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\ he position of | ussia as an aliy _P made thingsgpasier for Com- nists. who at gst were able erve their own apd their adopted ountry witho! a conflict. Vaverers returned to thelr allegi- rece and those who had never vavered were suddenly res ected. vurgess now had a friend, a oreign ‘iplomat. whom he considered the nost interesting man he had ever et and with whom he carried on . verbal crusade in favour of Com nunism, each taking a different ‘ine with the potentia convert, one pug. ont smooth. We may @istingulsh & certain ttern in Burgess‘s relationships. Y romantic friendship he liked to ominate, but ts intellectual ‘miration Was usually kept for “ose who were older than himselt. here were aiso crouies with whoni e preferred to drink and argue. In June. 1944. he had been trans- srred to the News Department of ye Foreign Office. in 1946 to the ‘Ace of the Minister of State. Mr. tector McNeil, in 1947 to B branch Moreign Office), and in 1948 to the ‘ar-Eastern Deparimént of the : reign Office. In 1944, the year that Guy Bur- ass went from the B.B.C. to the A Breakdown in Cairo [TX 1950 word began to reach us that all was not so well. It was gaid that Donald, whuse nigh Liberal principles had received full in enlightened Wasnington.. had been so disheartened by the verty and corruption © the iddle East that he had had some ind of breakdown. It seems that he adopted a theory that sufficient glecho! could release in one & second personality which, though it might simulate the destructive element, worked only good by help- ing people to acknowledge the truth about themselves and reveal their latent affinities. Donald entered into the spirit of the investigation and took as his alter ego the name of “Gordon " from an export gin with a tusky wild boar on the label. When night tell his new self took Possession He stampeded one or wo parties, but got into more serious trouble when. in the com- pany of a friend. he broke into the first apariment to hand in & block of flats and sharpened his tusks on the furniture. ‘Then on a boating trip on the oreign Office Donald Maclean W841 wile with some twenty people in usted to Washington as act- ug First Secretaiy. On lb vturn in 1948 he gave 3» ‘inner-paris. ta his friends. ‘as a delightful evening. he had fecome & good host. his charm was ased not on vanity but on neerity. and he would discuss weign Affairs as & Student, not 4 expert. He enjoyed the maga- ine that I then edited, which was | . blue rag to Burgess, a weak injec- ‘on of culture into a society iirendy dead On his return from Washington 1e was appointed Counseilor in aire. “40 Donala Maciean t set a ~nurage and a love of Justice, JT see a ‘ui that could not be deflected | rom the straight course. and I see n it that deep affection for his Tiends which he always mani- sted.’ The words of Rtanley Tawin about the father seemed to the party, he seized a rifle from an otdcious sentry and began to imperu the safety of those nearest him by swinging it wildly, A Secretary at the Embassy intervened, and in the scuffie received a broken leg. The two men returned home on sick leave, while Mrs. Maclean who Was on the boating trip, went to Spain for a rest with her two sons. What was the nature of Donald's outburst? It was not just. over- wark, but, over-strain: the etfort ot being “Sit Donald.” the whole araphernalia of “ O.H.MS.." had en too much for him and he had reverted to his adolescence, or to his ideal of Paris day's, the free and solitary young sculpLlor working all night in his attic. The return of the repressed is familiar to psycho- Months’ Leave Maclean ACK in London he nad six months’ leave to get well and to make up his mind about the future. He was still drinking and was now undergoing _— treatment from & woman psycho-analyst. His appear: ance was frightening: he had lost his serenity, his hands would tremble, his face was usually a livid yellow and he looked as if he had snent the night sitting Up in a tunnel. Though he remained detached and amiable as ever. it was clear that he was miserable and in a very bad way, In con- versation a kind of shutter would fall as if he had returned to some basic and incommunicable anxiety. Some of his friends urged him to resign, pointing out tha since he disliked the life and disagreed with the policy he could not go back without it all happening again. Others assured him that he would soon be well enough to return to work, which would prove the best thing for himself and his family. The Foreign Office had to weigh his years of hard work against the outburst, which they put down to the strain of long hovrs and formal enrial outies in Cairo and Washington. His reputation for a penetrating mind, sound judgment and quiet industry turned the scale. ‘The psycatrist's reports became more encouraging, and by the autumn the decision was taken. On November 6, alter a particuiarly heavy night, Donald went back to the Foreign Office as head of the American Division f position less onerous than it sounds and which involved ho social duties), and he bought & houpe near Westerham for his wife and chitdren. to which he hoped to return almost every evening, avoiding the temptations of the city. [To be continued | analysis, and there was also now 8 orid copyright: re roduction in, brief return {o_ his early ex te nals: vr part jorbidden. : ambivalence. “ Gordon” had given coming true of the ‘cometh A| 2gir Donald” the sack. The nunsellor at thirty-tive, he scomes iLa iair way to equal his par mt Ustinction. ot oe | Jonger put up with him. enraged junior partner would no a a