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al Vie re dhe ji Political ‘Religions’: Our opportunity lies in discovej-~ ing either these “sources” or those | agents in our midst to whom the}; wansmit their information, and in ; using these discoveries for our own , ends. This is the task of counter. | espionage. , Having gained some experience in this field in the course of bringing about the defection of genera} thoughts on the matter. The tradition of our intelligence services was shaped before the days of ideological politics.. These politi-” cal seligions have : brought, into espionage work a morally and in: than was previously engaged in such work. ‘o-day, the - find available to them scientists and who are willing to engage in espionage because of sympathy for the Communist faith. jgh intellectual quality, and, jn., the mature of the political faith stains the Soviet “source” agdnt.’ Both ‘those who ¢ intflligence . work and those w! cagy it out must be men of a order of ability and of pol understanding, respect one another——men of the necessary high calibre will not be er Y 1 Petrov, I would like to submit.some |. | devote rticular, by those who appreciate » udderstanding. The loss he si t! through pursuing his devious cobrse' Full Moral ‘Backing ;- , \ How suitable scientists and otier intellectuals are to be induced fo their time * to. countgr- espionage work is no easy question. ut what is quite sure is that the | kind of men who have the necessary ‘imaginative gifts for success in this’ ‘field will be individualists, and he tellectually higher type of person’, ; work itself will call for individual initiative. Unless these men are ‘ommunists || hagdled with a proper appreciation’: of their work, good results cannot’ Government officials of top quality ' be expected—and we should in all ' modesty admit how few defections have been achieved and how late- ; we have'been in detecting important These men can be detected and | countered only by People of equally |. fi Not only does the agent need full oral backing -and intellectual: fers can be very great. It can cost him! friends, and the chance of buil jing up any career of his own. ’ The ° Australian Intelligence: , .Security Organisation (A.1S.0.), which f served. was patterned on And they must’ M15, and Sir Percy Sillitoe visited Australia specially to advise on its: “formation. In my experience of the obtained unless the task is recog- Petrov defection—which, without nised as being more significant than the work-of the old-fashioned " spy” of pre-ideological days. °, “# ; What. kind of: “expertise” is. ' needed for counter-espionage ‘work 2°, ur ser The essential is a knowledge of | difficulties of the work.- There was Marxism and, if direct contact with boasting, one must point out was one of the very few Soviet defec-° tions that have been achieved by’ _our positive effori—serious defects in our service’ greatly added to the a lack of expect knowledge of Soviet, , Soviet personne}is involved, a know: it ways of thought among the staff-’) i ledge of the . way of thin! Reading and under- |: standing .Mpykist literature is aj Jabour,: “and Plearning tos) Russian fluently is -difficul, which “no doubt .explains.why not every counter-intelligence officer, has thp’ owledge—but it is the ee a) Seber: at: ting point, of operations aim ** sources". pr Sng ak, Bete Communist, ersonnel,..* ssian_ language and |, officers, and a lack of understanding the true difficulties confrorting, © agent. gh 1 We need people—staff offers ad agenis—who can understand al Jopalty: it should | a. ie enemy agents in our midst and ich them in intellect, educatipa, ‘resourcefulness and enthusiasm. If . We fail to attract and tain genuvige . experts of this calibre, there is hardly any justification in maintaining a ‘counter-espiondge service as a Separate entity—a specia] branch of } the police can do the ordinary job‘ of watching suspects. I hope that whatever official inquiry is made into! our counter-espionage service asa | regult of the Burgess and Maclegn ir will not look only for dis- also look. fpr expertise,”