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MAN FROM M15 ONCE CALLED TO SEE ME AT CHURCHILLS CLUB=ON BUSINESS _ “DO YOU KNOW GUY-BURGESS?” HE ASKED ME. I TOLD HIM i Dib, INDEED Burgess was a member of ‘ne club from 1948. One of ‘hegeariiest. His membership rubber was 17263 and to date we Have more than “7000 Members on our roll —Sqg you can guess how far back Burgess's association with Churehills: goes, He used 10 live Just across the road from Churchills . in Ciittord-street. From. the office sere L ant wtititi¢ now T cen :ea the windows, of his flat, facing on Bond. Street. HE WEPT! Colleague Bruce Brace saw iwuch more ef him than ft did. Octen, after T had left. the club i) the early hours of the morn- 18, Burgess used to drop in for pe cigarettes, a nightcap jd a chat with Bruce. And I recall thet when he reid too much. to drink he used : Y i z * ‘ om a RE: MacLEAN CASE HARRY MEADOWS, the King of Clubs, writes “| Don’t Go Home Till Morning’ literally toa shoulder. My interview with the MIs mian took place in 1951, some weeks after the diplomats had cry on Eruce's “disappeared. Was Maclean a man from. MIS : member, tlie Wanted to know? He was not, but he had bean SeVeral limes with Burges. What did they talk about? Most éverything in the worl&, We said, -except politics. (Bufile 100-271183) EMPIRE NEWS SEPTEMBER 25, 1955 LONDON, ENGLAND oe, IN A PANIC Det Burgess ever meriti¢n Rusgia? he asked. Never, as far as we coud remember, but he did seem to he, if anything. a shade anti- American, though not violently So, But in all the time Bruce and T had known Burgess he. had never, even in his cups, Given the slightest indication of his intention to leaye the country, But once lights flashed on. in his flat at about 4 am, after he lad left the club—and_ then, suddenly, we saw him haring across the road fo Churchills in a tramendaus panic. ; “Have you seen my brief- case?’ he asked. Bruce. “Was that yours?’ Bruce gagged. “I just saw someone walk out. with it.” Burgess turned so pale wae thought he would fainc, So Bruce hurriedly told him he was joking amd handed over his property. ilfat was the last we ever sav of lpm The next night Burgess and _Madiean disappeared, fo Orie RYotery: : cee eee! . . | a We « we He es a . < Me e Pe uty ee eS 4 ™ HEE Ch B Myos te, I a Mr B Be. Prodi Bont ai neni ? V # “er. gous 4 : AL. gt MAID | et eae Pos ustherrowd. Pepa 7 \ i iS Tet RON eS 44