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0-19 (7-8-55) M’Lean Suspected, — Britain Now Says . . By Ranald MacLurkin Reuters LONDON, Sept. 19—The Brit- , Foreign Office said today it cust be presumed that Donald tacLean photographed govern-, ‘ent documents and passed the upies to Russia before he and fellow-dipiomat, Guy Burgess, ~ the country more than four ars ago. ‘The new disciosure was made an angry storm blew up, vout the way the Foreign Of ce has handled the case of the! vo dipiomats who mysterions- disappeargd._in, __ after uveling to France. Aiter years of ‘reticence, the vreign Office Sunday admitted vacLean was being investi- ated by security authorities n he vanished, The admis on came alter a newspaper ublished an article on the dip- smats by Viadimir Petrov, for- vr Russian diplomat and spy rue in Australia, who defected > the West last year. / Jvasion” Charged ‘As newspaper editorials to- ‘ay thundered charges of “eva- «m'\at the government for tak- vg so long to produce the facts, ie Foreign Office spokesman nounced that a white paper— — ae Associated Presa Burgess MacLean . hew evidence revealed _ will be published this week on the. pair. floor of the House of Common: x oe oo official government document— ‘The row is likely to reach the| when Parliament returns from its summer vacation Oct. 25. Politicians already have put for- ward questions for Prime Min- ister Sir Anthony Eden to an- “| *iswer. One asks him to appoint a committee to investigate the- affair “and the general effi- cieney of civil service security arrangements.” . . The Foreign Office spokes- man, Sir George Young, dis- closed today that MacLean was under suspicion in April, 1951, a month before he disappear; He was allowed to stay on his job as head of the American Department while security men Foreign, “close. Omi Mr. Tolson . Mr. Boardman, . Mr. Nichéls * Mr. Belmont —2 Mr. Harbo —_4_? 6 Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Sizoo Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr, Holloman Miss Gandy dis: F* . Office so long to cial informationab the case, Young said the impact on the men’s contacts, “the counter espionage factor,” had to be considered. Hundreds of questions have been asked in the House of; Commons and by newspapers ince May 25, 1951, when Mac- ean, then 38, and Burgeds. en 40, vanished. They crosstd- @ English Channel-by-an-orci- nary passenger steamer to St. Malo, France, then disappeared. MacLean’s American-born wife, Melinda, also disappeared mysteriously from Switzerland with her three children tw; ljyears later. It was assumed shy ad slipped into a Communi: investigated him. But the Foreign Office made sure that during this period top- secret material did not reach him, it was explained Jater. Young could not say how many documents had been passed to the Russians or whether they contained vital information, Burgess Not Investigated Burgess had not been directly under-security investigation, but his general conduct was “unsatisfactory,” Young said. | “Asked why it bed taken the | 2 Ss ountry to join her husband, } Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash, Star N. Y. Herald ———— Tribune N. Y. Mirror Daily Worker —_—— The Worker New Leader Date Ser 6 7355— lsd