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an mage Bett Te eg eg pete en ee a , a Bb bes a ‘lfere with Mrs. Bassett's trip. SPOILED HIM ; ae . | Guy no.traitor’ oe 0 : the Burgess! atory beging wilth—- BASSETT, mother of” ” Dénald“Maclean five years S90, in” Moscow with her son, % 7.4. © the-full knowledge of the oreign,” : Office and has enough currency... ° for at least three weeks. > - “Friends and family were understood - , Sto be against the visit on the grounds | : , that it would be unpopular. and gubjett beerete ito public misunderstanding. , Tmo he had secured: the permission of the Russian . authorities for her to come, “ After that.” aaid a friend Inst night, “ oe could stop her, She sald: . ‘t must go and see. ' ‘The Forelgn Office said 1) had ho authority or reason to inter-, “It she nas a valid “British Passport there is nothing to stop her going. anywhere," ™ Said a spokesman a : The dramatic new ‘chapter in THE MOTHER.—Mrs. Busseit . small, stim, and in her sixties | married Lieut. - Golonel 3. R Bassett after her first husband. r. M. K de Money Burgess, was killed at Jutland, | E ‘Always she ke faith with ;;: her son, gay, bachelor, 45-year- . old Guy Burgess—even when it 4, became clear that. he and Maclean. had: been” betraying Posecrets to'the Russ‘ans, | te, (A friend ‘sald last night: a ‘ . Was always . es ¥v..fond _of.. Guy. She spoiled him a3 only & * devoted mother. can. and has| . never ceased to believe in nim. Then to Mi Bassett’s” London home at A “THE LET R.—It' was erg éd to her a ead months ago via Rassian bassy diplomatic Guy 8 umes wrote that nis ‘Russian Foren neds granted permissjon for her to make iB ViBit. 4 ty Bae ct | Pleas ‘Guy~Burgess, the "British |r “She flew there a week ,ago ‘with? Ss : But Burgess wrote telling his oe Bucs [2x “to! mother’ ae ISA GRANTED « 44 ; icket ‘at Cook's ;- ota Tg o Next: step was— ‘ ‘ THE JOURNEY.—Mrs,_ Ba tt’ | began her ‘plans after Burgess. and Maclean appeared: ,ofielally. in Moscow in February, :’ & She -wrote to Sir_ William’ Hayter, British Ambassador ini Moscow telling him her intentlon,/ 77~ The Russian Embaasy in Lon! . don gave her a visa. Then Mrs. {Bassett walked into a Thomag «Cook's office, bought her ticket, booked a seat, and obtained currency, * ': It ts belleved that the flew via Om 1 and Helsink! 8nd was at Moscow rport by « Soviet Forelgn Ministry car, ; NOTTALKING -. Husband bars callers “* A travel agency which organises trips to RuSsia sald last night: is possible that Mrs. Bassett has taken £250 with her. the full allowance: -. “It will nat go very ‘far ‘it she ig ts Paying for her stay. The of living in Moscow is three yr four times higher than here.” Mra” Bassett's a fourney was first ity discussed by— THE FAMILY.—It is thought at.at least one member faired that there would be strong pholic disapproval. « . Last night Colonel Bassett ~ Was still in his flat at Arlington F‘House. He sald: “I am not -'making any comment nor * answering any questions.” After that be fe orders to the doorman that he was, . Fecelving no visitors. ; wk WON'T STAY’ Strong ties here ws el friend said last” night: “There is absolutely no chance that Mrs _ Bassett will stay in Moscow, It is just that- - felt ne Tata a ge she had to see Guy and find out for herself now he is goin ’ “She will come back ecause! she has . equally strong . family | commitments here t | would: have been impossible’ to AMissuade: her from the visit.” eal Mrs, Bassett's journey”: was ° a complete surprise to— 2°: THE MAGLEANS, ‘Lady’ (Gwendolen) Maclean mother of Donald -Maciean. said at her Ken- : knéw nothing about it until I saw a ney. per. ‘“T have not been ‘centact with Mrs, Bassett since, tk fe, dis, ppearance, ..0 °°: rojak ose “T. don't ‘know. why” sh one: but I should say it w imply to visit her son. not persuade him to come b ant imagine ashe weula ha olitical influence. ¥i-.45