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negligently failed to pack when he left queeiiattr: «fcr this visit. sapeaiageseer expressed his opinion, based on this experience, that BURGESS was very carcless and thoughtless about his methods of life. During BURGESS! visit to ais on the above occasion, RGM advised he talked wit BURGESS regarding international affairs, including the British China policy. advised that BURGESS was well versed on this question and skillfully presented the Briti sh Goverrment'a thesis hhat at wan wiser to recoonicges Commni ct China See oe tT aheetealindl Se ee ee eee OF ww oe SE eh MRE eo and foster relations between China and Great Britain than to refuse to recognize her and force China into closer rapprochement with the USSR. dF. ageiins recalled that BURGESS impréssed him as a staunch defender of British Socialism and that is is his recollection that BURGESS told him he was.a member of the Labor Party in Great Britain. “After BURGESS* first vieit, M@MMEAa received two undated, handwritten letters from him in Washington, D. C. These Jettere area counted healeaw in thaiyv antirety afnae nanti ane of then wear +f, ray: | ibly iG May possio.y a PY EY OO be of significance in the course of this investigation. Envalope postmarked Washington, D, C., 7:30 PM, Aug. 15, 1940, addressed to Pa.,"' from "G>RURGESS, British Mnbassy, Washington, D. C." "British Enbassy ee “eee ae "Dear "I have just finished writing my mother a letter (which she will of course show to Jack) telling her about my visit to ae It wld. be mich easier if private correspondance cld. adopt the technique of official correspondence - because then you wld. have a copy of my letter to her & wld. see for yourself how very much I enjoyed it & how very grateful I am. As it is I shall have to try & convince you - & I can't write skillfully cena ae ee oe tee man eatern wlann te bk enough to oxpress what an impressive peace afi the sense of ex- pressing in detail a way of life I found the sggppliala’ to be, ~quite apart from the sheer loveliness of the sticks and stones, the box & the vistas = they being only the material out of which you and your huaband seem to me to have the other & bigger thing. I really did enjoy it and also meeting your friends & members of your family — who of course also fitted in & helped to make it. -