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d Burgess, 44, appealed to the’ “Russiang for asylum: after dis- jeovering they were being investi- _. gated by British security agents, Petrov sald another Kremlin agent who worked in the Soviet, Embassy In London told him that in 1945 Burgess brought him “briefcases full of Foreign, Office documents.” They were photographed and quickly turned’ back. Even though Burgess and! ‘MacLean became close friends) after leaving Cambridge, Petrov said, “the most astonishing fact! .» «ds that the two men, . did not know of each other's spying activities . . . until they were almost ready for their flight to Moscow.” Questioned about the article, ® Foreign Office spokesman con- ceded that the two were under! inecetization before they skipped, but said, "We had no powers to ‘stop them from leaving the emereeea country.” Petrov wrote: “I can now disclose beyond all doubt that these two men regularly supplied the Kremlin with all the information they jcould Jay their. hands on as. trusted servants of the Foreign iOffice.” « Petrov said a Russian secret ‘agent named Kislytsin, who had been in close touch with the \diplomats in London, told him: “I was posted to our embassy in London in 1945. My Job was that of cipher clerk to the .JM. V. D. (secret police). I per- jSonally handled all the material that Burgess supplied. “I received brief cases full of Foreign Office documents. They were photographed at the em- bassy and quickly returned to ‘Burgess. The photographs were jquickly sent by courier in the diplomatic bag to M