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Secret papers two or THREE men ber oT, passing the Bwisk Ausirian frontier that night, and arriving at Schwarzach St, Vat ia the Anierican Zone of Aasirig ab appronmately M15 on thé morning of September 12. Purther evidence, beheved te be refiable, shows that she was met ay the station by RO Une known man driving & car bears sing Austrian number.plates, She could not be stopped : heen iraecd. Kt is probable Mat took Mrs, Macioan and the ehiidren. from Schwarzach St. Veit, to neighbouring tercilary in Rus Rian oecupation Whence she proceeded on her journey to join her husband. . ‘There was no question of pre yenfing Mrs. Macitan {ram loa ing fie Unis Kingdom te go ta fve in Switsertand Abhough “shé was under no joblifation to report her move- Menis, she had been regularly in. touch wilh the security authori Ues, and had informed them that she wished to make her home in Switzeriand. She gave two good reasons, firstly that she wished to avoid the personal embarvassment 10 whioh she bad been subjected by the Press in the United King- dom, and secondly, that she wished to educate her ‘children: in the international school in Genevi Before she left for Geneva, the securiiy authorities made arrangemenis with her whereby she was to Keep in touch with the British authorities In Berne and Creneva in case ste should reecived any further news from her husband or require advice of assistance, Mrs. Madlean was 2 free arent. “The avthpritirs had no legal means of/feclaining ber in the United Kingdom. Any form of surveillance abroa@ would have beet unwarranted. In view of the suspicions hele against Maclean and of the con~ spiratoriat manner of his fight 3 was assumed, thaugh it could nottbe proved, that bis destina- tlorg and that of his companion mus} Rave been the Soviet Unios N Viadimir Petroy, thi Siete ee former Third Secretary of the Soviet Embassy in Canberra who sought political sxylum on ‘April 3, 154, has provided confirme- fon of this, Petrov states that both- Mac. fean and Burgess were recruited as gpies for mne Soviet Govern ment while students at the Unie versity, wth the intention that they should carry out their espionage tasks in “the Foreign Qfice, and that in 1851, by - means inknown t him, one or other of the two men became ee that their activities were inder investigation, They may tw ‘flown out Petroy has the igpression that the escape "role — included Crchosiovakla ant that it ta- volved an acropiabe fight into + that country. Upon their arrival in Russta, Maciean and Burgess Hved Rear Mascow, ‘They were used as advisers to whe Ministry of Foreign Afisirs and other Soviet rgencics. ‘Two painis call for comment: ¥IRST, how Maclean and Burgess remained in the Foreign Service for so jong; and SECOND, why they were able te get away. When these two men were given their xpperniments noth: jug was on record about either to show that he was unsuitadic for the public servict. Security checks fachiacenviahe_Seecnaaeinalind tightened Aigntesss Burgess was recalled trom Washington in A951 and was asker t resign. Tt was only shorily before Mactean disanprared that acrigua suspicion of bis yeliabitity was aroused and active Inquiries were set on foot, ‘The sccand question i haw « Maelgan and Burgess made good their escape from Unis country when the security authorities were on their track. The watch on Maclean made @ifMteult by the need to ensure Mat he did not be 2 aware that he was under opser: BLIOR, elt unattended 2 Suspicions had fallen on to ‘Both men were’ tree’ ta’ go"! abroad at any time. In some countries no doubt Maciean would have been arrested first and questioned afterwards, In this couniry no arrest can be made without adequate evi- dence, ai the time Utere was insufficient evidence. AS a result of Us case, in July, 1861, the than Secretary of State, Mr. Herbert Morrison, set Up A cammittes of inquiry 1 consider The sceuriiy cheeks applied to members af the Forcign Service. The existing reoulations and practices of the Foroign Service in regard to any matters having @ bearing on security, and To report whether any alicras tions were called for. The commitice reported in November, 1951. 1 Tt recom mended, among av amore extensive security check en Foreign Service officers than had until then heen the practice, ‘This was immediately put inte effect and since 3952 searching inguiries have been made ints the antecedrnis and associat Of all those cctupying ar apply- ing for positions im the Foren Office involving highly secr’ infonmation The Foreign Secretary of t day approved the achion re quired, All cannot) - be told A great deal of eritichin bas becn directed towards the reti« cente of Ministerial replies om these matiors, an attitude which it was alleged would not have been changed ae been for jhe Feito Fatsedis. Espionage is carried out fn secret, Counter - espionare equally depends for its success ypon the meimum secregy of dis methods. Nor js it desimble atf any moment to let tie otlieyf side know how much has beeg day covered OF gUCSS AL What fheans have been used to discover is.