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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 36
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“"", Ine Foretgn Secretary delivered a epecch tn the
House of Commons on November 7, 1955, {n which he etated
that tt had rarely happened in parliamentary history that
the polittcal head of a department had to unfold sucha. .
tragic etory as was necessary to consider at this Cinergy)
oa Ine Foretgn Secretary potnted out the changé in
thinktng witch had occurred regarding commintsm and security
measures fron the 1930's to the present tlrte He remarked |
that freedom must not be destroyed to preserve (t. He
enumerated the changee which had been made in the tnveatlgation
and methods of appointment of Foreign Service personnel and waa
ef the opinion that under the present eystem there coul no
repetition of the Maclean-Burgess casée-. . _s- (
... | Reference wag made to HAR. Friiby uho had been
mentioned tn the House of Commons as the “ihird dane”
Foretgn Secretary sald that after thorough investigation of ..
Philby, no evidence has been found to show that he was
responsible for warning Gurgess or Maclean, hile tn the
foreign Service Philby carried out hie duties ably and
congctenttously. the Foreign Secretary concluded hie remarks
concerning Pat by by saying, “I have no reason to conclude
. Ghat dire Prllby at any time betrayed the interest of -
> this country or to identify Aim with the eo~called ‘hi,
Man, * Sf, indeed, there was onee* Moen: (
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