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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 9
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Calls Burgess, Maclean and Bisclean Det ete eens
said: “We believe this.to be true.
S, : 90 y He said he was unable to
oviet, Agents 20 Years |sicl sive tems
for (Soviet) intelligence work
° ot 7 s ® : t brid a *
Russian X Spy Says. 2 Missing are cout the statement
ite i that they fied because they had
Britons Fled to Moscow in 195] [fst they Sed becouse ney nad
# ant d, the spokesman. said: “Tt
By Joseph Newman The Petrov disclosures are|éoted.
td Je ee Tribune Huereat tkely to be extremely embar- “ ue inet Marlenn wee under
spytiehe 1bbb Mo Y. Harald Tribune tne, (P285ing fo zie Foreign omice active investigation hy the see-
i, «Ee fs urity authorities. Burgess’ sull-
LONDON, Sept. 18.—-A four-(@24 the government here, Both Vi "ro. continued foreign
car-cld mystery surrounding saiptained, that they ge met service employment was under
investigation, and he had al-
he case_of two sflssing British|anq waclean after the two men
‘iplo Quy"Burgess and ane cet the English Channe? and|Te2dy been withdrawn trom
ronald Maclean, Was Cleared up| antered France four years ago.| Washington.”
mally today by Viadimir Petrov, ‘| ‘Laymen, find it difficult to un-
he high-ranking Soviet spy whe Says Wife Fied, Too erstand how two relatively im-
iroke with Moscow in april, The Foreign Office also hasthortant British officials sus-
“954, while in Australia and ob-(professed ignorance regarding mected of serious offenses could
ained asylum from the govern-iMelinda Maclean, American-fhave been allowed. to escape!
broad. At the timte, Maclean
denk there. ~ born wife of Maclean. She and
‘Petroy disclosed that bothittelr three children disappestediyas head of the American de-
wen were Soviet agents from the/Fom Switzerland in September, partment of the Foreign Office
ime they were atudents together|195%,, after they had been sljnere, Burgess was on leave
‘'t Cambridge University twenty|ewed to leave this country.lirom » post as second secretary
arg ago,"and that they turned|Petrov's account confirmed thatlof the British Embassy at
ver to Soviet agents at London|sht fled. to join her husband in| washington,
briefcases full of Foreign Office|tie Soviet Union. - ‘Not Enough Evidence
‘ocume»nts.” The attitude adopted by rep-
Fled to Moscow resentatives of the Foreign Of- sae cere wee insult
He revealed that they fled fice and the government, Oo. cient evidence to warrant Mac-
om London to Moscow on May], oy were questioned re matediy|lean's arrest, Nor were there
'§, 1881, because they had dis-|bHeY Were Questions Nenie T ye {powers to prevent the men from
vestigated by British secu ty the House, suggests that they petroy, “who Was, “head of the
ervices, W'iwere doing their best to hush UD). icy secret service in AUS-
Petrov’s disci y(t extremely ugly affair. tralia, said in his account that
. sclosures were PuUb-) petroy's disclosures inditate| oi who was working un-
eRep oer othe Pe ie hey ow ugly it really was. They im- der him, ‘burst into his office on
WOVaed the first authoritativeg™, (at the Soviet Union, forls eos 37, 1953, waving # news-
.ccount of the Buryess-Ma if an any years, had access to se- paper and shouting: “It's come
affair, This is 20 because the vets of the Britta Parriee ied off at last, just as we planned
4 . is “ :
foonged Petrov by & sneer this country by the United ‘Kistytain was referring to the
Cslyiain who was the Soviet/2-les and other allies. Th laisappearance of Mrs. Maclean
ceret fontact man who dealt end substance to demands made | +o. ‘switzerland. He asked and
“Jah Burgess and Maclean at |i? the United States that Wasie\ 1) ined from Petrov permis
vondon. ington should withhold from) 0 't, send cabled messages to
Material was provided also by Britain secret matters until the Moscow in connection with this
‘etrov’s wife, Evdokia, who, asifovernment here elintinated| ot onment,
ode clerk. of the Soviet Em-{e2ormous holes declared to exist Kislytsin told Petrov he was
assy in Australia, transmitted!” its security system. =” | Ls ened to the Soviet Embassy
o Moscow some of Kislytsin's > Some Confirmation - at London in 1945 as a code
cores Messages. Mrs. Petrov A Foreign .Office. spokesman|clork. for the Soviet secret police
‘Jeserted from the Soylet regime/foday confirmed some of Petrov’s| and for three yeats was in close
ith ber husband and also ob-(ptatements, * . i contact with Burgess and Mac-
‘ained asyhim from the Aué-; Asked whether Petrov wasliean through an intermediary.
ala overnment, connect Tage that Burgess| oor noose AS AEE
‘nae LORY SEE OB mead Borord
n
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Mr. Mohr
fo Mr. Parsons
* Wr. Rosen
[ Burgess.
Petrov quoted hint as 4a :
"] personally handled all the
material that Burgess supplied.
\E received briefcases full pf For-
eign Office documents. They
‘were photographed ai the Em-~
bassy and quickly returned to
Mr. Tolson
Am ie
Mr, Tamm
Mr. Sizoo
Mr. Winterrowd
Tale, Room _
Mr. Holloman
Miss-Gan
Photographed °°."
The photographs were
sent by courier, in the diplo-
matic bag, to Moscow.” toe
From London, Kishyisin wen!
in 1948 to Moscow, where he pee
was put in charge of a special
section of “an amazing Nbrary
af foreign intelligence called the
top secret
achives.”
‘According to Petrov'’s” ac!
count; “It was crammed full of)
ne a4 fe . *
foe Ce ain
secret documents of the British,
Foreign Office. There was
uch that a great deal had n
ven, been translated and dis
ributed to the <Sovilet) J
ries interested.”"
Wash. News
Wash.. Star _______.—
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Tribune
N, Y. Mirror
Baily Worker
The Worker ___-____
New Leader
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