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tw [ v oR * HEB ECUa Py, Gn pia roe sy fn 2 : NN La . fue aed E £ stip ae i 7 ~ ot ‘ 1 ARE en, NE Line i Whig; TAY Ba EXPRESS . 7 7° i he Russian Spy. System A Anta Aen (an A era area f Gerec eSplonage age t, the curtain on the drama of the disappeating British diplo- mats, MacLean and Burgess, has revealed that these two young men had been members of the Russian spy apparatus who pixel ; ing Soviet vho fina Ling ROU ae since their student days in Cambridge. This is a significant: contribution te our study of Communist aims and methods, it would not be surprising to learn that niost.of the men and women who were involved in Soviet espionage in this country also had* been drawn into the net in their student days, or at an age comparable to the student period. So far as. we know the story of Communist infiltration in this coun- trv, and in other free nations, itis built on the capture of young people, when they show an interest in half-baked no- tions-such as the theories of Marx and before they outgrow their adolescent rebellion against the humdr um conditions of ihe world as they find it.- 4 is. hard to imagine to just what an extent the spying activity of Burgess:and MacLean may have influenced the istory of the world since they were boys in college. Mac- ean, especially, had an opportunity, which he certainly dida not. ignore, to steal the technical secret of the atomic bambh arly'in the war period, while those things were still secret rom Russia, He also had an opportunity fo know that American State Department was opposed to any attack on Chinese territory during the Koréan war, and it may be that he had an opportunity to influence British poliey toward putting pressure on the United States to avoid an attack across the Yalu River. General MacArthur has implied strongly that the Chinese were well aware of the shackles pul on American forces in Korea, guaranteeing the enemy “privileged sanctuary” and practically offering. the Chinese a reward for Jumping Into the war on the side of the North lkoreans, If MacLean gave the Russtaneg the mes fo etek te iba wAtae Pees bs ng of catehing up with American atomic weapons progress, ‘and tipped oft the Chinese Communists to an action which probably pre- vented the United Nations from winning the Korean war, it is true that, as one spy, he did more than an Army to ad- vance the fortunes of communism. Spying is the cheapest way to win an advantage. That is why the Communists depend on it so much, and why they go to such fantastic extremes to build up spy rings within spy rings. which came the story of the MacLean and Burgess affaly imply supplement. and verify previous revelations of spy ng in Canada and the ne United | States. Systematically lool DELETED COPY SENT c. act LAGS be re ee ee The revelations of spying in Australia, of SRGALS they ¢ | Noor Teor 16 OCT 32 a wee yee aa MOU. yop olny « Boards . Mie aa Jal Polhont a - Mr. Foil. arn Mies. G uF ht ‘Say Say = ie: REGCRD 355 i YK Dye t INDEXED . PPLE eee