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« on oe U- 20 Mr, Tolson ——— Mr: Bogrdmafi — 2 i DMrs Belmont —— ae Mr. Hatbo —-— Mr, Mohr Mr. Parsons ——- Mr, Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Sizoo ——— Mr. Winterrowd — Tele. Room —— Mr. Holloman ~— Miss Gandy —— | Lap GB Mise Bement "Bei CDEPLOMATS > ONDON--THE FOREIGN OFFICE REVEALED IN ITS OWN DEFENSE THAT ae . HAD WITHHELD "DOCUMENTS OF PARTICULAR SECRECY" FROM DIPLOMAT DONALD. ... MACLEAN BEFORE HE VANISHED BEHIND RON CURTAIN. — THE FOREICN OFFICE IS UNDER HEA CRITICISM FOR ALLEGED BUNGLING IN THE CASE OF MACLEAN AND HIS FELLOW MISSING DIPLOMAT, GUY BURGESS. THE FOREIGN OFFICE DISCLOSED YESTERDAY THAT MACLEAN AND- BURGESS ~- GAVE THE SOVIETS CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BEFORE THEY DISAPPEARED IN THE MIDST OF A SECURITY CHECK FOUR YEARS AGO. A FOREIGN OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT AS SOON AS IT WAS SUSPECTED MACLEAN WAS A SOVIET SPY CERTAIN DOCUMENTS WERE "KEPT OUT OF HIS WAY." THE ANNOUNCEMENT SAID NOTHING OF THE NATURE OF THE DOCUMENTS WI'NYHELD, FROM\MACLEAN; BUT IT SPOKE OF THEM AS OF "PARTICULAR SECRECY.™ BOTH MACLEAN AND BURGESS GAVE DOCUMENTS TO RUSSIA, THE FOREIGN OFFICE NOW BELIEVES, BUT BURGESS HAD NOT BEEN SUSPECTED OF VIOLATING SECURITY OR OF BEING DISLOYAL UNTIL HE VANISHED. THE SPOKESMAN REFUSED T9 GIVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE CASE, SAYING ONLY THAT DETAILS WOULD BE PUBLISHED IN A PROMISED OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT PAPER, THIS REPORT IS EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE WEEK. IN REPLY TO A NE SPOKESMAN QUESTION, SAID BRITAIN DOES NOT INTEND Lad EPRESENTATIONS TO THE Soviet UNION ABOUT THE MISSING ° 9/20~-GES3 9A j: oo fea s § WOT RECORDED EOCT 12"S55 ° Sé My mrtotes ie) see a, ne LZ isos —_