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DRT Gna ONE mean tae agg eae ga TN CO amb a Ln NY en LO Ta | pom BECAUS Ap eres ot ey a ice BA ye WORDS : ' convicted . any crime if-he: |Nicolson, ‘the - publishers ‘of NOR’ aa first ad returned to Britain.: - ithe book, told me. ' “These. “time ” ‘since Guy - Burgess nas played into were deleted the 0 ones: p oe "Burgess fied to he hands of the police by ~fontravened , e Cc giving his life-story for use- Russia five years AO ina book to” Mr: Tom « Driberg, the former Socialist ; m= the” British “security . M.P. who visited Ait, in | also deleted, but we had no.’ authorities° have = Moscow,. © .:,.- on, Objection * because, this was acquired evidence : when the .” ObVioUsIy an Oia eee ageurity? The ‘security authorities... which could convict’ authorities called for the. Wety Satisfied that Burgess -him,:it was* digclosed had been betrayin. fficial book te vet it for officlal- secrets to the Communists - . secrets, they f @ informa-. for years before he fled. last night. secrets, they found informa- "2, Hey had mo proof that - -+ Burgess has ‘unwittingly tion about Burgess’s_war- : supplied evidence that he ee een ee a ie branch of | “A reference to his work . es bs could be brought into court. | He has now breached the - Official anata . Becrets Acts” b has committed a felony. ; eS =e vice the Seeret__Segvies called ving information ‘eM pecia perations Execaé- : Driberg. e. pu ers under the Official Secrets fives ————~ were warned that. they Acts—“acerime which RE “¢ riesa maximum penalty ' .“ Burgess had given tHe ofl i4-years” imprisonment, \ names of other men in the “t as v wat department including some , would risk prosecution if ’ Bhey printed the. censcred , ‘parts of. the book. = - These parts have new been deleted in the national interest and will not appear in the book when it: |e next week. ntilZhe made’ this mis* of the chiefs,” a representa- ene” could not have been jtive of Weldenfeld and t a full copy ‘of th nal text of the boo the offictal secrets in itt Gast Wessveaee SELL SSS Se = ult We IS “INA NEW BOO “at the Forelgn Office wade’ ——— = ee a: as evidence against Burge . The authorities also h evidence that the offic vi Isecrets concerned have beqn: i Tevealed to the Russians. After ; returning “from Moscow’ Mr.’ Driberg said - that Burgess intended to: come back to, Britain = 0} % prove he is not ‘a traitor.’ Security men suspect that} Burgess may have supplied , “4 the information for the book to pave the way for, his return. * am ie now pelng held’ aeby M i “* ' Now. if. Burgess sets ‘toot: Britain, he. faces | immediate arrest. 4. :.. 7 The deletions “by’. the; * authorities, which ares understood to have included: . MIS, the Foreign Office, ; and the Secret Service, were} made purely for reasons of: national security.}{z". “-? Statements by Bur - which are highly critic M.I5 have been allowed to RC fg EE P'gstacid, - yhough’ some: of. the tare untrue. “are 1] It ds tronic: that’. Burge | Who claims that the security | . fnen- are -fools should’ ha " been foolish enough: himself+ 7 to lay into their hands,.°. 4 urgess has - reduced - “his to the | Russians” bya . this ~ folly... The security, value . authorities suspect that the: : Russians might eventually , have sent him . back to) Britain as :..a¢ Soviet : propa. agandist. — ae . ey think the Russians’ permitted Burgess to supply ‘ the information for - the : : book—which denies that he : , has been, disloyal—for this 3 ; purpose. * ari EA E Burgess still retains: hig? , British «? eltizenshl ' there .is "nothing :t ats ca Tbe done to deprive him of fit: i even if he formally’ becombs: ila ‘ Russian © nat! tonal. ‘ Wome, Officestates. ><: bd Bn.