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ae 19 (Hew, 2-14-61) . BRITISH HUNT BURGESS AND MACLEAN SLES RUN BURGESS AND MACLEAD Turncoats Returning? LONDON, April 18 Union, it was disclosed (UPBh—Traitor diplomats here today. The govern- Guy-Burgess and Donald ment issued warrants for MacLean who fled to Rus- their’ atreat | sia nearly 11 years ago, b The two Pete charged with : ‘ reaches o ain’s icia may have left the Soviet Secrets Act in the warran which become effective if the defectors ever return Britain. Burgess and MacLean, who- were officials in the Foreign Office, fled to the Soviet Un- ion May 25, 1931. “There ace grounds for sup- posing that they may be con- templating leaving, or may have left, the US.S.R. for some: other territory;" Seot- land Yard said, aa American as well as Brit- iu secrets went with the two Ey njen when they slipped. from ‘italn to France en route to Moscow, : : A spokesman for Britls European Airways Said the airline's. Amsterdam office reported the two mon were expected there from Moscow io meet a flight due to reach London. tonight, The defection of Burgess and MacLean, whose Ameri- can-born wife Melinda later ( joined him in Russia, stirigd ane of Britain's greatest post- War security scandals. Both men had worked in! “ ashington, and were privy » . - t@ American, secrets which “ ; resumably passed on to the Fi usslans. “| a BaP montis f : : TO Talson Parsons Mohr Belmont Callahan _ Conrad DeLoach Evans Malone Rosen “ Tavet™ oo Tretier W.G.-SuBivan __ Telé Room jngram Gandy _.. p The Washingten Post and Times Herald 2 The Washington Datly Ne The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New York Joutnsal-American New York Mirror New York Daily Newa New York Post The New York Times The Worker The New Leader The Wall Str Joupial Date C aenenceena cceer eee te en od NOT RECORDED 199 APR 24 1962 rr es SE —— : ne nh nem gan eh nm