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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 14
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‘David Lawrence—_ -
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A Deadly Lea
Loose Security in U. N. Countries May Hove Ne
Possible Tip! That Cost canoe By syaiti igs - by} a vA L ‘ey
‘The ronegif Jose se secur- | an earis¥de er to den rity-standpoint oF th "
ernmt ‘United States aircraft decisions of those autumn
tty among ¢ ores ments fend themselves in the airspace “days of 1950 is emphasized in
au “oe ff. hint * over the Yalu River, to the | the following passage from the q
during the Kean war points extent of permitting hot pur- ‘same testimony:
* now’ suspicl to the grave .~ suit of enemy aircraft up to%" ‘“Chairman Russell: You 43
posalbility that American lives two or three minutes’ fying |S stated you took it up with sixy¢ Tele. Room
Indeed were sacrificed in that | "me over enemy territory -{ «<_ countries. I will not ask which Mc. Hollomes
: “Those telegrams resulted inl“they were. But Thad under-i} = till Gaede ;
by the tral our embassies taking up with | stood-there.were some 13 na-i4 7 1 ——
important -military. infor
tion to the enemy, x Ate tates, this question, We did not: Not . troops fra a United Nations -*
: ' * ask them to get any exp! ons "forces ‘Why ‘was it ~
- imma “Rleet, fin Army of views, but informed them ‘gonfined to etx nations rather:t:
that they might.:in e ther! ‘than to‘ consult with’ all of sf
! the governments of those coun-"" + tions “who had” contributed. Z :
mee hrintdianorr-ddber of time, have to ask these gov-' them?” re ‘A
the: Par Eastern command, ., Ments about this matter.” °'> «Seoretary Acheson: “Thavet
“and in fact, Gen. MacArthur ‘They discussed the ques-"" tried to refresh my memory on’ ‘*
himself now say that the Com- - !0n with those governments, “ that and I do not know. The, 4
munist. Chinese, must have {md in all cases ‘they got six countries “which " were i4
known that they would not be Trot Fe negative responses’ “picked out were prominent and ~
bombed or their planes pur- {Tom the governments, saying,“ representative, and I think it
sued if they attacked United‘ “* t decira —_ ‘aa probably # view af not
Nations bs Mae Korea. and not desirable . spreading’ the “ security © too
«The testimony of Dean‘ “Shortly ‘after that some’of: =" widely’ .”:
Acheson,’ who was Secretary these governments «in ‘their Chairman
of State during the fateful pe-.turn-came’to our embassles'-"er’ words, it- had »
“riod when American military “and-again stated that if we} secret security rating at that;
strategy’ was being developed’, Were thinking about this, they. * time?
. 4n consultation with the allies, " Wanted to register their view ~ “Secretary Acheson: Yes, sir:
‘did not seem .as significant ..that it was unwise and unde-*'" this would be a military opera,
when given as it is today in.‘ sirable. I transmitted © tion which you would not wish
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view of: the: revelations of a’ - Views of these governments to”; to inform the enemy about.” +
“spy ring in Paris and the, the Secretary of Defense in But Gen.. MacArthur, Gen.” 3
treachery of MacLean and, ° letter, one letter dated Novem-’ * van Fleet and Gen. Willoughby « ‘
Burgess in the British Foreign, .ber 24, 1950, and in anotl nsist that the enemy did learn.” :
Office disclosed since 1951. letter which T believe was dated.’ somehow, presumably from anv:
For the story told on June 1, November 24, 1950. - 1.) embassy source abroad, ‘and
1951, by Mr. Acheson—-who, of ‘After considering these re"; shaped {ts policy—a general.,!
course, had no suspicion of sponses, it was determined be-
Tooseness in the security situa. tween the Department of State:
tion among our allies—appears”
in the light of what has hap-.
_Bened since to show “how dit- {0 go further with this sugges
“ficult, if not impossible, was"! we ais
sthe-role of ther United ‘States, Senator Bridges -asked
“as military agent of the United “What was the date when the
Nations, in Korea. oad Chinese Communists came in?’
Senator ‘Russell, Democrat.’ “They. actually attacked,” 1.
», of Georgia, who was chairmi believe,” said Mr. Acheson, “on’
of the Senate Armed Servjces‘’.the 26th of November. ‘They..’" menace and talk about the in,
.Committee at the time of the. had been known to be in Ko-), significant number of enrolled’ it y
“MacArthur hearings,” asked 7¢@. I think, since perhaps the ~~ Communists In this. country. ‘a 4 .
. t
titack—because it knew the
United. Nations ‘forces would §
not use alrpower as a military “j
weapon to make ® proper and.‘ 4
normal military defense ¢ of tl
42 OCT 25 “1954
000 Americ alt And 7 J W ’ Fs
stil the Europeans and not a ;~ 74 f
“few - Americans ‘continue -: to : .
‘UMr.+ Acheson about “the de-:» 24th of October: Certainly in. Tr took only one Klaus Fuchs to. {3
tails of the so-called hot pur-:..the early days of November,‘, -transmit the facts about ibe a
bers: open se Pei F
of the United ‘Btates Joint “the odmmander in chief, Far” took- only © in the
Chiefs of Staff where ‘they, East, that ‘units. were in N _Freneh OF en Pcie of."
recommended that our planes: . Mores.” : ‘fice “to tell the Communists ish, Post and
be permitted to pursue the So it appears that the ‘dect: they were safe in risking thelr | Times Herald
Planes.of. the Communist age: “ston to attack on a large scale ns, big army on the Korean pen-, dad
*,Bressors over Ye Manchurian. ..was-mede after our allies in.‘ insula, with the long. supply’ Leh News
y border.” Hegeg is whats Mr. the U.N. told the Unitedi;"line into Manchuria immune: ion =
. Acheson sai reply: -. - .. States emphatically. that. our’ =from attack, What a tragicl ish. Star -_—
« {Some di lor to the 13th forces could not reconnoiter’"* way to conduct a'war! “And; :
je Of November, $50, there were by air ta see what the Chinese*
2. discussions beBween the De-, Communist troops were doing;
partment of Defense andthe’ and could not fight’ back ts
‘Beet of. State; as. thes.-air to bomb the supply
epult' of which: the. Depart-,' in Manchuria from which
ent of State transmitted” tors. Communist” Chinese thoena
were belng’ supported. 2°)
\The importance fr oma.
that’ her. sons may face in the.
‘mext war operation, big or little;
‘the same azards of treachery.
;what a warning to. America.) Y, Herald Tribune
| Y. Mirroc
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