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Mys, BMaclean’s new home: in Geneva. . She clearly. fooled the Swiss agents, too. For Kishytsin ree" ported to me that in Geeva a MVD. representative arranged with Mrs, Maciean the final de- tails of her jaurney to Mescow, On Friday, September 11, 1952, two years and four months after her husband’s disappearance, Mrs. Maclean drove off with ter children in her black Chevrelet ese. geteiicisle ai 2 were ty Cir, OSCRISEAY Gi 8. Risiu. oo friends. ; Their wiovements were traced _ to the Austrian border. There the trail ended. Mrs. Melinda Maclean had triumphed over the security ser vices of three countries. The part she had played as an aban- doned wife. disillusioned in her traitor husband, was crowned with success. my she is living ‘with ber husband in. Moscow as he secieiiy continues with his work 3 n for Ane Soviet Foreign. Ministry aon “alongside his fellaw spy Guy__ SHE GOUT ~ Burgess. “Blrgess and Maciean were undoubtedly prize “ catches’ for the M.V.D. But it is certain thak the Sovieb spy neiwork has recruited informers of greater or’ lesser usefulness im every - country with which Moscow maintains diplomatic relations. These time-honoured dipto- mati¢e contacts between States are vital for ihe work- ing of the Russian seeret service. Almost invariably the head af the Soviet spy ring in any country is ta be found safely iugtalied in the Saviet Embassy itself, : That was the pattern in Australia when I headed the M.V.D, organisation. Tt was the same when I was stationed i Sweden fram 1943 to 1947. An the pattern is duplicated j every eanitel ef the world eapebvibs §2i GELS Toes, Each head of an MAD OUT TOO: BOVE is the biock of buildings in which Mrs. Donald Maclean lived in Geneva. And jn the picture on the right she is seen at Loridon Airport with hey son, as she walks oui te join the plane which brought hef on the first leg of her escape, No wonder she smiles! * braneh jis known as a. “Repsi~ dent.’ He holds miliary rank in the M.V.D. that correspopds with the importance of the country in which he works, _