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Uels (4-590) . 'BRITAIN’S SPIES,\ | —_i ’S'missing diplorats—the . ‘Mac-! Lean-Burgess ‘-case—have . given., our | British friends~a major communist spy j, problem. Milton Berliner’s roundup of the fascinating case makes good reading” on Page 87 today -and points up why it is still: a headache on both sides of the Atlantic.’ The White Paper issued by the govern-" ment still leaves many questions unan-' swered, It also leaves the government—, both the present Conservative and former! Labor governments—open to grave sus-" picion of bungling and underestimating the seriousness of this case. The most damaging. new ‘evidence con- tributed by the White Paper is disclosure‘ that on the very day one of the diplomats was to be questioned by security officers, after months of- dilly-dallying, the two men disappeared. This poses the probability that _some- one in a very high position in the British | Government or security administration tipped off the’men to flee. - 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: criticism in Britain of, the “American, Be-! curity, program, . * - Soviet espionage is international.” ‘Tt is: time the free world accepted this unpleas-! ‘ant fact. It is also time the free world} recognized that the weakest part of its military alliance is the failure to work logether to combat espionage.” In the end,: defense against espionage may be more important than. defense against armed ‘ager Bre ey —_—_— ne O79 COPY SENT (OB. wine done ; Seu 5 Jun 2211976, Moos en Bre ules 5d OCT 12.1959) eotns. Oo pie fe fi Are. vw or i) thy, K Mr. Tolson A Mr. poten Mr, Nicholq hut. Belmont Mr. Harbo, Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons} Mr, Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Sizoo Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy yeu? NOT RECORDrD 126 OCT 12 1955 Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News —o2 “2 Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Mirror Daily Worker The Worker New Leader _____,, xf Date SEP 2 8 1955 215