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For Gu rees man th Forelgn Office judged suitable fo be ‘Second Secretary at Washington, has vanished not only from Western = tyes. but also from the Tumours which followed bls appearance. Maclean, however, variously | feported | seen am Switzerland, then Prague, and then Warsaw, uurrency valuea Maclean THE OFFER S —~—Ths dis- | will hes been , over, add tod: cane | TODAY two years later\ Dally Express, however, not be hushed, as this article bears witness. We. more- Jay this question:— ‘May it not be that the un- earthing of the full facts about and Burgess would R°B1.000 was placed ina Swiss cause embarrassment and dis- baak by, British Intelligence pleasure to (>) certain of their believes. aan emissary of, dumerous friends, and @ those. a bd class-and-club-conscious Relea emt international | SY fect that Maciean and ur events “have pointed to the © presence in the Kremlin of just. such ® propaganda expert as should be protected “from, the Maclean, SEPT Oe MiG gerutiny es mee on Beno Stalin puoring : in—igao! all questions of policy very _ A growl i methods of the Kremlin have |” 4 changed. And if you examine EE, for a few! the Way Russia has conducted y well conclude ¢ hat she is taking advantage of nergelf you + Western mind—of a Western nind’s knowledge of Western yeactions. +s For reactions in Britain to Qussia’s sudden concessions nave been precisely what some verson or persons in the remlin had calculated. Who is advising the Communist sector oan propaganda policy?” * Pressure © is- ELL, Ww piserted that Donald “faclean, “former head: of the smerican Department in the confidently oreign Office, is there—pretty | slose to. the Kremlin. ‘What steps, then, is the aritish Government now taking 'y pursue ita inquiries into the whereabouts of Maclean and Burgess? tes a testepashas-the Foreign. | ten office taken to ensure. that is close’ as they were to the eart of Britain's storehouse of ecrets can ever, some , other Sriday night, do likewise ?_ +“ For -two' years the xpress has ask ions, nay, thund in Washington ess. despite anything and every- ; ‘ing, are superior types who _ Britain and the world that two British diplomats had Vanished ?. Was it the Foreign | Office? Indeed not. It was the _ Dally Express. And for this public | service the reward Was an irrie tated growl from Mr, Herbert | «Morrison, then Foreign Affalts. An M.P. asked him June ll, 1951, the Daily Express had given the news, and 17 days after the dipiomats had gone: “ How did * this informetion come to be made public, having regard to the need -for keeping it as secret. as possible until the Forelgn Secretary Was in & posi- tion to deal: with the facts of the case?” °° * Es z ‘Mr. Morrison replied: "“ When inquiries were instituted on the Continent it was possible ‘they . would leak. We did not at first jssué our own announcement for the reason given by the questioner but we had to do 80. e national paper had moming news- information iblished O # calamito mi Sis, ‘precautions. wag to be hidden and the id Earnping diplomats” given ver? “4 5) chance to escape public} vi Japnce—until Mr, Morrison: dente: with, tb TILL STANDS ” case of the missing digiomats.” ': Why reward?,- nis Majesty's, Principal Secretary of State for | on { four days after | 4 breach..in Britain's: |: tar commented in * editorial :— “This is ‘security mania” Tf the diplomats have been kid- napped or have voluntarily gone East, then clearly ‘security’ gould not hide te facts from responsible. “Why hide them from the | people of Britain ? Wh: naughty of the print the'story ? ‘The Daily Mail added : * Pressure of public opinion, which tha newspapers represent, may yet compel the Government to be more forthcoming in HEN, three weeks Jatey, officialdom , could still not deal . with the facts of because, presumably. 4 that? On Ou ground that it is hd e ‘the duty of @ | office taken to democracy to stay alert and vigilant. ensure that men a5 On the ground .| elo they were . : that the mld | to the heart: of be uneasy until the finat answers Britaln’s storehouse were . established, of secrets can On the gravis | neverdolikewise? of the Reaim - — might be involved.? Tt |. ‘The theme was now taken up; " iand,- ins the ymons,.. Mr. ” Morrison declared that security «checks were made on members of the Foreign Service on their. Sppointment and, if necessary. ; “from time to, ;