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cane ene ee ere rery ot hed + caliee BE te + _ ele oe ee Ce ee ee ed ie As cow et: ne nce 1521 Former (e,, mn) 7 NOVEMBER 19S5 ene ¢ 1522 Mo I think that in the Civil Service | We are much obliged to the Forcign generally, and to some extent in focal Secretary for telling us about Philby. povernment—whether it is more so in the There are definite statements that the ~-7-~: Foreign Office I do not know—there is family are missing and no doubt if it... ‘a tendancy generally to help colleagues should become of significance the right “~~~ ‘out of trouble. In some cases that is bon. Gentleman will be good enough to Tight but in some cases the colleagues inform the House, = > = ought to be fcft in trouble and ovght to J come to my conclusions. 1 think that “-<%- be fired. But do not Jet the House think any wild of extreme criticism of the from this that there is any legitimate Foreign Service would be unfair and ‘charge against the Civil Service that they would be wrong. J] fave met @ large eee oe ; B 4 Have mel & large | wk , would seck to protect a man who had pumber of the members of the Service, 9°" jbeen guilty of espionage agains: his as have other hon. Members without ...----—- youny- Lat matier ame te erkeverrotee experience of Ministerial office, in other |. The next question I ask myself is; Countries. It is clear that the Secretary ~~ tos Macleat and therefor. Bee: of State must be the master of the Denart- © NTipped off, as the saying i? Or sas bt MEN Isrespective of what his political ~~ t Tee in confidential papers which O©P!nions may be, but the latest reforms... . warned him? am inclined to think Were made as recently as war-time, 0. that he was tipped off by somebody. If, There have, of course, been roughly ~~~: - so, I wish we could find the somebody. { three stages in the history of the British : 1 am inclined to think that these men | Foreign Service. There was the old days, were tipped off. Certainly it was a E When aristocratic gentlemen became remarkable coincidence that I should have [| #™@bassadors without any pay at all. Thea given that order on 25th May and they * there was the later period when competi- «"~" " t were missing on the night of 25th May, Wve recruitment had developed in part : arn ~ “ Bul not to 15 present Standard. ihen ~-.--- { have received a letter from a there were the reforms initiated by the tespected friend of mine whose judgment present Prime Minister and, as has been of men and affairs I respect. He asks said, largely carried out by Mr. Ernest Ine not to give his name, although it is VID. 5. Ee HO ANE ra Ot available to the Foreign Office if they The second stage of Foreign Office... want it and if it is any use to them. He : = Oe a aa does not want to be pursued with pub- people have survived and their ideas are - licity in this matter because it is not very "5! 9U! i t id vectuitmene the poste «=~ nice. This is what he says: war, reformed recruiument. There are... err survivals but time will solve that probe 5... “J was very interested to read your remarks lem, and ft if passing. They are largely - oe becatse ? know them both and actiatywunchey University men—all of them J suppose in with Maclean the day before he disappeared. the bigher reaches. That is true of the -<° ~ The point I wanted 10 mention to you was bome Civil Service as well. Whether it that 00 that fey J am sure that he hag no is necessary that there should be sucha did. He spoke t te #0 Germalh’ of hig niet, high proportion of university people 1 do “~*~ affairs Be wiles confinement net hav pias Bot Know. Whether the products of acs... for the immediate future that J am convinced Primary and secondary education could he was not then intending to Icave the country. get through I do not know. ‘Many This makes me feel that subsequent to meetin i ities - me on oath Mag be teers t wnat who are now gelting to the universities that he was under euspicion aod immediately started their education in primary schools, >: left the country with Burgess fi may be, HCY get through by certificates and com- ~" therefore, that someone in the Forcign Office petitive examinations —which did not hap? “227 2": | told him on 25th May that you had authorised pen in the early days—and enter ; 7 him to be questioned 1 8 blic .. service: - Recruitment” to “the = * ~*~ } - Of course, it was not only the Foreign Foreign Service, so far as } know, is sub-, seve. , Office who knew, for the Security Service stantially the same in principle as recnuit- } Knew as well. J read that letter for what ment to the home Departments, that # 7%" is worth as the impression of a man to say it is all through the Civil Service’ ~~ who Junched with Maclean that day be- Commission. The examination is somes --*= + -- , fore his departure, Tam inclined to think what different from that for the home _ that Maclean was tipped off by somebody Departments but by and large it is not i who knew what wae aning tn hance meme micle: Aferent ow et aM AMG wees Wes BOINE W appr - CDOTMOUSsIY GINCTENL ~~ eee eR Ue, fete et a errs vo Pr ee ne ee wee re = RT Oe Te <i WN Se ee area oe - sk ee ‘ . hao a | Seed ee EE CE ae eae By eS om 4