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PET RL MEE CRRA - Deere pcr ser agp ROR EE Lh RII NO IE EE: 2a, eape Daan! Meg 18 Sage pps Pee Fo arte tpn Lpeigh Y ttes aie 2 eae ae pte a the te Bika ‘ Pe he we oe : Sanat tenn NET Cy Pr Veg pea ; . 7 ° ee — Tah 609° Former Farclgn Office’ F 'NOVEMBER 1957 Officials-ireppearant, wid 0" Fuchs had been treated. But ft was hoped either in this or any other couvtry. That =.00' by using this method, to get enough does not guarantee us Against future evidence apainst Maclean to treat him disasters, but % does give the strongest specifically as Fuchs was treated, and assurance that ¥ can give to the House, that the intention was exactly the same with all the fesponsibilities that in the Maclean case as in the Fuchs case, me, that we have done si that |we 1 think that is right, and I think that js _ Go within the flaw... ¢7- ~~» necessary, but what the bon. Gentleman we tli. nt Was |: wesw. seh I want to connect ‘with that the ==. ware nb et urity Service and say something about : toe og wt & Seti New dts pO ge ? = * ei toon fo. Mr. Crossman : Surely, the trouble ig A¥) Sight hon. Friend spoke of the ” lye ten that Fuchs was not “tipped off,” whereas ‘Seditable piece of detection by which the 1/7" " i "in the case of Maclean, if we understand pecurity Service got on the trail of a spyo fe <<, t foe: oe ee aright, the denial of ‘secret paper ortunately, I cannot explain in detail + " s. to. A at : ing?.w; Ui, how’ the Security Service follow. Br: Maciean Bave him warning? 1 TD Maclean's activities and eventually “eh Ye : The Prime Minister: ¥- wonder. 1 tected them, ¥ admit—and one has to steer S know the hoa. Gentleman said that— tay this to the House—that this is somes TT 1 am afraid that I am not familiar with thing that has been concealed from ne al the details of what secret papers were ouse and must continue to be concealed, hopped end what were allowed to go *or good reasons, ¥ cannot and I shal through. It could have tipped him off, Pot reveal the methods and sources on, --—-- but IT amagine that it was very inteHigeatly Which our Sccurity Service relies, but) oo. done. 1 would rather doubt—though there is one thing that 1 can say tha. J do not know—whether that was what Might help the House about this.’ >= tipped him off. I was rather puzzled ‘ at he The Foreign Secretary mentioned the. . = when the hon, Gentlenian went on to ask initial information on which the Security z neces why the Government at that time did Service was working in 1949. J think bere nol wara the ports and withdraw. the is quite true that the right hon. Gentle- Ser! PASSPOMMB.. eee caet aerate oe eH man was not informed until the spring’ 7.22. i “ear t tet Of F951, the reason for that, as I under’... -. _ Mr. Crossman : No, I did sot say that. stand it, being that even thea and I have. me, ae Mictctees Welt occa a, 10 be careful how express this—the ¢ tin The Prime Minister: Well, somebody of evidence was pretty thin when they? zane else did, That, most cenainly, would informed him. Before then, it was of very. ©?“ ° - have alerted him completely. ‘It would little, value, However that may be, my =| have been a most fatal step to take, right hon. Friend referred to the fact that. <“""~ because if we had alerted the ports all during that period after 1949, over a long! => =~ found the country—end they are very oriod in ne " i aN ae riod, a ficld of investigation was open. atte Humerous—it must have been known to. phigh covered 6,000 people and: th memena e a very large number of people, and would indi certainly have got back in due course fo Maclean. Personally, if I may put my aan View, 1 think the Government were right Je also indicates the continuing informa “*~-~" ~~ Dot to warn the ports and not to withdraw tion on which it rested. . More than that? 900 wu: Passports, but were, rent fo uy fo J am not prepared to cay, ton trate nt OO . th treat him as they ueat e Fuchs case: -y in every other fase’ oh cee 8B Fach on, Wat fhough it worked in the coumerespionage, Wi ot Goon meek: cance pH Fuchs case, it did Dot work in this one.” tial not to Jet the others know what POU. cova 9 +1 should Dike ‘to say ‘one final word know. ‘As one hon. Gentleman rightly’ sere be 4 { about the question of the present arrange- said, we must not ‘fet them know all wet -<- af ate Ments in respect of the Foreiga Ofhce, I know Jest that might guide them to know? ior say this deliberately, after having spent, F how we know it. That was the problem. ane can assure the House, wery much more which tere has been throughout this 0? f ms time on this topic than 1 would have case. ‘I cannot say any more about tha notes if Wished over the last year. 1 am con-, than that this consideration played a fear Foreign Office is now following a corr we have been dealing with ¢ and careful security proces, and that. Ms standards ‘are uow ¢ car, 4 : Having part throughout all the years wheg? *-: » 2& Prime Minister, that & his case." “ Some hon. Members of this House may: es > 7 have had the experience which 1 once bad", aii : ° Poa ers ~ oe ee “ep. a a nn, Ca a ie ep ta i eee Fatt bid tel is » - . 4 é + ao