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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 5
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LONDON~-CONSERVATIVE DUNCAN SAN D OMMONS THAT ONE OF aN
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| _ MINISTER. OF STATE KENNETH YOUNGER GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN, SAID THERE :
~ WAS NO CLUE TO THE MISSING MeN-~DouALD De “WACLEAN, CHIEF oF THE oy
"AMERICAN SECTION OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE, AND GUY sURGESS, FORMERLY
ATTACHED TO THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN WAS KINGTON,
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT AYARE THAT BURGESS HAD "ANY =. |
~ COMMUNIST ASSOCIATIONS OF A KIND TO THROW DOUST ON HIS RELIABILITY,*
SANDYS, WHO IS WINSTON CHURCHILL'S SON-IN-LAW, ASKED IF YOUNGER IMPLIED:
THAT THE HIGHLY COMMUINIST VIEWS, WIDELY EXPRESSED BY HR, BURGESS,”
LD BE ANY STRETCH OF OFFICIAL TOLERANCE BE REGARDED AS CONSISTENT
/WLTH HOLDING A POSITION OF CONFIDENCE IN A MINISTER'S OFFICE,” 3. -
“ET IS GOVERNMENT POLICY NOT TO HIRE COMMUNISTS OR DANGEROUS 97. °:
~ FELLOW TRAVELERS IN POSITIONS "THE NATURE OF WHICH IS VITAL TO THE | ~ é
SECURITY OF THE STATE," YOUNGER SAID, HE SAID THAT GOVERNMENT waD |?
* MADE SECURITY CHECKS OF BURGESS WHICH CLEARED HIM IN THE GOVERNMENT
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