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Reading emphasi Standards of conduct in the t @ good result of this ghopk- ; public service which would never ~ al a g themselves open to blackmail,-’ tbs episode is thet a have been ‘tolerated in the old . isciplinary measures and new days, | That is quite apart from This Passport 7 inquiries ea recruitment are any question of treason’ or Ts now orce a e reign | «| This man?) “Maclean °+° -Nexrt, Lord Astor went on to the ease of Maclean in detail. ; . “Tt was surprising that Mac- lean got an important appoint- ment after: his bad record in .y TO Lord ‘Teviot he said | Now Gane ptite warning * thumping the box : “I have had _ abou Britain Ut! =Cotumn nothing withheld from me from @ Srivain. the beginning to the end py ', Lord Astor said he could not officials of the Foreign Office help thinking that tf Britain which I feel now 1 ought to went down in defeat by the have known.” Communists it would be ironic Lord Reading complained if Sir Anthon Eden, meeting - ¥iolently of some newspaper Mr. Harold Macmillan tn the | articles, which he did not corridors of the Lublanka Prison + specify, which used what -he in Moscow after a particularly called “ this unique and horrify-. Mitta ANIME Egypt,” he said. LORD ASTOR . ; horrible interrogation, were to - ing affair” for reckless cha ~ This was to be head of the . He attacked, : Say: “At any rate. nly dear on the Forelgn-Ditite staf) American Department and Lord Harold, we did nothing to inter- - And again passionately beat- Astor ridictiled the Forei departments should have higher fere with the liberties of .,, ing the despatch box with two Secretary's attempt in the standards than private persons Br. ‘ish Communists. ‘ ~*, Closed fists, he praised the stafr - Commons to say it was of minor whether in the office or not, b Could Maciean's passport have ; and denounced. attempts to importance. Was this conduct known or was een faken from him? '-) tarnish it. re ae “He pretended that the it not?" he demanded. want ea Aer he did not _ Ameri Can Dep ariment ony Thi , Suspicion, ‘but hoped the Privy The last word dancers to Bolivia (laughter): nis man tone tl would study the condi- f Ast It is most important. Its head B - to leave waich people are free rom Astor Sees the flow of papers. This urgess . Lord “Teviot (Nat. Lin) . Lord Astor, commenting on the debate and fhe Reading speech, hinted that many people knew a good deal more than has vet come out in public about this business, ; ; He sald: “ There was a constant series of incidents in Egypt.” He did not want to air more playing down does no credit to anyone,” . Lord Astor said that Maclean continued -hty-* ordinary standard of conduct when he BBs back in England from altro, Of Burgess, Lord Astor Tollowed to protest at what he - aaid amid laughter: “7 am called “this dreadful blow to one of the few people who Government prestige here and never knéw him. Apparently abroad, . I missed a jot.’ “And he “ There appears no doubt," went on i= sald , this yey haired banker, .. . . “ tha inlsters were not given ° anatt® used to go in the evening converse alet oS amusing the information they should aoe mes ingly drunk in a drunken, dirty, and sexually have had. AUFUMENUGENQIVONeLAR CUTE certain * dirty Jinen, but as an example : “ He twice engaged tn drunken decent. ' “ ember of the women's friends in one of which they -Commons was it said that . self in an atrplane in Egypt cpr F lé¢ with this unfortunate , replies | were rolling on the floor, In Peop with Maclean and his behaviour abit are not suited to con- attack was ena OF had dential” positions in the ons betrdved their former Left. service. wing] opinions. This was the “Those of us who are lucky neadjof the American Depart- to be normal should have mentil nothing but pity for People in “Sé&rely heads of diplomatic that situation, but it should be towards her in various Ways Was extremely mde and unpleasant, “She mentioned it to another member of the embassy staff who sald: ‘Oh yes. that is - Maclean, He is notorious for that type of bad behaviour,’ = , Lord Reading, 66-year-bid = barrister and ex-Army migra, | = replied jor the Government, He repeated the case that Maclean was given a second ree - ae a Department after the drunken “I could give...” he broke © roy bout In Cairo because of his off. “ There is no point in going otherwise excellent record and into this. The Foreign Service . great promise, as a whole thoroughly distiked aa ; “Of course I agree it was a -| discreditable “performante in Cairo,” he said. * But the full details were not known to the Ambassador in Cairo at the time. ot , . * After he had come back, and Paes ar Dar . * oF“) following the reports from the - Fa ” this type of conduct,” 1 dina final word, Lord Astor | Said that more Tory peers would | have spoken but the point had been made to them fapparently . by the Government Whips) that they should Keep quiet until the Phvy ouncil * quiry . Pleted. a ow he complained “4b whs a, "] @inbassadors ynder whom he had i ; a, Sy : . Worked, no inquiry was made : t " ; . ; further back inte the Past, and Shocking to be told that they - wo * . ~ I do not see any reason why it . Te never going to hear what. fae of. — . ee gy of Should have been,” ¢ Privy Councillors decided, ee ; : oe ee Slapping the despatch box.’ °| “) Deatedly, ~~ the white-haired {| _ Sanne - '' | Minister’ of State exclaimed: . DS , wi . ‘“A great many people in the eel ; . ¥S since Burgess and Maclean.’ isappeared have been dini gj & quite freely on reminiscen f ’ what knew. they