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" WrO Sua . Concerning BURGESS! persona] opinion with regard to Ci.ina, aM, stated that he seemed to be in agreement with the official British attitude, whice wis that the rise of Communism in China was a Chinese matter which hed been acclerated Ly the CPIANG KAI SHEK Administration because of the latter's inefficient and dishonest methods. —ak: stated that it was of great importance to RURGESS, as a student of China, that the Chinese situation te allored to fellow threugh in its own right to a natural eenclucion, and thatait betiicred BURGESS to think that the United States might try to control the Chincse situation, (Ma 3vated that BURGES3 had never said much about his back- ground, but he recalled BURGESS did mention that he had worked on Far Haetern affair. in the British Torrign Office in London prior to coming to the United jtates. 9PM said that BURGESS had talked a preat deal about H. A. Rs PHILBY of the British Embassy. MQM advised he had never met FHILBY but knew the name becanse PHILBY's father had been famous as an expert on Arabia. He stated thot RURGESS not only staved with the PhILBYs but elso ate his evening meal there. In this connection, stated he did not. believe PURGESS to be as irresponsible ar newspaper accounts of him indicated. He poisuted out in this regard that BULGESS was very meticulcus about. being on time in the PHILEY home fer dinrer, and that BUCKSS on one occagion, afier learning that sug wouldn't be able to see lim until about 7:30 i.M., advised him that he would have to pet in teuch with FHILBY and make different arrangeménts for dinner. stated that from BURGESS! attitude in this connectior, he hed concluded that he was socially responsible. QM further stated tht BURGESS talked about PHILBY a great deal, telling him what a nice fellow PHILBY was, and that PUKGESS seemed to like PHILPBY very much, enant stated, however, that BURGDSS had told him that PHULBY had fiye children and because of ratuer crowded conditions in the PHILRY household, BURGESS wag anteresated jn getting an aparbtwuent or house of his own and inquired of him a good place for him to loo). @@@BEP stated that he made no suggestions to BUNGESS along these lines and didn't know what inquiries BURGESS hadoarnede concerning the obtvining of an apactment or house. decseribed RURGESS as an apreenable type of individual but stated thet he seemed to be very restless and apitabed, He said that BURGESS had a Ceeling that the United Glates was headed for doom because of having rotten confused and bogged down with regard to Uriental affairs. QQ said that he never considered BURGESS to be sympatuetic to the 50viet Union, but said that he did get the idea from conversations with - BURGESS that the latter £e]t that America's estimate of Russia's inclina+ tions and intentions was exaggerated, stated he also gained the SL ; bbs