§ Mr. Proctorasked the Prime Minister (1) further to her reply to the hon. Member for West Stirlingshire (Mr. Canavan), whether Mr. Leo Long had access to information relating to British operations conducted to counter Russian intelligence activities in the British zone of Germany between 1946 and 1952;
126W(2) further to her reply to the hon. Member for West Stirlingshire (Mr. Canavan) if she will give the positions held by Mr. Leo Long in the British Control Commission between 1946 and 1952 and where he was stationed;
(3) further to her reply to the hon. Member for West Stirlingshire (Mr. Canavan)on 9 November, what approximate civilian rank was held by Mr. Leo Long between 1946 and 1952; and what access he had to secret documents.
§ The Prime MinisterFrom May to September 1946 Mr. Long was director of the operations and planning staff of the Intelligence Division of the Control Commission at Hertford, and from September 1946 until his contract expired in July 1952 he was regional intelligence officer and chief political officer in Dusseldorf, the Control Commission headquarters for the North Rhine-Westphalia region. He held the rank of principal intelligence officer—equating approximately to the Civil Service rank of principal—as a temporary Civil Service appointment. Throughout this time he would have had regular access to highly classified documents, including—in the Dusseldorf appointment—some information about British counterintelligence activity. His activities throughout this period were thoroughly investigated. The investigation produced no evidence to refute his own assertion that he did not pass information to the Russians during this period.