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f aa 7 meen coma Soe swy 23, 1952 that Rireese uti}. ezsizned te Vashingten ues acquainted with ama nod te Yeshingtes ted with BOE tocees ‘Tepresentative of the Foreign Yolicy Associntion in Waanington. 2 Ps) PPR , hemp on pet . wAvised be first wct Guy Burgess around January, 1951, at which tine called bin and stated he was interested in questions concerning the Yar Zest. Burgess later cave to his office and at that tine explained that his jod at the British Zubassy was to analyte the motivations anf tendencies of the Auariean attituse toward the Far ast cot caly in regard to the official Governmnt gpinten but alee in regan to the opinion of the general American pudlic, Burgess also vented Gaia to secure varioun published materiale which would adequately reflect the precize public opinion 11 the United Btates with regard to Chins. Wis vow Durgens about four oF five tines betveen January and early March, 2951. Mort of these meetings were in the ber of the National Press Clu), Veshington, D. C. MD observed that Burgess drank bea/ily but was able to hold hia whisky and never seemed to even approach becoming intoxicated. ad) QM atated thet be Aiacuceed with Burgess the course of official Anerican policy toward Ching and tried to analyz for Rim the tendencies, impulses, and eoncepta of the present adalnintration together with its problems in atterpti:~ to follow these concerts vith so many Republican critics bolding different vievw:. It wes RE understaniing that Burcese bad written a report to the Britieh Foreign Office predicated upon the concept that American public opinion with regerd to Chine and the Far Kast depended upon battle reports from Korea. MIRED felt that Burgess believed the rise of Cocmuniea in Ching ves a Chinese ratter which had been acoelerated by the Chiang Asi-stek administration because of the latter's ineffieient and dishonest methods. GMM also felt that it was of areat tmortn-+ to Burgess on @ student of China that the Chinese situation bo allowed to fallor through in its own right to 8 natural conclusion and that 1% bothered Burgess to think that the United Etates might try to control the Chineso aituation. Burqess never told gg mich sbout bis background, Ee 14 sention having worked on Fer Eastern affairs in tho British Poreicn Office in London prior to coalng to the United States. Durgsse talked w great deal about H.A.R.roliby of the Britian Subdassy vith whon be vas residing. AME never et Foilvy but recognized the neve because tho latter's feather bed teen famous as as expert on Arabian. Burges told Quite vhat o nice fellow rbilby ve, that he (Burgesn) liked Philby very ‘TZ much but because of the crovded conditions in the Philby household he was in~ or terested in securing en apartment of b/s own. eo a an