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The | Daily ' xpress ‘and the Foreign Office HEBE isa great sti in the land, — The Foreign Office dmits the damaging news that “Burgess and Maclean, the missing diplomats, were spies. But the Foreign Office is shamming. It is indulging in double-talk. For what is the truth? The truth is that the facts about Burgess and Maclean have been known io the Daily Express and its readers for many nd certainly all the fa upplied “by Petrov ustralla were printed jn he Dally Express 18 months ago. RE: DONALD DUART MacLRAN, et al * Ing April 1994 the Daily Express rinted the news from Perpy. oskins, the — best-infor peclalist on police and. intpr- ational security . matters, nat this refugee Russian agent had revealed :-- 1, The missing 4 dainlomats CIp.Onlats = aaat : whereabouts. 2 Their escape route, 3 Their employmens, Chapman FPincher further dis- closed that Maclean was under security investigation before he disappeared, and that a report had also been made on Burgess. All this Petroy now confirms. Not ali of Petrev's story has been told yet in this country. But more of it has appeared in the American news magazine U.S. News and World Report. There it is related how Kislytsin, an MVD agent who later served. with Petrov in Australia, | met Burgess and Macleen jn Mascow. Kistytsin told Petroy that. he had visited them at their house “qn the outskirts of Moscow: agqd that they were then aciing fs advisers ta the Soviet Foreign Ministry. . Sa what the Dally Express reported 14 months ago is upheld in every particular. But what was the reaction of the Foreign Office when this news- paper made its revelations ? This was the stateraent. issued at the time :— * Petrov had no first-hand knou~ ledge aiatsoeuer Of the nitss- ing diplomats, fi tlese cir- cumstances any hearsay evidence that. Petrop may produce must be treated with apmie reserpe,” which was-added the phrast : ‘And. it cannot he regarded is s¢ficiently conchistve to justity the various statements pub | lijied in the Press ihis morg- " ing.” .. ESPIONAGE’ =~R-(Bufile 100-371183) DAILY EXPRESS _. SEPTEMBER 22, 1955 tae i ay am ae A ND. x Mie at a tol ATT ACES forma sont oe Pe eee ee 4 ayy Tavtant) rhe : ET ake LOi vteat Ny I, EW ost raid gt ce Fey tee gee tw tet ’ ia wots . m™ , “The Press” was the Dai EX DIBSS. Plginly this was an attempt t enigrate the Daily Expres news service. It was an attempt to cast doubt on the Yetiability of the newspaper which had persistently and actutately reported the unfald- - ing of the Maclean-Burgess mystery in face of vilification and obstruction from many quarters. There was never any doubt about the accuracy of the tews in the Daily Express, Yet it was only on Monday of this week, In advance of the publication of the White- paper, that. the truth was acknowledged. The Foreign Office nas a- duty ta. correct: this injustice. The Foreign Office owes it to the Daily Express and to the public wha were deceived at the mewspaper’s expense, & Sir Anthony Eden prestded over a@ two-and-a-half - hour Cabinet meeting yesterday even- ing when the Government's Waile-pager on Maclean and Burgess was considered. Sir Anthony has sumnioned another Cabinel meeting for this niotn- ing, The White-paper is expect to be published tamoarr ole Lfbernoanis , ie a eit: f ft int yi AF fie we Pu e