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SORDID STORY \\, ~~ 7 Ts Je’ = ee ES Pn, - ‘—- if ace ” C . JUY BURGESS and Donald MacLean - now have filled in the missing chapters | f{ their squalid past and boastfully an- ' .ounced intengigfis to continue on the path { treason. vet The con ivaitors finally emerged rom five years of mystery in Moscow. “hey are as arrogant as ever. Whether Lot ee eee Ware hinkliohtad in tha ner personal NWVES—NI_ vented a que : wast by drunken brawls and homosexuality _ —remain as sordid is a problem for their : Soviet masters. The unanswered question is how the a6 MAS 25tl Ge Gritish Foreign Office tolerated these two - young Men when they themselves never ’ »ersonal behavior in London, Paris, Cairo aid their pro-Soviet views, and when their and Washington was a public scandal, The post-mortem on this case already as reverberated in many capitals—espe- sre Se «jally here in Washington. Only last week cen. MacArthur again suggested that the communists in Korea probably got their information of his military plans and even : of higher American policy decisions thru * Mr. Burgess, then serving in the British ‘ Embassy in Washington, and Mr. MacLean, ’ head of the American desk in the Foreign » Office in London, Treason is a crime that revolts honorable - men everywhere. ..Americans will sympa- - thize with Britishers who believe such Fe te ee ee ae eS oe eee) Bo te yt desnieahle characters should hang from a AAO RN Cee Radda ee ean are, we reese gallows. These two are beyond the reach of Brit- ish law, unfortunately, There is, however, a punishment Britain with our help can win tham oAany tham supeace in thair give tiem—dGeny twiem success in wileir efforts to divide and weaken the West, * * * This sudden surfacing of Messrs. Burgess and MacLean has a major objective—to stir up old British-American difficulties -... to keep-us agitated about the past while communism moves into the Tuture, - . y/\ + “TT 00 FEB 24 tone 4 ee pee |? ~ Se RT ii RY ee wae fer Mason 7 “ : Mohr Parsons y* Tamm Nease : Vincterrowd Tele. Room Holloman Gandy — Messrs. Burgess and MacLean already. AY “Have’contributed to British-Ameriean_dis- ' : * in agreements. Are the British and Amer- “Ay icans to let them continue to do so? Are we to reward them with more successes? The past cannot be forgotten and should - not. It is filled with lessons. But only the communist conspiracy will profit jf recrim- inations are permitted to poison the future. | ( , wt About the only way the West can con- tribute to ultimate punishment of Messrs. ke %) Burgess and MacLean is to prove them Lh di wrong. If the Western alliance does not 5o7- - fall apart—if it gets stronger—and if the | Burgess-MacLean projects to divide and weaken the West fail, the Kremlin is likely to tire of these men and find them useless. __ When the Kremlin is thru with a man he punishment is usually quick and ruth ss. Speed the day when the Kremli ewards these men with a knock on thd oor at midnight. : | | Wash. Post and Times Herald | Wash. News —___7 ‘> Ste, _¢# Wash, Star N.Y. Herald | 7 7 we AE UO OD Tribune 198 cee oA OFA N.Y. Mirrar ~-- . WEPFEB 24 .S56 N.Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News - Datly Worker a“ The Worker New Leader ~ DELETED COPY SENT @.B Ming Davo fof BY LETTER JUN 29 yu75 PER FOIA REQUESE = hen ug Date FEU L 87956 — ww Pr a ee oN sage z me _ en ee es : : Teg 7 age . ‘ele My ty ot -, * - . seh Fie. Deen Stn ‘ne