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| My ‘mission, by Guy Burgess I I It has been sai “hts jegphe article which Guy urgess yesterday bled “tothe Sunday Express from Moscow :— ‘\HE Sunday Express has nerween . Contrary hoth in public and in private in England and America are unfortnately a malter of Tecord. have done what I can to convince my friends here tha in spite of sich utterances, and even more of the polic-es that accompany them, it is never. Uneless possible for an under bast ang Standing to be reached. only hope that T have been night in telling my friends this, and in particular maintaining thab such an und nding: could be reached with the present. Government, that we tried to hurt Anglo-American friend- sinp in_the statement we made. ‘This assumption is as false #s would be any illusion on our part that we could do anything much to hurt this friendship even if we wanted to. Only Mr. Dulles could da that. ~. utterances it ne s 2 omust add that aan Washington f£ "yid meet American officials who privately agreed with) ibs British “estimate of the situk- Vion, Unfortunately, nowevey, Justas London was ‘no! stron ; Hough to “convince Washine- | tom. those W. were inigtaie oftierais sivong enough to r na Dobby and the wing of the Republican and so this provlen: nse ed and. like the setled German at TeMwUNS a MenAce Lo us not ‘Imperialist’ But surely it is ctear question can be on the basis of Auiencan poli can only be West sgreemen year 1906 Sir. Arthur same to ‘St. Pelers- r | in the eourse of cartinl negotiations, f neither et od . ’ ages + asked me for an A gamble fo reach a settlement wilt cae article on the subject of /speaking for myself, what T Busi att Governmen: hich for the stahement tha object to is not Anglo-American eo-auart 4 century he va friendship but Anglo-American | bees England's prmecipal onald Maclean and policy. Ui always has seemed, enemy, tnyself~issWédIn” Moscow . and “it does ati! seem, to me That Rus lan Goverment lke recently, that to give unlimited ‘backing Sif Arvhur Nicolson's own was to, and to rearm, precisely the ‘49 Imperialist and an expan- wir ain, as we stated, was to do what we could, however ittle, to help improve Eas! West rejations in gener, te ‘al and Anglo-Soviet relations T 4 particular, we I have been tn the Sov! Vnion T aave had every oppor- meeting Russian Tunity oc veople and officials of diftére: ands and-at alk-levels. exce the highest. official leve eb 4 De same expa social forces in Germany two wars in this century is a wild and Gangerous ganiat have told my friends here that I knew many in Lac West who also had the gravest doubts as, to the safety of Liis policy. ‘The Hitlers of ae tutnre, Like the Hitlers of the past. cat be easily dealt with If there is Anglo- Soviet collaboration. have created - shody “who has had such a ‘mique Opportunity can possibly Surely it would be better fo England lo achieve that calf} stonist Government, The present Soviet Govemment is. neitaer. is It too naive to hope that a sinwlar settlement betweea Eas: Bod West can be reached. in 1956! One thing | . The experiences of Ua 50 years aun could equal this in importance, [Signed] Guy Burgess, (World copyright reserved] @ IN MOSCOW vesterday stare yome to any other conclusion }laboration now and not war shal Georg! Zhtkon s that than that ise wish for peace 13 = oe Russi ts" peony Sted that as great here as In any country, ttoune ‘warlers unin tae world. The wish for American wictutand in wetter East-West understandsng even of Renstii; He ane ay I would say. greater. ‘Determined’ | ae chief d.derence I notice ts “nat, Whereas here this feclins | a8 strong among officials as among ordinary people, such | was Not in my experience ‘I always the case among al i cfivials T knew in London ‘Washington, nave met no Soviet citizen or Meial who even in pI could’ spring [rom this ane Irom “not ” recognising _ the Chinese Government were fully understood. if Well remember wriling a pecch for my chief in the Foreiza Office on -this subject. of it ran roughly as hinese People’s Govern ancnl 48 a Government of the Chinese people by Lae Chinese people and "for Chinese people, Taal is why we haye eC tt and that is why ng ihal the US. “P 5 nnation not only to avoid ways but to seek # genuine under- Ls 3» FNGLA SUNDAY S€PRESS 2/19/56 . P.1,7 * "POMAT.D DUARTE ACLEAM, SUPILE 190=37/19%3 « ED ann PION aad 3 Far Eastern departmens of kash, Foreign OMice the dangers era OHTED 2 nounced that Russie will nde Fier euls in he HLIP Pa weey