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0-19 (11-22-55) Viava Ae AALS ) Lk Charges “Lack of Candor’ on Maclean and Burgess - ron. the Herald Tribune Bureau Special to the Herald Tribune LONDON, Feb. 13.--Foreign secretary Selwyn Lloyd told the fouse of Common today that “if - avieb authorities wish to create distrust and drive a wedge” be- tween.Great Britain and the ‘Inited States by producing Guy Surgesg and Denald.Maclean at this time “they will not succeed.” In a blunt comment on the re- Abearance of the two missing cliplomats in Moscow Saturday ‘and on their statement to the ovegs, the Foreign Secretary said ‘\uné affair “brings cut into clear ‘relief the persistent lack of andor of ihe Soviet authorities .1 their statements about these Mae. Lloyd said the Russians cot tried to writ off the Burgess-! Maclean affair as Western anti-j Sovieb propaganda. Last October ~ CSE a UD WY ali Geneva, Harold Macmillan, thein Foreign Secretary, asked Soviet Foreign Minister Viaches- lav M, Molotov for information about the two men, but was told that Mr. Molotay “was quite unable to provide any.” Khrushchev, Too As recently as Jan. 13, Nikita S. Khrushchev, Soviet Commu- hist party chief, denien at an interview with visiting Labor member of Parliament Harold Wilson that he had ever heard anything of the two men from any Soviet official and asked, “Are then in our country then?” “The House must form its own opinion of the veracity of these statements.” Mr. Lloyd remarked dryly. “This kind ef conduct shows how difficult it is to estab- lish relations of mutuai trust which the Sovict Union professes so much to desire.” As to the Burgess and Mac- AOlitace” during the war. BY [é ich Soviet OSpy eo wn 22 i9; tC fil 3 4/ Bi C 4 lean statement In Moscow, the Foreign Secretary dismissed it as “designed to be used for propaganda purposes,” pointing out that the “two men were not permitted to answer any ques- tions, and no credence can be placed in their words.” As to the reasons for the emergence of the pair at this; time, Mr. Llyod said: “One view: is that it was to forestall awk-! ward questions during the visit’ of the Soviet leaders to this country and to clear the’ air. That may be so. After the visit of the Prime Minister and my- self io Washington and the close: aecord we reached with the. United States government on so many matters, the Soviet au- thorities wish to ci'eate distrust and drive a wedge. If this is the explanation, they will nob suc- ceed.” | Maclean Suspected ! Answering Commons ques- tioners, the Foreign Secretary said that suspicions about the ‘leakage of information to the Soviet authorities “was nar- rowed down to Maciean before | be departed,” while Burgess was not as directly: suspect until his departure. This evening, the Foreien Of- fice issued a formal statement denying that Burgess had ever worked for MI-5, inielligence, as he contended in his state- ment at Mascow. The Foreign \Office said that “the only con-- nection Burgess had with MI-5 was working for the British Broadcasting Corporation when hé did from time to time report to MI-5 information baout Ger- many received b him _fram a whe at i VEST og a Tolson BO a Nighots a &. Boardmag » P an ae Belmodt at Mason . Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Nease WS Winterrowd —___ Tele. Room Holloman Gandy Wash. Post and —_~ Times Heraid Wash. News Wash, Star N. Y. Herald —~—-"_ Tribune N.Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News —— Daily Worker The Worker fe ener