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For Gu “ae TODAY two years later man th 1 Foreign Office : judged suitable (AIM! NAZATAs 24 ANA RPU ceca (DIPLOMATS: £1,000 REWARD) on, , has vanished not only. from Western eyes. O 4 Ss ven se THE OFFER STILL STANDS |: the Tumours ———rhe Daily Express, however, 7 which followed his dis- | will not be hushed, as this Star commented in & appearance. . article bears witness. We. more- ° edijorial :— Maclean, however, has been , over, add today this question:—— “This ig ‘security mania.’ Tt vaviously Teported seen in May it not be that the un- th diplomats have been kld- Switzerland, then Prague. and earthing of the full facts about nat ped or have voluntarily gone then Warsaw. Currency valued Maclean and Burgess would Bact then clearly ‘security’ ai RhOOG was placed in a Swiss cause embarrassment and dis- fosld not hide the facts from Dank by, British Intelligence pleasure to (1) certain of their those responsible. believes, 8A emissary .of.; numerous friends, and (2) those. "why ‘hide them from the. a ac ean. ~ vt -; class-and-club-conscious Pie: people of Britain? Why was it ds recent international } who feel that Maclean an Bur-+: naughty of the Daily Express id even have pointed to the - gese despite anything and every~ |) print the story ae es presence in the Kremlin of just. thing, are superior types who f The Daily Mail added:— such ‘eo. propaganda expert’ as- show! d. be A rovected “from, me" “Pressure of public opinion, Tt has been obvious that since p i which the newenpeGovernavent For reactions in Britain to Office? Indeed not. It was the. Qussia’s sudden “concessions | Daily Express. And for this public nave been precisely wnt some service the teward was an irrie i a ,? e tated growl from Mr. Herbert. ‘<remlin had calculated. Who is Morrison, then his Majesty's. rdvising the Communist sector “principal Secretary of State for | up the mystery. am propaganda policy f°. |. Foreign Affairs. ee “Pv ny did the” : : An M.P. asked him 01 1 poaity Express do June ll, 1951, four days after |. that? On the: the Daily Express had given the”| ground that it is” _. mews, and 17 days after the ' the duty of @ Behaks, yas adatiy dipiomats had gone: “How did’ democracy to stay it ts confidently thie information come ta be = alert and vigilant. sfaclean. “forme ptnat, Donald. made public, having. regard tO .On the ground . macean. ormer head or the the need -for keeping it as. that the public Amer car ttce is ten the secret. as possible until the conscience would Oren renin’ pretty | Forelgn Secretary was in a posi-.| be uneasy until” ae he coed Neg tion to deal: with the facts of.) the fina answers - ut steps, then, is the | the case?” °° "cs. | | were. established: British Government now taking - Mr. Morrison repiled: When | On ~ the ground Q pursue ita inquities into the. | inquiries were instituted on the |. taat the security. shereabouts | of Maclean and | Continent it was possible -they . of the Realm: | = te stepa “hash Fo ed ne! would leak. We did not at first _might be involved?) 2 0 office taken Baa eoiat men - issue our own announcement |.- The theme wae now taken uprt \ is close’ as they were to the | [°° the reason given by the jiand. in the .Commans, - ~ veart of Britaln’s storehouse of .. uestioner, but we had to do 89. |. Morrison feces nat oe ace . soe Night, do lkewise other | paper had some: information | “of the Foreign Service on their. th and had already, published a@.) - appointment and, if Necessary, ; Bory about tir ge ge [from time to,tim@- oy ae Lal mye * Whereupon: he, was asked 7 | whether, on the ‘ast check-up, -the Foreign Office bad been’ ~ “ natisfied that Burgess here ~ "gio #8 calgmito ig affiliations. =. sy a security | precautions -|- the death of Stalin—iguoring A growl ob forthcoming in th all questions of policy--the very |. : op bo be more mn ae . - methods of the Kremlin Ne ery case ot the pussing diplomats” ae changed. An you examine -- EE, for a -fewis* . a at the way Russia has conducted ..._ moments. how the; | Why reward P. “ee nerselt you may well conclude es FecoTd NAS TUM I amma _ rd hat she is taking advantage of . Wha, in the first place, told |. woceuse. heen weeks , Western mind—of a Western Britain and the world that two |” HEN, three weeks ost wuind’s knowledge of Western’ British diplomats had 1, . tater ue not deal , OO ceactions. > vanished? Was it the Foreign |\ with the facts of the case = | ‘ ' pecause, presumably, it did not ossess the facts, the Daily Express took matters further— - and offered £1,000 reward for ‘Gnfarmation which would clear What steps ha the (Forelgn, Office taken to- ensure that mon 55 close as they were to the heart: of, Britain's storehouse of secrets can never dolikewise?, - ore me national morming news- wre a 5 wag to be hidden and the ide- ‘camping diplomats - given \everya chance to escape public ivigh;; jJance—until Mr. Morrison, had; ‘a’ chance to “deal, with ? ‘facts of the case." sie-F se z.* Other: newspapers were. ae soize the point. ‘The*Lo _ ee ta : . Sa a atts! “4 . * q wh gn Pas ass a a a oe see ee RT ae . wn Fe ae oe a ee fe ee te Te ee io eran Cte Wars ts nas yt ES NT , ra h re ee he ae ened 7 eer Sb ita Pee