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ng for people whose mentality makes them sympathetic to ‘ommunist doctrine, especially those who are in the throes f vouthful idealism and revolt, the builders of the Commu. nist spy system have recruited people who will surrender their consciences-as well as their intellects to {he Commu nist cause. If caught young enough, most of them can be kept from developing the doubts and qualms that come with maturity. That seems to be the underlying principle of the Com- munist spy system. It must be confessed that it has worked very well, and the classic cases of Burgess and MacLean demonstrate how a whole nation, and indeed a great coali- tion of nations can be foxed and bamboozled by one or two treacherous spies. The problem of a democratic country in protecting it- self against such spies is complex and difficult. When Mac- Lean was working in Cairo, under the supervision of the present Prime Minister, Anthony Eden, he did good work and Eden said so at the time of MacLean’s disappearance. A parallel instance marked the Hiss case in this country when Secretary Acheson was skeptical of the first intima- tions of disloyalty by a man he had always believed in. Thi py who can pretend loyalty and counterfeit honesty is th nly valuable spy—-and such men are hard to trap.