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A . af ' - i? an ne aa - : tog hem aeo. wok — Fas betes ees + Former Polign Office * 7 NOVEMBEY |, ”” Officials~Uisappearance ° po. fate | ae ;wefCOLONEL GOMME-Duncan] * o% Ageicy, in any country where there t B- i a, ane So we have the clear statement that there been an inguiry, has Proved to i ee ee Js a comprehensive system of reporting the centrepiece of an espionage syste a - oe on forms for the purpose in the Foreign _Was that Enews at the time? It see? A a Office in much the same way as in the to me that a very great deal depes, hee Boome ot, Services, om ee totes 2. upon the answer to that question. .- ; kr i... : Lieut.-Colonel Marcus Lipton (Brix- - The third issue arises from a stat Tie - Se ton): Was the hon. and gallant Member made by the Leader of the Oppos - - - Boats. told how or on what date the forms to when he was Prime Minister in M ie te oe 2 which he has referred were introduced? 1948. We was explaining the pro : ree - of the then Labour Government f, i oe ae coe Colonel Gomme-Duncan: No, 1 was screening State employees, Very brief if i not ; 1 did not ask for that. Lasked what acy eiving the whole details, the rig) We eee en RB Phe the system was at the moment. I agree hon, Gentleman said: era et teen ee with the bon. and gallant Member that "© T have said that there are certain, duties ] to Bede the date is of some importance in this guy secrecy that the State is not justified 5 boo bebe! From that reply given by my right hon. : yO rane ae i. pit _ Friend the Under-Secretary arise ques- whee renee: both ee aunley ane “. ieee Lk tions of great importance, questions that other forms of continuing association with, €3 An or snust be answered by the Government if Communist Party may involve the acceptem - (polpl ac Gee pe Ee they will do so. Who reported on Burgess by the individua fe Joyalt seo nich in cere ' i a ee and Maclean, and what was written about Si/CUMsIances Can be inimical to . Boos 2. BLP. . them? There are these different forms, The right hon. Gentleman went og 4 ton.) Reiom., particularly the one which is called F.2 S8¥? 0 -F 50. ee! Tere ga etoe se pe. and which deals with Branch A and the “The Government have... reached the ox Lye eee re ne first four grades of Branch B in the {lusion that the only prudent course to pT a fk ‘ Foreign Service. That one has a section is to ensure that ng one who Bnnows bed ew een Bee ee which calls for reliability reports, of con- associated with it in such a way as to rah if ot ee tact with foreigners reports and social legitimate doubts about his or ber reliability, i a ae behaviour reports, and at the end a large S7loyed,in connection with work, the nate i“ Bow ees space is left for a detai f picture— at Report, 1$ib Ma Vv ee ‘+ | aan Se that is the actual wording—of t ¢ officer OTos4} - ts eiwieas ae Not a on Sof fjcewe Neported upon, ww ee eee That is a very prudent, very comprehes ¥ Le - Yee fo! if The reporting on officers of any branch sive and very desirable state of affain 7 gf 4 is a most distasteful job for the senior full credit for bringing into effect. .... t. wre ae { officer who has to do it. That makes it But why was the principle laid down bs een mt nt all the more important that there must the Prime Minister of that time and sa tae ote DoE be a man of moral courage to say what is carried out, apparently, in the case d ue Beer) pom i correct. Tn the Fighting Services, the Burgess and Maclean? Both were know ‘yey , gti ci} officer: reported upon has to sign the re- to have past associations with Com 5 emt port himself, but as far as 1 can make munists, and while in Paris in 19% % eee Bees fbi te. out from the Foreign Office forms, the Maclean made no secret of his sympathy ra S cca beebeddea | - officer reported upon does not have to with the Spanish Communist Party. 1s t- ~ D tH va ; . sign. That makes it much easier for the the same year, as has been mentioned by Aes o ‘ gh officer making the report to be abosJutely the right hon. Member for Lewisham 4. ff dt: frank than if he had to show it to the South (Mr. H. Morrison), Burgess undes- ee ZL a feng 7 man, human nature being what it is. went the mysterious Conversion into pro- +. tees Pe Tt does away for any excuse for moral Nazism. But both were undoubtedly ~:+ Eales 23 St [ribggeewl | . cowardice, -rus4 hes jeer ec et —- a ae Boer ep fifi “oe , a. ; employed in connection with work, te Bocce gerd Bria Was there @ report on Burgess and nature of which is vital to the security of the an . ‘ Maclean? Was their behaviour, or mis- State” Loe ete aces Pore pn OS JERE behaviour, recorded, and what was said? Both had ‘access to. secret papers, and # | ee oe a Was this very important item of informa- is knowa now that Maclean was making ~ aan pte oe i- The ae iP tion included: that in 1940, I under- microfilms of them for the Russians. How Gi ar © ar Peyet be stand, Maclean was associating with the and why were they exempted from the | Meentten Be AIE YEAR E Pm” representative in London of the Tass screening which was supposed to have ; Boe. 4: eet TE Agency? Everybody knows that the Tass been applied to all servants of the State, § Bios ~ mre - ae ad