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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 34

132 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Intelligence Operations · Topic: Cambridge Five Spy Ring · 128 pages OCR'd
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GIset “24, ‘9 points call for co: wnt: first, hor Jaclean cn Burgess re. since in the Foreign Service fur so long ae second, why they were cdle te get cuay, 25, «ten these tvo acn were Liven their appodatucnts nsihias vas on reeure abeut cither te show thet he was unsuitedle fr the Public S.rvicc. It 4s true thet their subsequent persiacl wr ves Unsatisfactory an? this led to cetion in vcee ease’ - jaclean was recalicd fro: Cairo in 1950 anc Y wes declared ncdicolly fit, Sir.ess -esningten in 1951 end was asivc to resiun, It was only saortly pefere aclean disappcerca thet scrious suspicion of his” FTiavility was aroused and fetive enquirics were sot on fost. 26, Tho sceend question is hew ilacleen ene Bursess v.ecc good their escane fro. this country when tho security authsritics ‘ors on their treck, = Tho watch on Hecloan was made eiffieuls by the nced _ [to ensure that 4 did net beesne ewere that he wes un cr >>scrvation. This ostch - iserily cid et collecting, if possible, further infer. n ot at prceventine an escape. Ini zit, a erlenlots ¢ risk hed to be taken thet ne ight Yccone avare of it toteke flicht. It wes inotviseble t: incrces: tuis risk 2 in! the survedilenco to his hiic in on is:lates ntry ene he its thersforc wetchd in L aden only, : were free to ¢° corsed at any tine, In sue ¢ untrics ne coubt ule’ neve v been arrested first an? qucsticned is ae untry no arrest can be ithvet sdequeat. at the w thire wes insurficicnt evidence, It vas Tor thse {reac a “pce ery for the sceurity authsritics ts. cberk 'd@ifricult inc “3 deste invosticstion of icelcan, takin. eccuva’ the risk tat he would be olerted, In’the ever alertel ond flo the cuuntry together with Burgess, result of this e1scy in uly, 1951 then Secretary of Fy herbert i rris. iltcc of Enouiry t> tac occur ity, ence krs of tt “S:rvice tae ons and "practices of th in reyti tters having a Loarang on secur. nether any alterations wers called for. Tac Coisittoe Yer 1951, It rocoiuwnder Aion, otfr iniass, a rity chock on Foreign Service officers thon hed tne practicc, This was Lcicdiatcly put into 1952 searching cnquiries had doen heec into the raf associetcs of all these occupying or e7y is in ths Forcien Office involving hi; hly scerct ose cf those cneuiries is te cnsure that no is eppcinted ce -ntinucs-te sceupr any such.post unless nc or@sh. is fit to be cutristed with the scerots to which the post gives eee-ss. Tho Forei,a Scerctery of the cy approved the ection requirce, ~ has been Circetuc tovercs the ics cn these ters; an cctituce have been chenccd fed at + Den ~ PeLry Peve lath: Uspionecc is cerrivc -sei-no:. cqually ¢e nende for its succsss w fits cthees, Nor ds it dosirabl. at any G siuch hrs boon dise.vere © Cise-ver it. Nor sheule tacy Sb. elle “S thet have boon taken te Liprove scecs as still apply ane izust the base cri tericn & sh-ulé or should not be pudlished, , \21
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