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ee ee . wet ee ~ ADMIT to.a personal interest in the Burgess-Maclean debate now ruin- ning at fever pitch. 1 knew Burgess during the war. He had been seconded to the B.BC. asta producer. ; and highly Intelli- gent. He had a habit of flattery. I suspéeted that his. flattery was. not entirely disinterested in my case, although | what its ulterior {7 object waa- 1. could i not have sald then. ft may be that ke was trying te extract crets from. -inel Since “It Is ver subeful that J knev y, I fear he waste his time and talests, RE: MacLEAN CASE (Bufile 100-37)183) SUNDAY GRAPHIC SEPTEMBER 25, 1955 LONION, ENGLAND ; ah Afoedalh oi, ote He was charming, amiable- alee ad And although, | £ ust (say, it neqer essed my mind that | ie was & traitor to bis | country, ‘£ ° wouldn't © have said he was 4. suitable person to be rivate sectetary to @ inister. He was too much ia the political swim him- selk with too many Leflish contacts. That is why f find the .. modest siience of Mr. Hee- tor MeNeil a ttille extraordinary. For Burgess was, in fact, fis private secretary, An Mr, MeNetl apparently noticed nothing wrong. Mr. Morrison's fe ‘aint on the subiect equally remarkabie, view of the flact at he was Forpign cretary at the ijme. er es fe . *. }nis is what mayes the] unfiinching sqlf- immoatation of Mir. Maemillan and Lord Jobn Hope just a little absurd. Useless [oF them to shoulder nouly’ the cross of responsl bility for the affair. EE is with the Labour Government of the time that the real reap onsibility lies. - Dalton tells. us: in ‘bishimemotes that “one at the first things he _ did pa becoming Under Sedretary at the Foreign Office in 1928 was to call for & list of all Roman Catholics - working there—to See if his: dark suspicions were true! 1 feel be could pro- Lrans: | fitabh have ferred at least an equal suspicion 10 og umists in ‘45-50-—apd freed thoge suspicigns nis colleagues. erhaps he still. fed ed the Pope more tha? he jeared ‘Stalin. mh, (i o witch hunt t course the ppr- P se of Mr. Macinilian's Hrewing himself [to tite pack now howlpmg for blood is. entirely laudable: He nones to draw them off and pre- vert.a mistaken assault on the Foreign Service. -, For there is a very * real canger that the | Natural anger fired. bv the affair may - degenerate into yf » witch: hurt. Already certadn . politicians. are a veabng themsels$s in their = pro- nountcements. as very able fledgling MeUarthies, They must be given to encouragement, Let this fraternity ence slip the feasn ahd they may do lar njore. damage ta the Foreign eryice than Burgess end Maclean. ; And how much damage. in fact, nage the treacherous ppir done? Net as miuigh, I teel, as. is: generally beleved. Military plans ate vital—in peace or war--and their revelation t@ an- other power may he a major disaster, But § think the yast. secrecy over diplomatic plans is greatly overdone, Little to fear It you are pursuing an essentially honest Foreign Pohey— which Britain is do- ing—Lben vou littie to fear disclosure of plans. have From your And, Indeed. since . -any plans that -Re@ssia may get hold of will only serve sto c@nvince Ker, presum- piv, of our hoyest itentions. if may be hat the leakage fas dave less harm Man goad, S : Mor. Phoar dtegrs . 22 te. Niehols Mr. Bebnent Ber. Pharos f ‘ My. Sle _4 i ohdr, W ‘nierrows.. | { Tele, Room - : | j ( Mr. Hotlonian_ } Miss. Gand i : ~~ BRANTGAT —