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reiterate “+ ' * ¥ t vy a Lage same tere mE ee pak Foreign Service’ will have to accept’ a further diminution of their rights.’ > 4 was struck by the fact that the Foreign Secretary seemed to think that there was very litthe intermediate stage between retaining a man in the Foreign Office and prosecuting him. I believe that more use should be made of transfer to other branches of the Civil Service, There are two criteria. The first is reliability, and the second is vulnerability. am not talking about litical reliability, but about reliability of " Ia the course of our lives we meet many people-—we are probably very often of that type oursclves—who are very well- meaning, but ase not of the strongest character, and because of that they are ound to be weak links in any chain, They may be indiscreet; they may con- tract unfortunate marriages, and they may mix in questionable circles in forcign capitals. I believe that members of the Foreign Service, because they have a posi- theit methods to lights «: stege e2,4: °7 felt by people who “know their stuff - about the way in which we are dealing with the Communist menace in this coun. noe i . 1, y tle ane BEF el Sp: atellhemee oe 5 - tet cf an f die Be eae oe yay : ~ ‘ead - i Py - a : Te, ¥ 5 : Fes + an re oa a. ne _ —— . - ! _ ee eo an + s J ‘ 7, Boa Te " 1867 Former Foreign Gffica NOVEMBER 1985 Officials—-Disappearance 1564 : - . . conf ae, re . Loewe ‘5 . a rt a tyre, bee Be oe: ee IMR. Nicnorson] cB) eK Opinion to the’ grave uneasiness which ‘! uy. By “people who do kaow ther stuff * I mean people like the hon. Mem bes for Hammersmith, North and many of his friends. Our Security Services are necessarily shrouded in secrecy, and nd one demands an open inquiry to bring all - '_ This debate will have done good if % shows the Government that there is keen anxiety. It will have done harm #f, ta public opinion throughout the world, 4 reflects serious anxiety over the Foreign Service. I start where I began: do not make any mistake about it, we have the finest Foreign Service in the world... It democratic, varied, efficient and the eavy and object of respect of every other 7.0 pmo tn sdesagtiy sb eee Mr. A. J, Irvine (Liverpool, Edge Hil): 3 did not have the advantage of hearing the carly stages of this debate, but I am rr tion which is highly responsible and tempted to intervene by certain observa: : exceedingly honourable, must be prepared tions which I heard” in the " speeches a ;- - to accept to a greater extent than they Fatterly delivered. 1 listened with great in a teocot do at present transfer to other branches terest’ to the observations ‘of my hon,’ - a .. of the Civil Service if their characters Friend the Member for Stirling and Fal- ~ . i 2 are thought to be weak... a. : rae kirk Burghs (Mr. Matcolm MacPherson), ~ ..- i. 8 soe ag. fect 7 of . « ween | BLE ESE So far as vulnerability ‘is concerned, @0d with @ great deal that he said I be pete there have been references to the unfor- Bree. But 1 found difficulty ia finding *: Cet pe ee: tunate habits of Burgess gnd various me Connection between what my hon, Se ee people. Without delivering ‘moral judg- fend bad to say.and the particular tssue « ah one ment, we must face the fact that people, Of security with which, I understand, the ~ Sue f 3 Ale who are perverted in their tastes are ex- House is concerned in this debate, +c. ¥ ir: dn tremely vulnerable to blackmail. I did -- It may well be that the Foreign Office € £eta 3 nol know Burgess well. I met him once -; fi, havi ; : ets operas venpe fre: Or twice.” At one time, he was the B.B.C. sentative ai sorabi ee aS widely weak E es ae Sa tepresentative who arranged the speakers wish, but F should have thought that it © would be a difficult case to argue that * one Consequence of that was that its posi 1. tion in terms of security was, by that _ circumstance, in any way endangered ax ix diminished. = + * 5 for “The Week in Westminster.” One had only to Jook at his eyes to see that € was an unreliable and shifty type, brilliant though he was. J believe that # in those days there had been the same tareful ecrutiay of people's character: “habits and background ag there is today he would not have been in the Foreign Office for one week. suet peice Apart from that trend in the debate, ‘ - gabe i ¥ 5 aa) we eof a > . - a mS w gph YBa gh ein J - “ Mr. Malcolm MacPherson: I do not f . " bk mt * ee ae A ed Be pe ee ee ee te vetoes preeree think there was any suggestion at ary entirely with security. “Indeed, it seems a ene Seana Se fre which I deplore, there has also been the to me that one of the advantages of s spe cacen ane undertone, voiced by the hon, Member debate Jike this is that we can Uy to fook | anaes chmamegs bead 252. for Hammersmith, North (Mr. Tomney), forward and deal with positive suggestions fet men si ie bi. of general anxiety so far as our Security for reform rather than concentrate simply f aa fant 22 oa Services are concerned. This debate may on the individual issue that causes the eo weirpic = indeed have done good if it calistheatien- debate. On the uestion which my how < rs feb “~ “tion of the Government and of public Friend has rai about the connection. gr + - re Sl a ee Up w ee ee iica ie epee _tees late 9 es . .