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aie Labeling { oe . despondency. For almost a year he had been briefing Communists on aliled policy and strategy, atomic installe- tions, Air Force strengths, points of Anglo-American fric- tion, But gradually information windled ‘to a trickle. “ wantea to see his wife and ildren. He told the authori- s, ‘I. could do. much better if a ee a i een ¢ r % ‘ The riddle of Burgess Pontecorva.’ The reqiest went through channels and struck a secutity snag. Mrs. Maclean Was an American and a noh- Communist to boot. Ornily a high official could authorise her entry. ‘The decision was postpones “Then in August 1953 came the thermo-nuclear explosion on the Aksu River which shook the world. “Pontecorve, nero of the hour, was usked jn true Oriental fashion to. name his wish. had my family around ike !" One of the things clasest to his a ne a | and at a . -: MA alncest | AVEC nee | | heart, he said, was the reuniog ; of the Maclean family, “Thus the drama moved into. ita final act. Maciean for the first. time since 1951 was able to send a long. handwritten letter . by speciat courier to his wife. telling her he wanted her to join him: and bow it could be done. “Melinda had to face the gravest decision of her life. She dj not hesitate. She agreed meet a Russian contact @ Majorca where they worked ot details for her flight.” ” te : oa mee eT . wa ow At “ » ote ’ wag Me ge an wy ange cme UR ma eo eet ge aceon