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ts eS Cy CSPI The / Pictorial” un- erstands that at least ourteen British MPs ow how Burgess and acivan disappeared and what they are doing today. « -_ The mysterious silence observed by the Foretgn Office Since the two men slipped, abroad in May, 1951, ia deplorable and idictic, M.P.s say. Captain Henry Kerby, the Tory member for Arundel and Shoreham, who was once in the Diplomatic Service, told the Pictorial: IE or Months “The s known for many. months all there !@ to know about Burgess and Maclean, . “THEY KNOW the exact. movements of the two diplomats from the moment they left Eng- land to the time they reached Moscow vis Prague, “THEY KNOW the identity of all the people who alded the two men when they made thelr get-away.” Captain Kerby said: “I strongly deplore’ the fact that the Foreign Office stil refuse to trake a clean breast of | the affair, te id Asked “in at least thirty questions by M.P.s they have been asked to Foreign Office make a statement about|M rgess and Maclean, bat they will not do ec.” aptain Kerby, 4 stdent of Russian ~ “ 3 - vie * eo 3 fee Wg ait Fe ee OEY AS RO en ge ltt ne re — A = ern affalrs who knows Moscow well ang speaks Russian fluently, added: “Several of my col- leagues know. that Burgess and Maclean are in Moscow. I am 100 per cent. sure of my information.” Mr, Tom Iremonger, eousin of Sir Anthony Eden and Parllamentary Private Secretary to Mr. Fitzroy Maclean, Undér- Secretary for War, said : Consider ~ "The Foreign Office | sir should consider Inform- ing the British public if there really is no mystery at alk con- cerning Burgess and Maclean.” ; He told the Pictorial: “After the Petrov affalr last year I suggested | @ that the Australian Gov- ernment should be asked if they had any further information about Bur- gess.and Maclean. Never Told “Although my sugges” tiot: was accepted, I have neyer been ‘told whether the Austrailans gave us further news. “There may be some good reason why ihe Foreign. Office do not wish to divulge their informa- tion . : : f ‘2 cannot imagine what t aa - Knowledge of the move- ments and whereabquts of Burgess and Maclean is pot limited to British Pz. . It is known by certain iplomats in Washington orking for British Intel- " Lieutenant-Colonel Mar- _. By AUDREY WHITING nd exiled Europeans now | cus Lipton, Labour M.P. Brixton, who giso asked & question about the missing iplomats, said: “I know that Burgess and Maclean are in Moscow. It is the duty of the Foreign Gtice to make this matter prablic.” When the Pie asked the ‘Foreign Office for a siate- ment gbout Burgess and Maclean, an official said: “We have nothing to say on. the matter.” . Warned Last March Captain Kerby asked the Foreign Secretary whether he had any new information about the missing diplomats, g - The reply was: “ None, kt is understood tHat ene tan Investigate the Burgess and Macie digappearance was Warned by British authorities, He was toki not to make his Andings public because | they were correct. : It. is also believed tha Burgess and Maclean— ADVISED the Kremlin to send the Spartak football team te play matches {n Britain. as & *poodwilk’” gesture, and . @ SUGGESTED that the Kremlin should allow the Russian cruiser Sverd- loy to attend the Spithead review, : The Pictorial believes that the Foreign Office has ample proof that tha “missing” diplomats are living in Moscow.-.- |. i Changes. | Western diplomats study: , ing recent changes in Soviet policy recognise the influence of Burgess and Maclean behind certain Kremlin decisions. WE BELIEVE THE FOREIGN OFFICE SHOULD ADMIT THESE FACTS. . As Captain Kerbg said, «This is not a. Partd issue, Tt ig a matter of nbtional importance that. tikis - sd calied mystery ia :cleared wp without further delay’. oie