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knew BURGESS very well. was also acquainted with the literary crowd at the Cafe Royal. (on) SS probably as well as anyone knew BURGS. in the group. : He said that be did not know 49M very well but . did know that probably knew BURGESS better than anyone oie @) ROMNEPY steted that al ‘ probably knew BURGESS and added that this was the only person whom he knew that BURGESS might have known in the United States. @) eee 8° stated that BURGESS. aly mentioned the name of a person named whose last name could not recall and stated thatagP knew BURGESS as well as @ORRRIDIRy @) recollection during the first interview with him was that BURGESS was a person of weak character who affected him very slightly as a friend, a person who, in opinion and paraphrasing the Time magazine speculation, would have very easily gone off on some emotional flight, but aetgieem. stated that he could not conceive of BURGESS's committing a major crime. In this connection MMB drew what he intended to be a parallel in BURGESS' moral behavior between his homosexuality and patriotism, stating that although BURGESS was a homosexual, he was not the type who would commit a serious crime, for example the molesting of children, further stated that although he knew BURGESS to have been a staunch supporter of the Spanish Loyalists and their 708 ed — did not believe him capable of the major crime of treason, stated that actually he had nothing to support any of his views with respect to BURGESS and was completely at a loss oe ane aerate -2 A Me