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est that the three referred to thé same wre is stil) no basis for position. But if tha nm had been made, if cular the Kriviteky had been studied im to the Washington ‘atch among the diplo- id have started without Lime—perhape = even appeared on the acene. & confess to having & great edvantage in as bretey certain from | nitg who was Involved. yen discounting that * Ik seemed to me ious, from the nature -orls, that we were not with the petty agent waslepaper- baskets ‘hing the odd carbon. of the reports dealt ital problems of some ¥, and on mote than on Homer_waa spoken espect «= There could ‘| doubl that we were ith a mao of stature, ‘nictence to inithate along these lines can tirlputed to & genuine otk which stubbornly ie beller * “spected of th. shment tuch th ‘ stence OF cuch @ block 7 borne cut by the ries that followed the ince of Macléan and qd for that matter Explanations of extra- lliness were offered In the onvioug simple chew quite weil that ‘e situation could not ever One day, any ‘body In London or would lock Into his irror oagd find = In- there née investi- the diptomate atarted, certaini# yieid the zer. sooner or later. question was: How some time of metiing out. and had one or two irons in the fire in Pleet Sirret. As om result, hia work for the Porelgn OMce had suffered. ao much so that it locked like a close thing between resignation and dis- misaa|. In any case. he was anxious to get back te England. In) somebody's mind—l do hot know ¢hose—the two ideas merged: Burgess feturn to London and the rescue of Mariean. if Bureets returned to London from the Britlsh Embassy in Washington. it seemed matural (heat he shonld call on the head of the American) Department. He Would be well placed to set the ball rolling for the rescue operation. Tt would have been powble for him to have resigned ja Washington, and returned to London without fuss. But it might have looked @ bit odd If he had gone back volunuril¢¥ ‘~ 7 ‘Don’t you go too’ 1 making & positive contribution to the solution of the Britleh Embasay cuss. Hitherto._I hag tain low, le ting the FBI and MIA do what they could Now that the reecue Pah waa taking ahepe, there wes Do reason why i should pot wive the investigation @ nidee in the right direction, . To that end, 1 erole -memorandum to Head Office, suggesting that we might be wasling our timé in exhaustive investigations of the Embasat menials . I recalled the statements of Krivilaky to the best of mt ability from memorr, He ha seid Lat tie head of the Boviet Intelligence (or Western Europes had recruited in the middie ‘thirties a peune man who had fone inte the Forelgn Office He was, of good family, and Aad been educated at Eton and Oxford. He was an enlist, working sithout oarment. My last words to — Burgess were: — classir@| scholar of distinction to ahom the code-name Hoiner would be appropriate; Hamer, in its Russian farms of Gemer, Was BR Dear-anagraim of Gore; as for Idenia, Gore-Booth was a ‘Christian Sclentlst and a tee bolaler What more could [ want? I war a neat bil of enovugh, LT hoped, to pause for a few dave. Burgesa packed up and left. We dined together his last sren- ing in ® Chinese restaurant *mhere each booth had“ per- ‘aonaliaed morte" which helped to drown aur rolcea, We went over the plan step be etep. He was to meet a Boriet con- tact on arrival In London and *elve him a full briefing, He was then to call on Maclean at hia office armed with a sheet of paper giving the time and Mace of rendezvous which he would glip acroax Lhe desk, NST WAR shortly before the disappearance I osugaested hat these data, Ae world then meet Maclean pT ve inte of Maclean Matters had to be such as they were, should be and put him fully im the pir- —_ sO atranged that he was sent meatched against the records of ture, From then on, the General Krivitsky. He gave back, eiliv-nilly. diplomats stationed in Wash, iatter was ont of my hands. tiscussioh with = my the West vital clues Te owas the sort of project in ington between the relevant Surgera did not look iso happy bo omeetings = outeide which Burgess dellgt ted, and dates in 194445 of the known and [ must have had an inkling Pinte st alg | balls he brought it off in the aimpleat leakages. . of what mason hin mind. When Heficed operator occupy! & possible war tee Limes in one I recel¥ed _Fepir om rove him to Maclean oefore the eenlor post in the Poregn Office Gay he was booked for speeding Vivian (Deputy Chief of the morning. my last worda, spoken as accepted aa an CAN Wave access only to the In the State of Virginia. and Secret Inte ltipence Service} only . alf = Jocularty, were: question was raised (Oaners that are oleced on hig the ree reacted Just a mseuring me that, that aspect Pon't you go too. Hy desk In the ordinary course of Yr_ na oDd of the case 1 yer uture potential to the ey He rent a furious protest to mich ‘in their minds.” Bul on in the event of his . wae quile enoush ° But there were two further the Slate Depariment against there was no evidence on file MILO were not pardeulariy im nid ony complications, i had been sent this flagrant abuse of diplomatic that ansthing had been done | F aaer : Tirade ar (le ine United States for a two privilege, which gas then about at. and the speed, ihe dia; Dressed by Mackenzie's brain- nay ard to «Yar tour of duty, and I could brought to the ention of the gancer:ing speed. of |ater de- Wave shout Gore . Con do aM... them to therefore expect to be replaced ambassador. Within am few yelopments suggested that the [ronted by their rt list. inher L they cannot blame in the sutumn of $951 davs. Burgess sae regrettullf idea mest heave been relativelp 9 WeTe ooking for the odd man 9 suffer unplessant I nad no iden what me oexy formed that he would have to new. . att. iné man who conform future cosce posting would be: it could , leave A maten oof the Kripitaky j leatt Wo patiern nd rank of a ace n He ee colt sents ieiltwent, procedure. Cambridge 1933: Maclean (arrowed) In the second ra pe AS ak the poselbility of jist of perhapa ax pames which . aL ine (23 af the Jist crea the to the tel | hon ! ; <éndan, with | le had ever en egram the telegram. Shut It was ald plandiy Groping In partial Garknes@ Burgess helping in the rescue the sett tous Inet Intensive = aocial found of the Dipiamatic the spend wih which the affair Mort Immediate tel from tleariy wiser to stick son head of the as we were, it seemed sates to operation emerged trom our dis (neuirien were In pr _ Corns. He had preferred the meting with sar Soviet contact isual routine as if gothl : Devariment of the ge: Maclean swat by the cussions. great attention wae e dst inchided the names soccely of independent mind* toid Alm of the pressing need Tt would take him all day to happened. Mee, and thas ped middle of 1961 a1 tine latest. paid te mt own position of Reger Makins, Paul Gore Ay contrast, the others on the top pase . decipher without heip, and he When f reached the t ra eonee to The second compilestion arose Despite all precautions, Bir- Booth, Michael Wright. and list were deoressingly con. I was aiso given a pretext for had just sent his secretars OO & fF went atralght to Pai i hee senae from Bureess's position. He might be seem FIM naneld Maclean. (It mby be formist wie a aso en noel or weekD leave. Could he borrow omre He moked arey. @ resolute and rl: eas emphatically not at home Maciean and inauity ito his oblected that Muctean was not In communteating to us their & ng fo Burgess direct The mine ? he said in a heit-whispe In the Poréign ce, for which = acthyity might [rad tn doubta Qo Gither ion or Oxtord) He ¢onclusionx, MLS Informed us AD ant rene to te I made the neceesary arrange = pird has flown” 1 reg 1eeg «(he had neither the right about me. There seemed ver? Sue not, But MIs did nor: that Mactean would probably be in Me abet tae ye Con, (ments and sat back to compore dawning horror (| - temperament mor the right litte that oould be done about oriach tac much weight to that AppToRthed when the case Toentelemen ie hed lettinthe mVstif This was almost = What bird? Not Mec! : personality. it. but it occurred to me that I Gacai on the gteund at: Rgaln# him was comniete. nen ‘ He f le i _ : certainly it. "Yes" he answered He had been thinking for could hein to divert auicion by foreigners often assume (het ai! Meanwhila, certain categorie Car park. & wrote to Burges: Was Maclean im the bag? “But there's worse the i ‘of Forel OMe paners would [im pressing teria, telling him ea Mactan pot cay? Iwas .,. Gey Burgess has gor mun ao to Rianvand Onfray: be withbeld tram him. and bis phat tf De aid not acl af oer, itching to rush around ta the him. At that. my con f was desirable that easiiv hare been Cairo or materi iould sta¥ in his post Bingapore, fer ou of toh Se Enib posible After his with the Maclean case. = Press inc. ights reserved : 1 \ : by .CHAPMAN PINCHER [Moan eatbeMStr Ma niatahS tC Rita cri gic tee a Co ac ee eee a ot . kenzie [ihe Embasry securety cisions taken presumably tq Reap. There was nothing more ofcer}] with one of ble finert” aocche the Americans, were that I couid do. k ho But 1 saw no reason to One morning. at s herribly challenge them. I fudged that é@arly hour, Geoffrey Paterson they might setve me in good = [a member of the Fmbosey stat} l@owent wrong. € called me by telephone. He expiainad that lie oid fist recived oan ener civ beng . hort shem Fuchs then {identified hours He offered me fram Bima flown (o hia Jail in Ofds on Gore-Rooth, London, Geld‘. confession ted Why?) He iad been edueated instalment dellberatetr sarrifived. First. he te Sulina. 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