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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 37

47 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Intelligence Operations · Topic: Cambridge Five Spy Ring · 47 pages OCR'd
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@ a Lire ate ae le mae weer a ve ott ve. _ . vapeens SRS a ms cacamcen Be a ee Batten - 3499 Former Forei, —_ -_ _ Ea ae gn Office” 7 NOVEM 7 Lt a 2 Peer e is being watched’ ths rom a general unea - ‘ watch hi an it is to ra siness on this score,: o de fee oul inne or his contacts is Bhat he chek only the slightest indication ee ete ee Service decided to tak uchs the Security ‘ ret, that he was under -. a ¢ exact Although, investigation, foie pees Fisk, and’ they were justified che resune, dicappearance ’ the circumstances of . po re object of the watch was to obtain able in terms of what i pa an eat ee epee he did 4 of contact or of something that zit is quite possible th s called a “tip off” € beanie bt Mechan Tt wae in no sense ite 78 shat [taken flight with Burgess, because ‘ane or ones ~ y was In fi oth ause Onc i wars hoes to prevent him leaving ‘the its purpose 2 combi them noticed circumstances, or’ is perha e country. ty ination of circumsta « ped s ps worth remembering that there they would have bee nces—to which * : 4 Pies Power to prevent & man aga tive, of course—wh particularly sensi- - 2: Jeavin £ no charge can be breton ton their suspicions. ich may have aroused ° feos country. Whether thi we Be ae 2 _ in our security ought Is gap Mr. R. T. Pa og mee A er other question, ond 1'aill come to is an- not the withdrawal i eh soar Did ee Se a@ moment. . “ to it in ments ive chat “tip off.” monde dove. | : . ' - Bo ai why h vicw Proust. - t Mr. David Logan (Liverpool, Score 8 FE third traitor ene that there re Pid pee Division): Would the right ho M itor here at al? .. he Je f~ ~~ BE. r entleman explain how two men in r. Macmillan: 1 am coming to th 4 a Be _ Fesponsible positions and guilty of int. That is another coming to rie we aggravated offence, if proved both an am trying to deal with and i . a ; leave of absence ai the end of the week, possibilities... ...0..4.. , “the = ee aa why both of them, when 1h Although, as I river ttre Tee t .o ae ve the country? . . are not necessarily ¢ of that Th sarily the often” eaorers oe beemnilan The first point was, However, hie possibilty of trying to suy. * - . io have refused week 7 - ie > E it end leave_—which “ have refused wreck a eres seriously considered tip ae! | hee eo unusual—would have put protracted investigations in i: put the man on his possibility have bee to this * iF, i pee guard all the more. And as the object proceediny ave been undertaken, and are é es fer tn was to try to catch him in an action g even at the present time. 7 F va mr which would justify a charge, it was v batt this connection, the name of on 2 peo on ih inaportant not 1o refuse Jeave or any other has been mentioned in the Ho net maa * bee . i i i vantage given to the servant; . but not outside, IT ff * bt, Po te and. as I have tried to explain, there #2 is a hon. Members would expect me 40 : : Poe bn i 4 be event & man Kea law of England to vodtion. He a Me HL and to explain the 3 hr ~~ Wd ae je fee = Executive is not ve ee bi om the , who 1 was he temporary Fira Sock Philby, : i f ] sae rt a charge. Whether there ought to be 1 will the British Embassy ia ctary a q . fe : : i come to in a moment, but that w ‘he ben October, 1949, to y, ba Washington from $ phot t 7 tls law as it then stood, and, ind ed. s ivy to much of th aod bad j La or iT hj stands today. ,..- eee be eed, as ft into been pt ‘Yeakage. Mr Phi by ‘bad’ been i i. ee Lee Lebo been : Poe “SORE efit ie Nevertheless, it seems more ‘haa p ‘ob- they, One PA ow ‘tom the time when A ie spas tt ban har yea Maclean somehow discovered Trinity College. Cambridge Buraes at i ; $ under observation. How, ¥ deen acco od urgess had § Frere Behe ieee ne do not know—we d ow, mmodated with Philby an 4 oe. ines ' not know for coe not know. oe go family at the latter's home in Wachiogton 4 a ia nh ff yon 2nd February, 1950, may well ha | of course, it ib: tp April, 1953; and, 3 Sy anes ne caused Maclean to wonder whethe: his before fh will be realised that no time i 5 ae fain a rally be in America might not eventu- suspicion, -- a was Burgess, under -3 ; ci: heen fi VE uncovered. Looking b ° a a ae gee fo "we may wonder wh ing back on it, It is n ko en See See eth ow known “thai Poe Es tributed to his teadoya fe Ca in ‘Communist associates Me Poy “bad” Z PP PY Aa Mase wae ins one Be ow ae be Be TP | , be was asked, in July, 1951, *2 Bie rs pies ee ess, - CO ee a s 7 ce ~ ut . . a vo. ae FA ee ee Te ee eae ana nee - z Op ge ER RD oe ee a : A are i ach las fr ROA TER. 7 F ; vet ap aie * { 4 } ‘ B- ae
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