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of the known leakages. F recewed a . reply from London. assuring me that thal aspect had been vers much “in ther minds” Bur there was no evi- dence on fie that anvthing had been done about it. and the speed. the dis- conceriing speed. of later develop. ments suggested that the idea musi have beep relatively new Burgess packed up and left We dined together. on his last evening. in a Chinese restauran! where each booth had “personalized music™ which helped drown our voices We went over the plan step by step He was to meet a Soviet cantact on arrival in London and give him a full briefing He was then to call on Mackean at hr office armed with a sheet of paper giving the ume and place of rendezvous which he would shp across. the desk He would then meer Maclean and pul him fully im the picture From then on the malier was aut of ms hands. Burgess did not look too happy. and Iomust hase had an inkling of what was on his mind When I drove him to the station neat morning my last words. spoken onh half-yocularls, were. “Don't vou go, tea,” Odd man out MIS were jooking far the odd man Gul, the mzn whe conformed least to patiern Wt was sntelligent: procedure andou led them to pul Maclean at ihe top of the list He had never enoved the soci round of the diplomaue corps He had preferred the socien of independen; minds Bs contrast. the others on the list were de pressingls conformist In communicating to us ther conclusions. MIS informed us that) Macitan would probabh be approached when the case agains: him was compleic Meanwhile. certain Categories of Foreign Office paper would he withheld from fom. and his movements would he put under sur. veilance These Tast two decisions taken presumably ic soothe the Americans. were foolish. bur | saw ne reasen to Challenge them F pudged thes moghi serve mein good stead if anyibing went wrong. 1 was right One morning. at # horribly earl heur. Geoftres Paterson [the MIS mar in Washingion| calied me by telephone He explamed that he had ust Teceived an enormoush Jong Mast Immediale telegram from London would take him all day to decipher at without hetp and be had just sent hes fecreiars on ww week's leave Could he borrow mine” do made ibe necessary afrangements and sai back to compose Th was alinos ceriainiy ob mysll Melinda ence imarnied 1 Denald Macitan. it now Kim Philhy's fourth wife One died. two divorced hun The third, Eleanor, wrote a book about Their fife iayether’ The Spy | Loved APATL, 1968 Was Maclean in the bag? Had Mac- lean got away? } was itching to tush aground to the embass: and lend a third hand to the telegram = But it was Cleath wiser 1o suck to my usual rou- tine as if nothing had happened When T reached the embassy, | went straight fo Paterson's office He looked grey “Kim.” he said in a hall-whisper. “the bird has flown.” 1 registered dawning horror (1 hope] “Whal did” Not Maclean” “Yes.” he answered. “But there's worse than thal... Guy Bur- gec hus gone with him.” Al that, m conslerhation was no preiense. Buacess'’s DEPARTURE with Maclean faced me with a fateful decision. From the ecarhest discussions af Mac- lean’s escape. ms Soviel colleagues had been mindful that something might go wrong and pul me in danger To meei such a pouibility, we had elaborated ah escape plan for mvsell, to be pul inte effect at my dascretion in case of extreme emergency. Jt was clear that the departure of Burgess Save rise to an emergency. But was it an extreme emergency? I had 10 put aside the decision for @ few hours. in order to deal with two immediaic Problems One was to gei rid of cer- tain compromising equipment hidden in my house The other was to get the feeling of the FBI. since that might affect the details of my tscape When Paterson and J BO back te the embass, {from FBI headquariers i. it was already past noon, and 2 could Great Ontario Adventure Vacations The Heritage Highways Take your family ona Journey through time ons Heritage Highways Adventure Vacation, Enjoy the good old days in pioneer times in Upper Canada Village. Savour the tranquillity of traditional towns along the shores of the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario. Thrilt tothe big-city excitements of Metropolitan Toronto — glittering night life, theatres, shopping and sightseeing. From Ottawa's pomp and pageantry to Old Fort Erie's historic memories, interest never palls. Cruise from Brockville or Gananoque among the beautiful Thousand |siands. The . Seaway locks, shuttling freighters through like toys, Camping. Swimming. Sunshine. And magnificent Niagara Falls. You'll never regret, never forget, a Heritage Highways Adventure Vacation. It's one you Should plan now, oy E < Send for your free colour adventure booklet ''The Heritage Highways." Write to: Province of Ontario, Department af Tourism & information, Room M2, Parliament Buildings, Toronto. at