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Empire News Reporter FAWO security men “. watthed Guy Burgess: ~ sip through” the net coelosing him and escape ta the Iron Curtain—and they were powerless to do anything about it. I am able to make this “xtraordinary revelation fol- tuwing the White Paper publication, which admits .-yat Surveillance of the two voreign Office renegades was limited by “Kid glove” procedure, On. the last. day before Burgess “went on icave’ he was follawed ~ LWO Security men who were ‘tailed to watch hintjin London. Foney saw him arrive at the Foreign Office at his. usual time ind goto his room, There he packed a suitcase amu left just before lunch, The two. officers hid behind a curtain n another room overlooking the -oreign Office quadrangle and Wal bed. Too late They saw Burgess walk swiftly dow the Foreign Office steps in “ce * quadrangle, pause. look sound quickly and furtively, and | tarough UWister of top-level docu- RE: MachEAN CASE (Bufile 1000-37183) 1) - EMPTRE NEWS - SEPTEMBER 25, 1955 LONDON, ENGLAND gond as part of the Government's BO YER te ecurity men saw urgess slip through net. then place his suit-case down and begin to walk slowly round the quadrangle. . He was apparently waiting for somebody, Burgess suddenly appeared to come toa decision. He picked vp Tris case and walked rapidly away. ; Fhe two security officers ran down into the quadrangle—but they'd lost him. Ulster watch Subsequent inquiries showed) he got into a taxi in Whitehall; and dréve to the West End. Hej never returned to the Foreign OMce, nor was. he seen again by security shadows. Now = understand that security men trom M.L3 may be stationed ermanently in Northern. Ire- lans to prevetip any - leakage mentary seoreta. to countries behind the Iron Curtain. ii is realised. that Hastern refugees. who had come to Ehve might easily cloak new MY¥D activities—particularly when it was found that such refugees made very frequent visils north of the border. This step will be the latest in a. series which heave been taken throughout Britis h. diplomatic centres to guard against espion: age “iifiltration.” Since the shake-up in security measures there have been several Oficial Secrets Act prosecutions. Including one outside London, where evidence was submitted by what was obvidusly a very large and eomprehensive “shadowing.” team. fn addition, Scotland Yard how runs an. elaborate phone-vapping Service, Although the evidprace is not admissible in court, it Jpro- vices much vahtable information to assist shadewing wams. and ther investigaters. 2 Raa Pees a Sata I aI hin. Winterrowd. Tete, Roam ... Mr. fooman we Adiss Gparidy oo nia eo ghia ROACH et ’ At bp +