Thomas Galbraith, Under-Secretary of State for Scotland

Nov. 11, 1962 - Labour attack on Government following spy case: Labour's Shadow Defence Minister - Patrick Gordon Walker, said in the House of Commons today that there seemed to have been a compulsion by the Admiralty to make William Vassall, the spy now serving 18 years imprisonment, personal assistant to high people in that department. Defence Minister Peter Thorneycroft in his reply, angrily dismissed some of the wild charges in the case. Present in the House were the First Lord of the Admiralty Lord Carrington and Thomas Galbraith, Under Secretary of State for Scotland in whose office 38 year old spy Vassall was employed. The House heard how Vassall, a homosexual, had lived extravagantly above his means. Photo shows Thomas Galbraith who listened to the Spy talks in the House today

Restrictions Only for United Kingdom

Admiralty Angrily Carrington Charges Compulsion Dismissed Employed Espionage Extravagantly Galbraith Heard Homosexual Imprisonment Listened Lived Means Reply Seemed Spies Thorneycroft Vassall

Features In These Collections

> Contributors > KEY