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- f -#++-The Kremlin's Kept Men A queer pair of British traitors has been — trotted out in Soviet Russia, where. everyone knew they were, but where Soviet officials r ] blandly insisted they were not. > Roane f ; | ihese are the diplomats Guy Burgess and Tamm ,'f 4% | Donald Maclean, who disappeared in May of 1951, Nease ‘ad i at which time Burgess had just been sent home in va qinterrowd __ disgrace from the tre, a. . Holloman . British Embassy in r Gandy Washington, where he was Second Secretary and Maclean (who had previously served in Washington) was head of the American Department of the British Foreign Of-_ fice. Burgess Maclean Communists since their college days at Cam- bridge, they fled Britain to work for “greater mutual understanding between the Soviet Union and the West,” according to their statement, and because they were disturbed by “the senseless- ness and danger of American policy in the Far East and Europe.” Maclean also knew he was being investigated as a traitor and spy, and Burgess had learned he was going to be fired. of Khrushchev and Bulganin to London-—these are among the speculative motives. But the importance of Maclean and Burgess ; is not their exhibition now as the kept men of Soviet policy. TO fo . It lies in what they were—part of a pattern 7 ae an ee oof _— 2 Burgess was a lush, an admitted homo- anh te = *S=“ - sexual, Maclean became a problem drinker, and we aS Cre roo when in his cups, which was often, exhibited “GEE g 29 958 i, ° = homosexual tendencies. . > 5 2 Why did the Soviej_officials decide.to unveil ed ad aE 4 5 > ° . r wns e g them at this particular time? h.P am Obviously for propaganda reasons: To color Was! . or and — ros S the Kremlin's phony “peace offensive”; to sow Wash News aos suspicion between the U. S. and Britain; to in- Wash. Star ame fluence British opinion prior to the April visit N.Y. Herata Tribune 4 N.Y. Mirror Z N.Y. Daily News _._ Daily Worker "The Worker .of conspiracy which produced the Canadian spy New Leader z 4 ring and the theft of the atomic secrets; which a } produced Alger Hiss and Harry Dexter White: Date FER 121956 "which operated worldwide—and still operates— teundercut the policies of the free world and Fr. 9 “fiance communism by any means. eo cypng JAR Z 120° i. rad Plime ee i . By. . ot " . . 7, Pr ee na SP, Oe wg re a . ang et vtay ee ia pe He swt. Fei et Rete ED td, er ed an Se ae eee A Eee US aed So: nae aa : | T m FPR OM NO tes ty A