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_ | | 21. From infernmetion subsequently reccivee fron witnesses in Svitzerland ent austric, it scems clear thet the arrance.cnts for hips, .aclcan'’s ccperturs fron Geneva hed been carcfully planned enc that she-yvrcececcé by train fro. Lauseane on the wvoning of Supte..ber ll, passing the Sviss-austriean frenticr thet night and errivinc at Schrverzach St. Veit in the imcricen Zonw cf «wustria at aporexiiust-ly 9,15 on the vorning of Sceutcuber 12, The intcpenccont cvidenec of a pertcr at Sehvargach St. Veit cnc cf wigtalsses trevolling -n the train, hes cstcblishec smu ift the trein at this point, Further cvidence belicvee to >. reliable, Shows thet shia -ecs uet et the station by on unknown :.en “riving fo ocer berrin: kustrisn nouber rlatce Th. furthor oce- cocantes of G Car serPiny, Best rian Aboer places. 20, PUPENSP oo Vents oF tiis cor heve not been traced, It ds probable thet i: took t 238. ciecluen anc the chileren fron Schverzech St, Voit to cae hbcurin, tarritory in Russian ocecupaticn whenec she procceded on acer jsurnayy to join her husband, 22, There wes no qucstion cf preventing iirs, daclesn frou lcaving th. United Kon cou to cso to live in Switzerlanc, althou_hn she- Wes Ender no coligeticn to rcport her wuveiacnts, she acl deon Trouvlarly in touch with the security authcrities anc nad inferucd the. thet she wished to ake her hove in Switgcrlanc, bhe gave tao Geve reesons, firstly that she wishec to avoid th. pa rsunal CiDerress, ont te iuhteh she hac heon eubineted hy th oooes in the SBOP SG ah be eC SOC eG Been SUCTeC Loa oY tm Press in tac Unitcd Kinds... and secunely, that she wished ta ecuects ncr children in ta: Interncticnal School in Geneva, It will te ruce.cbered thet urs, .isclcen was en cicri¢an citizen and in vicw of the publicity ceusce by hr husbend's fli:ht it was only netural th-t shs should wish to brin: up her chilarcn in new surrcuntings, Befare she left for Goncva the scocurity sauthoritics iiele arrenic..nats with hor wthercby she vas te kcup in touch vith th: Britisn cuthoritics in Berne ené Gencva in czse she shoule reecive any furtacr novs frs.. her hus3end or require advice or assistance, iirs, iiaclean was a free encnt. Th. authcritics had no legal mans of cctaimning her in the Unitcd Kinwfon, any fora of surveillance o>road vould heve been unwerranted, . 23. In view of the suspicions held ereinst eclean: ent of the cunspiretoricl menncr of his flight, it was assunce, thouch it eculé not be proved, tart his dcstination cat thet <f his ecnpanion ust heve becn the Soviet Union or sone other tcorrdit.ry Sehinc the Tron Curtain, Now Virdisir Petrov, the fericr Thirc scerctary of tac Scvict Evsessy in Canberra, who sourht polities] csylui on foril 3, 195-:, hes provided eunfirnaticn cf this. Fotrov hinself wos not eircetiy concerned in the case onc mes infort®tion was ooteined from eunversation with cone of his colleagucs in the - Govict services in “tustralie, Putrov statcs that both ..cclean snd DUPLLSS wore Teeruitcc cs spies for the Sovict Gav.ra cnt wnile struvcnts et tos University, with the intentiun thet th.:: shoule carry cut thir vspicneze tasks in the Fureign Offic. onl thet in 1951, by uiens unknown tuo hiu, ont ur other of the tvc ..cn becasue avare thet their ectivitics wore uncer investigaticn, This was reverted by thi. to th Sovict Irtallicence Serviec whe then organised their escepe and reicvel to th Soviet Union. Potrav hes the isprcessivn thet the cseape reute included Czccehuslovekia ene That it anvolvce an acroplans flight into thet ecwmitry. Upon their arrivel in Russia, liacican eni Burgess lived amar -loscutt. The: wore usec as advisers to the .['nistry of Fuorei.. «affairs and othcr Sovict azencics, Petrov edds that cne of the 6n feteant-e ant & = ee ee ee oe eee 4. .2Ci Gy ANOS Srnec Seen JoLNed OY Nis WLLL. f24. The