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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 15
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“Foreign Secretary
cmillan Denies Proof
ilby Tipped Off Spicgs
Reports to Commons
On ‘Painful’ Burgess and Maclean Case
' LONDON, Nov. 7 ().—Thejthink they were tipped off by
government said today that Har-/somebody and if s0 J wish we
old Philby—former Foreign Of-|could find the somebody.”
fice officia) named as
itime.
Ino evidence to
tipned Bort _Donalc
Guy Burgess.
behfnd the Iron Curtain in May,
1958.
tury,” Mr. Macmillan said:
a tipoff.
present time.”
Bht Herbert Morrison,
gessand Maclean disappeared
grumbled:
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- BY LET ES JUN 22 1y76
_ PLR FOIA REQUESE
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B40EC L
reas
mehird
man” in the Burgess-Maclean retary in Washington when Bur-
(Spy case— was known to have gess and Maclean fled. He was ~
Communist associations at onelsecurity officer in the British
uy Burgess that they were un~
der} suspicion before they fled|Philby had Communist aésoci-
"atthough the circumstances 7
“tare explainable in terms of a[Phasized that despite a “close
Hipoff, there was not necessarily|investigation” of Philby “no evi-!
A serious and pro-
tracted investigation into thisjhe Was responsible for warning
possibility has been undertaken |Burgess or Maclean.”
and is proceeding even at the
was) Foreign Secretary in_ the |country,”
Labdr government when Bur-|#e said he had no reason.
“I am inclined to
Philby was first assistant sec-
Embassy there when Burgess
-millan added, however, there was said Philby had been a friend of
rove Philby|Burgess in their undergraquate.
Maclean and{days. !
Foreign Secretary Harold Mac-|was called home. Mr. ting ol
“It is now known that] Mr.
sates during end after his univer-
sity days and he was asked in
' Giving & report to the House/July, 1951 to resign from the
jof Commons in the case described Foreign Office.”
iby some British newspapers as &
"major scandal of the 20th cen-(countryside and is a free-lance
Philby now lives in the English)
writer,
The Foreign Secretary em-
dence has been found to show
“I have no reason to conclude,
that Mr. Philby has at any time
wha|betrayed the interests of this
said Mr, Macrpillan.
ther, |
to believe a Brititn newqpaper
See SPY, Page A-6
G.B. Moe DoueLh
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Onan balan
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 2 “i
N. Y. Herald
Tribune
N.Y. Mitror -
Daily Worker ——___
The Worker
New Leader
‘Date NOY 7 1955
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