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7 Offic Ce “Memordndum eR rn aa ny ~ owe ; oe pom ote : a re \ Ne. : yee UNITED states 6c GOVERNMENT TO + «6ODIRECTOR, PBI | DATE: 3/ 6/9 6 FROM AO LOUISVILLE Qe 3 SUBJECT: m, which appeared in the U. S. News Report approximately — one month ago concerning the activities of BURGESS | and MacL=AN, the two British diplomatic employees who defected to the Russians, ‘The article mentioned contained information that BURGESS! roommate, who first furnished the information to British authorities, telephoned ANTHONY BLUNT reporting BURGESS! disappearance, This telephone call was fhe first indicetion of the defection on the part of“MacLEAN and BURGESS. DowALD DUART) ~~ _ On the morning of Merch 16, 1956, an arti cle appeared on the editorial page of the Louisville Courier- a Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, with a Washington by- line written by DREW PEARSON, in which reference is | made to a certain book in which was found a letter . believed to be a communication between Communist Agents. Eeypt, and was 3 postmarked from Louisville, Kentucky, ” 2s. t * dated 195Y% a, Looe - The letter was recovered in the British Embassy in Cairo, Jo