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negligently failed to pack when he left @RgmM@MMMMBMr after this visit. expressed his opinion, based on this experience, that BURGESS was very carcless and thoughtless about his methods of life. pa ring BURGESS' visit to . on the above occasion, advised he talked with BURGESS regarding international affairs, including the British China policy. advised that BURGESS was well versed on this question and skillfully presented the British Government's thesis that it was wiser to recognize Commnist China and foster relations between China and Great Britain than to refuse to recognize her and force China into closer rapprochement with the USSR. a». gels recalled that BURGESS impréssed him as @ staunch defender of British Socialiam and that is is his recollection that BURGESS told him he wag.a member of the Labor Party in Great Britain. ~After BURGESS’ first visit, MMe received two undated, handwritten letters from him in Washington, D.C. These istters are quoted below in their entirety since portions of them may possibly be of significance in the course of this investigation. Envelope postmarked Washington, D, C., 7:30 PM, Aug. 15, 19450, addressed to Pa.," from "G>RURGESS, British Mnbassy, Washington, D. C." "British Bnbassy "Dear Serna "I have just finished writing my mother a letter (which she will of course show to Jack) telling her about my visit to ae It wld. be mich easier if private correspondence cld. adopt the technique of official correspondence - because then you wld. have a copy of my letter to her & wld. see for yourself how very much I enjoyed it & how very grateful I am. As it is I shall have to try & convince you ~- & I can't write skillfully enough to express what an impressive place in the sense of ex- pressing in detail a way of life I found the sggpeiMAa to be, quite apart from the sheer loveliness of the sticks and stones, the box & the vistas - they being only the material out of which you and your husband seem to me to have the other & bigger thing. I really did enjoy it and also meeting your friends & members of your family — who of course also fitted in & helped to make it. -