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| The / Pictorial” an- erstands that at least fourteen British MPs ow how Burgess and aciean disappeared and what they are doing today. « - The mysterious silence observed by the Foreign Office Since the two men slipped abroad in May. 1951, ts deplorable and idiotic, M.P.s say. ° Captain Henry Kerby, the Tory member for Arundel and Shoreham, who was once in the Diplomatic Service, told the Pictorial: For Months “The Foreign Office is known for maby, months all there {a tol know about Burgess and| Maclean : “THEY KNO the exact movements of the two diplomats from the moment they left Eng- land to the time they reached Moscow vis Prague, “THEY KNOW the identity of all the people who aided the two men when they made thelr get-away.” Captain Kerby said: “1 strongly deplore the fact that the Foreign Office still refuse to make a clean breast of the affatr, Asked “In at least thirty questions by M.P.s they have been asked to make a statement about rgess and Maclean. bkt they will not do ao." aptain Kerby, @ affalrs who knows ‘Moscow well and speaks Russlan fluently, added: “Several of my col- leagues know. that Burgess and Maclean are in Moscow. I am 100 per cent. sure of my information.” Mr, Tom Iremonger, cousin of Sir Anthony Eden and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Mr. Fitzroy Maclean, Undér- Secretary for War, sai Consider © “The Foreign Office should consider inform- ing the British public if there really is no mystery at all con- cerning Burgess and Maclean.” He told the Pictorial : “After the Petrov affair last year I suggested that the Australian Gov- ernment should be asked if they had any further information about Bur- gess and Maclean. Never Told “Although my sugges- tion was accepted, I have never been ‘told whether the Australians gave us further news. “There may be some good reason why the Foreign Office do nat wish & divulge their informa- ion me “T cannot imagine what Knowledge of the move- ments and whereabguts of Burgess and Maclean is not, limited to Britieh Ps. it is known by certain iplomats in Washington ind exiled Europeans now ‘orking for British Intel- stident of Russian] ence. |, Lieutenant-Colonel Mar- ., By AUDREY WHITING cus Lipton, Labour M.P. Bo Brixton, who also asked & question about the missing iplomats, said: “I know that Burgess and Maclean are in Moscow. It is the duty of the Foreign Office to make this matter public.” When the Pic asked the ‘Foreign Office for a state- ment sbout Burgess and Maclean, an oficial said: “We have nothing to r. on the matter.” oy. Warned Last March © tain Kerby asked the reign Secretary whether he had any new Information about the missing diplomats. The reply was: “Ni sir.” It ts understood that one man investigate the Burgess and Macte disappearance was warned by British authorities, He was told not to make his findings public because they were correct. f It is also believed that Burgess and Maclean— - @ ADVISED the Kromlin te send the Spartak football team to pley matches fn Britain as @ “goodwile” gesture, and @ SUGGESTED that the Kremlin should allow the Russian cruiser Sverd- lov to attend the Spithead review, t The Pictorial believes that the Foreign Office has ample proof that the “missing” diplomats are living in Moscow. _- Western diplomats study- ing recent changes in Soviet policy recognise the influence of Burgess and Maclean behind certain Kremlin decisions. WE BELIEVE THE FOREIGN OFFICE SHOULD ADMIT THESE FACTS. As Captain Kerbg said, «This is not a Part issue, It ig a matter of nbtional importance that tl BO called mystery Is :cleared up without further delay". iret fa ee OR en ingle MLE Changes.” <