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* re ee _ sone hee eee 8 Ta pecpee rh an eTelaing anaa ae“ e was ed AC, A a - - + - AP rad oe a moe Te 7.0 Ue sean cee ot wee ee . . . o ; a le - moe ah tae a eee ene ie Fe mais ‘ ere eee | sa Hg Burgess and Maclean 13 FEBRUA 1956 , (Statement) ~‘*- 2086 | o H point. As to the hammers, they were part . My third comment is that there has ! of the tool equipment of the Polsten Deen a certain amount of speculation ag } - machine gun, and ] do not think that they to the reasons which have led the Soviet tec. would have been useful for ordinary Government to change their ground and ‘ } PUTpPOSeS, ees ukees) ute acu, fo announce, through this interview, the 3 - be eet ce eel by owe oe out. &o. | presence of these men in Moscow. ‘One ; Iau: elutes res mee view is that it was to forestal] awkward i 1» BURGESS AND MACLEAN | - questions during the visit of the Soviet : ~.. (STATEMENT) |:;-:) --“ feaders to this country and to clear the rs: . - “Mz. H. Morrison (by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Forcign to desire. “5°. ; a . The second comment I have to make is ganda purposes and that the two men Were DOt permitled to answer any gues- air, That may be sae. celeste -’ Another view is that after the visit af { , Affairs whether he can make a statement My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, a with regard to the appearance of Messrs, and myself 10 Washingion, and the close ¢ , Burgess and Maclean in Moscow. accord we reached with the United States Meee oe Government on so many -matters, the a The Secretary of State for Forelgn Soviet authorities wished to create distrust Affairs (Mr, Selwyn Lloyd): Yes, Sir, 1 and to drive a wedge, If this is the ex- b ' have ceriain comments to make on tbe planation, they will not succeed, <<“ spe, - . appearance of these two men and their - ety ee gt E a Press conference. First, it brings out into | Mr. Morrison 3 May I ask the right clear relief the consisient lack of candour 800. and learned Gentleman whether a ae of the Soviet authorities in their state- there was anything to prevent the resigna- a ments about these mes. In addition to tion from the Foreign Service of these Bo: what had appeared in the Soviet Press, two persons and their conducting Propa- Be Suggesting that the whole story was £anda on the fines of their opinions is #1 Western anti-Soviet propaganda, in Octo- Our own country? May I also ask bim a ber of Jast year before the debate in the Whether it is not a fact that during the r. House about the two men, my right hon. War, and since, all British Governments Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer have sought the most friendly relaticns - asked Mr. Molotov in Geneva for infor- With the Soviet Union in the cause of - mation about them. Mr. Molotov said peace? Finally, may } ask whethe: there that he was quite unable to provide aay, i now any evidence tat these two men a re "As recently as 12th January, when the ¥&Te agents acting on behalf of a foreign r fight hon. Gentleman the Member for Power or the Communist Party? ox. iexd ‘an Huyton (Mr. H. Wilson) saw Mr. Mr. Lloyd: It is a fact that there is 2 Khrushchev, he put the same question. nothing to prevent anyone in the Foreign r Mr. Khrushchev was reported to have Service from resigning and conducting Ri replied, “ Are they in our country, then? such propaganda in this country, In — ae 1 have not heard anything of them from reply to the right hon, Gentlemans - any Soviet officials, aor have L ever met second question, the answer is definit-ly fo! them, so it stands to reason { cannot that, io my view, all Governments since core: know what they are doing” |“. -°.. the war have sought most genuinely 40» - ; Bo: .. The House must formn its own opinion sk improved relations with the Soviet boas: ders ent: about the veracity of those statements in Union... 1 BIIE HO NIGISTIE wo, view of this latest development. ‘This ‘” As to whether there is any evidence wade kind of conduct shows how difficult it is that these men were Soviet agents. gol to establish the relations of mutual trust suspicion of the person responsible for - wi which the Soviet Union profess so much ,a known Jeakage of information to ‘the Soviet authorities was, as was stated fa the White Paper. narrowed down’ lo | Maclean before he departed. This was with regard to the contents of the state- . : = confirmed by his departure .and, subser . 6 o-v Bp des meat itself The Ho -. will have noted quently, by what Petrov has said.” "No iat it 1S Gesigned iO De Used for propa~ |? ree Suspicion atlached to Burgess befare ‘this departure, but strong suspicion fell on him when be departed. and that, also, has -- 2 tions. In fact. no credence can be placed aan , . , _.-- in their word, There is nothing In the | 9 Confirmed by what Petrov has said. * re cape tt slaizment which causes me to modify that Sir J. Hutchison : Would my right bon. é 2 Poe: View. 7 ~- Toe ertpetee., aod Hearned Friend agree that, if their ve rs ¥F “| “. : teres ee gee BROT Oe er oe whee de deere ee m3 . z1Cc Loe - . non: "a . h vee ae te ee ee TT a os L