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BUNGLING over the Maclean ta Burgess case is anly o symptom af wpe is wrong ot our Foreign Office, say GEORGE BROW, P.C., M.P. i his former Minister today gives firgz-~ and evidence of his discoveries. WF Il were the For¢ign Secretary, there |}is something that would. worry me far mare than spies and security feaks. It is this: The sheer incompetence of the Foreign Ser- vice, So often it has flopped by pu wrong place at the wrong time, This is the jet age. The era of moving damn fast. It is a period of vast political changes, with new States being ‘yemed all over Africa, Asia and the Middle East~—and the rage to win their support. ting the wrong man in the {f we relied on our diplomats to see us through, we would] not even reach the starting gate in most places, I Have travelled many tines sigee 1945 in Europe, Africa and the American Continent, have scen their appalling fn- evtéetiveness again and again. OF course there are good ones. ee (rounie, SMUGNESS wr when they are they stand out Uke the Edpy- stane lighthouse and almost in- yariably they are not tradi- tional Foreign Service entrants. I well remember my first experience of the rest at Wash- ington in 1946. He was one of the top men there, 4 man who afterwards became an Ambassa- dor elsewhere in an important capital. asked him how he explaiged the new Labour Britain to fhe Awgierlcans. His reply was that he eduld net. He hadn't even been home to see it! ef can. still see his smug look ag he sald: “| Rave been in Moscow. They're all interested in that so 1 have two speeches, one hard and one soft, and | give ‘em whatever seems to suit:? accustomed elegance and put. it back again : ADVISER NTO my mind comes fthe q Britisn Financial Adviser to ope of the fabulously rich} old sheiks. A terrific battle * for