1955-08-20 — Page 7

HOSE

MACLEAN

Are

these the

men behind

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1955.

BURGESS

THE GREAT DE-FREEZE?

rains are

behind

Big the De- freezes with Soviet Russia 7

talk and The

skilful friendly gestures of Soviet statesmen at Geneva, the long series of conciliatory actions that paved their way there, suggest that an

team is backroom pert

the giving close advice to Kremlin on how to goften the West.

X-

It is certainly not Molotov and Gromyko, whose technique has lagged a little behind the others,

It is improbable that lesser Soviet bureaucrats have pro- master method that duced the transforms Russians We meet from sullen buddies.

automatons into

'I DETECT the hand of two men in Russia's new show of friendship... the hand of the vanished diplomats, Burgess and Maclean'

by IAN

prempling would hardly give Britain's Bloods a thought.

WITH bewildering speed the

to

COLVIN

mals in Wisheglen and Londen to go drinking more with West- ern equaintances the stopping.

dreary or

Marxist, tracts, the sending of ballet companies and singers instead.

nevertheless in the war of has not been Russla gestures left behind. She 18 actually ahead of us. Someone has taught the Soviet leaders how to uso public opinion the Western way.

Princess Margaret's "Coming Of Age'

T

cess

(By A SPECIAL' CORRESPONDENT)

latening to records of Ameri- can song hila or calypsos.

OMORROW Prin Attar August 21 she will have Margaret will complete freedom of cholee, and

She has a vast collection of be 26. There will, will merely have to notify the

Privy Council of her intentions, such records, and when she be an informal In this mid-twentieth een- and her mother moved into family party at Balmoral, tury it is likely that Princess Clarence House she had special D com- wall-cabinets built to take her with the usual cake, candles, Margaret could marry and presenta, and with moner and retain most of her records.

royal rights and privileges, Princess Margaret has her Prince Charles and Princess though she might be asked to own litle self-contained flat on

End herself

her the second floor of Clarence Anne enjoying the fun as renounce for

succession all

House, vivacious children

rights. much their a.s

her own lady's-mold (a This, in itself.

would matter sister of the Queen's maid), her young aunt.

than it might have done, own Rolls-Royce and chauffeur, now that the line of succession and her own front door, is established through Prince The fet la the nursery wing is

Charles and Princess Anne. previously ured by Prince

The Queen Mother, who will spend most of the month with Princess Margaret a nearby Birkhell. her Scottish residence, will also be present.

There will be little to show that this is an extra-special birthday and one only signifi- eant to descendants of George For at 25 the direct descend- ants of George II. come fully "of age." Then, and not till

Wonderful Life

these

have lots of friends. She makes consists of

Princess Margaret will always Charles and Princess Anne, and 8 large bedroom, them with charming case-but small dining-room, private is very faithful to

she sitting-recm, lege reception- has known for years.

rcom facing the Mall, plus led Upbringing has given her bathroom and kitchenette. that quality. It has also given her a serious side to her na-

sethe iure. At time of her Mar- father's death Princess

sought

last

In religion and

would

Her

Duties Increase

There is a private litt to the then, they may, choose their art, who missed blm terribly, Princess's front door, so guests | feel they are in her home rather own husbands, or wives, with- was a fritor to a Lon than in a suite in her mother's. The Princess herself cured out secking the consent of the don church, where she reigning Sovereign. Their future join in the Communion Service London with the Queen Mother or kneel quietly in allent prayer, selecting curtains. carpets, tre thereafter becomes their own.

During her West Indian tour

winter

ter she attended mid- furniture for her flat. moming church services as part fumiture is a tasteful mixture of new and old, and Includes of her programme,

they Wêre too public and ceremonial several valuable antiques, such as her Sheraton writing-table to have

any spiritual value.

inlaid with green leather Mindful of this, she made a

china point each Sunday of attend- many ing quietly and unobtrusively, a small early Communion Ser- vice before most of her parly had stirred from their beds.

Loves Children

I should be a wonderful life Prin- the that lies ahead of cess-n girl of wit and brains. warm heart, friendly nature, and the kind of beauty that They foes hand in hand with happi-

If Maclean and Burgess were not in n high advisory capa- elly in Russia they would have been displayed to the world long ugo, like the ineffectual Otto John In East Germany, would have been allowed broadcast and write articles for the Press. They would been getting drunk and smash- ing up cates in satellite capitals. Instead of that, they have found their life's works.

LO

huvc

ON THE SPOT

ness.

At the same lime she has a basic seriousness that is a geou foundation for happiness.

but

and find gloss

4

the

pour in to She balances them

ornaments.

Invitations Princess. deftly between formal and in- formal, duty and pleasure, Her mother encourages her to enjoy her leisure hours, with her own friends, and in a way suited to Princess It is a perfectly natural ques- ·

loves her Margaret tion to ask about my young children, and they,

in their her age.

She fulla more enagements The young woman: Will she marry? There tu, adore her.

and does more work than most Jamaica's

Did you know is no reason why a similar ques- son (aged alx) tion should not be asked about Governor made himself almost people realise.

her for example that she is Presi a Princess so long us we are at through admiration OL

Gov- from dealing with her large Jetter post each morning, she ikes to prepare for engage- ments by learning as much as sho can, so that she can talk readily with the many different people she meets.

of

many architects at all levels, the same time prepared to give during her week's stay in Go dent of the N.S.P.C.C.? Ap

friendship campaign rolled on through the Malenlçov in terini, It was not left to

O be sure the De-freeze has also I ascribe to them exchange of speeches und Noles,

The To Russian newspapors ceased

dropping of the Red Dean. For

from Churchill at the Summit to her the privilege that is any elnim that a Russian had In someone has insinuated to the the left wing of the Parliamen

she woman's that young the Kremlin leaders that there are 1ery Labour Party. vented the steam cugine,

But those should be permitted to make up Edison stole the telephone from better ways of getting tens deft and rapid touches in Mos-her own mind without the help Indeed it cannot be a Russian professor, and Mar- relaxed than parading this cne-

cow are the work of a team of the gratuitous at all; for some recent Soviet

match- ideas man ecelesiastical band. comi fiehed his wireless

on the spot. What other experts makers who throng the land. strokes display an uncamy W

Lomt au unrecognised Leningrad Better facilities for

tourists are there who have chosen the Grasp of Western reactions.

donation This retum to sanity and journalisis,

East? You could count them on this matter of the birthday and Much gossip has arisen over Whoever it is, he is a demon genius..

k was accompanied by subtle U.N. funds for children, reason- the fingers of one hand.

what it brings. get-together technique,

et and prompt Press reaction in

Legally, it is as simple as I ascribe to the Maclean and Moscow, paintable advertising

this: Burgess

Princess brains

Margaret, trust such touches as the evening in il Mcscow theatre devoted to Bri- tish contemporary art, the early 1954 directive to Russian dipl-

for psychology, He knows almost too well.

212

I BELIEVE IT OUR years ago, when two

discredited

British Foreign Office men decamped behind the Iron Curtain, I strongly resisted the idea that they would play a further role in Soviet polley, Two years ago, when I heard this theory again from a shrewdl observer. I was still reluctant to believe il,

But I believe it now. I believe that much of this ex- traordinary change-of-face by Russia's leaders amazes and

delights the British and Ameri» can public is the secret work of Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess.

I do not suggest that Maclean and Burgess have actually changed Soviet policy. What I do suggest is that once Soviet poilcy was changed, they sud- denly became inneigely Use- ful. I think they are acting as promplers. They have initiated the Russian mind into the my- steries of the Western raind-in almost interplanetary fout-and fuught them how to keep "he ball in play" with a rapidity that is beginning to leave the West rather breathless,

HIS BREAK

of

NONSIDER the facts of the Maclean and Burgess affair. Donald Maclean, a brilliani I erratic British diplomat Counsellor's rank with special Janowledge of American affairs and Anglo-American relations, decided In 1951 to cut and run for Russia.

He was quite a prize; for he knew the secret form in Wash- ington

and London nimost

equally well. He was obviously

10

SO

her

emment House during her Caribbean tour, and his day was made it he could hold her hand for just a few minutes.

She is very modern. In

and is in many ways much a product of her age. outlook

She is intensely musical and a very fine pianist who ag appreciate the classics. But she

-She knows that these cuties will increase and is preparta for R. can

her Accordingly she uses loves time--she

the theatre-as fully as possible.

And none of them seems well suited to advise on what on British hoardings, football the West Hices as Donald Dußri great, great, great, great, great, prefers lighter music and is at teams and rowing fours, dele Maclean, ably supported by Guy great granddaughter of George her happiest when sitting in gates to the Edinburgh Festival. de Money Burgess.

Some of these visitors. miby

ho Secret Service men, bul

SHE LOVED

W

MAN- AND

HY

Hollywood. "Eh, what's that you

say Greta about Garbo? What about Gar- has

bo? What's that you say?" Garbo

never married? What I didn't have a chanc happened to her finish the sentence.

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11, has to date been bound by the Royal Marriage Act of 1772.

THE GARBO STORY

PART THREE

BY MICHAEL RUDDY

the

to

when she visits Southern Garbo oven came to California, sho said: "It is parties that he gave. They were boring to read "Garbo still wants regular Sunday "brunches," to be alone. This I never which twenty or thirty.of his said. I do want to be left friends came to talk, swim, alone!

This I never said. 1 relax, play tennis, eat and drink. do want to be lett alone by people I do not know."

Despite the legend of solitude, Carbo usually seca one or more of her old friends dally,

According to Carey Wilson, John Gilbert asked Garbo to marry him on numerous cations. Once he almost had; But she does not add to her cloping with him. At thei these friends, unless she meets last minutë, she ran out and he someone new at their homes. gave up.

10

to

ONLY

ONE

HE DIED

She has met some through Garbo smiled when she read Gayelord Hauser of the "Look about it. Younger, Live Longer" doctrine, Thus ended the John Gilbert whom she was acht by episode. And as for the so-called friends who worried about her Garbo 'authorities' who catd anaemia and lassitude,

that the end of it caused her to sincere in his move and useful highly-publicised romances? Actually I was going to say

serk soclusion, and to insist she But her romancea, you ask? when he arrived; for the Rus-How does she spend her that Garbo was secing all her From all 1 can gather, there be let alone, I have one terse

she word: Tripel sians found ways of transfer-

old Aims again at private was one man only that ring £2,000 to his wife Melinda, time? Who are her friends? showings in the Mustum Art in loved, and to whom she wag The fact is, since the death of She was enticed Into Switzer- Questions like these are New York. No more than that, devez Suller. He died lard and thence smuggled Imto common whenever Garbo is But I had only said the magie Russia with her children to loin discussed, and in Hollywood word-Garbo and everything November her husband. That suggests some long-term employment of her name is a

a political nature for her hus-stopper.

band.

givo

an

conversation

"Daddy Long Legs."

scen

of

on

Her fitst Hollywood romance was with John Gilbert. In r

Sitz Stiller, Garbo hasn't

Similarly with

bolm

Wilhelm

the marrying kind. As for her romance 8, 1928, forty-five

with:

1 old.

11 years had stopped.

Prince Sigvard of Sweden, If he had asked her, she seems to me it was simply a Then, as suddenly, a dozen

would have married him.

case of two Swedes in propin- prople began: "Have you seen

He was her creator, her diree- qully. It is my bellof that in the I proved this recently at Camille at the Canyon Theatre? tor, pad with him she felt com- HER OWN FOLK course of his embassy duties in

Incredible, isn't it, that one

pletely at case, onormous supper party Garbo's cid films should run for Washington Maclean formed the strong impression that America, after a colossal premiere of ten weeks. But, gee, isn't sho then sole custodian of the atom

a superior motion picture, beautiful? Yeah, have you ever trospect, it was one-sided. When Sorensen, son of a rich Stock- bomb, was moving towards

such a foce na Garbo's? Gilbert and Garbo first met on

manufaturer. They met preventive war with Russia.

What actress toilay looks ke the

act of "Flesh And The while fellow passengers on the That wduld expinin the

Ilke beer.

her?" Champagne flowed

Devil" in the summer of 1920, as Kungsholm, dined together against outbursts passionate

and the following Waitera moved swiftly, serving Americans. It would

he was the Great Lover of the a few times, ON TO TRIUMPHS with desperato idealist a molive for breast of guinea hen

world-renowned guests.

era, a circumstance which didn't year he came to Hollywood and under

disturb Garbo in the slightest,

her, going East. It may even be that

"It is very pleasant to be with green trash asparagus, the wild mca of British diplomacy glass,

No one mentioned the youth- Confeating romances between salad,

amid talk which buzzed ful Robert Taylor in the Garbo the stars of a film is an old my countryfolk," Garbo often has since managed to Infect the

from the semi-circular, bar

stunt in

told her friends in Hollywood. publicity. Russians with his own appre- the perihery of the small danco

Twlco

and twice "Ike to spook Swedish." Well, why should they? hensions, and bring them, to floor surmounted by a huge

This I can confirm. Invited Garbo's leading men have divorced, handsome and dashing

to John allbert (30 then and in with Mercedes d'Acosta, an old nod gone, or gone on Of course the death of Stalin crown rampant over a brace of

como in March 1953 made many buzzards (the crest, supposedly, triumphs with other slurs.

hia prime) became immediately friend, to the home of two of the proprietor of the

and plexed As she stalks from her dat in interested:

the writers who had a Swedish things possible. But even before restaurant). that there were signs of an un-

Now York to vidt friends or to romance as if it were his last cook-housekeeper, Garbo openi Names dropped liko the usual mind at work in the petals of the roses flown in from might take some consolation in camerax.

look at herald Alma, Garbo performance in front of the an hour in the kitchen talking with the domostic, who: [had Kremlin. When the Court floods San Francisco, who die from

mwoord Carbo in the scenes prepared a magnificent anorgaa to knowing that sin continues

bord in her houdur. ter, but don't lost as long live fund was opened in Tebruary Hollywood roses. ·

In the cinema work of the ford Fiew And The 1989, Russia sent us (£20,000

whereas many who ones shartd Devil," and then continued, the

((COPYRIGHT) postura, that would bavo "Garbo." I said, "Garbo, the Tmelight with her fave woong as the blattop hours in Van Beverly Himal that he shared occurred neither to Saim Siance immediately. within faded.

And then I don't think ste bolders to with producer Carey Wilson are mall compared and like the rings ih da kruti“ think about them, buRR

rufferings i of Asia, quii/pool rylien s pebble ben":20 bar friend Hadry Crocket

reason

For Molotov. For our little data

"And the "Krundila men: without

to classic.

·

Hollywood married

NEXTS

her fat in Clarence House

Icisure

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