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* PAYMENTS TO BURGESS AND ACLEAN ” QUESTION BY MP | 47a WEARS we pre oe 6 Pe ee) eee BY OUR POLITICAL STAFF M&. Desmonp Doxnetty, | members of the Government had Labour M.P. for Pem- | helped him. out of friendship, to ; ; ; obtain funds in Moscow, He asked "i broke, failed in the Commons Mr Macleod if he enuld arrange ? yesterday to obiain an answer PE SERGE EE GF Ge SE SF Page for a Government statement about ney made available to *Guy Burgess. and Donald INQUIRY SOUGHT — Maclean, the former Forcign Mr. Macleod told him this had Office diplomats who fled to | ®° relevance to the business he had Russia 1! years ago. just announced, and later Mr. ; _ oe Donnelly tabled a question seeking Mr. Barber, Economic Secretary [an inquiry by Privy Councillors. to the Treasury, said:.“]t would | My Donnelly wanted to know in not be in accordance with practice | his questions whether, because of to give detaits of funds held or! the warrants, Burgess and Maclean transacted by individuals. were sill granted emigrant status Mr. Donnelly had tabled twolfor the purpose of the Exchange questions about the former diplo- F ; Control Act, 1947, . mats, Jor whom arrest warrants) sar. Barber, in a written reply, were issued under nee Official said he presumed “ emigrant ecrets Act last month, ' status ” referred to becoming perm- Question time did not progress) anentiy non-resident for the pur-- quickly enough for Mr. Donnelly] pose of exchange control, “ These to obtain an oral answer from the] peoplet were designated as non- Teascura Ranch # intervanad in pact daw Hy Tas arr hae 10¢7 aan ol aT@aSuTY OFA. wae ier venea in . resident in November, a7of, 4G . am unsuccessful attempt to get it. | September, ‘1958, respectively, on “Ie has come to my knowledge the grounds that they were residing - toa that the Government is paying | permanently abroad. The issue of a sums of money to Burgess and| warrants does not affect the posi- ~ : Maclean in Moscow," he said. A - as , few minutes later. while Mr. WMeCIEFOU, LEMDED Ul Tile FVUAT, Wd Spbaking about future Parlia- mdntary business, he tried again. r- Donnelly said Burgess was teybried as saying that certain tion.” It was reported in THe Darty TELEGRAPH ten days ago th Burgess is partly dependent for h financial support: on his privat income, which he draws in Sterlin, from an account in London. nr Uf! Daily Telegraph & Morning Post May 4, 1962 London, England eee . TF 1 eG 199 May PON UAC, Cnn DOW IMLETT OFA 100-324; ¢3 Samat n a=, /} bint’ 1WV