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on meter gunman rare inp 0-19 * (11-22-55) sie ) BURGESS-—. i | 2 Renegades | | See Newsmen ° In Moscow Burgete, ‘Maclean ; ' Deny They Were | - Conumunist Agents ~ > By Sidney, Weiland | | MOSCOW, Peg. 11—Guy Bur- lgess'*"and’’ Do&ald | Maclead, 'British diplomats who vanished|. five years ago, reappeared here: today! fof five minutes to ‘issue |* statement denying they were Communist auehis and ‘blasted ‘American, policy ‘arthreat to 5 : os break their silence - . a { ‘In’ ‘the iueeting. with _twoj Britfsh and” two ‘Russitn re- porters in -e ‘hotel room, they dodged questions on what they are. doing now. - 7 Asked*if they were working for ‘the Russian Foreign Min- istry, the 44-year-old Burgess replied: may oo “It is not that I refuse to answer that question. You would not -find me outside the Foreign Ministry. We do not Wish to say where We are working.” They said that they had been in Russia since their disappear- once .from England in May, 1951, and now are living .in Moscow. Maclean said that his American-born wife, Melinda, formerly of Chicago, and three children who vanished from Switzerland in September, 1853, are with him in Moscow. — Maclean, son of the late Sir Donald Maclean, a British Lib- eral Party leader, was head of the American Department at the Foreign Office before his disappearance. Burgess, a bachelor, was sec-' ond secretary at the British’ mbassy in Washington. Both appeared in good health. They were dressed Jn heavy Russian coats with ‘fur collars and Russian felt hats. They were waiting. outside a hotel room at the appointed time of their meeting with me, as Reuters chief correspondent in Moscow, and Richard Hughes, of the London Sund Times, We had been summoned by Perrone cali from Tass, th official Russian news agency, i] be at the room. Tass re- See MACLEAN, Page AQ, Col. 1 Tem pee on Ve ree | ; poo _— Mei 0 Tt Ane HanAUED DELETED COPY SENT a.g BY LLTEP guy oD°h fore a Mr. Mohr lA REGUEST, Fi . Boardm ye | + Belmohen : Mr. Mason Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Sizoo Mr, Winterrowd —__ Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy Pr | NOT RECOPT © 126 FEB 25 46 ‘Wash. Post and Ati&? Times Herald Wash. News Wash, Star N. Y. Herald Tribune _ N. Y¥. Mirror N. Y. Daily News — Baily Worker —-___ The Worker New Leader De Gof Date FEB 72.1956 an Wb