgirla State Police, soon after his arrest, if BURGESS actually was a Sritish Dipiomat or might be an expfonage agent. This officer told aiies that the papers that BUEOESS carried on his person indicated that BURGESS was a dDonatied British Diplomat. BURGESS also told ! that he had friends who worked in Oak Rides, Fenn. when he planned to vieit before returning to Washington, De Ce BURGESS did not tell Qimethe type of work that these friends of his pursuod in Oak Ridge or sake any commente relative to their stetus. sre) GEMM observes that BURGESS carried two cameras and a tripod in his - of ek- we