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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 24

60 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Intelligence Operations · Topic: Cambridge Five Spy Ring · 60 pages OCR'd
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Mee Sop gies, ° s *. en Se : * _ a aide tt a . ee) . oa a a a you Kr” ee - NHE* Burgess-Maclean business, having ) Re ath thelr child.” Brydh'e » by now. bitten cep into.-the : national . ir Ate! an t “Have you forgotten your ite! together o .f I saw our haphi-. i «| &° conscience, . is‘ ger of becoming } nes: T Fedoiced tn tees a i: ° :a-kind of national f t in Fay says NE i ~ as ational. uarry- lor au ors In “Then he went, don't forget,’ ; Search of a Auman situation to exploit, (oo and “aleense dK nowt should. : : alite-dangerous quarry: I wonder if Just been dementia e curtain went up’ “petinally, In the play, Fay and’ 4 Tee go ara and are; ‘Lon Sreneatre last mene? there kipnapped by Iron Curtain: Ong | a © secon agents, Just like that ; innocenti . cleans ‘to- appear this year. 8 tothe end..- Doane ‘book——"Mr, Hamish . Gleave "—subtly whitewashed the. , sO : 74 . husband ; Miss Storm's.play now—and not 80 subtly—white-_ JUGGLING °~ oO Washes the wife, - +: |, Granted ‘that - sO ‘ NOW, no one is going to deny: . by ne N the right of a dramatien Maclean Appears crease a purely fictional study of fan a 8 "Poa y a idealistic traitor and bewildered,’ _ there can be ah ANTHONY HERN tora wife, Nor is it a erline 16 7 eee . : : ". ; a fiction iv & ayIn- . doubt - in | the: ; : t minds of the sophisticated traitor husband. She is torn Pathe eat, man \ audiences at the St. James's between his sppeals to join But - i Play 4s tfestly who “Pay Edwards” really is, him “over there” and her fove based on fact: and what Miss That the programme carries of England. ‘ stom 1s going —whetber she. the classic disclaimer “All | Let us look at the facts of the Tf nathy fe pet ls to induce~ characters are fictitious” merely , CA5¢ as they are, and as they foe ey Ed her Audience ent “prves to proclaim the play's“ appear through ‘the distorting for “Fay Edwar wilo . urce.” my looicing-glass of Lesley'’s Storm's Relieve ia her) but for Melin Purther, ~ ex-reporter * Miss : play Not that I think it will dbs vowa ts in the play Mrs. “ts orm has always both profes —_- ~ mot a fbnal eyes fixed on the head-) "JE PEAY....: | Mrs. Maclean much 00d. ‘ = lines. One of her better plays. - . . But is could do you ,much. coun :" Great Day,” was based ‘on Mrs. . “At the beginning of the play harm, Miss Storm. : Toole Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to an Fay, the deserted wite, is - woe English village. * trying to forget her- traitorous - ' er most successful play, husband (his name ts Bryan) a on “Black Chiffon,” was about the although his mother tries con MR modern social problem of shop- ,stantly to remind. her of him? feta Nfting—it -ran<for two ° ears, «and of her duty to him, Says: -> made £50000 in film rights, Pay about her husband :— “ | Bo the Muchinh Case. wad ae tale tts, broblom f problem, + ia patusz’ » Maclean Case. wat & paul. Bryan alan stray ean ry) z, . t ee a s x a . . ,She hag turned a sordid ease ; timena nd whieh be was well pres Sof esp-onage Qnd treachery nfo pared. $F ar abe -trouble was, 1] | . an amazing defence of Melinda * was rn . Maclean—and hed it brought to WHAT ARE THE FACTS ?,' ' the West End under the blessing . Mrs. Maclean’ knew perfectly. Of Sir Laurence Olivier, at a,.well what her husband was up \ & when this country ts not; -to.. His departure for Russia: ely to have time. to debate ; may have been sudden qt, was.’ nO Oo ri r 7 “ d # or vophe rar ad ae sp gO-bebween ‘get.the wife. INNOCENT? voluntarily to Join ‘her husband. TES. MACLEAN, mother of [ She at first resists, _ Her hus three—-in the play isa “Fay | band, she says, 4 § to dwards™ mother of one—t{s,} her oe Ae ye wd gg rirayed as an innocent wife: une King. or an oho, Inst! ifled by the behaviour of her V tively jong period satel tend bee to "one. Udiy= eon! mptu Resturp.”.02. 845 ~ SPY A ug in a Lane EE BON y GoPets TN YM a Cal Ea tna WV yh ewe. a
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