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oo ' hh + FSAL | Former Foragn Office’ J NOVEMBER 4955 Officials—Disappearance 1588 ety tJ ry = wa Ants 3 Mr. Peyton: Further to that point of . “Although the Foreign Office fs dead sure i order. Would you cue, Mr. Depuiye Ehiby ce te 25 May ody Ghat ao iia. Speaker, to enlighten the hon. and gallant being fired ee by -. to - entleman on what he Owes 0 yourself ge of the fact that the “dame” ot i, seve oe } er and the House? on ces. eee ws eect Mr. Philby had already been reproduced _ uy ~; nit. Deputy-Speaker (Sir Rhys Hopkin . in print outside the House, I do not think +. io. Morris}: That ts not a point’ of order; ” it is quite accurate for the Foreign Secre- ‘ Lp pews Fhe bon. and gallant Member is himself tary, if he was sufficiently well-informed he rr oe responsible for any statement he makes in in the matter, to suggest that the name of 3 ee So ae the Howse, © ee ci, . One man has been mentioned here and . if - % ge ge eee tr bate date mest a, outside, That is just not an accurste - 3. meses fe Bett Mi. Tomney: Will you, Mr. Deputy- representation of the position. «7 sud,0. + | PE ses Speaker, give the hon. and gallant Mem- ; . . 3 b. we Sere". ber directions that he should inform the Mr. R. Brooman-White (Rutherglen) : so - House? og ae eth tee, wish to ask the hon. and gallant Gentle . te = - Ce te eee ty" tceve 7 Man to clear up one point. He has a > a a ae Afr, Deputy-Speaber: 3 cannot give great deal of information about this, Has * tye : any such directions, Every hon. Member that name been mentioned outside. the : bi ed is responsible for any statement he makes House fn this country fa any circum * \é ad ~ in the House, and the hon. and allant stances which would leave the way open (. tae £ mba, Member is likewise responsible in this for Iegal action by the maa whose ‘name E tE-~ ° : j _ at Bera a an Peatcte ar has been smeared? ey ni tye fee Bs +4 if we! . + Mr. H. G. McGhee (Penistone): You - Licut.Colonel Lipton: T° am ‘dealing r ‘be ~ gE. a do not know him, Mr. Deputy-Speaker... with the sacment of the Foreign Secre- is . mae Yam serv glad (ft. I did not know what he was going ee “7 Lieut.-Cofonel Lipton: I am very glad, at a Hitle white rr 2 I ir. Deputy-Specher, ioe Ty Baa. tg say. All I know is that a Hele etn me sere fe SFEGak PY ARES et sea YL -s : helped 10 dispel the queer illusions which 48° the Foreign patctary said, in a very i r E i & r ¥ [ & *- . : bese : ‘ , carcfully prepared part of his speech, that f 7 a . cote ee in the Ouse and not outside. I produce oe “ES, Aye ' I made as careful » note as I Possibly evidence to indicate that when the name i; i. . x oF could of what the Foreign Secretary said of this man was mentioned in the House Pee hoe ChE: in his speech. Hie said, © There are still it had already appeared in print outside,- a. Co ke inquiries being made. e name of one -- . ‘ _ = Boog. man“—I am quoting as accurately as nae he bad bese reaty wo mosh e the 1% a ssible-—“has been mentioned ,in the i snatinn = . : ; eer oa. investigation into the leakage. -1 do hot : t + wee House of Commons, but not outside.” I uarre] with that. “I expect that i« 2 eres ae hope that Tam not quoting the right hon. cocurste Statement of the” “beos iss ‘are ae Gentleman inaccurately. My first com- it his duty, ine oes a emt ment on that i that in itself the state- # Was part of his duty, in the position .F pe Bb: ment is inaccurate, because the name.of h€ occupied at Washington, to discharge ae re: this man bas been mentioned outside the Certain responsibilities in connection with ere ee Oe House of Commons. Not only has it Security, But what the Foreign Secr ;s canbe be beco mentioned, but it has appeared in Went On to say was that Mr. Philby was en nade - » RTO se eee ge kt aie rie of Bevgess at ei College, : 5 f iN 4 “ * Ihave now had sent to me a copy of - associations during and after his univer: i i 7 «4° the American newspaper the Sunday sily days, and that in those circumstances ! : = . ae | * News of 23rd October, that is to say, The he was asked to resign from the Foreiga i eae BeeerB ad ie Sunday before the House resumed after Office on Ist July, 1951 . : eo ot See a ae the Summer Recess, from which j eee Lge d fete ee co ee. + extract the followin quotation from a --- 2 sup ECSt that this part of the Foreign .* ° 34: uc. Fong article enti + “Identify ‘Third Secretary’s speech is.on a par with the a ER Mn? ho helped spying officials flee verbal gymnastics that were displayed io a eneaet ae Britain.” The quotation which J wish in another place by a Government spokes- a, he en j . to extract from this article reads «ag man and is not as frank as i ought t 2. : @ iegpuse... | - follows—and do pot forget that this be. The only interpretation I can place t Farrer ae nee 35. article was published on 333g Octobez, on these remarks—if [ am quoting the * Be Teh oo 4 vo that is to say, two or three days before right bon. Geatleman correctly—is that ; 3: oe 2 ae / the House resumed: . irra Because of these Communist associations - “$: min es AR - leg gag tare ate ane espe fe Oo Coc te . - +f . . woot a as 5, ot ol = soe — . . . ~ ° we. _ Bec tiple Fe ST °. ee” Cerne ere BO pe ere . Z * fan eee a, PER et oo