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5 _ BYRGESS-MACLEA /DEBATE TODAY | ' | How © _ many were | lin the By DEREK MARKS RITAIN’S _ biggest- ever Foreign Office scandal—the Burgess - Maclean affair—is to be debated in the Commons today. And few of the many MPs who would wish to speak ; will be able to do so. Ifevitably, much of the tim| ill be taken up by part) leaders, - <MacLEAN CASE any of the questions which the back bench M.P.s might wi to raise may have unanswered. r since the Government Whi papey, 90 the case was pu ished last month, more ant more questions have come up \ for answer. The’ tip-off These are some of the points ‘that are puzzling M.P.s who | heve carefully read through | the White-paper :— 1 Who was the Third Man— the man who tipped off. the ; ‘spies that . they were in. danger ? . oc The White-paper says of) Maclean: “He may have been warned.” But nothing was proved. From the delicacy fpf the inguiries there could hape been lew who knew ib Maclean was under suspiciop. ‘The White-paper does not dp- close how many people were . he know, Is the While-paper correct in stating : “On May 25 the | then Secretary of State. Mr. Herbert Morrison, sanctioned & proposal that ‘the security guthoritigs, should, question ns a For jrom this statement many unanswered queries arise, Mr, Morrison was, in dact, cver directly requested to sanctio an interrogation—WAS HE ?— then presumably other people were present 1! Who were those people ? ) The explanation 3 ‘To what extent were Mr, Attlee and his staff informed of the decision to investigate Macican ? Ag Prime Minister at the time, . r. Attice would be directly in pase i rommand of Britain's eeret security Serviccs. upestigations would be re ircelly to him, To how many members of his sta 'y reports aval ee +> ~{Bafile 200-37L163) - DAILY EXPRESS NOVENBER 7, 1955 LONDON, ENGL. eG J rs - Gince the publication of the ‘White-paper, it has iy disclosed that Maclean wes being watched by Sir Rogtr : Makins, now British Am! sador in Washington, and w assed as being satisfac From the point of view of nis work. hy was this not included in the White-paper ? The leak Sir Roger was then the Supet-° intending Under-Secretary in: charge of the American Depart- ment of which Maclean was head. It appears that Sir- Roger knew nothyng of the sus- picion that Maclean was @ spy —though at that time Maclean was one of the chief suspects of the leak to Russia alrgady established by Britgin’s unter-espionage. x Both Maclean and Burpess O were notorious loose lifers, How did it come about that they remained in the Foreigu Service long after they would have been dismi from any others job ? G Nowhere in the White-paper is there any evidence that . Burgess was suspected on security. grounds, Indeed, before and since the While paper's publication the Foreign oO! has stressed that Burgess was being watched only In regard to fils personal conduct. But the White-paper states * Dlandly : “ The security author ities were on their track.” ‘Those are but a few of the ques- tions which M.P.s and the public will hope to hear answered this afternoon, But the biggest question of all 1s whether Sir Anthony Eden will _fathorise @ full-scale investiga- fon into the whole .affgir— inducted by the | Jud ciat nembers of the Privy Copncll rho, are linked with no garty tal - PER FOIA REQUEST a) ; Mr. Bow NOT Ring FCORSE 26 DEC 14 1955 ° DELS amy ery GB. Mae Neale -_ BY iis. JUN 2:2 1976 ‘ Mr. Beboront Tele, Neom Mr. G1 tieman Miss Gandy.