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< _ & FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Fors No.1 Thiscasconinareo ar WASHINGTON, De Ce ; PH rnenoc, QQS0RF rac ROORT MADE AP “ERENT TE PHILADELPHIA, PA. 6/30/51 | /: eae * | rte DATE WHEN REPORT MADE BY MADE, re _ ; wT CHARACTER OF CASE UNKNOWN SUBJECT, +o, ana ga, | “ESPIONAGE ~ R cael | A advised GUY BURGESS visited ‘ . them in Pennsylvania in June or July, 1950, and October, 1950. } BURGESS and mother, EVE BASSETT, visited at Gippy Plantation in South Carolina 4/5~8/51. .BURGESS described as i brilliant, very nervous, emotionally unstable, and heavy drinker. BURGESS defended British China policy to@R@Pand in- dicated he was member of Labor Party and in favor of British - Socialism. BURGESS wrote shortly before sailing for England, promised to write later, adding, "I'll put some politics in it too. I'm v. (very) depressed."* JOHN R. ” BURGESS! stepfather in London, by letter of 5/23/51 edvises ames tat BURGESS had arrived in London shortly before 5/12/51 but had been out of London most of time since and that BURGESS! future was uncertain because he wanted to serve only in London. BURGESS rote SE in August and September, 1950, indicat: he had been in contact in Washington with her niece Epa: eer creer! ed 01 ay , and of British Embassy. " BURGESS reported to have been in Charleston, S. C., in March, 1951, to make speech at The Citadel, SQMMMBMMES learned that during this visit, BURGESS drank to excess and made himself generally un are of Phila, met BURGESS at n 4/5/51 and found him bright-minded and well informed but captivated by crackpot economic ideas. SQQMMAMEANMMEME of Phils. met BURGESS at game time and considered him "smart aleck"t but good conversationalist and intelligent: eemceenrrtraPearmamrerermnnon ct advised he was in Cairo when DONALD MacLEAN was there. nsidered him intelligent, conscientious but associated with fast, fun— loving group. A@MMBNMMD advised MacLEAN was criticized by French SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: