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WHEN THE SECURITY, GUARD, JIS DROPPED As a result bfhé disclosures of Vladi- sir Petroy, a soviet secret police officer ho deserted Russia and obtained political anetuary in Australia, the British foreign ‘fice hasbeen forced belatedly te} cknowledgethat {wo British diplomats, ho fled behind the iron curtain in 1951! ad been communist agents since their} niversity days 20 years earlier“ - : The ritons were Donald Maclean ad Gu) goss, now feportedly working vith the Russian foreign commissariat in: jascow. Maclean had been head of the -merican department in the British for. ‘gn office, and, before that, counselor of. mbassy and head of chancery in the Brit- -h embassy in Washington. It ianow ade ritted that he had ample opportunity to) arn most secrets pertaining to United ates plans and intentions. ;. Petrov asserted that Burgess and Mac- an had been recruited for espionage ‘ark by the Russians while both were WH students at Cambridge university. ne soviet défector's" information came Wy a secret police colleague who said ug the British trailors were in the habit sf bringing briefcases full of secret Brit- sh diplomatic documents to the soviet inbassy in London to be microfilmed for ) atomic scientist, What the facts emphasize te-that the British security system is again proved to ibe {ull of holes. Evidence of British laxity jin clearing personnel later proved to be Dr, Klaus Fuchs, the British atomic scien- tist who betrayed knowledge of American atomic secrets to Russia, was allowed by the British te roam around Secret Ameri- , an installations during World War Il and ,even fo penetrate the research center at Los Alamos.” . ‘Dr. Alan Nunn May, another atemic ot at i Me, Winserrowd. ‘Tele, Room. Be, Bolamen__. Bias Jeumpletety untrusiworthy is abundant. ! ie j gece Powel eee CE. 1 i pyre JUN 22 pore Poa rusk Regusal A #28 3 ; scientist, became part of the Canadian] communist spy ring, and, with British |, clearance, also entered the United States. “These two men were later, convicted and |, ‘sentenced to prison, but a third British Dr." Bruno Pontecorvo, jmadé his getaway before the British se - curity system had even begun to suspect ‘him. He is now in Russia. | ‘There is a concerted current attack on the American security machinery, based ‘on the twin allegations that communism tis only a remote danger in the United States and that security agencies of the government deal unjustly with many Suspects, The British experience provides a frightening warning of what occurs iwhen a government leans over backwards (ito avoid directing even the suggestion of Ae FOIE 3_Si« SpoelsLiltion i t © ark Part lone sane PIRPAG LD EA: iw. b. maxwell k { suspicion towatd men ih sensitive official} “snsmittal to Moscow. iq! positions..The Communists then have a! Until Petrov's disclosures, the British fie1g gay, f- : ofeign office had refused all comment” tt is not as if we did not have an Alger!. bout the desertion “of the two men, It Hiss, a Harry Dexter White, or a Julius!” pparently was apprehensive that a ful/ong Ethel Rosenberg. . We know ‘that: odmission of the activities of the pair | soviet-spies are at work at all times.! saujd damage relations with the United. pespite-this, some people will not rest ae 4 Aa? ae which has suffered particular in- | Hy untit | ihe security service is) fi we eo 1 ‘- ary because Maclean, as the foreign | smashed and the Communists are free to - a Ch (fiee’s American expert, was privy ido as they please. This is more than folly. cf" ‘gat_many American state secrets. It*contemplates a treachery 2 tas 4 ao * that of the Communisis themseives. x 4 +4 = \ aa . “oe Failure gpeeneenn ge Silene NOT REO Or 16 OCT 12 985 ey