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va LOAGAVUSSING DI. ¢ J vipiomar | Newsman Discovers Plenty of Evidence But Misses Man By Huge Kuranda ASOLO, Tlaly, July 2 (NANA- Kemnews).—Police I hare spoken: to in Asolo hafe no o doubt that the, Englishman @ was Guy Burgess. J have no rea- son to suppose they are wrong. There is plenty of evidence here. I missed Burgess by some 72). hours. He disappeared " suddenly tte tne eae . Guy Burgess, missing British diplomat, has been reported troced to the tron- ther of Northeastern itcly. The vite! clue to the whereabouts of the former Foreign Office employe, who dis- appeared with Donald MacLeon, 13 months ago, was unearthed in London. Reporters were assigned te track down Burgess. This dispatch recounts what transpired. a eee ee eee | after a mysterious telephone call, to the local police had warned them of his presence in the vicin- ity. When the message from London reached me in Rome, I telephoned to the Asolo police. I asked thei if they could heip me contact “an| English friend of mine” living’ there—and gave them a full de-ipeard, and always wore a Panama. the poilce say stayed with you un-_ scription of Guy Burgess without mentioning his name, he police at once fired a suc- celsion of questions at me. Who; nied believe my friend was in! feola? As Iwas attempting some harm- less explanation, the girl at the Asclo telephone exchange sud-j denly broke into the conversation. Operator Gives Clue. “T know them,” she said. “I ve seen Mr. Burgess, but I have) en the Jady. They live at the) ia Before she could say any more the police officer interrupted her angrily, shouting: “Who teld you to give information to the public?” ‘They were furious at the girl for giv ing away what they were trying to conceal. I had learned enough to make ™e leave at once for Asolo, Asolo,/Ah, but you must understand we by German though only 50 miles from Venice, hard to get at. It was a long cnt by hired car Into the moun- ins beyond Treviso. {8 time I found the officer inthas been réted by the British. inis time F fpund the officer ints been 2 I pT jmany strangers here from time to 1 the vie ‘La “Mura! Pg -—AP Wirephoto, GUY BURGESS. charge of the local police in per- son. against anv further attempts at concealment, Own dial ka ruaakh Lams aia nave OULLL man here," he told me. en Engtish-| 2" +] Hd stro “We have time, who come to visit your poet ‘Robert Browning's home at Asolg, -but this one was different from the Urest of the English. 8 inches hich. He had a strong Hat.” Identified From Clipping I showed the officer a newspaper! poiieasue of mine. (who was clean-shaven when he left England). He studied it In- tently for some time, then with a: lpencil drew a beard on the pic-! iture. SEPT be Lite on TT te Le Te ntnawad That & OeLEs) all right. Ait olayou with Engtish people, one of them a. Mr. Samu angford, of London.) who for the past six months has been living here in the Villa La! Mura adjoining the Browning house. | “Four nights ago we received an anonymous phone cail. It was a i foreign voice, watch that stranger with beard. “When we checked up the fol-|from Dunkirk a few days after oT tueltheyv war JOWINE MOmMing iné Tian with Wie | veicy WEre sAS50 SCH IM OTIllany aii, His name? \May of last year has been obtained! leacmdomw win dene bY eee we beard was not there, are not notified about visitors who; come only for a short stay.” The police officer chuckled. “But T dar* say his presence here INDEXED - 96 KD He had obviously decided! S KEeporte Its dead.” “He was thick-set, about 5 feet “But everybody does. J? What did I want? Why: ‘cutting with a photo of Burgess: know nothing about Guy.” — We were told to|ish diplomats Guy Burgess and the’ Donald MacLean may have trav-. WeiGerman Communist sabotage or-.; <2," : jand former member of the British raced To italy on lady, ganization Wollweber in North have living in Asolo “]Mis. Freya Stark. 9 we know] German ports., worked for the Brita... intelligencé| They picked‘up @ Pole of Ger- service, She js warmly disposed; man origin named Edmun eg towards Italy. We get on fine with] ener whose job was to atl as a her.” secret courier between Communist I went up the hill in blinding, #eents in French, and German sunshine to the Villa La Mura. 1) Ports and Poland, !was shown Into Langford’s study, For these trips he traveled to | by an Italian maid who spoke per-)® and fro between Western Europe nd Nantia on tha Bolick chin. fect Engiish. Danzig on the Polish ship Warmia, He told the Germans Volunteers Information that two Englishmen whose de-/ Langford is a tall, red-haired! scriptions fitted those of Burg 55! man of about 35. *" ‘*Ttand MacLean traveled on ie | Without waiting for me to state; Warmia from Dunkirk to Dampig: my business he said: jin May 1951, | “Tam afraid can tell you noth-| After questioning. the 50-year-; ing about Guy. But he isn't here,|Old “salesman” made @ full con-! nor has he been here. I think he fession. He admitted working for | the Wollweber spy ring, which is:. sending large supplies of machine - ‘guns, rifles and other armaments _ explain himself, “Well, Ke: Pressed to Langford finally said: never was a Communist. I knew | him very well and saw a lot of him when we worked together in Lon-; don. That was before I came, abroad. I am doing free lance. journalistic work here in Taly, in- VN Ve a oe Velbon owls streak wma nin) Rabhdade MVR TS Pri » Shh bal, for. 4 int Ameren, moenogrees J | y fist ra Nea “How do you know I have come} “Richois to inquire about Guy Burgess?” J. ena ‘ asked, quickly. Mr. Clee oo “Oh well!" Langford hestitated. | thane Anan Mr. Mr. Rr. Glavin Harho arar “And the man with the beara’ Tiesen til three days ago?" | Langford looked taken aback. “That was a friend from home, A Na T really ' ano, o« STR | Bee Gl iil After a pause he asked: “What ‘else did the police tell you about me?” I called next at the house where the police said Mrs. Freyg’ Stark, the famous explorer and duthoress. intelligence service, was staying. The Jady had just left for an ‘unknown address. a Diplomats Traced. Evidence that the missing Brit-! eled to Poland in a Polish ship! | Inet gaan ten Brittane in intelligence agents! ‘from a Communist agent arrested in Bremen. ——— we The Germans were searching for . members of the illegal eastern! ' The Washington Post™ “——— rly @, 1952