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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 39
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third world war. On the talks, he,
id significantly, “ We have found titern!
seful.” He that they wdul
positive results, and no Bess’
isnificantly “he said that he was
that Mr. Macmillan wanted agreenfent. ~
A little more cautiously be said that,
if everything could ot be solved at
once, they on the Soviet side thought
much of Mr. Macmillan's frankness and
his understanding of “ the interests not.
only of your country and your side but
of our country and our side.”
During the evening Mr. Macmill
“presented Mr. Khrushchev with
George I walnut bookcase, nearly 9ff
tall, and a pair of Georgian silver cand!
sticks. For Mrs. Khrushchev (who was|
Bot present, as il was a men’s occasjon)|
he presented a silver tea service. a china
dinner service for 12, and two Irish Inen
tablecloths with napkins. For rs.
Gromyko there were cut crystal table
glasses for 24 people.
Beyond the few references made in the
aGer dinner speeches, nothing has
rged in any detail about the talbs.
it there is pp doubt that Mr. Macmillan
d Mr. Khrushchev have soon found
at they could speak to each otfer
frankly as they set forth their Govern-
ment’s views and policies in a divided
world.
STUDENT EXCHANGE
After luncheon at the embassy, where
be was joined by the heads of mission
of all the Commonwealth countries
represented here, Mr. Macmillan went
this afternoon to the towering building
of Moscow University. .
Mr. Macmillan and the Foreigo
Secretary were greeted by the rector.
Mr. Peirovsky, and in his study on the
ninth floor short speeches of greeting
and good will were exchanged. The
Prime Minister touched briefly but
pointedly on the hope of freer exchanges
between the two countries—the hope
that is now to be taken up here in the
4 rmat discussions. He said that the
ungjversity bad won great fame io
centuries of life. and many of
s—such as /Lermontov, Chekhap,
'v, and other-—were well kno
Marhes -in_ Britain.
DIRECT APPEAL
le then made irect appeal ck |
h writings to
1 believe,” he said,
ergaier fiow of
allpwed io Russia
ai it would be of great value if mire
Efiglish books and journals were avail-
able in the shops here, so that the many
students of English in the Soviet Union
could read our modern writers as well
as our classical authors. = There are
other writers than Tolstoy and
Dickens.”
Russians afterwards said that the
Prime Minister did not seem to realize
that macy modern British authors are
read by students here, and that he was
wrong if he was implying, as they
thought he was, that knowiedge of
Britain stopped with the reading of
Dickens. They recalled that he had men-
Boned Dickens once before ip his speech,
at the airport. But in fact Mr. Macmilla
thig afternoon was specifically hopin
thijt more books by modern Bryi
authors could be bought in shops.
BURGESS’S REPORTE
MOVE FOR VISIT
FROM OUR DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT
After reports from Moscow that Guy
Burgess, the former Foreign
official, wished to revisit the United
Kingdom, a Foreign Office spokesman
said yesterday that so far as was known
no application for renewal of Burgess's
port had been made to the British
bassy in Moscow,
He added that the decision on whether
to prosecute Burgess, if be returned, lay
with the Attorney-General. No charge
has been preferred against Burgess, but
¢ White Paper on the Maclean
urgess case said that, according
etkov, the former Soviet dip ic
retary who defected” in Aus!
jurgess had acted as a spy.
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