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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 3
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Lincoln Continental and he had pa i between two signs designating a
no parking loading zone, telling MMM that he didn't hove to worry about
being illegeliy parked since he diplonat.
MBF 5256 that during the time that he had some association
with BURGESS, the latter talked about joining the Metropolitan Club in
Washington, Db. ©., but he had decided against doing thet hecanse of the
six months waiting period required after the tiling of an application.
BURGESS then talked about joining the Press Club and QM told hin that
be would make sone inquiry to deteimine if he were eligible for membership
because of his position with the British Embassy. @iMMMyciated that in
March, 1951, he wrote BURGESS a lre‘ter,’ enclosed a Press Club application
blank, and promised to sponsor his membership and to introduce him to two
other-potential sponsors, AM@@MBW stated that he had never heard from BURGESS
on this matter.
advised that when tie had first learned from the press and
radio that two Pritish Diplomats were missing, even before their names were
published, he was sure that PURGTSS vas one of then, not because he was a
Communist, but because he was a restless type of person and seemed so de-
pressed ty his feeling that the United States rus going to get the-rest
of the world in a lot of trouble by yushing further in China than it should.
QUAM seid that EURGESS was excited and disturbed by attitudes in this
country, and that he, @@MMM, could well imagine ‘BUKGHSS looking for a
refuge in the Soviet Union or anywiere else for that matter. MMA said
that he had alro considered the possibility of BUKGESS' losing his mind.
reiterated that the reason ne believed that BURG might go to
Russia was because BURGESS took politics so seriously and thought the
United States was creating difficulties in the world which need not exist.
stated that he had never discussed Comannism with BUy
and that BURGESS had never said anything ebout Communisn to him &@
pointed out that BURGASS had gone to Cambridge Unive y, and that he
considured hin to have a good family background. @@QRMMBM said that it was
his opinion thal BURGESS felt it more important to establish family position
than idealistic motives.
vised that BURGSS had never indicated to him that he
was befng recalled to England, and said that he was in fact astonished to
learn that he had returned, because BURGESS had informed him that he expected
to remain in the United States at least two or three years.
~h-
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