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a oA al sate 0 ae ce ae ara et cee ek RE ARNEL lg mE me et rete sree se ein mn AAPA name Re : = . ‘ took teReal" WAY St ok ‘ Joe ee me te ie ““{ i leet plete a te a en ee de eben ties, tae toe ‘ touee ee + 517. Former ycveign Office = NOVEMBER 1955 Officialn, Wiscppearance 2518 jlizens. There was the case of Dr. is well known—for the police even to +. - front who wanted to attend a scientific eave at Viberty 2 known criminal against nference on the Continent, and his pass- whom they have got complete evidence port was withheld. My main guestion is, and against whom they would undoubt- thy were the ports not alerted? =. ed secure a conviction. Sometimes the ~~“ . The Police Jeave him at liberty for a time in te Mr, Morrison: That 4s a perfectly order 10 find his contacts and to spread ricgitimate point 10 raise. J am inclined the net rather wider That is what b jto think that they ought to have been. [eed in Aoril 1951 ab i$ what BAPe Pose jalerted, but, having said it, Ido not know, P© om eee jwhat one would have done effectively if \ _ The first minute that ¥ received on this =--.* they had becn alerted. There is this to Matter from the officers of the Depan- be said, of course, that it would have been | Ment was on 25th May, 1951. Oa the very useful to have known immediately: Same day the Security Services reported if they had gone and by what route. They | 10 the Prime Minister as their political - might have been followed. Therefore, J} Chief. On that day I authorised the ques- f - think that my hon. Friend has raised gf Uoning of Maclean. The Security Services fair point of criticism, ..-020 0-7 + took the view that they must ¢' cose the ' - ; right time for that questioning, for | ported regard to the withdrawal of ae reasons which J] have given, and which : ° . c are oulJined in paragraph 10 of the White & renee all sorts of things Paper, and to secure further evidence.” > a ee a ee vec ig tg ce An the fight of the Maclean and Burgess Mr. H, Macmillan: The law about experience, ¥ set up the commitice of in- ~~ - Passports is very complicated. I think it quiry to which the Foreign Secretary has —-— -- ; 8 possible to refuse a passport. I de seferred, and 1 was grateful to the mem-. y not think i is possible effectively to bers of that committee for the work th , Withdraw a passport. In law the pass- did, though they reported after [ had Tl, it 16 quite iruc, is the property of Her ceased to be Foreign Secretary. They. } Majesty, and the person who holds the teported to my successor in November, + -- | Passport docs so as a kind of tenant, but 1951 and, ax we have heard, further the only way in which one could effec. security checks were recommended, and tively get @ passport back would be by according to the White Paper they have - ~- - 1 applying to the court, and therefore Been put into effect. we te eerste ee te evidence would be required to prove to ae Bee, — the coun why the passport ought to be It has been asked why Burgess was on ; withdrawn. Therefore, i: cannot effectively leave. Burgess was not exactly on leave, ' ' t i] { { [ be withdrawn’ except the kind of He was in substance suspended with a evidence which would be regarded as View either to his resignation or dismissal } -- satisfactory enovgh to support the bring- after he had been heard by a disciplinary | ing of acharge, le. teen board. It was during this period that be : oe 7 isappear ut I will return to mS Mr, Morrison: There would have had meri of these two gentlemen—if that ig | | to be some sort of charge, some sort Of the right word—later, 27 tee. (FC evidence given, in which case one is in @ - ee ag dilemma. Undoubtedly it was done in | _ 1 Must tay in justice that the case of | war-time. - On the spur of the moment 1 Burgess—that is to say, of his uoubles © | cannot deal with the point raised by my « i9 Washington~-was not raised with me. 20 L.. ; Bon. Friend the Member for East Ham, 8 it was hoped he would resign. li would North (Mr. Daines), but undoubtedly a -.Bave come to me after the disciplinary = 3->~ to be a delightful area of doubi at to who have been told earlier about the troubles was most responsible for the passport and + Of Mr. Burgess in Washington, and I am < { ~*~ visa business—the Home Secretary or the inclined to take the view that afier he had 7 Foreign Secretary. We got on as best we -beco heard by the disciplinary board fy could, Nevertheless, there is something in should have dismissed tim. what my hon. Friend says.* 0 -.~, - urther, if > must not be forgotten that even then “it ~*~ would not have prevented him from escaping from this countfy, iy. ec.52 22 were . i1 is important that the contacts should © ; be touched and the network of espionage ~~ ; ee ; Bncovered. I would remind the House : -Mr. Daines: My hon. Friend said a ~~ _ that it is not unusual—and I think this moment ago that he set up a committee ' ucs - ee . eve . eee © i SEL Rae bir ae nn +) nal aan ieee ela bnas‘ebeesiiatptearethementtintion an anes icieennis. -casame nie anthie osiiies wen! i. te BS ge Te Rt