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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 12
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“"~ known of the ‘brother-
hood’ of perverted men ?
“There have been
ather cases. of flagrant
homosexuality in the
British Foreign Service
which have been coyered
up”?
‘Notorious’
Captain Kerby matn-
tains that Burgess and
Maclean were “known
hs drunks and sex per-
verts for years.”
He sald: “It fs not as
if their homosexual
activities were known
only to a& handful of
peaple, :
“They ware notorious
nerverts. Thay wera
kiiown as such in Lone
don, Caira. and Wash-
| Ington.
“Why, in answer to 4
‘question in the House, |
‘did the Minister of
State, Mr. Anthony
Nutting, refuse to admit
‘or deny that these men
were homosexuals ?
beliewe he could not
deny the fact.
“J have reason ta
believe that-there are
still many people of this
ilk today in. the Foreign
Service.
“Why does the White
Paper make no mention
of their sex perversion ?
“Tt is one of the Keys
to the Birgess-Maclean
scandal that these men
were notorious perverts.
“The British people
are still denied the
names of those Foreign
Office officials who
shielded both traitors
during their service,
‘Tell Public’
“We are denied the
names of those respons-
ible for appointing them
to their last and vital
posts.
“Why? Their names
should be made public
in Parliament,
“T hope that the White
SAYS CAPT. HENRY KERBY, M. P.
Paper will be dq@bated
fully in ill be ap and
that the searching Ught
of a Public Inquiry
{under ‘a High Court
judge) will be thrown
on it.
“We must probe the
full and concealed
ramifications of the
Burgess and Maclean
scandal.
Tradition
al
“Thus alone ‘ean we
at least try to ensure
that something similar
does not happen again.
“On present form—
with evasions and non-
accountable anonymity
|--it CAN and WILL.
“The archaic tradi-
tion of Ministers man-
fully shouldering re-
sponsibility and shield-
ine Civil Servamts at
the Foreign Office
ABSURD an DAN-
GEROUS.”
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