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According to@filis he Los not seen Burgess since 1940 nor does be posseas any knowledge of Burgess' present whereabouts. Be mentioned thst bis contacts with Burgess vere of a purely social nature es fer as be can recall. He pointed out that Burgess attended a numer of cocktail i° parties at his home and be likevise attended a nucber of similar parties at the Burgees homes. In his opinion Aurgess hed a brilliant mind with a keen analytical outlook on political and economic matters, ap stated that Burgese told bim he was helping a group of individuals who vere acting @8 consultants to Winston Churebill and that Burgeos' field was Ruseia and India. <M recalled that he sew in the possession of Burgess a book had been autographed by Winston Churchill. @lip atated be believed Burgess was anti-Russiea and throughout ' his contacts he had no reason to suspect thet Burgess might be a menber of any Russian eppionage ring. Hs further aid not recall anything which would lead him to consider Burgess as being Commmistically inclined. He aes » €44 not know of Burgess' close associates, but stated that be knew : SN 0) Beh better than he koew Burgess and that he vas cognizant of the fact that these two traveled in a literary group with which Burgess was associated. He said be knew Burgece was a homosexual and was given to excessive drinking. (@ volunteered that he never knew Donald D. Maclean and that his first information concerning MacLean vas obtained as a result of bis reading the newspaper accounts of Maclean's disappeerance with Bi | RM wentioned that he was expecting to be interviewed comerning Burgess by reason of the fact that he recently received a cablegrem directed to bim at Buenos Aires, Argentins, and forvarded to him in Wastingtia, D. C. This cablegren waa from a reporter on the English newspaper “Daily Express" who ves making inquiries of hiu concerning his knowledge of Burgess. (@ . The information contained herein is for your confidential infornetion and is not to be Gisseminated outside of your Lgency. if Qe .