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toe FROM , weet Record for 2 - marked for the portions of moepy of the original mesiorandum, pay te clipped, mounted, and placed in appronrie Pureov or. or s3bject metter files. - Memorandum ren ' 2 i) The Director PATE all : WN. P. Callahan ; \ Dages Hi265-H1278. Congressman Ashbrook, (R) Ohio, spoke cor.ceralng the Otepka case. He stated "His case gives a penetrating insight fags o ii> icessionable State Department policies which have found lax security, favociis-a, subversion, immorality, and dishonesty tolerated if not fostered, white £¢ the same time honest public servants are given the kangaroo court or .0==t22! cold-shoulder treatment. - - - - The vital need for unbreachable 7 security procecures has been pointed up during the past two decades by many czSésS Of Cerections, disappearances, suicides, arrests, scandals, and the like bu: uswhere, rot even in the phenomenal Richard Sorge case, have there been { gitcc af mee sitions to rival those of Harold 'Kim' Philby, Gu}-Burgess, and Don Maclean a. «S.0>00k set forth information concerning activities of Philby, Burgess _an6 ..ac.é2n. Ee pointed out that "With recent disclosures in the British press SSeS SS Se See a ee Fee Fe EP eee re were keh phe je-o-e Can remain littie doubt as to who was responsible for the intelligence | ‘265.2 in Washington which s0 benefited the Chinese Reds. Philby arrived in We2.ing-ca as British liaison to the FBI and CIA and in November 1950, Maclea .ci=s to TYashington as head of the Foreign Office's American department. Wns Tes nington Post of October 16, 1857, excerpted material from the wee ne enccon cundcey Times relating to Maclean's role in the Korean affair. ™ 7, Lo. #=Si2200k also comments on other cases of lax security by the State — tPegmeng ee mamAl thm bento RAR AeR A Tslicemez and the treatment accorded certain personnel by the State —Spacttr.ent ior their efforts in trying to enforce strict security regulations. Liv. ASzorock concluded "Otto Ctepika illustrates the torturous ordeal that > core government employees must go through when they challenge the cl.cialcom in Washington, particulezly in the State Department. is ease stancs aS an indictment of the S&iate Department and its policies. " . - = TOT FRCCTLES S42 ES 1S B65 on ee ee - — Ff wos reviewed and pertinent items were irector’s a.tenfion. This form has been prepared in order that In the original / a memorandum captioned and dated as above, the Congressioncl Sem So tne teem eg et Re ae ne we 3 . - -_ « . - .