◆ SpookStack

om ete we A A RN PHB Y'S OW! .. Have you ever wondered how : on one r . the Security" Services reacted “Kim Phil to the defection of.Burgess and “Version o Maclean? Suspicion centred he faced + . a ian a ae = - BURGESS’S* depar-.!: “os. ture with. Maclean, : fF _faced me with a fate- © ed _. fuldecision: From the v‘eaee, ee -: earliest discussions of | 2°: -~ Maclean's escape, mye “Soviet colleagues had eet ‘; been mindful that’ °° Be, -, Something might go.’ -’ Wrong and put me in - danger. _ To meet such a possi- ‘bility, we had elaborated - pe kobe putinte etestatiny” TEER TITER Saget =. discretion "i. case © of , extreme ‘emergency. | Th ug . ,; ,Was clear that the depar. .”' , “ture of Burgess gave rise y : . .. © an.emergency [because / _ Co , ; Burgess, unlike Maciean, : en - ‘ yoy or i -had been a known associ- ; , . ing the F.BL without delay. it remarkable calm, A few flashes prissy Englishman te ate of Philby’s}. But was concluded with instructions of mischief suggested that he beiore it an extreme emergency ? that be should tnform Ladd of tight almost be pleased that In the present cris I had ¢ t asi {ts contents. the bloody British had made a not have been Lado ad to put aside the (Geoffrey Paterson was a mess of i But i guessed thal mot wondered how decision for a few hours. in member of the Sritish Embassy tis calm masked a persona] boss." Hoover, knee order’ to deal with two stag in Washington, It was he worry. . own acquaintance w Immediate problems. One dun had ‘received the telegram Ladd nad often met Burgess ] cunciuded that bac . Was td get tid of certain from London announcing the at ac bouse, and had invited favous’ “Would wo ; fomprom sing equipment delection of eee 428 é and bin ack to bis own. a Against am him we a aciean vey a "was al] eo . ey a OL on ddea in my house Gssistant director of F.8.1. and well together. Both “were Lamphere {also of feeling SYPee. AS ae Birdh® was Philby's chief conlact with tees SSSIYE, BrOvocative charac. Manner was quite + ee ome of Investigation: ‘since at fat organisation. } . ters; they exchanged Insults im. and ven might affect Une details of at Paterson, doubtless thinking with mutual appreciation. Theorie: in aie Du escape. that his face would be pretty At their frst meeting, Burgess wav which suuges:- eee ate Salina aT eR Getting rid of the equipment fed by the end of the interview, had attacked the corruntion and Was atill far from 1 ; Was Oerhaps the more urgent asked me if | would accOMPANY raftechich, he alleged, made left the guilding mi. + task of the two. bur 1 decided him on the rounds that two nonsense of the ind:ananoilis Tt owas Possible ' tO fet it wait, red faces might be better than motor trials and In doing so Ladd and Campher: t lt would bave looked very One. The fact that my face took several hefty sideswines at summate actors odd if 1 had left the embassy fas tobably tore grey than the American wav of life in fooled me. But its Immediately after hearing the red did not alter the principle general Jumping at shadow: " news, and Paterson's telegram of the thing. Ladd posttively Need it. fe act as. if the FBI gave me a good excuse of teat Ladd took the news with had probabip never heard a ip the dark, it Was possible t | Moment MIS mig F.GL le put me veillance. Thev « have done so witho, ledge by using the sentative in Londor Unk with Washingt But here again T had a few davs Was most. anlikely Would - put a fore: jaervice.-on "to ; fens