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LONDON, Nov. %—Prime| ‘in tNe House of Commons a special commission of Privy Councillors to examine British security precautions and decide if they are strong enough to prevent any further’ cases such) jas thes. of Donsid Maclean and Guy Burgess,, “ir “Anthony made the pro- posal in concluding’ a Commons debate about the two diplomats, who went over to the Commu- nists in» May, 1951. Forelgn Sec- retary Harold Macmillan told the House earlier that four! years of investigation by se- jeurity agents has failed to un- cover’ @ “third nan” or a tip-off] responsible for their successful} escape from this country. Maclean Case Debated Opening a debate in the Com- mons on the case of the two! former Foreign Office men, now known to have deserted behind| jthe Iron Curtain just at a time |when Maclean was to have been| jquestioned, Mr. Macmillan ‘pointed out that the efforts of the best secret agents had been! unable to produce the much? rumored tipster in the Burgess-' Maclean case. ‘Mr, Macmillan sald that be- cause one man’s name had been IMinister Eden proposed tonight|to the British Embassy at Wash-| ay identify his true position. “rhe Foreign Secretary then men- tioned “Mr. H. A, R. Philby, who| was temporary First Secretary! ington from October, 1949, to June, 1951.” Mr. Macmillan sald] it was true Burgess had stayed] at Mr. Philby’s Washington| home during part of that time and that they had been under-| graduates at Cambridge to- gether. Red “Associations” Mr, Macmillan further stated| Mr, Philby had had “Commu- nist associations during and after his university days.” In| view of these connections, he was asked to resign from the foreign service in July, 1951, But “no evidence has been found! to show that he was responsible, for warning Burgess or Mac- lean,” Mr, Macmillan said. “While in the government] service, he carried out his duties ably and conscientiously,” the Forelgn Secretary added. “There} is no reason te conclude that! Mr. Philby has at any time be- trayed the interests of his coun- No - en Aa Hania Third Man’ a By William J, Humphreys Prom the Herald Tribune Burece lo ans, Now Tore Hersie True toe er. ‘Macmillan amplified many points already brought out in the Burgess-Maclean White Paper issued Sept. 23. He sald the case of the “missing ‘diplo- mats" has resulted in tighter security checks but that to make such checks still tighter would involve constitutional freedoms. In view of the security checks, going right to the raots of indi- viduals handling classified in- formation, a repetition of the Burgess-Maclean case is im- probable, but not impossible, Mr. Macmillan added, None the less, it is better to run such: remote risks than have police! state laws, he said. . Would Keep Freedoms “It would be a tragedy indeed if we destroyed our freedom in the effort to preserve it,” Mr. Macmillan said. | He also said it is “quite un- true” that Sir Roger Makins, mow British Ambassador at ‘Washington, once was responsi- ble for giving Maclean s check and clearance, 1 Mr. Macmillan implied strong-| ‘ly that Maclean was involved in try or to identify him with the so-called ‘third man,’ if indeed there was one.” spying on atomic secrets while serving at the British Embassy Continued on page 6, “core + mentioned in Commons in this confecrton it now was proper to to} ———i—— PER FOIA REQULSI. DELETED COPY SET @.B. mae Nowe Dol BY LETTER JUN 22 i976 ats) YOOS 4) LA. (20. PE Pea be. ie —_— it. Tolson Zz Mr. Board Mt. Ni: e Belmont ‘Mr. Harbo Mr, Mohr Mr, Parsons Mr, Rosen Mr, Tamm Mr. Sizoo Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman ——__ Miss Gandy Wash, Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Mirror Daily Worker The Worker New Leader —____—_ H Date