The Herald, Friday, November 16, 1979 Page 5

A real espionage story §=[ ° —

LONDON (Reuter) — A new spy scandal has hit Britain with the revelation that Sir Anthony Blunt, former art adviser to the Queen, passed secrets to the Soviet Union,

Sir Anthony, 72, a dis- tinguished figure in the art world, spied for the Soviet Union during the Second World War as a member of British military intelligence, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told the House of Commons Thursday,

She also said he helped

Queen's paintings, one of the best private’ collections in the world, until 1972 and continued as her art adviser until he retired last year.

In Moscow, Maclean was approached by reporters in his apartment near the foreign ministry, He said: “I know why you are here and I can tell you now I have nothin to say." .

The surprise annoucement _in Parliament led to a dispute, with opposition Labor members alleging the. facts had been deliberately

During the war Blunt longer in a position to pass passed information to the secrets, but in 1951 he used Russians, Mrs Thatcher his Soviet contacts to help said. After 1945 he was no Burgess and Maclean to flee.

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Burgess and Donald for almost two decades, _ more recently Dave etdiians : and ; Maclean, both Moscaw spies, — “The whole shabby affair ~~ Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe bj slip away to the Soviet Union appears to have been a f‘ y

in Britain’s sensational 1951 espionage scandal.

Only hours after Mrs. Thatcher revealed that Blunt was a spy, in answer ta a question offered the day before, another question on the Burgess-Maclean affair was put to the government.

The parliamentary question called for an in- vestigation into iinks bet- ween the Burgess-Maclean

cover-up for the establish- ment,’’ sald Labor MP Dennis Skinner.

The affair came to a head with the publication of the book The Climate of Treason by historian Andrew Boyle.

Although the book did not name Blunt, Boyle laid a trait of clues pointing to the identity of. the so-called “fourth man” who had helped Burgess and Maclean

Nan and Ivan Lyons is a splendid and funny murder

mystery as one after another, masterful chefs around .

Europe are killed by an overweight gourmet.

The Ceconut Killings by Patricia Moyes is set in the’

Caribbean and when an important American senator is killed, Chief Superintendent Henry Tibbett is called

over to sort things out, Patricia Moyes is a former .

winner of the Edgar Allan. Poe Award for mystery writing. ; co

Raw Material by Alan Sillitoe is a part novel, part autobiography account of life in the Nottinghamshire mining country. '

affair and a British-born to escape, The Last Starship from Earth by John Boyd is a physicist, Wilfrid Mann, now The “‘thirdman" hadbeen chilling ‘novel set in the future in which the state living in Washington. Kim Philby, whose high decides whom one will choose as a mate.

Mann, in a_ statement, denied involvement. The House question is to be an- swered on Monday.

Blunt — at Cambridge University before the Second World War — had spotted likely recruits for Soviet intelligence among the elever upper-class young men destined to enter Britain's establishment.

His whereabouts were a mystery today. On Wed- nesday he left his London apartment with baggage and took a taxi for Heathrow Airport, perhaps for Italy, said a porter at his home,

Mrs. Thatcher said that

Blunt — about whom Mrs, Thatcher said hour in the library arts room. The Loon’s Necklace is eee men speculation had been rife for Britain's director of public an Indian legend which tells of how the loon acquired . —— yn Terrace | years — had confessed to Prosecutions aut wder to the white stripes around its neck. Big League Freddie "a who are new 4 came to espionage in eee ated only Blunt's immu oper te in 84 cartoon starring Fred Flintstone who is signed to For those voter uce yself. art from munity froth ApreWectitith. <investigations into spying in Play for a big league team at last. We'll also have our ~ id like to intr ants In 1953 and eve lived There was no evidence Britain in the early 1980s, entry box ready and waiting for any great suggestions ace with my par rid law ool married, against him. Blunt knew Burgess, that children may have in naming our guinea pig. T \ u iversity 4 ears f age, T in the Buckingham Palace an- Maciean and Philby at ‘Name the library mascot” contest will be running vila nding ince. i'm 33 Y ractice la ke nounced, simultaneous with cambridge pmversity through the entire week and on Saturday, Nov. 24, a '! \here ever e youn ildren Le | plan to ma Mrs. Thatcher's statement, ore the war. It was there, i i Vise vat : ™ ee | ‘ that the Queen has stripped in the left-wing intellectual name. will be announced and our pig” will have 4 "have ‘ nity ‘and my wite to come

family into her home she has endangered the health of her 18-month-old child, .

Members of the Tran family who maved into the LaRose home last Gct. 17 are suffering from hepatitis,

Sir Anthony of his atmosphere fostered by the WE ae Sahat ltd in 15 depot hey were Sumy Nov. 12a p.m, thre wl be alo Rou Ferrace gon counctt and during for services to the monarch, recruited Into Soviet in” Wontbe having a bit of fun Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. yy rved four year™ on of the Intl ie He had been keeper of the _ telligence. ‘ ) Gay, INO! | pave se Chairma tee Cha Any children who are interested in painting banners to e have been Co mi ’ ittee, celebrate Canadian books are asked to come out. After that tim 4 and ourl d. Parks comm r cnet ca e u ees a a our painting session, we will hang our, inventions, |. Develo reatior at ad Public: WOTKS bt) oy siyter aot vi et i " rane nl 7 ah watt ot _ oe, around the library. . . cates Mace ty gercst! oo an 0 th Reve nni Ber ‘gayvice CIB fasts canteens cong i. ne For the grade 5 to 7 level we are very fortunate in: Chairman of ison for council to the Library 4 ea { TO em having a Canadian author come to visit us at the \Hee, als! council Pian- ° library. Monica Hughes will be here on Thursday, d representa m Chairma \ ndustria ALDERGROVE, h B.C hepatitis wanted lo, Torr Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. She is the author of The Tomorrow aoard At prese \ amb the e, and one CP) oman ww ven mie before he would start work City and Ghost Dance Caper. Monica will be reading . Ow . committee: Touts ommitte®: egional soln her hame in Obtober on the teeth of threeyear-old from a few of her books. Science fiction and mystery i n \ opment and ntatlves to 1 a of says immigration officials Le Thien. readers should find her a real treat. We hope anyone in Deve ouncil represe ralam the were dishonest in telling her _ When 14-week-old baby this age level who enjoys books of this sort will be able jot two ¢ the Regional Boa d serve on the refugees had no health Quandeveloped a cough, she to attend the reading. It will be areal thrill to meet a Board At Co mittee an igo serve on the problems, decided to take the whole Canadian author. Monica's books will be on display e Finance ompon nt. als WW an boun Suzanne LaRosé, 31, of tiris ;_ family io a doctor for tests. guring the week so come in and take a peek., |; . , if rism function collir ublic.. tran con Fraser Vitikey eben ‘They revealed Le Thien had — Saturday, Nov. 24 is the last day of our festivities our 3 5 dying pel have btain to southeast of Vancouver, says hepatitis, Piet “a, We'llbe ending it all with a puppet show at 1 p.m. and committees io \ feel hich | would like she fears that by taking the SUSpectéd’ oF having fi then an announcement of our “Name the Library dary able experienc Ww our behalf. $ + to

j i Dr. Anthony Larsen, Ww arapectea tuberculosis, and provincial epidemiologist, () continued . ance and paving “T feel the governmenthas Said Thursday a new programe d street mainten been dishonest because we Program is being set up to (2) co tinue jlow for ©X- asked immigration people screen and trace refugees rams facility te 8 whether there was any risk who show signs of illness. prog W R.C.M.P. +jons unit rks of disease and they said no,” All the Drovinces have (3) ne an communica t10 and pa she said. decided to do tests over an panded yi-m d peautifica “J would not have gone sbave those done by ihe (4) extende for cheaper aheadif[hadknown[ would ‘federal government. am to atlow To be putting my litte boy | Alvin Hamm, assistant d banking progr Christian at risk.” refugee settlement director, (5) lan ing: ' Doctors in the Aldergrove said teats behwe arciving in start-up hous @ possible withou area say as many as four out Canada as all other im- ; hese programs ar :

of six members of other refugee families they have examined are suffering

communicable diseases - ont tieapite assurances the boat "efugee camps. . e assesst” to, people were screened befare a ey) Th fromm $29,

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being admitted to Canada.

Provincial health officials have been concerned about the health of B.C.’s 2,000 beat people for more than a month and have planned a

position in the British Secret Service enabled him to aid Burgess and Maclean and who, years later, followed them into exile in the Soviet Union.

Boyle said Thursday night: “T have nothing but a feeling of satisfaction.”

He declined to name any more traitors.

“I can think of about 25 people who I think of as guilty of treachery, and half a dozen of them are walking about today,” he said.

“One or two of them are still in influential positions, but I think they have long ago been neutralized,”

berculosis and both parents had parasites.

Now, Mrs, LaRose’s child has a coughand she fears he might have contracted a disease because he has played with Le Thien,

migrants but he did not know ff a thorough medical ex- amination is possible in

The Wild Island by Antonio Fraser has Jemima_ Shore, Investigator, caught up in the passion and

madness of a family in Inverness.

Crusoe of Lonesome Lake by Leland Stowe is the remarkable biography of Ralph Edwards who, in 1912, vanished into a remote section of British Columbia and fought for his survival against a hostile en- vironment. ;

Conan and the Sorcerer, Conan the Avenger and Conan the Adventurer continue the saga of this ever popular fantasy hero. .

Nov. 17 to 24 is Children's Book Festival Week. We’d love to get as many children inlo the library as we - possibly can to help us‘celebrate Canadian books. There are a variety of activities planned throughout the whole week that will appeal to different age groups. .

On Saturday, Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. there will be a film

Mascot” contest winner later in the day.

We'd love to have as many children joining in our Book Week as we can pack into the library. Come on out! It should be fun. ‘

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