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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 36
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a * aa ry
OR 20° years one Incredibly
vicious man used blackmail” ~
and corruption on a colossal...
scafe to worm out Britaln’s most {
precious secrets for the rulers
of Russia. bt hee ee
That Is the truth about Guy Burgess,
the missing diplomat, that even today }
the men whose duty is to protect us !
from foreign spies dare not admit.
;., Only last week a committee appointed
, by the Prime Minister presented a report
* on the state of our security services that
-dodged this shameful truth, > 4
‘The report spoke of the danger of employ-
. ing in confidential posts men with “serious
failings” such as “ drunkenness, addiction to
drugs, homosexuality, or any loose living.”
But it failed to disclose how one man who
was guilty of all these failings—Guy Burgess
-z¥rought more damage to Britain than any
{tor in our history. rea
And it failed to warn the nation that men
ke Burgess are only able to
tion because THEY HAVE
IN SIGH PLACES {
“WHO PRACTISE THE SAME
TERRIBLE VICES. -
zGovernment on these two
“grave counts that has at last
prompted me to tell all I
; know about Burgess and so
Splace the public in posses-
iwion of facts that ought
pail to have been con-
arte eee ee
vt Beeurtte eine ees the yest
¥ Tam not going to express any | actoun part
opinion sbout the and | Sroueng and
moral guilt of homosexuals. I
em only concerned to tell you
here sbout how one of them
., And there ts no one apart
from me who has the knowledge
“tf. do sa. - wo
HIS CLOSEST FRIEK
_ SPEAKS AT LAST.
er .
@ This is the first of @ profoundly
disturbing series of articles. They
reveal appalling
Burgess, the missing diplomat, that
the authorities HAVE NOT DARED
{ [Fes sodiather to one of my
‘ehKdren. He wrote to me fre-
‘ quently when we were separated.
‘He has even sent me messages,
of friendship from Moscow. '
He deceived me about onl;
facts about Guy
TO LET THE PUBLIC
KNOW,. ekg
@These disclosures
come from the one man
ina position to know the
complete story. He was
Burgess’s closest friend
for more than 20 years
and now occupies a high
academic post. ue
@Only he can reveal
the full depth of cor-
ruption that lay behind
Cuy Burgess’s treachery.
Now he speaks about the
Sriend who was the great-
est traitor of all.
g M1 and Hyde cares)
8 Trasterpiece of duplit
‘And. there can be no bet
He blabbea>*
__ No-Whitehall’s concern was
over one appalling crime that.
mitted in his cups. © *
. LE BLASBED THE NAMES
OF TWO TOP BRITISH
“SECRET SERVICE MEN IN
Stns storm broke ‘over “Bure
gess. when be returned to.
London, His chiefs had «*
received bitter protests |
from our Secret Service?
agents that Burgess had
exposed them and gone & +
‘
Jong way towards ruining
their confidential work. - . 4
Yet he was charged—be-<¥
Ueve it or not-—with mera -y
“indiscretion.” ets
‘What was his Purpose a i
making contact—as =
now disclose he did—wit
our lesding secret agents..¢
in Gibraltar and Tangier? |<
‘There can be no doubt -.
‘in feck simply carrying
Sout his treacherous work “+
i ian rt
EM te was atiempting -t.
* gather information about our
| Becret Service network x
‘Western Europe -for -
It was on this humdrum level
{eat the Forelgn ¢ Office handled
‘Tangier —_ +
Nevertheless it ‘should have
‘meant the end of Bucgess-as a”
diplomat, Even the tolerant.
the Foreign
incidents of is truly amazing | PEO WOO ced that a Dabber
sdouble Hfe, Tike Guy Burgess was hardly the *
y |
be ||
i
knew Guy Burgess already &
nauseat
sth Popstble say
thaffight to ask
inquiry.” 32
Oo? man to bold & post in
type of man Pay Government :
Gepartmente . n,.
oan
“Tt $s too Tong, complicated
argumentative.” I sai
it it down, write as little
ble about the charge {j
Tor a board pt
ee
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