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in ye ft yo Mr. Tolson ——___—___— * Ms. Boardman BRITAIN’S SPIES 7) Me. Nichols BRITAIN’S missing diplomats—the-Mec- ae j Mr. Belmont -Burgess case—have given our . ; Mr. Harbo Titish friends a major communist spy Mr. Mohr Ly praflem. Milton Berliner's roundup of the je! Mr. Parsons « fasginating case makes good reading on Page 37 today and points up why it ig still “ Rosen a headache on both sides of the Atlantic. The White Paper issued by the govern- . Mr. Sizoo — ment stil leaves many questions unenr Mr. Winterrowd swered, It also leaves the government— . both the present Conservative and former le tices Labor ~governmenis—open to grave sus- An oun picion of bungling and underestimating Miss Gandy —____ the seriousness of this case. . .. The most damaging new evidence con: ny tributed by the White Paper is disclosure f- cain aye that on the very day one of the diplomats wt ( Uy 1 was to be questioned by security officers, after months of dilly-dallying, the two men disapyéared. . This poses the probability that some- ] Le. hee Be one in a very high position in the British BY Lifter JUS Jie a Government or security administration - Lays ‘ ~ * tipped off the men to flee. PER FOIA REQU ==. oe _ The serious problem for the British Gov- ; ernment now is—is the person who tipped off the diplomats to scram still operating? ‘ Not only should that question worry”, Britishers; it also should temper future’ eriticism in Britain of the American se- curity program. Soviet espionage is international. It isk time the free world accepted this unpleas- ant fact. It is also time the free world’ -secognized that the weakest part of its military alliance is the failure to work 4 together to combat espionage. In the end, defense against espiotmgemay be more = important than defense against armed ; aggression. eet . ager a ee ye : Wash, Post and Times Herald — c Wash. News a Wash. Star N, Y. Herald - dai . -. Tribune 7 N. Y. Mirror —_._ Daily Worker The Worker ‘ New Leader jo ie ET . ¢ NOT RECOROTO . . . tad 126 OCT 12 1955 aay ree oer peer Re ee gy $4 OCT 131955 23h)