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that reason it was deemed ad-
visable to keep the retro-pack-
age in place during re-entry so
that it would 60 ahead and
burn off and by that time we
would be in a high enough
aerodynamic force field to keep
the heat shield in place, in
case it was. in fact, loose.
This made a pretty spectacu-
lar re-entry from the capsule
standpoint, because as the retro
package - as I retrained the
retro package and entered into
the first part of the high heat
area of the re-entry-the straps
on the retro pack broke loose
and I felt a bump on the cap
sule and thought that the retro
package had jettisoned as it
was supposed to do. Appar-
emily, this was not true, but
I thought so at the time.
Fiery Glow Outside Window
AS I went on into the high
er heat this glow picked up.
Outside the capsule was sort of
a bright orange glow outside
the window.
It became apparent that
something was tearing up on
the heat shield end of the cap
sule because there were large
pieces - anywhere from pieces
as big as the end of your fin
ger to pieces probably seven or
eight inches in diameter-were
breaking off and falling off the
edge of the capsule and coming
up back past the window, and
were flaming very brightly.
You could see the fire and the
glow from them as they could
come back up past the window.
Moments of Doubt
Well, this obviously was the
retro-package burning up and
breaking off as we knew it
would it if had been retained.
I thought at that time, how
ever, that the retro package
had already been jettisoned. So
there were some moments of
doubt whether the heat shelf
had been damaged and whether
it might be tearing up itself
and this-this could have been
a bad day all the way around
if this had been the case.
But it was very spectacular,
looking out into this orange
flow outside the window -
bright orange glow-and seeing
these big flaming chunks go
back along the flight path.
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| glanced back out my initial re-
action was that I was looking
out into a complete star field
the capsule had probably gone
up while I wasn't looking out
the window, and I was look
ing into nothing but new
star field. But this wasn't the
case, because a lot of little
things that I thought actually
were stars were actually a
bright. blueish green about the
size and intensity as a FREELY
on real dark night.
Lights in All Directions
And these little particles that
were outside the capsule were,
I would estimate, some six to
10 feet apart, and there were
literally thousands of them. AS
far as I could look off to each
side, I could see them. I could
see them back along the path.
Later on, 7 turned around so
that I was facing the direction
from which they appeared to
be coming and although, in
that direction coward tn e
bright sunlight of the dawn
most of them disappeared, you
still could see a few of them
coming toward the capsule.
I was moving very slowly
through this field estimated
that my velocity through this
field was some three to five
miles per hour. They did not
seem to be emanating from the
capsule. They appeared to have
even distribution on each side
of the capsule.
Tried to Figure Them out
I thought of two things that
they might be, initially. One
was the cloud of needles that
the Air Force put up some
time ago and that appears to
have disappeared somewhere. !
thought that we had suddenly
found them again. But they
didn't look like that - they
didn't look like they had any
length to them at all.
The other thing I thought
was perhaps that-as we use
our hydrogen peroxide jets, the
hydrogen peroxide decomposes
into steam and oxygen and
comes out under high heat
pressure. And I thought per-
haps this water vapor was
turning into little snow flakes
and the luminous light from
the sun was causing them to
fluoresce for some reason or
other. But, when I would
work the thrusters on the cap
sule, this did not appear to
be causing any snowflakes or
anything like it at all.
So all I can say about these
is that I saw them from about
the first light of sun to a period
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duce everyone individually.
Why shouldn't we have every
one stand all at one time here
all the rest of the families
who are here. We have quite a
contingent here. and the little
ones, too.
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Space Cooperation
Is al. S. Idea

We were interested, of course,
in some Of the reactions from
abroad with regard to the
flight. I think it is well to
note in this regard that as far
back as 1858 the President at
that time - President Eisen-
hover, of course-proposed that
we make Joint efforts with
other people in regards to our
exploration of space. and these
were largely ignored at the
time.
President Kennedy - shortly
after his Inauguration or dur
ing his Inauguration in his ad-
dress, I believe-reiterated this
again. or, the desire for the
peaceful exploration of space
and peaceful cooperation in
this regard, so we don't want to
let this particular initiative
I don't think - to be taken
away from us. This has been
proposed for quite some period
Of time by our own leaders in
this country.
Team Is a Bunch of Pros
I think I couldn't pass up
any opportunity like this with
out rendering a great note of
thanks to all the people here
at the Cape and the whole Mer-
curry network who performed so
beautifully during the flight.
They acted like a real bunch
of pros, and it was real graft
flying after our - or, all the
practice we had been through
with them to see everyone come
through as they did during the
flight. This goes from the
blockhouse through, orr hate
to start mentioning names be-
cause we just wouldn't know
where to cut it off, and I'd
hate to hurt anybody's feelings
by missing them, so I won't
start. But the blockhouse crew
and the people at the hangar
that checked out all the cap
sule and the boosters and the
work on the pad, the range,
the recovery efforts of the
Navy. the Air Force support we
had, it was just a big across
the-board team effort.
It was, as I said earlier, I
think almost a cross-cut of
Americans of all people in diff
ferent walks combining to-
gether on a project and we got
the results we did.
It makes you proud to be as
ISOLATED with people like that
when everyone does work to-
gether so comparatively.
Hopes for Good Effects
I think that President Ken
nedy in repeating our desire for
peaceful efforts in space stated
the case very aptly and proper
ly. I don't know what I could
add to what he has said on it..
Diplomacy obviously is not my
particular field. If the results
of this flight could possibly, I
guess. have some far-reaching
effect in this regard, if it con-
tributes in any way to peace
through, or from our efforts, I
certainly would consider that
there is no better purpose in
my life or my endeavor to con-
tribute them that we might
have a little more peaceful CO.
operation in the. world in this
area. Thank you.
(ApplauSe).
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Had Radio BIockout

I understand there was some
misconception also when we
referred to this term blackout
during re-entry, and I was
questioned aboard ship as to
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Makes Flaming
Descent to Earth

Ground, as most Of you prob
ably know - the ground telem-
etry receivers-had picked up
an impulse that I possibly had
a loose heat shield. And for
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Feeling of Speed
As in AirIiner

Speed sensations-I've been
asked repeatedly since the flight
about the sensation Of speed.
Speed, of course. is relative. If
you're in a complete-if you
have nothing to refer to, you
could be going almost any
speed and you wouldn't have
any sensation Of it.
I think the nearest I can
come to it, is almost of you
have flown on jet airliners or
have flown in jet airplanes at
10000 feet or so and I think
the feeling Of speed is about
the same as flying in an air.
liner such as that and looking
down at clouds, say maybe at
a heighth Of say 10000 feet
below you. You're at 80 say.
think the speed at which the
ground goes out from under
you'll mean Just the sensation
of speed you have at orbital
altitude would be pretty close
to that same speed.
It's difficult to describe the
speed sensation when you have
nothing to relate it to. I think
that's probably the closest that
we can come to it.
1t was very noticeable, over
a good part Of our track, there
were clouds of one type or an
other. They obscured some of
the areas we wanted to look at
Part of the western United
States down across northern
Mexico, large-almost the whole
Pacific-was covered by one
type cloud or another.
First coming down around
Australia, Australia was always
in the dark, so we never could
see Australia, although we
could see lights from the City
of Perth-cities around Perth
too.
Sunsets Impressive
The sunset was probably the
most impressive thing you
would see in orbital flight
These are very brilliantly col
ored hues, and the colors
stretch out-way out-from the
sun to the horizon.
The horizon stays light for
I would estimate, some four tc
five minutes after sunset, which
I found rather surprising be-
cause I thought the darkness
would come on much more rap
idly than that. I thought il
would be Just a matter of may
be a minute after the sun went
down. But apparently there is
quite a bit of light curvine
around through the atmosphere
that keeps the horizon very
visible for a period of some
five minutes or so.
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SPED RUSSIA
Security Officials Spring Trap on British Admiralty Clerk

drive at Brent, waiting for
Gregory at 1880 pm. I became
worried as minutes licked by.
Suddenly I was aware Of q
stranger at my side. For a NOM
ent I thought the game was UP.
Gave Passwords
Then he gave the correct
passwords, and knew it must
be someone sent by Gregory.
His name was Nikolai. He
told me that Gregory had re-
turned to Moscow on a special
mission, and that from now on
I would take his orders.
We talked in undertones
about the Portland case. Nick
said: Don't worry. If you are
caught, we will look after you.'
He told me that Moscow had
ordered us to suspend our &C
tivities for the time being.
BY the middle of last sum-
mer the Portland trials and ap-
peals we're over. The spies were
in Jail.
Every day I had expected to
be hauled in for a security
check.
But I was not questioned by
anyone, and went back to spy
ing.
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in Duchess of Bedford Walk,
KenSington.
And he told me to ring Ken
sington 8955-a flat in Pelham
Court - and ask for Miss
Mary"
I did as he asked, and he
rewarded me.
In the spring of 1857 I be-
gan taking documents from my
office.
1t was easy. I carried them
in my document case, or rolled
them inside TN evening paper
and walked out unchallenged,
met Gregory at the Drive,
Brent, at 7::30 pm. and !
handed over the secrets. He
took them to a car. Then we
both walked around for an hour
until the car returned-with
the papers. I assumed that they
had been taken to be photo
graphed.
Put Papers Back
Next morning I was at my
office before anyone else and
put the papers back.
This routine continued until
I left my parents home in st.
Johns Wood and took over a
f325-a-year eighth-floor flat in
Dolphin-Square, on the Thames
embankment, at Pimico.
The Russians were relieved
when I started living on my
own. Gregory decided that I
could now safely photograph
the documents myself.
The most pleasant period I
had in my job was when 1 be-
came assistant private secreta-
ry to Mr.. Thomas Galbraith,
then Civil Lord of the Admi-
rally.
The work involved some en-
joyable trips to Scotland with
a dispatch case containing con-
fidential papers.
When Mr.. Galbraith left to
become Under Secretary of
State for Scotland he wrote me
a note thanking me for my
help.
I was delighted when he ana
his wife visited my flat on q
few occasions.
Stuffed Toys In Room
/ spent many long hours put
ting, finishing touches to it, and
making it coy for all my vis-
itorS.
On my dressing table stood
a miniature toy white poodle
and other furry animals.
And on my bed lay my fav-
orite friend = a cuddly toy
cheetah.
I had a photograph specially
taken in color of me and my
chettah. I wish I had it with
me now.
Hardly q night passed without
a friend calling to see me.
s ONE were men. Few were
women.
I never went out Of my way
to be overfriendly with men,
although I admit I am a homo
sexual.
! Most of my women friends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-20
HWCNumes
Delegates to
New Group

A Washington regional Or
ganization concerned with So
buttons to some human prob
lens is a step closer to reality
today with the appointment of
four representatives of the
Health and Welfare Council of
the National Capital Area to
the organization.
Hans A. Klagsbrunn, presi-
dent Of HWC; DR.. Peter Lee
jins, Walter Washington and
Frederick B. Lee were approved
by the HWC board yesterday as
delegates to the new organiza-
ton.
1t will attempt to bring to-
gether major existing planning
groups that deal with human
services, said ISadore Seeman,
executive director Of the
Health and Welfare Council.
Besides HWC, other agencies
represented are the Metropolis
tan Washington Council Of
Governments, the National
Capital Regional Planning
Council, the metropolitan
Washington Board of Trade
the Central Labor Council, and
the Washington Center fol
Metropolitan Studies.
Three major concerns will BIZ
juvenile delinquency, employ.
ment and the effect on dis
placed families of urban re-
newal.
It is possible that a subcom-
mittee of this group could be-
come the planning organization
for the use of funds to fight de-
linquency provided through the
Presidents Com m ittee or
Juvenile Delinquency anC
Youth Crime. DR.. Jejina is nov
chairman of a planning grouI
acting for the time being al
advisers to the District Com
missioners.
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into my hands, and told me it
was a reward for my loyalty.
It was crammed with bank
notes.
He said, with a smile: John,
you are a saint. You never ask
for money"
In one year alone my bank
account had swollen by more
than $4,000.
I was able to entertain lavish
ly, visit the most expensive
clubs, and have two or three
luxury holidays abroad each
year.
I was astonished that no one
at the Admiralty had queried
my high living when they knew
that I was earning only Els a
week.
Then, on September IL, ]
found I could not settle down
to work. I felt uneasy.
I wandered to my office win
dow and saw an unfamiliar car
in the official park below.
Three men sat in it with
their eyes fixed on the steps
of the Horse Guards parade en-
trance - the door I normally
used.
I hurried to the northwest
door in the mall.
But it was too late. There
were more cars, and more men
with cold, unkind faces.
They moved in on me. I
was trapped.
Tomorrow: My Terrible Con-
fesSiOn to the Yard.
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lored coat, smart Trilby hat,
and carrying a tightly furled
umbrella, he looked a typical
city gentleman.
Had Security Check
Over a drink he asked me all
about my work at the Ad-
miralty, and the position of all
those in daily contact with me.
He demanded to know the
type of secrets entrusted to me,
and we spoke of the possibilities
of bringing them out unnoticed.
Gregory asked if ! had I'M
dergone a security check.
I told him that the security
people had passed me with a
positive" rating, so that I
could handle classified papers.
All I had to do was present
my passport to a ministry Of
ficial, and give two references.
I gave the names of two old
ladies, dear friends of mine.
One was a senior civil servant,
from Bromley, Kent. The other
was a doctor at st. Johns
Wood.
Gregory was surprised that
the check was not more thor
ough.
Symbols Arranged
When I told him that I was
employed in the office of the
deputy director of naval intel
ligence, his interest sharpened.
After he had weighed up my
spying potential at the Adj
miralty he again reminded me
of the drill for our future meet
ings.
These would take place each
Monday at 1880 pm. precisely
and always at a different spot.
At each meeting a place would
be decided for the next.
If a meeting had to be post
poned or rearranged, symbols
would be exchanged in the
phone box. as I explained in
an earlier article.
Before every meeting, I had
to synchronize my watch with
the BIC six o'clock news pips.
He would do the same.
At all meeting points, I was
to keep moving, never stand at
one spot as if I was waiting
for someone.
If I suspected I was being
observed or followed, / had to
pretend to tie my shoelace, CIV
ing myself a chance to look
around.
If I was late, Gregory would
make checks at the meet
ing point every quarter of an
hour until $3.50 pm. No meet
ing would be held after II pm.
Loyalty Tested
Gregory was forever testing
my loyalty and usefulness.
He would make me do the
oldest thingS-merely to see If
I would carry them out.
He ordered me to draw a pink
chalk circle three inches in d.
ameter on the trunk Of a plane
tree outside Plane Tree House
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-20

Yard CID superintendent. And
I was stealing Admiralty Sc
crets for the Russians.
! was there because of what
had happened one evening in
November, 1858, when I met
top Russian spy Gregory at the
Kings Head Hotel. Harrow-on-
the-Hill. Middlesex.
AS usual, I handed him a
spool of filmed secret docu-
ments.
He arranged our next meet
ing, then left the dining room.
I followed five minutes later
and found that my tweed ov-
ercoat was gone. A similar coat
was hanging near where I had
left mine.
Coat Taken by Mistake
1t was a shock. My coat
might have been taken by mis-
take-but had I left anything
in the pockets which could give
the game away?
Next day I rang the hotel to
see If the coat had been re-
turned. The manager told me
that the man who had it would
be getting in touch with me.
He did so, and he arranged
a meeting. And then he told
me he was from Scotland Yard.
But now I was committed. I
had to take the risk.
The meeting lasted barely ten
seconds. We shook hands and
apologized for the inconven-
fence to each other. Then went
off.
AS soon as he was out of
sight I searched my pockets
and sighed with relief. There
was nothing to reveal that I
was a spy.
But when / told Gregory he
almost had a fit.
He called me an incompetent
idiot, and said I should have
done nothing about my coat.
Feelings Debated
felt debated. After two years
of spying in England I thought
I was superefficient.
My first spy meeting in Lon
don was with Gregory at Frog
nal tube subway station in
Finchley Road on a Monday at
1880 pm.
was told to wear a green
Tyrolean hat with a bushy
thing at the side. I was to
carry a newspaper under my
left arm, and on no account
to approach him.
He would say: "Can you
please tell me the best way to
get to Belsize Park tube sta
tion?"
And I had to reply: "It is
a long journey from here. The
best way is to take a taxi"
When Gregory came up to me,
I did not recognize him until
he spoke.
He had changed his appear
ance since ] had met him in
Moscow. No longer was he the
tough, aggressive agent of the
MVD.
In his Savile Row suit, tai
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The oHest Of q Red-trained British
Admiralty clerk for espionage hos
shocked the Western world and
caused Juror in British cabinet
circles. Here is the third Of four
articles. giving the troitors own
story, as it wos written in his cell
at the prison where he is serving
on lS-yeor sentence,
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Reward for Loyalty

Nick was pleased with the
way I conducted myself through
the whole turbulent period.
He thrust a little black box
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I SPIED FOR RUSSIA
BY JOHN VASSALL
North American NeWspaper AlIianr

BRIXTON JAIL, London,
Nov. 20.-I stood at the foot
Of Nelson's Column in Trafal-
gar square waiting in the gath
ering gloom for a man I had
never seen.
I wondered whether I had
Numbered by promising to meet
him. For he was a Scotland
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were middle-aged. Somehow
they knew there was a void in
my life.
I needed mother love, and
after my mother died they felt
they could provide it.
Met Young Women
There we're two young wom-
en- who confessed they were in
love with me, and wanted to
marry me.
I met the first girl in Mos
COW. She was a member of the
Western diplomatic corps, a n d
we had some wonderful times
together, dining, dancing, sight
seeing.
I met my second serious girl
friend through my Job at the
admiralty. We wanted to be-
come engaged. but I was so
afraid that she might discover
the truth.
Any thoughts ] may have had
about marriage were shattered
one November evening in 1859.
told Gregory that had been
transferred to the fleet section
Of the military branch at the
Admiralty-which has close liai-
son with the War Office and
Air Ministry.
Warned of Consequences
He urged me to intensity my
activities and warned me of
the consequences If l didn't.
In the months that followed I
met many times, and handed
over films at the Hogsmill
Restaurant, Worcester Park
Surry; Brent Bridge Hotel, Col
dernS Green, London; and at
other restaurants in Enfield,
CockfoSters, Perivale and VIM
bledon.
On Saturday. January Z, 1861,
as I was preparing to spend a
week end in the country, there
was news that terrified me.
The five spies in the Port
land naval secrets case we're ar
rested.
How much did the Special
Branch know? Would it be long
before they came for me?
/ was due to meet Gregory
? on the following Monday.
I paced up and down the
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1962-07-06
COROLLA PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Meade
and son Stevie of Norfolk visited
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Gene
Austin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Usef Beasley
and children of Norfolk spent
the week end at their cottage.
Mrs. Virginia Austin has re-
turned home after spending a
week in Fort Monroe, Va, with
Mr.. and Mrs. Ottley Austin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ermit Snead of
Elizabeth City visited here Sun
day.