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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 14

85 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Intelligence Operations · Topic: Cambridge Five Spy Ring · 85 pages OCR'd
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LONDON, Sept. 30— Inquiry into the organjzation Foreign Office : mittee of privy ts as Mr, orrison’s | speech ‘at -* Lewish _ «however, that despite.the 4 : of many politicians in” both[; '"“L misjor parties, the Burgess-Mac- | Jean case is not, going to. bel: * quietly buried.- © A politician of long experience . “remarked that the “ ‘ ple and especially their news- ~ > at the hands of civil servants ; for years and how that. they see i ‘own back’; they. are. going. to|. "7 take it.” oi en ce i: -y Something of this attitude|)” - twas reflected “right people’ and in his sugges-|* «moments of crisis. . - _ ‘fee that arose a year ago during}: the Crichel Down affair, when .& ministry was forced to return people, it is said, . spied for the Soviet Union that} . ficiency or la services, © + The Econo “more parry of suggestions rison's. emphasized Immense burden that}~ _time to personnel. Nel . There should be a “suitable!” ‘form .of inquiry” into the work, of the Foreign Secretary and - general organization of the, For- eign Office, Mr. Morrison. sal -, ‘tion as Involying ‘partisan: poli “a+ tles, Mr, Morrison said, he thi la “very small dommittee of priv. », councilors” wn from bot “parties would pe best bedy, to ; undertake his iAquiry,” =, 2 Fi +| }°, Senators Look Into Case r+invastigation: by the? Senate i“Ihternal» Security Subcommittes, qe" RN: a ae of thel'’ & amall com:|~ uncilors was} Ts suggested tonigh} by , Herbert)..." ,a chance to get some of their|" ’ in the remark. of|!*. ~ the political commentator whol! isaid that Foreign Office officials}; - . were men who:“know . all thell ¥- -.:to a retired naval officer some be _ disputed requisitioned land, ist. ‘indication of the temper of the} °,: - Yt is not the fact'that Burgessi} /- and MacLean are known to have[' i) | ‘Tiament about \the security as-[ °° like Mr. Mery “! , The former Foreign Secretary “3 ,Testa upon anyone In that role _ ‘prevents her giving -adequate Oy verren qun 22008 -iSince he does not regard opal a "Chairman James ©, Eastland,jond secretary of the British Democrat of Mississippi, said in|bassy here while Maclean v disclosing this that one point oficharge ‘of the American x: inguiry was whether they could * Ave ‘}China that its home bases would), 0 LPi/be immune from attack even if}: gitive|Chinese Communist troops were|behind: the Tron Curtain i ~Burgess|thrown, into the Korean-war, ~ om +"We want-to find out, if Swe/Foreign’ Office recently 3: can, if they had that knowledge," believed they were Soviet a, he said in an. interview, ti |They are reported Burgess; atthe time, was sec-[cow. now. 4 cy j dir. ‘Tolson. * Mr, Bo ~ Morrison. A. he d aye ae % wi" e- proposal by the deputy] - yee ae ‘lender of the Labor party, whol -'; eo pa: ee PY ere SE oreign Secretary when thel ” | Morrison Asks Investigation’ na Mri ane ae ats Guy Francis de Mon-|! a¢ . lt T. Rosen... Pfurgess: and Donald Duard | Burgers-Maclean Case Gl Me Prey facléan “fled to~the Soviet. >.:Y, § Senators Study -It r 8 : Unio” was accompanied: by a {.-0 | . ee rd aan : Vigorous ‘defense of the com-'!) 00 wee Fy interrowd. petence and consclentiousnesg off: an : ele. 50rh the Foreign: Office. ’ a ok : et " ‘Halt “tonight ‘guarantees,[* “:”.,” e hopes) = ritish peo-|}-7 ‘papers, beliey they have suffered|: +... ‘tion that’ this protected ‘them: in ‘a ‘The attacks on the civil serv-|'3.0 0 ‘will be at the issue but sug-[t"- gestions they were protected by] . the Foreign Office and the ef-|,” « of it in security]... ee le RECORDED: €p COPY SENT: CB. met ‘ FO\A wa had ee gine OE age in the :Brrttsh Londonj® ~ ‘They. mysteriously disapp Foreign OEE: 5 . ayia le z tipped - off . Communist spring of 1951:;.and the FP ta be in
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