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aie. wr aaa Jescribed BURGESS as an agreeable type of individual put steted thet be seemed to be very reatlese and agitated. He ssid that BURSESS had « feeling that the United States was headed fer doom becsuse of having gotten confused and bogeed down with regaré te Oriental effairs. ‘ said that he never considered BURGESS to be sy.pathetic to the Soviet Union, but said that he Gid get the idea from conversations with BURGESS that the latter felt that America's egtimate of Russia‘e inclina~ tdcns and intentions exaggerated, ates he al ined e also gained the inpression that BURGESS was very tolerant of hussia's role in world C2) affairs. QR advised that BURGESS was very friediyin manner and seemed almost desperate in his seeking of friends. stated BURGESS made a very pour personal appearance, pointing owt that be never wore a hat, his hair was always tousled, and his fingernails were always very dirty. @oRgi stated that EURJESS liked to drive his convertible car with the top down in the wintertime and to make @ Jot of noise with it. He stated that BURGESS would continually pace the floor while talking anc was a very pnconventional type of individual. WOME expressed the opinion that it would be interesting, from a psychological point of view, to detemnine the reason for FURGESS! "flamboyance™ and hia apparent revolt from rs conventions. { further advised that in one discussion he had with BURGESS, the latter had meade known his general dislike for the United States Congress, in particular the attitude cf som members sf Congress toward homosexuals in the State Department, MMW explained that st about this time Senator KeCARTHY had been making accusations concerning pro-Communists in the State Department, and that information conterning homosexualiem in the State Department was at that time linked to some extent in Congress with the pro-~Communist investigations, @Q0NMMB stated that BURGESS seemed to consider the fact that investigation of homosexuals was being made by Congress as a personal affront. AMM stated that the details of statements made by BURGESS in this cannection were vague in his memory; but that BURGESS’ general attitude toward homosexuals led him to believe that BURIESS was also a homosexual, @MjMMMM stated that for a time be had considered inviting BURGESS to his home, but because of the possibility that BURGESS was a howcsexual, be didn't want him around and no ionger desired to continue his friendship with BURGESS. 5