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wo. ; r™ Mr. Bo- man _ ~ C Mr. Niehboly Cc Mr. Rebnent. Mr. Harho .__. a Mr Mehr oo Mr. Perens oo. ) 7 Mro To ocen oo po. Pa _ 7 Me foo . . _ rowd_ ; Tele. ome q Mr. if ‘toenan__ Miss Gandy... _ ti PREMIER WI EAD SECURITY INQUIRY © By Our POLITICAL CORKESPONDENT Informal contacts have taken place between Sir Anthony Eden and Mr. Attlee on the constitu- tion of the committee of Privy Councillors to examine security procedures in the public service. This investigation was proposed by the Prime Minister in the debate on the Burgess-Maclean affair on © Monday, : rt The proposal was discussed by the 7 cot Socialist Shadow Cabinet last night. Their views will be laid before he ‘ (he wom nt "oe Parliamentary Labour party to-day. The Government's proposal con- templated a committee of four. These would be Sir Anthony Eden, as chairman, Mr. Macmillan, Foreign Secretary. Mr. Attlee, Leader of the Opposition, and Mr. Morrison, Deputy Leader and a former Foreign Secretary. RESTRICTING MEMBERSHI I understand that the Shadow Cabinet decided to press for a cam- mittee of six, which would’ incldde one member with no previous expari- ce of the working of the security ofeganisation. This would make the an more acceptable to the rank- d-file of the Labour party, toe Newer The Government’s view is that ae eent cb M embership should be restricted to cited ey . ex-Ministers with experience of the DOLL#=/ ‘ — working of the security system. Two waa: 1 Do 315 arguments ate advanced in support BY urit JU sm } of this: 1. It would be undesirable to widen p Ete medurel, tad more than necessary the circle of PEK Fuis 6eXbb~ a) those with intimate knowledge of the security organisation: 2. It would take anyone not pre- . viously initiated some time to grasp the intricacies of the organi- . sation and therefore slow up the --|« investigation. F ‘ ; Low If the Government accepts six as the size of the committee it is likely that the Opposition would nominate Mr. Robens, who as for-- = mer Minister ‘of Labour was not departmentally concerned with the security services, He has been given ; _ on eS oreign affairs r. ee in / rod . allocation of dutles among Socialist Vie, O. 2 Ptlld-7 Frpnt-benchers. he Government's choice wogld : pr bably be Major Lioyd-George, yor. : . e etary, who is closely “cdn- vs nett - LONDON, ENGLAND - Stators Pe mentally with securty ae eae Dene Le OAL Fr a a ; t Lovtaerss Su e NE te O P;,, a uf RE: -MacLEAN CASE (Bufile 100-374183) pati PELEGRAPE & MORNING POST NOVEMBER 9, 1955 kee ow * : ae rr. eS eee e org le oe ee rn en ae ee m + f’ : wo ie ; se eT ae, ont Fa” Ba ra "te -Mla! 7, taet ee ee TM ena A see ad Me ft I SAT Fav ee ok I en