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ie f stiess as well as itedaxity in the papionage cases of Gui- Burgess and Donald Mag has“aroused 4 storm BP Public criticism, These two high foreign office otfi- clals detected ta the Soviet Union in JOEL when they were Hpped off that they “had come ander suspicion as rpies, Although the government ad- mite new that it knew about their treachery, Jt has remained for a Ros- sian anuree to give the British people the story which they should have had Jong age, Viadimir Feirov, the Soviet dipto- matiepy whe vehinge freedom” in Aus tralia, has revealed that month after month these two Britons transmitied, secret papers to the Russian embassy th Landon, MacLean ocrupted the Amertean desk ia the Reitish foreign offices and Burgess kad heen attached ta lhe British enbaxsy Jn Washington, possessing a pass te ite effices of our Atomic Esergy. Commission, Vitek United Shes nrereis as Wel axtliritish perotadly were ces “heed to Moscow Uneotgh thelr hands, Aside from the Tooga British han- dling of tha cases, the revelatians this week again bring to the fore the fact that the Soviet espionage system ts word wide and effective. It operates tiraugh aupposediy normal diplomatic chasis as well as underground, Red spy finge In high places have been unrovered not only in ain, bat in A wide security breack in the Ronn gavernment hax just come fe: Jight, This is serions, since the West Germans acon will he sharing NATO's nuclear secrets. At least one of those arrested was a top official in the Adenauer gavern- ment, The foreign office arrests are only the latest in a shain of security cases which have rocked ibe West Germans, These security Ioopholes among our allies, ef course, should be a matter af serious concern io the United States, Tow can we safely impart to their leaders, military and otherwise, the weapans and strategy secrets nee pssary tq maintain a strong defensive alliance? At the same time, we cannot blame others for the same blunders of laxity af which we ourselves have been guilty. If Britain has had Fuchs, Maclean and Burgess, we have hac Alger Hiss and his jUk, And ne one knows how many Red Rivelings sui may be lurking In ouc yuverhinent offices of sensitive in dormatiun, ‘The altuation ehould, first: Boo Spur the Ameciead public {nto a } Teslization that the Communist tater- nak conspiracy ts all a very real menace to our national security, and fF impel tha most rigorous official ef- forte to rent It aut, f And, second, § should underline ; President Eisenhower'a statement y that Communist subversion and ea- Plonage In sther lands most end as poliry before any real approach to Australia, France and West Germany.” J “peace can be mada, e DELLIED cry ore B Mee Donald sb ‘iii IY RECOM DB SOT 1S 085 I Sept. 22, 19550 Te ™> ~ eal P Qu lA ab i ; Indianapolis Star Indianapolis, Ind.