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. as a keen, young British diplomat who was interesting and stinmlating. They advised that BURGESS appeared to be emotionally unstable, being gay and exhilarated at times, quarrelsome, worried, and distracted at others. AMM; ated that BURGESS was a very nervous eye who chain~smoked cigarettes almost continuously during his visit gin the summer of 1950 and October of that year. advised that he did not see BURGESS after the October, 1950, visit. ier advised that around February or March, 1951, BURGESS inform er, either over the telephone or in 4 letter which is no longer available, that he was scheduled to visit Charleston, 5. C., soon for the pres of making a speech at The Citadel Military Academy. BURGESS aelor trnouri¢a him Tattone nf inteaduatian + of her - friends in th in to, a areas In pliance with his request, ii , got word fro: ‘and hat BURGESS had’ conducted himself very badly in Charleston in March, 1951. RAGE) carne that BURGESS had gone to Charleston for the primary purpose of attending a dinné making a speech at The Citadel. These sources reported to the that BURGESS had drunk to excess during his entire stay in Charleston and had, in fact, arrived at the dinner at The Citadel in an intoxicated condition. At this affair, according to the information re- ceived by the s BURGESS made a highly contentious and opular speech which na in a serious argument between him and ani, Yee Other reports reaching the @EIN tron tii, and MMMM in Charleston were to the effect that in addition to drinking excessively, BURGESS had numerous flareups of temper in their presence and was generally disliked because of his surly attitude. ammgeiamtepgeivised that while she was staying at steiner Aart E 5 ice aT rT ate Ca, in April, 1951, she xeceived a letter from B to the effect that his mother was in the United States and that he intended to take a motoring trip to the South and would be going to South Carolina.‘ BURGESS wondered if he cduld drop in with his mother for_a visit =+ onParmaaed eee accised