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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 20
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ee ‘diplomat who ' defected
to the Soviet Union, said today.
that the, British Government| :
s{obtained a warrant for his ar-
rest Jast week partly because] ;
Hit wag “terrified” of his possible
H return to ‘England. . :
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Burgess, in an interview
his Moscow apartment, said thel
‘warrant also was counter-prop-
aganda to last week’s return
to- the Soviet ‘Union ‘of the 5So-
viet, sclentist,: Alexei I, .Golub,
{/who defected six months ago in
slthe Netherlands. ~ .
Burgess, wearing a necktie
of Eton, an exclusive English
re school, said‘ thera was mo TE
Prep as to’ reports ‘that hel. Guy t Burgess. *
might try to return to England. — “j N.Y. TIMES
“I like | ving in the Soviet lean, “alao’ a former. diplomat;
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anion under socialism,’ ' he said. detected tn einer eleven ears Sr ie ee
4“J wouldn't like to live in ex- ago. Tee British warrant . 4i10NLAIE CITY
pense-account England.”
He said he had interrupted a
MBlack Sea vacation’ to return
there to try to.clear up the sit-
uation. ~
Burgess anit Donald D. Mac-
charges them with having vio- _
lated the Official Secrets: Act. DATED L f2u /62
entBess G said he thought * '
there were “‘dogeng’.0of reasons 1 :
for ‘the British’ ac fon ; PAGE : 7
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ment is 39 easily” ung into
panic,” he said. ey are, po FORWARDED BY NY DIVISION ©
ively terrified of Ane” going
ck to” England.” 2
b Pacing the floor and * smoke
ing almost. without let-up, Bur-
gess said ‘the -only.i evidence RE: GUY BURGESS-FORMER BRITISH
EDITOR: JOHN B. OAKES
Britain had against “him had DIPLOMAT WHO DEFECTED TO
Petrov, a Soviet Embassy offi- THE SOVIET UNION
cial he defected in Australia ; .
“Nobody can. accept Petrov's BUPILE- /00 -y1d ih
word, " Burgess said. “His state-
ment about me was made to
Australian security police.”; He r
said the Australian security” po=
American Federal Buréau of Int
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tigation,
1 He said that he” ‘would: ‘like
to vacation in’ Britain’ but that
this. would ‘cause’. “great pain
and trouble'.* to. his,; many,
friends in high places.” “Bes
He said. he ‘had “never “wait!
ten home saying he wanted to
return permanently,” but, had
mentioned “several ‘ years" ‘ago”™
that he would like to vacation
in England, *
his mother.”
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