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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 1
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BURGESS did not appear at all distressed over qs arrest and
continued to drive BURGESS' car proceeding on Route 301 and then transferring
to Route 17 enroute to Charleston, &. Co
At approximately 11:00 or 12:30 P.M. <P ani BURGESS arrived at a tourist
court on Route 17 some 60 miles north of Charleston. BRP and BURGESS
inmedictely retired end arose at approximately 7930 or 8:00 4.N. on the
following morning and proceeded to Charleston, arriving there at 10:30 Aud
Qm this day BURGESS personally did the driving. @
BURGESS registered at a hotel, the name of whi: gannot recall, but
QE indicated that this hotel is a large hotel on the main street in
Charleston and is directly across from # large park which occupies practically
an entire City block, While registering at this hotel, BURGESS met two
women and three men Who obviously were friends of his, These wen ware
approximately the same build as BURGESS and the womcn were in their WOta.
BURGESS told qu that this group of individuels wore 21] employees of the
British Ooverrment in the United States. @@BMBppointed out that ho could
not give a more accurate description of these individuals because he had -
to opportunity to observe them fer any length ore time and, at th: time, had
e@bsclutely no interest in them. -
Inssmoch es @@MW has spent wore time with BURGESS than he had originally
anticipated, it now became too late for him to attend the ear auction in
dacksonvilles BURGESS felt that he was largely responsible for Qe
failure to attend the auction and, therefore, paid TUCK $35600 for
work as BURGESS! chauffeurs BUNGESS purchased a railroad ticket for
transportation from Charleston to Richmond, Virginia where could -
attend another auctions ‘his purchase was made by BURGESS at a ticket agency
located in the basement of the hotel] in Charleston at which he registered.
It was recollection that BUKGESS paid $12.00 for this ticket. (gp)
MM specifically recalls that BURGESS introduced himself as a British
Diplomat. He recalls that in a casual conversation with BURGESS, he and
BURGESS discussed the merits of American and British motor vehicles as well as
American roads versus British roads, After a brief discussion of theso
topics the conversation turned to Communism. is uncertain as to the
exact monncr in which the conversation began, but, at any rate, BURGRSS
somnited that if the United States and Great Britain did not watch themselves
ani wateh the people in high offices, "we would all be run by’ Communi sta" «ay
The conversation then turned to the Korcan situation and BURGESS asked ip
What he thought about the Korcan war. ‘@RRMW told BURGESS that he felt the
A-Bomb ahould be used by the Americans against the North Koreanse BURGESS
replied by saying that"it should not be used because other countries have the
&-Borb too, and plans for just as effective bombs as those possessed by the
fmoricans*s @
The discussion continued and egg told BURGESS that the Korcan war represented
we
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