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2 Rr ae EO ve EAP EA ARE REI ER ARS RS EMER LE 0: ORO Re er a A ec met owt Pe 553 Former Fortin Ofice, Y NOVEMBER 1955 Officials —S'euypearanch. ¥554: he methods we have known. One can race back to 1951, when the Burgess and Jaclean -case first broke, a period of ghree of four years when the matter was oned down. Nothing was -heard about i until the Petrov trial in Australia, and ¢ begins to wonder why this matier was jot dealt with in the meantime.a: 32 - Inquiries may have been conducted by Your security services. Inquiries may bave conducted by the F.B.L the nited States. Although the advice of Adolph Berle was not taken, they may- have been going on. But it was the Petrov trial which brought the Burge and Maclean case to the Jight of day, and let no hon. Member imagine that Petrov was [oot a brave man. The Soviet espionage system does not forget its enemies. The clearest example I can give to the House is that of the murder of Trotsky in Mexico. After fifleca years of patient wailing on their part a manservant in his house, an employee of the Soviet espionage system, took a pickaxe and murdered Trotsky.. i - >.*- a: Other ‘murders’ have’ taken ‘ place throughout Europe, because we are dealing with a Government which does not recognise the sanctity of human life or the human soul, a Government which j has condemned people to death, not by hundreds but by millions, a Government which has forced through policies that | have resulted in the death of millions. That is the kind of thing with which we ! are faced in the world today. That is why I cannot speak too strongly in condemna- tion of the Foreign Office and their handling of this matter. 1.20 2 6.005 Whoever is covering up whom and on what pretext, whether because of the membership of a circle or a club, -or because of good fellowship or whatever it may be, they must think again and think quickly. Make no mistake about it, the Soviet protects those’ it values: Although my right hon. Friend the Mem- | le for Lewisham, South (Mr. H. Morrison) read out a Setter from a friend of his who dined with Burgess and Maclean the night before they escaped and who at that time had no idea, nor was he given any idea, that Maclean was Boing to escape, this escape had been engineered for at Jeast a month in advance. If a man who is valuable to the Soviet services might talk and give ry wee ups * ) cee me ne people away, he fs taken care of and got out of the country. This thing did_ uaccgee Hot just happen in a day. That is where aan our security services were wrong. 7 escape must have taken at Jeast a to organise. 3 at : _ Mr. Daines: Surely my bon. Friend would aegrce that before Maclean weat he would have to get permission from - ’ the Party in order to make sure that he . would gain entry into Czechoslovakia og- = 2+ Russia? The: month eter eb ~ 1 have secn the same pattern repeated = *-- * all over the world. I was in Japan with --- -"* the hon. Member for Farnham (Mr; ~~ Nicholson) at this time fast year. - We saw a strike of municipal employees. Jo 7) watched them march along the streets, ~~ and I saw the same technique used there _ as in Western capitals—the cheer leaders 5 the coaches going along; the loudspeaker vans; the band at the assembly point? ~” the full battery of loudspeakers ; the flags and bunting. I have known of the. . valuable work done by labour attachés . in that part of the world because they ~ understand the forces at work..5. 5-4 ata: - The labour attachés, introduced ‘by the late Mr. Ernest Bevin, were probably’ the last and best innovation of the ForeignOffice reform io 1947. I should like to see them established in ali our embassies. If we are to have a balanced .-~- - view about the forces with which we must contend, it is essential that we consider - statements of persons who know the point of view of the man-in-the-street, Otherwise we shall not obtain a proper assessment of what is going on. In my view, it is absolutely essential that the Foreign Office consider this. It should - establish labour attachés in every capital” That is an urgent and absolute neces; sity; not just in order to study labour . problems or give advice about industrial problems, but in order to keep @ inatior: of-fact workaday eye on the world at, Barge. oy ped gen an en lode Ted 1 now want to say a word or two about Burgess and Maclean and their conduct in the Foreign Office. I am not £05 to take pant in any witch-hunting. will give the Under-Secretary, if he will © tes eur &: 2 - eee to ae .