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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 11
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DAVID Lave
Slight Interest in Burgess and MacLean
Fa neatienecmennist
By British Might Have Nipped Then-Sot
Tes the sdthe old-sbory
fusdequate lws card inedhs
quate sectvity miessures te
protect a nation against Oom-
munist agents amd thebr dupes
--wideh new startles the world
ag the ‘facts come to Ught
about the penetration mate
by Sovinioapies inte the British
Foreign Office and the Austra
‘Han Forelan sOfice..-
For, just ss Alver
tramsraitied seureia trom: thee:
United Slates Depariment of ~
State, so did High officiais a.
the British Foreign Office give -
them to Soyie) agente. “See |
furity risks” who-should Jong,
pefare bave beag invesUpatec
were Hal carefully examined. *
Possibly it was Becwuse She
atmospiere wes poleched: iy ¢
the speciwus. lain that in
dividual right
aes do any fidivichiad rights
ehuid eer superstde the right
ef the Slate te prudecs ieclt
agaimet subversion, sabotage
GP OSA os.
Y# mow [is defist itgiy epiabs
Lspba thad Donald ‘MacLean
haa, i ia” “RYay “35. 2851,
ocautied the American desk 4
im the British Foreign
Was & Soviet say and mantty
after mionth transmilted ac-
ttet papers to the Soviet
Ermnt 7
Guy Burgess, who Hed wis
Macbean ta era wae
> Bau beaset in’ Washi nelon A
cghurigchis stay bere bad a y te
MYUS. PY fa tive offic
Atomic “Brerey
He was seevetacy of an jnker+
national iaammities of diin-
mate whith dealb with stomic-
entre informatie.
Far Tour ears new “iL bas
Been veported wiet the teed
men were beldind the Tran ©
tain, but. the Britisn, Foreke
Office never confirmed: Oh
3 owe, from ihe pen of Vidi
whe defected Irom ihe
viet Embassy in AUS rahe,
a told hang cetetis at the
Ss on ae
rc
sad
Soares sacrosanct |
OMice &
fir at story fram 4 Russian
ces wioul Mesars., ManLean
and Burgess: 1b was yeveaied in
dopyrhcasd article publish
Mt this: cote by TLS. News
de Work Report. Fhis Is sete
avaie fram the. document i>
sued by bbe Hoyal COMIIBSON
ar Australia. last week Riving
. Peirov’s revelations on Uny So-
oowipk spy system... Bab wath ther
He&e-mponshsission’s report on Boviet
oguionge wis velegked ay the
Porlardeitin Australia, Petrov
eat erat he could moh talk
about the Maclear-Bureess
CASE.
The revelations about Mace
Loah and Burgess were printed
in. & “London TIERSHAPED Oye
the week end By arrangement
withthe Svéney Morning Her-
ald af Ausiralis. British For-
ela Oiice offitisls,
viever adinlited that Ubey really
knew what hapyened to Mac-
heat and Burgess ay even. whet
the pair had tean doing, now
finuthy cineade that. Mon. fre
basis of this evidenoe (Petrav’s
statements! che PPesunipsion
must be made that documents
; passed... to Lhe
“Union—in what qplnlty owe
ga say
Bat Pebray HimseN declares~
{hal Secand Seerrebary Hisiyi—
xin of the Soviel Eoahassy in
Australia Had been in. uncon
aud told him Petros) that
Re Read handied the maith
oa ‘ied, ey Bara’ ae Se
wrt we woe
osine im NOR OF more dasee”
of 2k GO Oing: os nis,
witieh Were pH Pee iy
the Soviet Embassy and quigke -
Ty vets
aged “t
the yore
areent information. and cable
or her
i, ta Mustew, The test be pre-
red far dinate by gourler
the diamatice bag.’
ohis. strangely paraliels the
qelationshiy of Aleer ise. “ot
it U.S. Department of State
and Whittsker Charnibers,
whose “pumpkin papers’ dis-
closed Lhe dacunietpe-re vest
from Hiss, :
x
Basie we
Hoople British
whe hare -
Re:
du turns
“OuE that, - ab after
Forey METRE orge
Atarled lawesiigaling Serres
ahd. Burgess, the two men
Isarned-of the Qanger and taid
tha Soviet goverment, sehich |
Heipad them to escape and
ines brought Rive, Mackean
ard: the elilare a ta Museow,
‘Ene farnlly now is ving there,
Two important quesiions
#2388 Mb gomnestion with. the
episode. One is why the Grit
ish sevuriby system dient fune~
tom effectively, The other is
what-Rind of intienfation gid
MacLean and Barge fan Teas
nil and what ; sossibie ites
Poore qweee oH Soviet allay,
“the: thgary advanced | 4
“elroy 33. taat MacLean antl
uswess arectoday advising Gee
vernment on how te
Unites Bate Be in the fel
diplomacy, Th may be
the. whole: Soviel “yraced of-
tensive’ has ibs arigin is. the
SRE: wiven by these lwo they
enal-diglomats, They hraw the
eatl Sints ia the arinor af the
Western cesiocracies, Ther
Have inside bdermation about
Amerimaty arab British pelitions
fdy: severad years
x
nm
¥ there Was
jon. in Midecaw de-~
AReCial 5¢
wated te Information recaived
itty Maclean and Burress,
The two Agemis wers bratned>
reariy in Caymiaunist espionage
even while av Clambrigge Uni-
versiig, Petrov writes:
from 194% to 3948 when he
Wag Yeoriind to Moastow, ‘There
plier & year onvan intelligenos
Sins. omurse, in whieh. he
specialized in moish, he wad
anpointed fo the fest dircet
acate of the Cotmniitie: of
ALTE. BOD, wheres fhe wag YAIt
in bharee afia special gie-mean
sechion of the Lop emeet EE Re -
chives.
a
“,
ran ese
Mr. Folsan..
Me Boardman
‘Mr. Nichals _
we Mr, Belmont
Mr. Harbo .
- OME Mehr
Mr, Parsons
Mr, Rosea ou
Me. Tamm...
Mr, Sizeo
Me. Wintertowd —
Tele, Room ..
Rar, Relloman eee
Wes “ tleyotec
siv to ihe great quantith &
SePRAS athens
migtertal supplied by Macigial
ark Burgess.”
urine the years i848) t
AS52 Ampottent evetits wer
diappening inthe United State
af direct. concern bone “Com
mupvists. The Koarekau wa
brexe out da 188. Miter
radios aged phys of th
Western alles were evident!
relavect vegiutariy to ane Save
government.
“PS 8 Briush
afd) inks are Say
TREN they. sar itl te in
siigate ifem asst alea ihe
they ditv’s thing ot warinwhit
Shadowing Mes, Maclean,
& gertainiy ds bo be hate
tpt those British 3
which have been sieerin
te American securicy
wh realize thal Gaviet espix
riee isn’t after all just a fig
tient af Senator MeGarthy
imaeingiing and thas “euith 2
assoc hition if tollowe
tra igh isn amcinvestigedion
® Atwelesan- Burgess persor
relationshi pe-owith cach cui
ana bely friends, would }at
passtbly nipped the plot beta
iy could de-phe daz ssuawe rh ey
gantly did. Eyen a sheni b
terest in Lhe suimert at nioy
Habits as shown By a previep
yivesiigution of the perser
Fecurds af the Lwoe lene wah
nave raised a Question afb
boli ag-security risks.
iReurecuctiens Rights Reserred:
Wash. Post and
Times Herald
" Wash, News
Wash, Star ata
N.Y, Herald Feibune
N, Ys Mietor
oe
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