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SECRET SERVICE SKILL oh should find uny place in a Whi Dayeron securiiy. Was there am known case, he asked, of a spy who] had been & spy solely becatise of blackraail, which was made possible by his own character detects? WOMAN'S VIEW Why Was Maclean Kept? Dame IRENE WARD (C., Tyne-' mouth) suggested that the country 5 more shocked by Maclea.’s be- haviour in Cairo than at Snding there was a traiter in the Foreign | Strvice. Asking who was responsible for his retention she declared: T speak ss & mere woman. This ‘old Loy * business gets me down, “T want to be assured that in Hdoating with matters which affect characcer and reliability no political liuterterence ean be exercised to re- iain people in positions for_ which [they ure not suited. “The Govern- ment has left a nasty taste in the mouths of people by not telling them why Maclean was reiained.” AJOR LLOYD-GEORGE DISTASTEFUL ee Witch-Hunting ” ‘The Government would do tts. best to see that a man who had to be taken ofl rel work was given em: | ployment ix some other branch of the Civil Service. He did not underrate the bard.ttip of those who, because they were ad~ fudged to be the dupes of the Com- Janists, were moved to other employ: ment ar dismissed from the Civil Service, * But hard as their lot is, T think we can all make a shrewd guess what their iaic would be if fey were employed in the Civil vie of a Commusist Power.” “As regards people ¢ ming to what I tight cail a sicky end be- cause of character defects, Lean give quite a few examples lis now 3 Gellienown fact that maay of tke jest Spies were chos. because Lhey jyere tne lype of person who might encourage character detects. He had the greatest confidence tn the knowledge and skill of the Secret Service." There is no dager in this country of wilch-hunting for the Sake of witch-hunting.” Most erlsi- Gisms of Britain's security service Was not of Home too severe bub of MEASURES ABERAL TRADITE Major LLOYD-GRORGE said the white Paper, made no departure from the policy which successive Governments had Said down. Certain ehenges in our security system were recommended, designed not Ww | change it but’ to strengtien i. ; On the general issue, the con- ference was sasisied that there was | nothing organically wrong with the \eecurity. service, He hoped this I would allay the feelings of those who shad thought that there was some- thing fundamentally unsound. He hoped ad agreed the Govern mont was right m= pursuing the policy of cnsuting that Communists hhd those associated with them were hint employed in the Civil Service where they had access to secret information. had been far greater sis the Govern was paying too Jiltle attention | to the rights of {wate individual. Some of the vere certainly jien lo eur Hberal iraditions but so lag the menace they set out to elt tavenl. However distasteful the measures we coult nob sit back and do {nothing while our security | mmparliod. | not being severe enough. | 62 PURGE CASES {Minute Proportion | In the last five years there bpd ‘heen 62 purge cases wa the Civil Sere Nec, nite in the higher executive ranks and $3 in the lower. | This fiqure of 62 was Out of A non-indue- § trial roral number of 650.000 and an | industrial number of 400.000, 1 do not think that could bei attack on the Civil Service. The White Paper had established out any |! three propositions : ih Zomayanists ‘and Communist syr- ere was. Tits 2. ‘Sapdamenial — preeeaures were sound: and {io was right that the Govern= ment should continag :o pay wl) duc fo the position of the mdividual, With the assurance that the Gov) exnment intended to do all it could fo preverit ils policies and procedures impinging unfairly on burnan rights, | the House could rest content with | the findings of the inquiry. : The debale conciuded, \ ne Government's policy | { t None Dismissed ” \ In tne five years to tne end of! qwes_ho Ligher grade members of the clit Service Were dismissed be- Cakes of Communist syMpaune ekoeistions OF, Because ote:_delects. Mr Penane Secrewry, stated this Jn a written, Sin Hena. (Soc, Bristol 8 ing this period’ seven omheial tiinsrereed fer reasons within thcbe categories aud one rented.