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'}eMP."NAMES “THIRD MAN? ~ BURGESS-MACLEAN CASE ‘No Select. ‘Committee 7 but Early Debate * Sir Anthony Eden, Prime Minister, said in the “House of Commo: yesterday that he would not appoi Explanation Sought for} an ‘explanation of rd Elion asked in the House of Lois the Government's a Select Committee to investigath | stalements in Teply to # guestion on the disappearance of the two diph § ed bie’ offeval aatiee ey eaetean, per” matists, Burgess’ and Maclean, anti{ formed his official au es satisfactorily the ficiency of the Civil” Scrvice| Syemaats gig tuappestance’ and Ut Sicurity arrangements jin general.| distinguished come eine Foreign Office. The Government's view was that it| up to‘tist time sed There was no reason was desirable to have an early debate | '© on this-subject, and one in which he, as Prime Minister, would be glad to take part ~~’ ? leutenant-Colonel M. Lipton (Lab. Byxton), who had asked Whether a ject Committee would be appointed, to then asked: “Have you made up your fr a5 the ten was Sonora At 4 se acleal 1S te: Bird man achat SE wee “dard | Map or tute « Comatt Philby, who was First Secretary of the | ® sn! Ratbington Embassy a little while ago? | May. "igo T paid i me sapeee mal Are you determined to stifie all discus-| now known, that on more than ghe sion of the grave matters evaded in the Wretched White Paper, which was an insult to the intelligence of the country?" - os . _ Sit Anthony : I said “No” to the ques- tion which asked for a Select Committes. My answer remains “No.” So far as the wider issues raised in the supplementary question are concerned, the Government take the view that it is’desirable to have A debate, an early debate, on this subject and one in which 1,’ as Prime Minister, shall be glad to take part Mr A. Robens (Lab, Blyth): Have you made any investigation of the reason why briefs supplied by Foreign Office officials t§ Ministers answering questions in this use have been so much at variance wifh facts of the case? { ir Anthony: That seems one of the 4 tters which might well be raised in Bear! qui kn bo ac pel Bu ate, ee qui ex ha apy OCTOBER 26, 1955 LONDOR, ENGLAND ype. Fe gO. ? {Novas Lord Ri Foreign Office, which I was replying was directed solely and specifically to Department of the Foreign appointment was which was, therefore, the material date so gcgasion before his disappearance Mgclean made rema: cofamunism.” and then I ad: ment and also bis distinguished feason to entertain any suspicion of him’ to the point of when he was, ap; Department, “The statement that up to the date of his be read American RE CASE rt (Gufs le 100-374283) ferme bak Sit duties clearly me: ;h]s new official duties THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN its the gate of his disappearance, An: F TRE LEGAL ATTACHE AMSRICAL TE “BASSY, entertain any suspicion of him." eading, Minister of State to the teplied: “The question to Mr Maclean's suitability be appointed head of the American Office. That, Made in October, 1950, ir rks. Suggesting at was a Communist or sympathetic [to led these vely this was not known at intent.’ That state- he . further statement juestion, that, “we ground, we knew c in ‘the Foreign that time and there was no ortant words, * time of his apy oted in the present ew Mr Maclean’s bac! ice up and exclusive reference time in October, 1950, inted to the American and, both are completely ‘Mr’ Maclean rlormed his official duties satisfactorily dissppearance’ must ‘ad in the proper context of his itability for appointment as head of the Department, the point of the with which T'was dealing. I was th have direct curate. estion plaining the circumstances in which he 'd been given a further trial In a fresh polntment and, support of . that cision. I elted the fact that he had per- ng as head of fthe, erican. Department—satisfactorily | up 80 Lord Elton said he could not’ herd) be he! BY LET PER FOIA Rik Mr. Roan Mr, Tarn Tele. Row aes Mx. Holluian — Miss Gandy-—_ “on a : NOT RECORSER US Roy is 1955 SES oe D COPY SPIT CB. Prac Nomael ER JUN 221976 TES §eON, ENGLAND, © eae wae)