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rt cere eee oe team a . eer rae Sena nae Siw Sana unanrN edict tien Poca teh? ae ee rn € . eee ie - ALLEGATIONS UF PETROV, SOVIET DEFECTOR IN AUSTRALIA. Viadimir Petrov stated in an article in the “United States News and World Report” issue of September 23, 1955, that he learned through his colleague, one Kislytsin, Second Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Australta that Burgess and Maclean were long-term agents who had each been independently recruited to work for the | Soviet intelligence during their student days at Cambridge Universit. | Browne" to Kislytsin who was in London from 1945 to 1948, Burgess brought briefcases full of Foreign Office docwnents to the Soviet Embassy where they were photographed and returned to him. Zhe flight of Burgess and Maclean was planned from Moscow because they ad discovered they were under investigation. When they made this discovery Burgess and Maclean reported to thetr Soviet superiors in much alarm. Kislytsin assisted in planning their escape and met them upon their arrival in Moscow. He was responstble for their welfare and visited them often in a comfortable home outside of Loscow. Kislytsin advised Petrov they were acting as advisors to the Foreign OQjfice in Anglo-American affairs. Kislytsin was also aware of the plan to get Mrs. Kaclean to Moscow and when he read of her escape in the newspaper in Australia he recognized some of “| ep details. The first publication of Fetrov's story appeared tn the London papers on September 18, 1955, and resulted in extensive criticism of British officials. hese attacks by tne press resulted in the British Government promising to issue a White Paper on Friday, September 23, 1955. , a} “7 C} —_— . - Ss - nn ee