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ering of standards of have been te detail. “This man a ~ Maclean ° Next, Lord Astor went on lo the case pf Maclean in “Tt was surprising that Mac- lean got an Winportent appoint- e said. ment after: his bad record in Egypt,” hi + This was to be head of American Department and Lord Astor ridichled Secretary's attempt Commonis to it Was of minor importance, “*Y “He pretended that American Department only deals - with sending dancers to Bolivia (laughter): It is most_tmportant. sees the flow of papers. Playing down does no cred! anyone.’ Lord Astor said that Maciéan hts" ‘ordinary induct’ when he England from “He used to go in the evening and get disgustingly drunk in a continued standard of co: in Wes back Cairo, certain club. He twice engaged in drunken brawls with were rolling on ‘thi each case the cause that betrdyed their neat ment}! “Sfrely heads of diplomatic wing opinions. discipline lie fich would’ nent public servige which would neve: ere in the old days, That is quite apart from any question of treason or Communism,” .- - LORD ASTOR He attacked, Was this it not?” This man Burgess = . Of Burgess, agid amiy one of the never knew E I missed a lot.” = went on:— “He was conversationalist, drunken, indecent. service, “Those of to be normal . Rothing but pity for people in] Maclean’ was given a second that situation, but it should be ghance aS head of the American a us who are lucky should haye im, t few people no Pparently abri And he “There aj md Me aia grey este ul ie was dirty,” and sexually have “At no time in the House of Comnions ‘was hat people with it said this unfortunate abit gre not suited to conti- dential positions in the public lose poriblg interrogation, mers, to ay: any rate, my dear on the Forelgn-Omfite staff. Harold, we did nothing to inter. ° fere with “the. Iiberited 2 ii hgain Passionately beat. han private persons British Communists.” Lord Lord Astor followed to protest at whet ne laughter: "7 am called “thie Grevithd blow to Soverpment, prestige here and * thi the details were not known to the “| following the reports from the ‘| @mbassadors under whom he had ; heatedly, ch it Service if they are likely to bri ey had come f tel ps counter Ene ‘derepuce or taf | [ard onraaing -emphasifed emselves open to bi . the episode is. that This passport problem 14 TO Lord Teviot he asia “ev! aa = Now came the warning : 4 thumping the box : “I have had et a ed nothing withheld from me from = fnaide Britain. the beginning to the end by officials of the Foreign Office 3 'z B; s 8 Lord Asto: id help thinking that if Britam Which 'T fee non I ought to Sent Gown in deteat by the have knowtee Communists it would be ironic Lord Reading complained df Sir Anthony Eden, meeting - Violently of some newspaper earrigarold Macmillan in the” artleles” wale he did not fortidors of the Lublanka Prison specify, which used what -he in ow alter @ particularly‘ caited 4 tne unique and horrify- ing affair” for Tecklesg, charges Q , ing the despatch box with two beg tei tm Hig PO™ MVP”, ad dour alae Hons ‘in which “people are ine | from Astor ve. Lord Astor, comment{ng TO Dactdge CNAE., Zutb on” the“ debate and tie Reading speech, hinted that many “people knew a. good deal more than has yet come out in public about this business, He sald: “There was a constant series of incidents in Egypt.” e ,.m0 doubt," this grey-haired banker, . || at Ministers were not given information they should had.” And Reading replies = , Lord Reading, 66-year-pid B barrister and ex-Army mfn, & replied for the Goverambnt, He repeated the case that sel ype with Maclean and his behaviour towards her in various ways was extremely rude and unpleasant, “She mentioned it to another member of the embassy staff who sald: ‘Oh yes, at is Maclean. He is notorious tor that type of bad behaviour, , I could give...” he broke off. “There is no point in going Into this. ‘The Foreign Service as @ whole thoroughly disliked this type of conduct,” dn a final word, Lora Astor | said that more Tory peers would have spoken but the point had been made to them ‘apparently by the Government Whips) that ‘y should keep utet until the Py a Council jApguiry | low he complained it Ss jocking to be told that they Te never going to hear wtfat. Privy Counelllors decided” partment after the drunken bout in Cairo because of his’ otherwise excellent record and great promise, a rse I agree it wi in Cairo,” he said. “But the full “OF cou: discreditable “performante Ambassador in Cairo at the | ime. After he had come back, and Worked, no inquiry was made further back into the past, and I do not see any reason why it . should have been.” i Slapping the despatch white the inister of State exclaimed: