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. doikon. : -) a “A! Ladd___ Clegg. Glavin @—THE WASHINGTON DATLY NEWe, TUESDAY, JULY 1%, 198t Nichole State Dept. Contends:. | trey Harbo Alden Mobr. ‘ i Tele. Room— - Figures - ae C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent " The State Department sought teday to knock doyn any ideas that a missing British diplomat’ knows héw many atomic bombs the United States has or the process e Fan of ot ABs of making them. The diplomt is Donald S. MacLean, 38. He and Guy F. Burgess, 40, disappeared from their British Foreign Office jobs on May 26. The State Department concedes, however, that Mr, MacLean amassed a considerable amount of informa- tion on the U. S. atomic energy pro- P aa! gram. He st this information in| Mr. MacLean Mr. Burgess 1947 and 1948 when he was secre- ; tary of the Combined Policy Com] ganization get good marks. Bi miitee which decided atomic mat.|it is suggested that the Briti ters, for the U. S., Canada and| government, itself, checks the vigpr| Brit . with which the British security pr- _The State Department's explana-| ganization might otherwise proceed. tion of MtMacLean’s role in atomic “ys affairs of the three nations was | prompted by a copyright article in the magazine U. S. News & World} .~ . Pag Report. . Hl TOOK JOB IN 1947 i oo The magazine claimed Mr. Mac- Lean “knew how many atomic bombs the West had, what were the nha uranium resources and how many Ne Bers BE Times-Herald ___ ee Wash. Post bombs could be made with exist: || . . - ing sources and materials.” { | pot Pet A Wash. New The department pointed out Mr. ee er a Ss _& MacLean assumed his job: as sec: NoT RECORDER “> retary of the Poticy Committee here °° . in February, 1947. 42 SEP 22 1951 Wash. star “Since 1946," the department said, |: “there has been no exchange of in- es te N.Y. Mirror formation concerning _ fissionable . material production, processes, weapons technology and develo; eTpents, OF stockpiles of fissionab! \ 9 by ; pers - OR.Mas bend | | 63 SEP 26 1951 N. Y. Compass__ py Fal ROT 2,0 spate: 2 Li 2.4