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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 1
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a fight for freedom and that frecdom was always worth fighting for. BURGESS
replied by saying, *J'1] never fight for freedom again, they will have to
ii} me before I go back into aervice®. BURGESS explained that he had
faught for freedom once in the last war and that after it hed been achieved,
the United Nutions had allowed another war to start in Korea, After this the
United States and the United Nations had gone into this war when they had
reason to do #0- 2 kL BAT hae er ae ‘'*
BURGESS told 4M that he planned to go back to Great Britain on vacation
in the fall of 1951. He did not mention plans for wacation outside of Britain,
in Europe, the Soviet Union or sny other part of the world. However, in
reference to the Sovict Union, BURGESS did comment by saying that he would
Vike to go to the USSK ae a Representative of the British Foreign Service.
DRTESS said be could learn and do many interesting things in the USSR.
BROESS did not specifically say what he meant by interesting things, but
from the conversation Sia felt that BURGESS had « gencral interest in {@)
Resia and its Goverrment.s
In quam: opinion, BURGESS felt sympathetic towards the Soviet tinton. He
dasel this on BUHGESS! reference to Korea, his interest in Russian affairs,
as ¥ell ag his statement that he could learn and do many interesting things
in tos USSK. Wgpyb could not recall any other specific statements releti )
to Resia, ‘e
After riding with BURSESS for sometime, @MMNE became alarmed and thought
ssibyy BURGESS might not be a diplomat, but rather that he might be a spy.
lasgd this on the fact that BURGESS asked him questions relative to
whom thought would win the war in Korea, what branch of the service
hat been in during the last war and questions as to the number of men
win the United States Naval Service and in the United States Air Force,
QM ind.cated that on these occasions he replied that he had no way of @
knowing tle number of men so maintainod in the armed Services,
BURGESS apprared interested also in the american Jet Fighter and inasmuch as
had told him that he had been in the Air Corp, BURGESS asked him several
questions relative to the performance of this Fighter. GMM told him that
the Americar Jets, as a group, were protvably the best in the world and gav:
good performance with a minimum of service porformances
QM felt a strongly that BURGESS probably was a spy that he askud an officer
of the Virgirle State Police, soon after his arrest, if BURGESS actually was
@ British Diplomat or might be an expionage agent. This officer told aiige
that the papers that BUEGESS carried on his person indicated that BURGESS was
a bonafied British Diplomat.
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BURGESS aleo colds that he had friends who worked in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
whon he planne] to visit before returning to Washington, De Ce BURGESS
did not tell Qi the type of work that these friends of his pursuod in
Oak Ridge or sake any comments relative to their status. rt
GRAM observes that BURGESS carried two cameras and a tripod in his sarc )
on
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