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ee ® The ‘open mind? } He was’ scrupulously® careful, commit himself to no view at; lof what the solution may .f 2 pen mind was what Ke vised every time an MUP. ; a view. ~ ) a “ When Mr. John Paton (Soc..: North Norwich), Irritated by: Tory questions, broke out: “Is, there a shred of evidence con-, necting these men with Soviet. Russia?” Mr. orrison's' reply « was: “We should be wise not to © prejudge anything one way or the Other at this stage.” When Colonel Marcus Lipton (Soc. Brixton) suggested that the~ two men had done nothing to justify dismissal and might nave some explanation of the course they have taken, Mr. Morrison's reply again was :— . “Tt would be premature to come | to conclusions one way or another | about it. That is the only posi- | ‘ion one can adopt at this stage.” - The search “The absence abroad of Mr. clean and Mr. Burgess Was -e@ablished on Tuesday, May 28. . Maclean had been granted mission to be absent from duty for private reasons on Satur- day morning, May 36, “Mr, Burgess was on leave . -pending a decision as to his ~ uture. - “ Looe : “The matter was at once placed in the hands of gthe . appropriate authorities, who \are receiving full co-operation fyom . the Foreign Office in thir. inquiries. On the same y.! May 29, it was found out at . they had. left Southampton, \ ostensibly on a week-end cruise, © on the night of May 25. - “They disembarked at St. Malo on May 26, but no further con-. firmed information of their; whereabouts has. been .s0. far received. vo wt - “Mr. Maclean suffered from a. breakdown in Cairo a year Bg0 due to overstrain. When he : recovered, he was appointed to: the Foreign Office as head of the erican Department.” - lip The surprise ~~ r. Morrison’s statement Was — | interrupted by exclamations of surprise from the Tories at such an odd conjunction of events. - He looked up. but sald nothing.»; .” “Mr, Burgess.” he continued, “had. - recentl been recalled from the British Embassy at’ Washington owing to hig general ! ‘ynsuitability in the position he. held, and the question “of his © further employment in’ | the, Foreign Office’ .wassqu der, consideration, = 7 4" aot ta ‘| 1 { { Mr. Burgess is :not: 8 org. official: He is not a membet of,