https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/f866d41e6ef2d7986ac56081b10f7765.pdf 5b30b551eb26d361c4a3e027d864d740 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act �') .,,,.,..__, .• "DEPARntENT DATE November SECURITY / r., ROUTING SLIP TO: 14 ., '"-..... 5 Defence Liaise FROM: Commonwealth/G. Charpentier/ mh D For Signature D For Action D For Approval [l For Conments For_Infox,natiorr and File 0 COMMENTS: Destroy D Return [l (This space is not for comments of a permanent character which should be formally recorded in a memorandum) 000079 Ext, 252 (Rev, 11/52) �Document disclosed under the Access to n ormot1on Document divu/gue en vertu de lo Loi sur /'occes .BRITISH -· INFORMATION A G E N C Y O F T H E ct a/'information SERVICES. B R I T I S H G O V E R. N M E N T _..:._~ TODAY'S BRITISH PAPERS Maclean ' 1 9 1 10 papers discuss the case of Burgess ~ ··i tish Fo1"eign Office officials who disappeared oe debated in the House of' Com:mons today. ~ t THE M.ANCH?~STRR. GUARDIAN argues that the and Maclean, .. the j_n 1951, which danger in this two is to debate is will want moPe information about the two that Members of Parliament to find out who was reofficials or Vvill make yet another> attempt sponsible for not :;:-•emoving them earlier from· the PoI'eign Service. may nnt come to gi•j_ps 1:.'ith The M. P. s, the GUARDIAE feels, temporary problems of the Service. It SE?S~ the con- 11 By continuing to flog the fairly dead horse of the Burgess and Maclean case, the House would lose the for a useful debate on the futu~e organiopportunity ze. t-ion of the Foreign Service. ,i The NEWS CiffiONICL~ feels inquit•y BPi tain' th2.t M. P.s should_press a small cororni ttGe of pl'iv3r co1mselors s secu1"'i ty sys tern. The CH'~ONicr;· says: by into for· a secret the whole of'. "The MinisteI'S and ex-Ministers involved must drop their coyness and give the country· the facts to which it has a right. If' Ministers are not prepared to do so 9 -here is a f'iPst class oppo1,tun.i ty f'or back-;J.:mch,srs to f'ree themselves from the party 'Yhips and assert themselves on behalf of the ne.tion. 11 Like the CI~RONICL:::::, the DAII,Y ff .:·uu:.,D faVOI'S an inquiry. It says: "The Labor .Party vdll press for an· investigB.tion into the Office. One of' system of recruitment for the Foreign the reasons for the-misplaced zeal of.people at the Foreign Office in defending both themse~ves and their system of recrui tmen,t is the.t the Foreign 0:i:fice is still too much a closed circle. It is i,.,ecI'Ui ted too naProwly fPom one social gi-•oup. 11 The DAILY UiUL thinks. affairo It says: there hes br:en too much covel"'ing up in the 11 People do not want secrets of the secret sePvice to be revealed, but everyone ·we.nts to know why· certain obvious were not ts.ken. It is not any pai"ticul_ar. government steps but the machinery of government which is at the bar of' the House; and uJ1less Minis t,~rs -are frank, c 01rridence • in it 11 That would be a dis.aster•. will be shaken. (over) Thismaterial is filed with the Departmentof Justice,where the required registrationstatement of B.,.s_.under~6 Stat. 248:258as an agenc'.of the BritishGovernmentis availablefor inspection. Registrationdoes not implyapprovalor disapprovalof this material by the UnitedStates Gove1nment. New York Offices, 30 Rockefelle'r Plaza, New York 20, N. Y. Telephone: Circle 6-5100 Ch• icago D-6-L 11 720 N Michigan Ave • Washington 4 D.C., 903 National Press Building : San Francisco4,310 SansomeSt. • • • • ' 000080 �- ---------------------------------;:;-Do-:--:c---:--um::--e~nt;:--:d-;c:isc-:-;-/o~se-_-;d~u~nd:;::-er::--;:thz-=e~A~cc:::-es:::-s-:-=to--:;:1n-:,.1o:::-rm=o Document divulgue en ver~u de lo Lof;ur /'occes t - 2 The DAILY 3XPJ:C88S u2.."'ges that there shm;lld 1Je n,o shirking of .the questions l"aised~ nor• of many more a1"ising from themo of any The EXPRESS considers to that the blame in any case does not.belong the Government: 11 "The slight occurI'ed before the TOJ::oies came to office. The EXP:2JGSS maintains that.if Ministers :feel they are on the spot it is their own fault~ 11 They should not have withheld the fs.cts all this timeo The purpose of the inquest must be to discover what went WPong and whether it has been put Pight. 11 The DAILY MIRROR feels of harm business'. in the debate 7 by that the JJ1oreign coming clean 8"?cretap3r can 1.m.do a lot the disreputable aoout whole 11 Macmillan, it says~ 11need not worry about putting the best face on it ·to save the pride of injured officialdom. Macmillan was 1nrong the, t he WOI'Pied about the 11 public who are tiPed of ·being treated like nurnskulls. "Mr. The Geneva Conference _?..f.._EoP~ign Ministeps THE MANCH:.':ST~'.-~:R GUARDIAN al.so Foreign thinks have Ministers which, the.t Moscow Radio been taken he is6 that while The p8.peP asks as he as'lrn·.9 we are three every not' mention we cannot disband ready the Geneva conference of says 9 • is not going welL The GUARDIAN on the mark in sa~,ring that two s_teps lJackwa1"d for GUARDIAN~-i.t does which it is discusses Mr. Molotov as ~vhy the should the to one fm:award,; \Vest North exclude the Atle.ntic German al though~ adds biggest .sinner not to Mro Molotov say Treaty forces from the Organization~ it subject to conditions: "These would be fil"st~ thr.'..t Russia must in return agr•ee to a relmion of Germany thr01,1.gh t'reG elections; secondly.9 that the reunited Germany must lJe free to associate with the West as fully as it wishes in all but military matters; and thi1"dly~ that Russia and. the 'Vest must jointly ·guar11 antee Gerrnany' s fr-ontiePs. The GUARDIAN .predicts that Mr. Molotov for sa;y,ing 'no' to this offer~ him. The GUARDIAN thinks that offer• it for would they be that the central do not want theiI' matter of negotiation serve this as their with own best but the would tna t it would chief· difficulty government military Russia probably at Genava bargaining (more) 9 but weapon. an excuse be worth trying on in making such an in ·Bonn membership find wo1..-;.ldbe against of NATO _to be wish rather tc a re- al'i �• Document disclosed under the Access to lnfoimotion Act Document divu/gue en vertu de lo Loi sur /'occes a /'information - 3 SATURDAY,'November 5, 1955 __ The Middle East The recrnt-.fi ghti ng ..on-the Israel-Egyptian border is again .discussed by ~everal papers. TEE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN: "To keep the peace on the Israeli borders is beyon4 question the ta~k of the first priority in Middle Eas.t diplomacy. There might be advantages in taking the present outbreak- to the S_ecuri ty Council even though· Egypt_ has defied previous rul;ings by the Council and Russia may veto the pr.,,ceed-ings. . '' . "But the measure which is immediately open to the Vest and which would best improve the cha.hces of peace is a supply of arms -- espec1.aliy defensive arms to Israel. This would deter Egypt; it would revive the confidence of Israel and thus strengthen-its government against those demanding preventive war a~ 11 Israel's only hope of self-preservation, The NE,.'S CHRONICLE, on the other band, thinks such .a· step would be unwise. It says it could only fan the flames. The paper feels :that the Security Council should be _ called together ·for an emergency meeting and tba t troops under the United Natt•n::i flag might be sent to the Gaza area as a police force to ensure that the peace i..~ kept pending a f;inal settling of the frontiers. Th.e paper notes that General Burns ha~ , said that definite qteps must be taken bJ the great powers. • 11But, 11 it 11 says, since Israel,is our responsibility and since America seems bewitched and confused it is up to Britain to take the lead. She shllituld begin by reaffirming her support for the validity of Israel 1 s existence while making it plain that· Br:i tain is flatly against a preventive war, Simultaneously we should demand a Security_ Council meeting and offer troops for the keeping ef the peace. 11 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: 11It- is customary in such crises_ to app-~al for peace and suggest dipl,.matic mediation. But matters are rapidly passing beyond this stage. Peace in the Middle East is not only a vital world in,terest; it is also a special re~pansibili ty of Britain and the United States. Impartiality can n~ver ju£tify inaction, and the first kind· of acti•on is to show both sides that the Tripartite Agreement of 1950 eml::Jqdied m,are than a pious hope that- better counsels would prevail. 11 The DAILY1EXPRESSis against any action by the United Kingdom. It says that Britain should save .her strength,for the Empire and keep clear of Middle East.feuds: ' 11She cannot afford to get involved and has no cause to do so either fpr the_ sake of Jews or Arabs. 11 The Labor DAILY HEMLD arg·ues that the 1restern Powers and the United Nations must ensure peace in the Middle East. At the same time the paper feels· that the United 'Kingdom Government should recognize the ~i.ght of Cyprus to self-determination: 11Tha t decision could how restore g~l"d viill in Cyprus. There are enough hard problems in the ~Iiddle East without manufacturing others unnecessarily." \( Burgess and Maciean ._ • , •• , V . THE TIIViES, on a home topic, former looks ahead to ne~t week's debate in th_e Commons on the Foreign Office officials Burgess and Maclean: ' I 11The debate will be useless unless Government and Oppositi~n join in drawing the real les.sons out of the long drawn~out and scandalous affair. _The ftrst lesoon, surely, is that successive governments added grently to the·puljlic artxiety by declining for so long to give reasonable information to Parliament and the peiiple-;11Some may be tempted to thi:rik of it as an old story, better closed, But .a· clt'Be watch on security and, for all their recognized' high standards of l;11yalty, :and· ability, on the dependability ~fall men in the Foreign Service is as necessary 11 as ever now ,vhen contacts with the Commun:i,s_:t_states are increasing. The Forth.gaming Antarctic Exped~tion to raise money THE TnJ!Es also refe -to the appeal la_unched by the Prime Minister for the Commonw expedition;to the Antarctic: ' HTheyxpedition, led b'y Dr. V. E_. Fuchs,' has a double claim· ~o support: the first and' most important reason for going is to find out what is there. Some of . the iJilPorta'nt scientific objectives have thei:r ~lace in th? in~ern~ tio~l. program for . • /the Geophysical Year :two years hence. But in popular imagination it is the ad/ venture that counts. The two thousand mile journey is to be made with far greater • preparation and far superior equipment than the classic polar-explorations of_ the past. Yet for all the refinement in tec.hni.que, the element of challenge remains outstanding iri any essay to cross the v;ast, unknown wastes of that icy con-000082 ,n �Document disclosed under tht?Access to Inform Document divulgue en ve,rtu de lo L//1.i sur l'osces a1il ... --'.....,; \ ~- \_~2 - 4 frin~es~JY!argaretls Most of the Sunday papers ,Grou~ C~?,tai~ Townsend, this THE SU!'TIJl.i.Y TIMES: ~- discuss Princess being their first Margaret's decision not to marry opportunity to do so. "Now ~the orgy of speculation,gossip and rumor is ended two things are app0.rent . .One is th~at the allegations that the Princess I decision was influenced by pressure fr.om this, thot or the other quarter ·were baseless -- we have her m-m word for thGt, The other is the clear implication that the Princess accepts the Church's teaching not just because it is the Church's teaching, but b~cause she herself believes in that .tea.ching. .. "From earliest childhood the Princess has he.d the affectionate regard of ail tho peoples over v,hom her sister now reigns. In putting her sense of what is rigbt before personal inclination and feeling she has SE:'t a shining example." THE OBSERVER: "In the general uncertainty how to react a hectic search for sc 9 pegoa ts. 11 But the paper discontinued: politely suggests thet the public to these search unhappy for events who is there has beeri to blame might be ~- "It can serve only as a means to continue discussing a story.which genuine sympathy should prompt one to close. Moreover, the search for someone to blame ignores the nature of this type of unhappiness and frustration. There are many people who for various reasons cennot marry whom they wish. 'i'he rep.eal of an J~ct of Parliament or the changing of a Church. 1 s doctrine or stn tus would not ~ remove this kind of distress from daily life. ~ne thi~g that this episode has de:f_i1i.itely done is to remind us how much dignity can be conferred on such si tua" • _.---+,:i...ooe by a, breve. and unselfish attitude . 11 REYNOhDSNE1':Sagrees that the Princess' decision -was a personal one, but it argues: "The decision raises two public issues. First, who were the people who advise.a. the P:i;:incess and the Royal Family on the subject; and, secondly, bow much longer is the Church of England to be recognized by law as the official Established Church of this country. , 11If on this constitutional question unknown people, accountable to no one, were • free to advise the Crown, is there not a danger that the same thing could happen .on a much bigger political issue? • "The lmglican Church ·wields power out of all relation to its numbers. The belie.:" of the Church concern only its members. The political part of the Church concerns all of us .• It is time ,to -end tho fiction tbet the Church of Engle.nd repr0sents the religious life of the Bri ti.sh people. 11 •• ••, r, SUNDL ..Y, November -6, r9'55 Decision The SUI\i1).['.Y DISPI;.TCH is concerbtld, about Group Captain Townsend's future: 11It is unthinkable that the great career for wbich Group Captain Townsend was obviously des;tined from his early days in the Royal l'.ir Force sh_ould be clouded by anything that has happened. The R.l.F. needs qualities of character like his in the places of .command. He must not be lost in an obscure post in a far ple,ce. Soon his appointment in Brussels will end; he sbould then be given •· command of a major R.A·.F. station. If this is done, he will certainly show himself deserving of even greater responsibilities; and ,;,hen ·time has brought vihat solace it can we trust that we shall see him high in the great service where he has already shown brilliant tnlents, using for tho benefit of his country the qualities all his countrymen admire. 11 THE PEOPLE ~pplauds Princess Iviargarot!s decisiqn: "Far from showing the Princess as a mere creature of court and Church convention~ it showed her to be 'a. spirited young \,ioman, determined to do 1.:vha t she believed to be right. It showed her determined to stand by the man VihO had suffered so much for their friendship, and determined to support what she regnrds as one of ~,:, o.i:i;""-,.t,.~.,,J.s;: c;f Gh:r:i.~t..i.nn t,;,a.ehi.ng~" END These surveys, prepared in London by the British of the,B,B,C. oversens service, are distributed ested in current British opinion. . ,c Broadcasting Corporation as e. fee. ture by B.I.S. as a service to those·intor- �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de lo Loi sur /'occes /'information a • CP from Reuters-.AP. women do c t o r s who ·treated condition and he frequently took MOSCOW- Guy Burgess, the Burgess for 10 days up to his rest cures for iboth his hear>tMd British diplomat who .fled Lon- death said he died in Iris sleep stomach. in a special ward for heart He died in increasing lonelidon t escape spy charges, d'ied cases. ness. An "Old Etonian," he still ~ after 12 sordid and Burgess had been ill for SPN• wore a tattered striped tie worn lonely years in Russia. era! years. Heavy drinking and at Eton, Britain's most exclu•Burgess, 52, died Jn his sleep smoking did not help his heart iive school for boys. of heart disease in the public ward of the hospital. Donald Maclean, the .foreign office.,_ offi- ■ ■ cial who escaped to Russia with Burgess ·in 1951,-broke the news By STANLEY JOHNSON fled in 1951, would have little to Burgess' mother in London NEW YORK (AIP) - Guy to do with him. by telephone. Burgess, who died in Moscow GOOD LOOKS He sa.ld Sunday night ,the Rus- hospital Friday, spent the last Burgess, who died of a sian .foreign ministry would years of his life in utter de- heart attack at the age of 52, grant Burgess' mother, Mrs. once had everything-position, Eve Bassett, an immediate visa gradation. He was a toothless, money, good looks. to travel to Moscow for the fun. physical wreck. He threw it all away. Despised by the Communists era!. I last saw Burgess at a for whom he had spied, the cocktail party in Moscow just PAIR DEFECTED iAt the time the pair defected former British diplomat pad- over a year ago. He had no Maclean was head of tl:ie Amer- ded out the small sums they teeth, little hair; and must ican department a,t the foreign gave •him with an income sup- have weighed at least 250 office while ,Burgess was a sec- plied regularly from his fa. pounds. ond secretary <in the junior mily's fortune in Britain. He was, as usual, drunk and Even Donald Maclean, an- incoherent. ibranch of the foreign service. Two middle • ,aged Soviet other diplomat with whom he ONE REASON L--!:~~~---~~-~-------.-....-.-.....-.......... --~--.. .... He was at the party for one reason only: to drink Scotch whisky and try to cadge a bottle to take home. The British naval attache stalked out of the room when Burgess arrived. The other guests stared. Burgess wore his usual at• tire - a tweed jacket and filthy grey flannel slacks. His conversation was filled with praise for communism a n d sneers at Westerners. But he let it be known that he came from the upper stratum of British society. Until his dying day, Burgess was a snob. A homosexual, Burgess lived with a Red Army corporal in a sordid little apartment where he kept himself ilrunk on vodka when exchange regulations kept him from get000084 ting the Scotch he preferred. ° . CLAIMED RED SPY -~ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource CDMB Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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