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oP ; wro ie 3 ee ee become thoroughly pro-CHIANG KAI SuEK. @piwedvised that BUNGESS had jater written a report to the British Foreign Office built on the concept that American public opinion with regard to China and the Far bast depended upon battle reports from Korma. Concerning BURGESS' personal opinion with regard to China, stated that he seemed to be in agreement with the official British attitude, which was that the rise of Communism in Chine was a Chinese matter which had been accelerated by the CHIANG KAI SEER Administration because of the latter's inefficient and dishonest methods, SEN stated thet it was of great importance to BURGESS, as a student of China, that the Chinese situation be allowed to follow through in its own right to a natural conclusion, and that it bothered BURGESS to think that the United States might try to gontrol the Chinese situation, Mite sisted that BURGESS had never said much about his back- ground, but he recalled BURGESS did mention that he had worked on Far Eastern affairs in the British Foreign Office in London prior to coming to the United States. @MRMRMMR said that BURGESS hac talked a great deal about H, A. R. PHILBY of the British Embassy. a§MRMS advised he had never met PUYILBY but knew the name because PHILBY's father had been famous as an expert on Arabia. He stated that BURGESS not only stayed with the WITTY Ts ks clan mate he ee FHiifis but aiso ate nis evening meal there. in this gonnection, —— stated he did not believe BURGESS to be as irresponsible as newspaper acccunts of him indicated. He pointed out in this regard that BURGESS was very meticulous about being on time in the PHILBY home for dinner, and that BURGESS on one occasion, after learning that Ap wouldn't be able to see him until about 7:30 P.M., advised him that he would have to get in touch with PHILBY and make different arrangements for dinner. woul stated that from BURGESS' attitude in this connection, he had concluded that he was socislly responsible. WORE further stated that Dios fT ~ BURGESS talked about PHILBY = great deal, telling him what a nice fellcw PHIIBY was, and that BURGESS seemed to like PHIILBY very much. stated, however, that BURGESS had told him that PHILBY had five children and because of rather crowded conditions in the PHILBY household, BURGESS was interested in getting an apartment or house of his own and inquired of him a good place for him to look. @@gMM* stated thet he made no suggestions to BURGESS along these lines and didn't know what inquirie BURGESS had made concerning the obtaining of an apartment or house. ( \