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of both countries. . MR, MACMILLAN. --The Buralmi prob lem was discussed with the State Depart ment in September and they were warner of our view that Saud? conduct had mach a continuation of arbitration virtually im- possible. Her Majesty's Government did not give the United States authorities advance information of the decision that the rulers concerned should resume control of the area, lest such foreknowledge should prove embarrassing to them-in their rela- tions with Saudi Arabha. Besides their interests in Saudi Arabia, American oil companies are substantial shareholders in the companies that hoid ihe concessions for the Trucial States and for Muscat and Oman, VISITS TO RUSSIA MR. MONTGOMERY HYDE (Belfast, countries who to_the United. TON.—Her Majesty's Govern- ted with satisfaction that since ecess Jast duly a en in satellite other eastern European wished to visit or return Kingdom. : MR. TUR ment have no ™ Parliament rose for the r total of 84 British-born wom ) satellil countries have been granted permission [0 travel to this country. Of these, 61 are from Poland, 19 from Czechoslovakia, and two from both Hungary and Rumania. OBSERVERS ON ISRAEL BORDER MORE IF NEEDED MR. ARTHUR HENDERSON (Rowley Regis and Tipton, Lab.) asked the Secre- tary of State for Foreign Affairs if, he would state the number of United Nations observers stationed along the borders of Ua tee Isracl and Egypt and whether he would Government's repre- insiruct her Majesty's 1 sentative on the Sccurity Council to propose increased. that this number should be MR. MACMILLAN,—The number © United Nations observers slationed along -the Israel-Egypt. border_is normally 12, 0 whom five are in the Gaza area and four in the El Auja area, with three in reserve who can be called upon at short notice. Another three ate temporarily detached from the truce supervision organization headquarters in, Jerusalem for service in ihe area. The Minister of State on Novem- ber 4 informed the Chief of Siaff of the United Nations truce su r crvision organiza- tion that her Majesty's overnment would support any request he might make for additional staf! if hi e felt more observers were Tequired. — & — MR. GODFREY NICHOLSON (Farn- 1am, C.) asked if the observers had any unctions apart fram reporung on the inci- ‘ents when they took place ? Did it not tring the United Nations Into disrepute “hen the general impression was that dw task of the observers was to prevent LAPT es Qazi ee ~ Lof diese two men & MH nts that surrounded this drama, where. It had bee Foreign Office ought to be in the hands the security service. Spend their whole carcers upon this Nevertheless, North, U.U.) asked the the Secretary ' ody wherever he went and whatever he State for Foreign Affairs if he would make did, high and fow, should be followed as ent abou ao Wcreas: acres : - i iti # sg solicc which had been granicd by the Soviet Gow aime elecr ora ernment to British tourists wishing to visit the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. IMPATIENT CRITICS MR. TURTON.—The Soviet State} All through the criticisms which had Travel Agency, Intourist, have recently been made—and he did not complain of offered w number of planned tours for | them—he had felt a sense of impatience British visitors to the Soviet Union next that action of a precautionary kind had year, which include concessions on the cost | not becn taken when it might still have i Uavel within the Soviet Union. British been effective. But he thought some of travel agencies are discussing these pro- these complaints were based on a misappre- posals with Intourist. While this is wel- fJhension of the rights of a citizen in a {ree come, there remain many obstacles in the society in times of peace. Soviet Union to the would-be private Action against employecs, whether of tourist, particularly the artificial rate of the Siate or anybody else, arising exchange for the rouble. from suspicion and not from prool He added that the rate of exchange was \might be taken with good motives. being discussed at the Geneva Conference. Plt might, avert | serious consequences MR. RAYMOND GOWER (Barry, C.) ['0° ¢ver disasters. But, judging from what asked the Secretary of State for Foreign |'had happened in some other countries, he ‘Affairs whether he had any further state- suggested that the practice soon degene- ment to make regarding the British-born rated into the satisfaction of personal ven- wives of citizens of Czechoslovakia and .deitas—(Opposition cheers)--or a general f t 4 aNd cmtlingwe to miay is ore fot ihe srange ines He had seen a large number of criticisms f the White Paper in the Press and. else- n said that security in the del nds of advantage, for it meant that an increasing do some experience it was true thay Foreign Office officials. dp: this had a corresponding number of officers in the service both at BOTOEG §aictG Some Faerie | and this was tric in other departments. were amateurs in the sense that they did not slLenan Ome anu of security work. He was not much other alternative, that there sh kind of N.K.V,D. or 0.G.P.U. puntic offices: in other words that every- 4 a waine: attracted by the only ould be a system in system of tyranny, ail in the name of public-eafety, ~~ ‘ > It had been said that statements made either by Foreign Office spokesmen or by Ministers during all these years had been disingenuous and obscure, Hapnily there was very little experience of this sort of thing in Britain, and suc- cessive Ministers had not found it easy to strike just the right balance between saying too little and saying {oo much, But he was sure they had all been influenced by one Loverriding consideration, The disanpear- ance of the two men had apened up a large new ficld of investigation for the security Ascrvice. These inquities had continued for several years, At any Stage while they were in prdégress a suggestion of a full statement would have indicated to the world the real degree to which they were meeting with success, and consequently the invesuigation Imight have been itself compromised. When Maclean and Burgess fled in May 1931, the first thought of those respansibk had ‘to be not how much they could te! the public but what they could do to mini ymize the harm that had been done. (Cheers |The security service still had intensive inquiries to. make, and those would b in valuable not merely to reconstruct th story’ but for other and more essentia purposes; but when Petrov defected o April 3, 1954, a whole new vista openc on the case. Petrov jet it be known that if, a soon as he said anything to the Aus tralian security and intelligence organiza tion, it was to be published in this coun(r he would refuse to say anything morc. Th was an important point. Since it was esser tial that Petrov should give his evidenc before the royal commission it was decide not to make any further announcement bea ing on his testimony, The commission report became public on September i4, an it then became possible to answer questicr which had remained unanswered. The Whi Paper was published nine days after, th publication of the toyal commission report. idents 7 MR. MACMILLAN said he did not CONTRASTED CAREERS gree, General Burns had done most valu- . ble work which had reduced 9 manage. CONSPICUOUS ABILITY O! fe proportions—until now—what might Been serious events and it was hoped MACLEAN The cteenmetances in which the two mi