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{ “ : Mr. Tolson i C i Mr, Belmont... Me. Cr-> | Mr C toan Mr. Coven Mr. Fr Mr t's) i ; ; : Mr, iyo j Mr. G7... be ur MACMILLAN TO HAVE FURTHER TALKS WITH MR. WILSON eo OMMONS CURTAIN DOWN ON PHILBY CASE! (Mount Clipping in Space Bato w) From Our Pariiamentary Correspondent _- - A, 9 oN nibe ft mat Srl WESTMINSTER, Tvespay would only appeal to the House to revert The Prime Minister today lowered the ] to this older tradition, which I feel is curtain on any further public discussion | in the national interest. of the Philby case in the House of “T have had the advantage of having mmanw Ete Aid ion danac af cinch | disaant nwo nl ae discussions with the Leader of the Opposition—which is again a very old traditior. of our parliamentary system— and I hope to have further discussions with him as to the best way in which we can try to regulate these affairs in the hect intereste of the nation” aa eke GASSES Gl adit fiaiitera, UNUSUAL ALLY For most members this was more than enough. There were angry undertones when Mr. W. W. Hamilton rose with nagging nersistence to demand that hic pessistllle 1 SeManmel iat OSs personal question be answered. Wher#! Philby had applied for renewal of hig’ passport, had he been questioned abou his past movements ? This was not question of security but a matter of fact and the House bad a right to know. “No, sir”, the Prime Minister ' ae replied, “ We are led from one question YI 4. (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and etate.) Commons, 2h id ao iti WAIL WE SAIL gravity, and such obvious sincerity, that for once the House was stopped in its tracks. So far as Westminster is con- cerned the affair has ended as suddenly and as mysteriously as it began. Five questions, all from Labour mem- _The Times . 10 bers, were on the order paper. Mr, Macmillan answered none of them. He said: “I have made the most careful investigation into all the relevant London, England prem in this case, and have discussed . em in detail with the Leader of the | fees ] think the House will by ccept that it would not be in the ational interest for honourable mem- bers to inquire further into the pas history of the case, and | would ask th House therefore - fo Tefrain from an further Public discussion of these matters,” OLD TRADITIONS The Government benches murmured assent, but Mr, Niall MacDermot was not to be so easily denied. Did not Mr. Heath's statement that the security ser- vices had never closed their files on the to another, and one question leads to ; ' + i /, t 7, (: tt{r another position which is dangerous.” He repeated his plea for no further debate and added: “If not, we would AVG? rs: risk destroying the services which are wat Vf [W : of the utmost value to us.” Ano ally from an unusual quarter rose Date: T/ 17/ 63 to Mr, Macmillan’s aid. It was Mr. : Edition: Harold Wilson. “I would confirm ”. he | said, “that in the two meetings we have | \ had the Prime Minister has given ‘Mr. 1 Brown and myself a very full and frank account of this case. It raises a number of issues which frankly cannot be dis- cussed across the floor of the House, case mean that Philby was still regarded as a Security risk, and if so was not the post on The Observer a singularly un- wise position to find for him ? Mr. Macmillan was firm, “1 appre- ciate the hon. member's knowledge of these matters", he said. “ He will also know the tradition of this House that te should not discuss some of these Author: Editor: tTittee DONALD DUART MAC LEAN oily, pects of our national functions. and while we still have some grave Character: re or ESP- R je og, a le 4 . af Classification: « . ( a , . 7 Submitting Office: London