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w . Former Foragn Offices 7 NOVEMBER 1955 Offcials—Disappearance 1588 q ther i ~ “Although the Foscign Office ts dead sure * Speaker, fo enlighten the hon. and gallant pareng,eg9 Maclean, Bis 0 2 Ponsoment wae tnd the Home? oat Mf OWES 0 yoursell Ga view of the fact thai the “damsel . vores Reevekee aah Hepa yas Philby had already been reproduces _ * Kir. Deputy. jpeaher (Sir Rhys Hopkin in Print outside the House, I do not think Morris): That is not a point of order; ” it is quite accurate for the Foreign Secre- . The bon. and gallant Member is himself tary, if he was sufficiently well-informed responsible for any statement he makes in in the matter, fo suggest that the name of — the House. ose “et iz. One man has been mentioned here and cya eben Sr bh tet sis""""7 * not outside, That is just not an accurate * < Mr. Tomney : Will you, Mr. Deputy- Tepresentation of the position. «7 siu0. ¢: Speaker, give the bon. and gallant Meme Mr. R. Brooman-White (Rutherglen) i ch J 5 : Hieeditections that he s rould inform the T wish to ask the hon. and gallant Gentle House? , co 7 ee ee ale vee ‘ Man to clear up one point. He has a Mr, Deputy-Speaker: 3 cannot give — great deal of information about this. Has Any such directions, Every hon. Member that name been mentioned outside. the is responsible for any statemeot he makes House fm this country In any circum- in the House, and the hon. and gallant stances which would eave the way open Member is tik Sesponsible in this for Tegal action by the maa w 1 taster pen ts, bas been smeared? [2,245 “Mn HG. McGhee (Penitione): You - Licut.-Cofonel Lipton s dealing do not know him, Mr. Deputy-Speaker. with the statement of the Foreign Sccre- ~ P sTam tcec cing tary. T did not know what he was going han Desa Lipton that you? saa; $0 say. AULT know is that a Hitle Sbike helped to dispel the queer lustre what earetully pene eta ad, in 2 very exist in the minds of some hon. Members they id tone ad been ee , that 8S to what you can and cannot direct, Y in the Hoosen, wet ouside Tpredoes I made as careful » note as I possibly evidence to indicate that when the name could of what the Forcign Secreiary said of this man was mentioned in the House in Dis speech. He oe There are still it had already appeared in Print outside, Inquiries being made. i name of one -- y g man"—I am quoting as accurately as thar Foreign Seer etary ton ch be Q sible—“ has been mentioned ,in. the acter prity to muc! e Frouse of Commons, but not outside.” 1 investi ation into the teakage, °1 do hot hope that Iam not quoting the right hon. 942! with that. I fhe ca that fs’ an Gentleman inaccurately. My first com. 2¢curate Satement of the case, because Ment on that és that in itself the state. # was part of his duty, in the position ment is inaccurate, because the name, of be occupied at Washington, to discharge this man bas been mentioned outside the Certain sesponsibilities in connection with House of Commons. Not only has it Security, But what the Foreign Seer been mentioned, but ‘it has appeared in went on to say was that Mr. Philby was TOL see me Ble ect ate a friend of Burgess at Trinity Coll Ribbit Me avn BI ree ale Cambridge; that be had uate i 3 Have ow had wspaper oo rie . associations during and after his univer. ” Kews of 23rd October, that is to Say, the Bo ays gad that in those circumstances Sunday before the House resumed after oa pits July, Soe from the Foreiga the Summer Recess, from which 3 LEE tae nae ae | + ° extract the following quotation from a --- 2 Sugeest that this part of the Foreign vese YOO article entitled, “Identify “Third Secretary's speech ison a par with the : Man’ sho belped apying officials fice verbal gymnastics that were displayed Britain.” The quotation which I wish in another place by a Government spokes- fo extract from this article reads ‘as man and is not as frank as it ought to - follows—and do not forget that this be. The only interpretation ¥ can place article was published on 331d October, on these remarks—if I am quoting the that is to say, two ot three days before right bon. Geatleman correctly—is that the House resumed v. svi because of these Communist associations Dw eo ee yee he othe yates een stmine ane We halle: : ow Fp Ba We ne etme