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any of the questions which the back bench M.P.s might w to raise may have to unanswered. r since the Government Whit aper on the case W3s pu aed | an lished last month, more ane | - BURGESS-MACLEAN DEBATE TODAY |. , ee we ya! a . * = _ wa "at f a . * #4, Fy ‘more questions have come ‘up for answer. .- The tip-off These are some of the points . that are puzzling M.P.s who | hava carefully read through | t . ae the White-paper :-— . 1 Who was the Third Man— - - 7 the man who tipped off. the ; sples that . they. were in: danger ? ‘ 4 : The White-paper says of | } _ Maclean: “He may have been warned.” But nothing was ~ proved. From the delicacy if the inquiries there could e been [lew who knew Unat . Maclean was under suspicion. The White-paper does not d}- close how many people were 4 the know. ; Is the Whitepaper ¢orrect in stating: “On May 25 the . then Secretary of State, Mr. Herbert Morrison, sanctioned & F , proposal that the security : . authorities should , question * cD = .oD < a : Pole : ; Maclean a ; = gene acanue For jrom thig statement many Sy BEM ATS unanswered queries arisé. if) . Mr, Morrison was, in dact, ever directly requested to sanction an interrogalion—WAS HE ?— then presumably other. people were present / Who were those : B® TAIN’S _ biggest- ever Foreign. Office scandal—the , Burgess - Maclean people ? Cot : affair—jis to be. The explanation i in To what extent were Mr. de bated in the 3 Attlee and his staff informed i Commons today. of the decision to investigate aciean | And few of the many MPs As Prime Minister at the time, | 4who would wish to speak Our. will be able to do so. Ifevitably,. much of the tim j ; : wwestigations wotld be rep ted will be taken up by par direetiy tou hia, To how many eaders, members of his staf werel the security reports available ? | .. Mfr. Atllce would be directly tn DSL command of Britatn's secrel security Serpices, toe a yo . RE sMaclEAN CASE . .~ {Baile 2100-37163) - DAILY EXPRESS - of NOVEMBER 7, 1955 aD ata BY Lic... Pa LONDON, EXCLAND . a. - Cee re ATE aT Tee ces: nae oe Sgt FEE - Since the publication of the White-paper, it has Tm disclosed that Maclean wes being watched by Sir Roghr Makins, now British Amb; “sador in Washington, and was ' passed as being satisfactory from the point of view of, his work. hy was this not included in the White-paper ? The leak Sir Roger was then the Supet-' : “intending Under-Secretary in: charge of the American Depart- ment of which Maclean was head. It appears that Sir- Roger knew nothyng of the sus picion that, Maclean was @ spy —though at that time Maclean © was one of the chief suspects- of the leak to Russia alrgady . established by HBritgin’s. unter-espionage. ! fh Both Maclean and Burpess ® ‘were notorious loose liters. f-How did it come about hat lis remained in the Foreigu Service long after they would have boen dismissed from any other* job ? Nowhere in the White-paper is there any evidence that Burgess was suspected on) seourity grounds. Indeed, before and since the While-~ paper's publication the Foreign Office has stressed that Burgess was being Watched only in regard to fils personal conduct. But the White-paper states > blandly : “ The security author- ities were on their track.” Those ate but a few of the ques- tions which M.P.s and the public will hope to hear answered this afternoon. But the biggest question of all is whether Sir Anthony Eden will _ Pathorise 4 full-scale investiga- ion inte the whole .affgir— onducted by the judicial sembers of the Privy Copncil arty who aré linked with no t all - : Drs ew eret aR Mee Noun Cf JUN 2 1976 A, Mr. Nuh: Mr. Weloent i Mr. Ate Mr. Tears ts Mr. Reason Mr. Foccin + Mr. vrrewd_ Tele, Veom Mr. Wo fie-man arr... ae Pe | Bliss Gandy. .__