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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 11
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Eden and Cabinet Meet-~
tae
To Approve Spy Report
Meanwhile, British — news-
papers cominued to lash the For-!
eign Oilice.
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. " ‘Lean “runaway 6 fied fom England in 1982
Bargges = Macken “onaway/ Tic “they recvived =. Warning,
< + . from “a British oficial in Wash~
Sir Anthony, fully recovered! ington.’ described by the paper
from @ Tecent altack of influeazal ng Russian spy.”
drove to London from his country “stn this official eapaciiy he xe-
home to preside, =, seived information that British]
The cabinet met in the midst security men were after the two
of the inost gn the Foreign Of: CBee » the Express declared.|
attacks made on the Forelen Of-],. t ‘1
Ree in recent years for ity/ 27 bis wnoficial capacity—as
ms ja Russian spy—be passed on
handling of the one of Daneld ce information to » Soviet con-|
{xh diplomats @ho Hedid the tact in Washington,” who in turn
Communist Bast: in 1951 after Warned Burgess end MacLean. |
serving ax longtime Russian "Who in factis that third man;
spies. (who gave the tipoff?" the Ex-
For four years the Forcign'press asked.
Office, under both Labor end: Had Defense Secrets
Conservalive gavernments, MAU) Both Burgess and MacLean)
tained tight secrecy over details’ had access tollied secrets at al
of the men's defection, This wasiiime when the whole Western
broken last week end wheRidefense setap was in its forma-
former Russion spy Viadimir Gorense Seta was In es Sorman|
Petrov desclosed they had been “according to Foreign Office:
Soviet agents for 20 years. ispokesman, secret documents of|
Disclosure Cofirmed importance were withbeld from
‘The Foreign Office then con-|MacLean beginning in Aprti,|
firmed Petrov's disclosures and] 1951.
esid Bivwess and Maclean were! A man accustomed to readl
under Investigation when they top secret papers could gues
da ithat the flow to him was. thin-
° newapaper nine and that this could mea:
(iivism, the xoverMmient prom- hat he was being watched, jin
fled an oifieial white paper Fri-isuch cirenmstances it wold
y ghing full details of the have been easy for Macleaufto
once, ‘pass the word to Burgess.
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