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a Calls Burgess, Maclean Soviet, Agents 20 Years Russian Exs Py Britons Fled to o Hf By Joseph Newman Pra rola Pribans Bereet apyrighi, 06h, HM. T, Menai Tribune Ine, LONDON, Sept. 18~—A four-' ear-old mystery surrounding) he case_of two sflssing British iploi uy “Burgess and) von Doras teared ‘wD inaldy y by Vladimir Petrov, he high-ranking Soviet spy who! woke with Moscow in April, 954, while in Australia and ob- oined asylum from the govern- sent there. -Petrov disclosed that both’ en were Soviet agents from the! ime they were students together t Cambridge University twenty ars ago,"and that they turned! ver to Soviet agents at London briefcases full of Foreign Office! ‘ocuments.”” Filed to Moscow He revealed that they fied com London to Moscow on May ‘5, 1951, because they had dis- covered that they were being nvestigated by British secuzity ervices, Petrov’s disclosures were pub- ished here today in the Sunday: xewspaper “The Peupié." They wovided the first authoritative sccount of the Burgess-Maclean flair. This is so because the! recount is based on informatioh' O Says 2 Missing Moscow in 1951 The Petrov disclosures are Wry to be extremely embar- sing fo rihe Foreign Office aintained that they did not now the whereabouts of Burgess; land Maclean after the two men, crossed the English Channe? and entered France four years ago. Says Wife Fled, Too ‘The Foreign Office also has’ professed ignorance regarding) Melinda Maclean, American-' born wife of Maclean. She and their three children disappeared: from Switzerland in September, 2953, after they had been al-' ks the government here. Both lowed to jeave this country. Petroy's account confirmed that she fled to join her husband in| the Soviet Union. The attitude adopted by rep~ resentatives of the Poreign Of- fice and the government, both int the House of Commons, where} they were questioned repeatedly] about the matter, and outside the House, suggests that they were doing their best to hush up lan extremely ugly affair. Petrov's disclosures indicate ow ugly it really was. They im- ly that the Soviet Union, for: any years, had access to 6e~ rets of the British Foreign Of- ice, including secrets entrusted this country by the United, ven to Petrov by a man named ‘tgin states and other allies. They Cslyisin who was the Sovletlieng substance to demands made ccret contact man who dealt) ith Burgess and Maclean at .andon. Material was provided also hy ’etrov’s wife, Evdokia, who, as ode clerk. of the Soviet Em- mssy in Australia, transmitted! 0 Moscow some of Kislytsin's! wcetes messages. Mrs, Petrov ‘eserted from the Soviet regime vith her busband and also ob- ‘ained asylum from the Aus-| in the United States that Wash- ington should withhold from! Britain secret matters until the government here eliminated| enormous holes declared to exist| in its security system.. “* Some Confirmation A Foreign .Office. apokesman day confirmed some of Petrov’s) Ask thether Petrav was oF oc ha amin that Burgess) © — Mr. Tolson by te Sonia 7 Mr. Belmont He sald he wis unable to Mr. comment on Petrov's statement é ir Harbo that the two men were ‘Tecruited| Mr, Mohr for (Soviet) intelligence work Mr. Parsons while at Cambridge.” . ‘Mr. Rosen Asked sbout the statement . that they fied because they had| Mr, Tamm jearned they were being investi- Mr. Sizoo gated, the spokesman said: “Iti dy true that Maclean was under) active investigation by the sec-! le, urity authorities. Burgess’ suit-| Tele, Hoom ability for continued foreign! Mr. Holloman service employment was under Miss-Gan investigation, and he had 2l- ready been withdrawn from! Washington,” ‘Laymen find it difficult to un- lerstand how two relatively im-| Petrov quoted him as * “I personally handied all the} Ttant British officials sus-}/msterial that Burgess supplied. cted of serious offenses could| ' ved briefcases full pf For-| ave been allowed to escape Office documents. They broad. At the time, Macleap, were photographed at the Em~ was head of the Ame de-| bassy and quickly returned to partment of the Foreign Office|/Burgess. The photographs were here. Burgess wes on Jeaye||sent by courier, in the diplo- from ® post as second secretary||matic bag, to Moscow.” : lof the British Embassy at|| From London, Kislytsin wen! Washington, { |jin 1948 to Moscow, where be Not Enough Evidence was put In charge of # special! section of “an amazing lbrary sah epee wee ined of foreign intelligence called the! top secret achives.”” elent evidence to warrant Mac- Jean’s arrest, Nor were there According to: Petrov" ’ sex! powers to prevent the men from||count: “It was crammed ful} of jeaving the country.” secret documents of the Bri Petrov, who was head of the)|forelen Office. | There was Soviet secret service In Aus-||fnuch that a great deal had p tralia, said in his account that] p¥en been translated and Kislytsin, who was working ua-||prbuted to the (Soviet) der him, burst into his office on|}trles interested.”" | s Sept. 17, 1953, waving @ news~ paper and shouting: “It's come oft at last, just as we planned te ‘Kislytsin was referring to the disappearance of Mrs. Maclean) from Switzerland. He asked and, obtained from Petrov permis- Wash. Post and sion to send cabled messages to Times Herald Moscow in connection with this| Wash. News development. Kislytsin told Petrov he was assigned to the Soviet Embassy] at London in 1945 as a code! clerk.tor the Soviet secret police! and for three yeats was in close! contact with Burgess and Mac-) jean through an intermediary] N. Y. Herald Tribune ° N.Y. Mirror Daily Worker The Worker oral government, (POLE voy OR mink Borard BY LGIER SUG 22 1976 Fe . SA KE QUES: 49 . tate CCT te: 7 RE, OR res nla Tee an S ny ibe —_- \ FoF AECORVED 426 OCT 12 1955 Fm A por fYle” . — Mr. Winterrowd ———___ Wash. Star ____-,.— W) New Leader —___—. Daf 219 1955