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Te saa tts eh cet tall ee Mia = a ell the as ee a . | mal Sg Me ed at mati A ae a Pt | | array | t . a Ae ee , a ' FD-350 (Rev. 7-18-83) ‘ ) rd . 2 “ (Mount Clipping In Space Below) . ‘ Y Pooper pare mertn ae pagan og . 1 . GUR PHILBY INVESTIGATION should vield sever benefils. It has set a distorted record: straighter. - has made good some of the grosser half-truths told to Parliament about Philby himself, and also the downright ' Official lies, as.unnecessary as they were irresponsible, . voit about the career of Donald. Maclean... Official outrage at ">; Such sacrilege ‘does ‘not persuade‘us” that" we have ' . imperiled national security, On ‘the contrary, such a Vital concept surely requires a maturer public awareness . ane of its dificulties than has hitherto existed’ To remind = =. .¢ --. the public of the K G B’s labyrinthine efforts can hardly 96 ote. +. be described as comforting the enemy, * i rm 5 (indicate page, name of my Aewspaper, city and state.) - ‘Sua we ee ele wa ty i? - 1 A secret service's work must be secret. The question = s. uN "i! is to what realms of public deception that maxim should © se - fin don, a -°. extend, Certainly, it should no longer’embrace the 9") ots ¥ as . diplomatic fiction that the secret service does not exist. 00+. . Asa provider of political and military intelligence, some-: b times of great value, SI S's function should be candidly; 003 <-- acknowledged, But that is nol enough,. The well-tried- administrative precept that efficiency fmproves with accountability Is not irrelevant even to the secret service. __, {his would probably be best achieved by reviving ‘) proposal much discussed by officials after the ProfumS © 0000. ws a ' and Vassall-fiascos of 1963. Mr Geoffrey McDermott; == Te . - who gave advice to the Sunday Times Philby inquiry, 6 :- ,. moe -makcs his own suggestion in the next column, We ~ 9 9° oe , _ would still favour the 1963 suggestion for a Minister: a . answerable for both SIS and MI5, not only in Parlias.. 7.) bs, : ment but, perhaps more important, to the Press. He: ©. 0°‘ _-/; would, naturally, be limited in what he could say—but' © . not in what he could know... As a spokesman, he would - avoid many of the transparent confusions perpetrated, | Ds. ’ by half-briefed Ministers. in the past, which have failed: “9°. 0; 01: “dn their object of maintaining public ronfidence. As a Cet” P Bidadems ‘ visible, political chief, he would, in the ‘case of SIS,. Author: | replace the uncertain hand of several Foreign Secre-- taries.. He would incidentally eliminate the tricky: - problems created by publie identification—fully defen. | sible under present circumslances—of the operational head of SITS. This degree of overt accountability would! nat Infringe on secrecy. It would merely make it more! ro 4S é a oy ‘ Editors me pe meet Character: Bs, - Re oo ico credible and coherent. a uo or > (keto emcee cores | ectaaatteendapr/e, b5- 6043 at ate . . ‘ pe oe . - ~ | Submitting Oftice: f o.y by ” , . _ ma ran : 7 ; eing Investigated , ; i a Yee fa Sue b £0 Y2 ff * _ VELETED COPY SENT A.¢ 2: ED" Hs RS Cae Fa ort eee ee Coie nee a. any en, de te . ia PS ke