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BRITISH! SECURITY Surgess and Maclean Case Likely to Hardén Attitude to Atomic - Secrets By NICHOLAS CARROLL, The Sunday Times Diplomatic Correspondent : ) JHE Government's belated adinissions in the ease of Burgess ayd | Maclean have once again forought to the fore the question pf acchahees between Britain aedj the United States of highly secyet ‘formation about nucleak | oi 7 Witte Paper, issued on Praday. 1 m this poimk, Uke Government hay | | ie ro] oxely to. be the hardening of Ihe : begn enigmatic. There bas bean“ a mor t position, of whith Sir ‘ey ous sesurdt eneck™ eee Was pre ciaston Charchill complained 36 Tey it Peaeke tate the een: _tarly when Prime Minister, trem eee ee ot all tame ecoupyine oe whlch there te still no disclosure ad (apving for posithins in ihe Bereign sfurmation on the design of MERU Ome involving highly seeret Informa- withure. of such weapons. ' one Ameran distras, of British secant | But what Sridain’ principal allies | “ending of Warne ( wauied io xnew—and chief ainong phen 1 States--was whether thei ch jideriay the wet te mest costiy and frusiracng Ol mare extensive security ehedk “ had ie Tangy recurrent Anglo-~Ameran } pesiited in ‘any dismissals ar Fearrange: sums. TE Ras Jed to much RAECESSATE ie of stat, This is preeisniy what iiptication of researth and-experinvnt yi tyey ste tot tald, of the groutiad thay | va the criggivg of Halsonm wittin the counfer-éspionage, like espionape. des Treaty Organisation. and | persis Rie fs anecens en fives areascmure | ; Tre | Doh ADE ae it "3 che embarrassment of afichils. of bath ( secrecy of ite metinads, counttrles ab every level af miliary to. anv State Department officials, them. treion. i saices so. long. under the shadow of! uiafore the White Paper's: appearance. | Mygarihvite - witchdinting” had. a] “4p Thain. quistionr fin the minds of a 3O-c) fading phat soperidhe of the: sort mus¢ | \ WHOSe CCHMSes Mave the CUBS beinceded in Whitehall OK > wart? What t _ @sie-of phen indest, claim te have} | Gnvernmens done fa ensure Shar! among -their friends Foreign Ofibe aT 5 3 ha tie ‘ere are’ Ro tiore traiiocs Inf, dm its Pn Fee CEng A Aga RS ACNLAT SPEER pbatig in i aficials who, though krown to werked closely wilh Msclean. renrain}un- inferragared lo usis day, Bub they eyi- cwehiiy overlook Lhe restraining inSuchnce affine iaws of ibe and slander here, ; Wie are Hable ts minke “which. hinting” an extremely cosiiy. sport. A major weakness tn bie Choyerniment’s / @ase. on whith there has Been mass com ; Ment I Lardog, cuncecna the shyneay i that mMehly secret documests. were with held from Maciéan otiea he came under Saez. Povsrice “Fy Ig 5 he must previ have seen highly Secret documents, Ingenuous Claim Veh eastier in ihe White Paper if fs ingenugusly cluinted ihab Maclean's foroier Departments bie North ar Deygrhnents, “does not dead maior problems of Angla-Anierioad 3 Hans a cantentian that State Depart ment oficials contd only deride, Ner hove ths evasive releretines to the failure te beate a pasate (Phind Man “athe nian whoomgy Nave giver Macies@ ihe tip so ° Sscape—oncuuraged transatlantic: cori. dence, farge diplowmata in London. generally seem fa feel ther Foreign. Office prestige ae Keen widely yoited — thoweh indig- Haney Teoutied by Fareign Giics miegie hers, who are profoundly embarrassed by fie whiate afairs-that Maclean ranks Gave ad same powerfn? “ protection behind the scenes to haye bean bandied With such Kid gloves, [Worn Coeynise tr) SENT nine YE 1 TDR CHP ce Oe le mene At «nS te ee nm EE % a salpiaye at RE; MacLEAN CASE " s (Bufile 100-374183) pe Babs PALO * 7 Ne a | : THE SUNDAY TIMES SEPPEMBER 25 ? 1955 . east LONDON, ENGLAND . ‘ Beet oe ae RE ee ye Fragen, may 8 ie — “ s a .