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We have no direct evidence that they are in Moscow. Q On April 28, 1954, the Daily Mixpress stated that Petroy had disclosed a great deal of information about Maclean and Burgess, The next day the Foreign Office said that anything Petrov knew was only by hearsay and “cannot he | _ regarded as sufficiently conclusive to justify various statements published.” Why was that? Al thal stage we were still check- '. ing the story. in the House of - - lommons on May 3, 1954, Mr. Selwyn Lloyd said tboul the Petrov claim :— “The interrogation is at present in progress, bul such information about Messrs. Burgess and Maclean which has so far been eliciled is of a limited and general character, and it is not fel certain whether it is based on efrov’s personal knowledge or on earsay. 4 BURGESS