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ntinued from Page 1 ary standard of conduct in this country “He used to go in the evenings and get disgustingly drunk In certain club.” Lord Astor said. “He twice engaged in drunken brawls with Left-Wing friends. in one of which they were rolling on the floor. In each case the cause of the attack was that they had betrayed) former Left + Wing opinions.” This. sald Lord Astor, was the Head of the American Depart ment of the Foreign Office, ‘BURGESS Drunken, dirty . Dia the Foreign Office know these. facts? Caustically Lord Astor suggested that if thev were ignorant of them |t was hard to belleve that they could live in wows =. -}5uch an ivory tower. He believed that the Foreign ice took the view that what was ne In spare time was the busi- of the person concerned. Of Burgess. Lord Astor said was "drunken, dirty, and iy detective." He had been “RED FIFTH" GOLUMN MENA like that had madd no pretence about it. There should be a’ rule that opie whose conduct would bring ‘heir country into disrepute or lay hem open fp blgckmall should not be used fi ¢ Foreign Service. Supuest ing that security officials could have taken the passports from Burgess and Maclean when they were leaving the country. Lord Astor queried whether it is possible, to leave Britain without assport. oe tied it myself." he said, “and went to London Airport without @ passport. I was politely told by the Scotland Yard officer that I could not leave. | “T told him he had no right ta stop me and he agreed—but I could not leave the country.” THE Marguéss of Reaping, Minister of | Staje. Foreign Office, sald that ‘the. Foreign Office did not know the full extent of Maclean's drinking nuts, “How could the Foreign Office fell thay?” he asked. “Are you to have] neop:e posted to watch him a: qverv party he ver since schoo! and}many people in the days alfoe wea ery Burgess and Maciean disappeared have been dining out quite freely on 1 reminiscences of all they kni or about ém when ey were si in the Foreign Office, “It would have been much more in the pubtic interest if these eople had come forward and to'd @ Foreign Office™ during {ime when that Information coi have been put to proper use.” 3The report to be security wi not a subject to debate, ig 1 Ene, Whole oblect of the report is to concentrate on the present state and possible future improve. ment of our security services,” he said. “and anvthing lesa suti- able for pub:ication and debate it would be dificult to Imagine" DIRTY LINEN" No more than needed _ After Lord Reading had spoken, Lorp Astor said: “The noble isnot the this House knows a great deal more than he chooses to may, “Most of us know a more of what hap 1. but we do not particularly want to air more dirty linea in public than is necessary.” striae eaetTe S85, le; lent in a cluding his ‘behaviour tewards a rember of the women's services said: * could give. |]. but there is point in_going {nto this.” 1 Bord Astor said he was shocks that there would be no opportiphe| ity to hear more of what the Pijvy Counsellors’ committer fer ‘cide. He would raise the matters Of security, Foreign Office recrbit-| _ nent, conduct at a later date, - mado-—on|° by @ committee of Lg ing sai or. be only member of