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, Mr. Tolgon ene : oardm: oa 7 Belmont _ Mr, ~ le, Mason Mr, Nohr Mr, Parsons Mr, Rosen - ‘ Mt. Tame Mr, Nease _.___ Mr. Finterrowd _ Tele, Room Mr. Holloman —_ MR 0 oncan ‘Miss Gandy Da Pages a NE Ty Sts gts “4 arth othtet sy (PETROV) : THE 2 NATE INTERNAL sStcurt ty SUBCOMMITTEE HAS INVITED A FORMER SOVIET SECRET POLICEMAN TO COME FROM AUSTRALIA TO TESTIFY ABOUT TwO TURNCOAT BRITISH DIPLOMATS. a SPOKESMAN SAID THE SPOKESMAN Satp THE SUBCOMMITTEE SOUGHT TESTIMONY OF VLADIMIR PETROV FORMER CHIEF OF THE SOVIET SECRET POLICE IN AUSTRALIA, WHO perectEp 1 WEST IN A 5 5he UBCONNE TIRE WANTS PEORIA TION FROM PETROV ABOUT GBY BURGESS SAND ERAT ICRACLEAd BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIALS WHO APPEARED In fvE YEARS AFTER THEY VANISHED FROM LON CLEAN, WHO TOLD A MOSCOW NEWS CONFERENCE LAST WINTER THE RUSSIAN SIDE WERE STATIONED IN WASHINGTON FOR A PERIOD DURING WORLD WAR II D LATER HAD ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNITED STATES IN THE Der AToH FOREIGN OFFICE. THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS BEEN TRYING TO LEARN WHETHER BURCESS AND MACLEAN TOOK AMERICAN DEFENSE SECRETS WITH THEM THROUGH THE IRON "AFTER PETROV BOLTED FROM THE SOVIET SECRET POLICE, HE WROTE AN ARTICLE FOR AN AMERICAN MAGAZINE (UeSe NEWS AND WORLD REPORT), WHICH QUOTED THE SECOND SECRETARY OF THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN CANBERRY AUSTRALIA, AS SAYING THAT THE PAIR HAD BEEN SOVIET AGENTS FOR YEARS. PETROV SAID THE SECOND SECRETARY, NAMED KISLYTSIN, TOLD HIM THAT THE FLIGHT OF BURGESS AND MACLEAN HAD BEEN CAREFULLY PLANNED IN MOSCOW WHEN THEY pI DISCOVERED THEY WERE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY BRITISH SECURITY HE SAID SOVIET INTELLIGENCE ALSO PLANNED THE FLIGHT OF MRSs MACLEAN AND HER CHILDREN FROM LAUSANNE. SWITZERLAND, IN SEPTEMBER, 1953, THE SUBCOMMITTEE 'S _SUBPENA BOWER DOES NOT EXTEND TO AUSTRALTAS AST DO IS Inv JI TE PET KVVe [se SIMILAR SITUATION THREE YEARS AGO, WHEN THE Se seeeta ee ‘ Ran es ee ie Ogee gay a ne or tle eee ah EOE: aia 1 Teen a a err > et THE TESTIMONY OF FORMER SOVIET CODE’ CLERK IGOR GOUZEN CANADA, THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO LET M COME our. oF RIDING ' / AND LEAVE THE COUNTRYs INSTEAD, THE SUBCOMMITTEE SENT T¥O SENA TO \ EET e IM IN SECRET IN CANADA AND TAKE HIS DEPOSITION, wHECH LATER WAS _— 4/3"RHREGS 14P lieve = 3. , a _ o> VELETES 70" > OR Mel Naga bol ane We . SY UETIER tr ve ai coy “* "NOT RECORDED \o ot v al. SE My Ey yes i26 PAR 193 1956 yr a eee s APR 19 TGS me Oo . a WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE BS _