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XIV: ALLEGATIONS CF VLADIMIN PETROY, : SCVILT_ DUPECION IN AUSSRALIN Viadginir Petrov, Soviet agent who defect2d in Australla in April, 1954, in an article published jin the "United States News and Werld Report" issuc of Septenher 23, 1955, allicged that Macilcan and Burgess were long-term Soviet agents. According to this article, Petroy lenrned through his colleague, one Kislytsin, Second Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Austraiin, that Maclean and Burceua had becn independently recruited to wark for Sayiet intelligence ; during their student doys nt Canbridge Univercity. According - to Kisityisin, who was in Londen fron 1945 to 1943, Burgess brought vriet cases full of Foreirn Office decurents to the Sovict Embassy where they were photographed and returned to . hin. The flight of Maclean rut Burgens wat planned tren i Moscow upon being advised by the subjects that they vere ' under investiration., Kislytsin reportedly essisted in planning their escape and met them up a theirarrival in Moscow. He ‘was responsible for their welfare and visited them often in a comfortable howe outside o: Muscow. Kinlytein told Petrov | that Maclean and Eurgess were acting «s agvisere to the Foreign Gifiee on Angiu-Auerican affairs, linivtsin was also awerve Of their plan to pet Mes. Maclean te Meseos aud when he | rend of her esenpe in the Australian neveysper, he recognized 60::2 Of the dectnils. (‘> The first publiention of Petrov's allegrticns apperrcad dn the London newspapers cn Seoptenber 18, 1955. Sueh publicatio resulted in cxtensive eriticts:1 of the Britich officials. ny XV: EPIT*: PAPER In vicw ef the weve of criticien which oroce in England following Petrov's reocolations thrt “aciecayr erd Burgocs were Sovict apes, the Britich Goverynent jecycd a "Thite Paper" on Septemnper 25, 1965. Thin “Vhito Paper” ccntnined the back- ground, circunstancer surrounding their disipycrrsse? and also that of Haclenn's wifc, Meainia, correspondence reecived by relativer ~ subsequent to their disanpcarnice and nllegitionr of Vindinir( @) Potrov, Soviet defector, Additionally, the paper pointed out that itn 1949 2] 7] information was receive: indicating that certain Forctgn Offies ~- 36 - .