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~. cumvent that one by giving the name of a well-known lads whe snigh: have been responsibie fo: my recrutment Mt would have beer desperately difficult. of course, if the Security Service had been able to check the files 1 had drawn during my service at headquarters, since that would have Proved that my interests had roamed far and wide bevond ms lepitimate duties My only possible detente, that Y wax passionately ioteresied im the service for its own sae would have carried little conviction But } koew. that the tallies were penodically. de- stroyed. and thought it very wniskely thar they wouid have survved the holocaust of unwanted paper that 00h place after the war There were also the umber of eases which J had hundieg such as the Volkos case which had gone wrong for reasons ‘which had never been establsshed with certainty Bul every one was suscep. Abie to explanation without reference fo myself. and there were two impor: tani cases. those of Mas and Fuchs winch: despie my. bes! eftorts, had ‘gone right and resulted an success for the British and American ancelligence The really difficul: problem was to explain away my relations ith But ess I shared vere few of his tastes vers few of hs frends. and few of his mielicctuat interests. ‘The essential bond berween us Was. of cautse, polit: cal, and tha! was 9 pount that had we be blurred 10 the est of my ability Chain of suspicion Another difficulty was the actus! course of my cares The more 1 con: sidered nthe Hess T liked 1 There were the known lefi-sing axcoeiations at Cambridge and suspected Can: mun’) acti an Vienna. then the complete break with ms Commun! frends m England. followed all tow closely hy cultivation of Nazi! in London ang Berlin. then the choice fet all places’ of Franco Spain in. which ts carve out yournalne cares then the entry into the secret wersice rth Burgess’s help and my emergence im the service as ar expert fon ant-Sovier ang anti-Communist work and finally my foreknowledge of the action to be taken pains’ Maclean and the latter's escape it was an ugly picture | was faced with the inescapable conclusion that J coke OL hope to prove ms innocence ‘That conclusion did nov depress me undu's A strong presumption of ms UilT mghs be good enough for an imiettigence officer But i way not enough for a lawyer What he needed, Mas evidence The chain of circum stanrial evidence that might he brouph: ageins! me was uncomfortably long But. a 1 examined each single link of the chain. 1 thought I could break Ni: and sl every fink was broken singly. whar temained of the chain? Despite 4 His Sowet superiors sen) Phalbs ti Spain so aps on Genera! Francory forces uring the cwil war Whive there. dire Times engaped bury as it covrespemdent fv Oe Hoy Network qual canoe were impeccabic Wher he returned to Pre Ian In Rusvan fees gr him anche soignment penetrate the pro-Nas: Frou in Revain The he gid with com picvowyauccess, om Ines years he wae re likely tobe accused of being invert than « Communiat Aran. 1968 alt appearances. I thoughi, my chances were good was an FBI case, and I could not discuss its antricucies with CIA. wath. out running the rth of irritating Hoover and his assistant director. both Of whom J was anxious 10 soothe Se J confsned my talks with CIA officials 10 the overt deils of the cate which became known through the press. somewhat Ine and more than some: ‘what inaccurate I had no fear of the bumbling Allen Dulles: years later J was to be puzzled hy President Ken- rped)'s misiake in taking him serious!y ‘over the Bay of Pigs ‘The nex: few days dragged. 16 perienced some mild social embarrass. ment when the news [of defection by Burgess and Maclean] broke with ail the carefree embellishment of the popular press One of the snootier of the embassy wives gave me a glacial stare at one of the ambassador's gar. den pares But London remained ‘ominously atlent One telegram arrived from London saying thal “it was Understood” that I knew Burgess per- tonally. could T throw any light on bhis behavior? But the one J was ea- PECNg was a most immediate. per tonal, decipher-yourself telegram from the Chief summoning me home At las: the summons came. but 11 took 4 mos! curious, thought-provoking form. Ar intelligence official special. izing im the fabricanion of deception material flew into Washingion on rou ‘une business He paid me » courtesy WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING A ___ BUSINESS EVEN A 5¢ STAMP HAS TO WORK FOR YOU. ‘The Pitney-Bowes meter even prints postage with the i 6 i ww parcel Bost package, ‘Think of your tongue, Another thing a Pitney Bowes, mailing mactine can ao, is seat tne envelopes ast Prints your postage You car get one 191 your very own’ your own post office Your ad here. 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