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a C If these men Prove to be Soviet sympathizers, it would, I assume, quite a serious matter in foreign relations. SECRETARY AciizsoNn: rect.” SENATOR That is cor- Brewster: And we did have the earliest case of Dr. Klaus Fuchs in the atomic-energy devel- opment, Secrerary Acueson: ‘That is right. Senator Brewsrer: As I under. stand you had inquired of the Brit- ish Embassy here but they had no further information about the mat- ter? Secrerary Acueson: I had in. quiry made this morning and that was the answer I got, SENATOR Brewster: I have here the latest, apparently, off the ticker, which says: “News of their disappearance caused 2 sensation in Paris dip- lomatic circles, One high western diplomat exclaimed ‘Oh, my God! There goes the tripartite files of the Big Four Deputies meeting.” If this is true, would that be a matter within the purview of the head of the American desk, or the Far-Eastern desk? Secrerany Acieson: | don't know how the British Foreign Of- fice operates, I imagine that if this man had jurisdiction over relations with the United States, he would have knowledge of what our discus- sions were in Paris, Dee... a . Pees + Baraat “ .. ° ag ate tae noantis Ra aoe ane Tue Burcess-Macteay Case 1} Sen ie od NCREDIBLE, but true, nobody ques- tioned this alleged failure of the British Government to naufy the United States in the twelve-day in- terval—May 25 to June 7, 195]— that elapsed between flicht and Seer SRL id publication, nor did they question the reported ignorance of the Brit ish Embassy in Washington where Burgess had been stationed as re- cently as April of that year, The statements, if true, were shocking, © were at war and England was our ally, but our Secretary of State heard it on the radio. We also, ac- cording to his Statement, had a Secretary of State who did nor know the functions of the Ameri- can Department of the British For. eign Office! The Congressmen did not ask because they would not know until September, 1955, about the world-wide British security in- vestigation carried on throughout 1950 and 1951 because of a British - finding in 1949 that secrets had been leaked for years. Did Mr, Acheson know or was this item— which might have alerted us—~ withheld by our ally? So much for Mr, Acheson—and the Joint Committee which did not €ven remind the Secretary that he himself had testified that checking on Allied reaction to “hot pursuit” had been limited to six nauons be- cause “this would be a milita Operation which you would not Wish to inform the enemy abour™ and “it was Probably a view of not spreading the security too widely.” ie Coexicar Hlieuny walk ae Eines 2 ser ae re ~ oe ee te” ew ir i . " y aa : a os vam “~. 4 IG fs pay’. oer oer RF yt ere J fos aE wt he 5 oO . ™ , eg pe me We pe ae me - ca 7 +3 Sod ee oe ttm if my