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THE RUSSI torm Over was GENERAL gpm: diplomats Vv AGENT? By Bally Mail Reporter Continued from Page 1 bassy in Ton in. contact 4 AIR ATTAGHE at the Soviet Embassy in London at the time of the disanpearance of , RAS indirectly th Burgess and Mack any lpect 5 he Burgess and Macisan was inctean and nein on te Major-General Valentin, Ghet- of Forvign Office Yerikey, ovidded bY Maciean, He was wiihdrawn almost immoriately afterwards, Diniomats speculating yestor- day about the ideniily of the Soviet spymaster who instructed Burgess and Maclean to ps be- bind the tron Curtain pointed out these facts: Chetverikoy served here for the unusuatly short period of ORR SUR ESS 2S to Petrov, ae who TWO Press fat more re barely a year, The usual stay is Three years ; And his departure was so sudden that there was nb sul stitute to lake over at once, Maclean, it is now established, recrived pis original instruce tions as ‘a Soviet ayent at a time when General Chetvertkoy was nop in the country. i If is established practise, however, for axenis to be handed ‘on from one Soviet dinfamat te anothar, and the | possibility is that Generat Chetverikov may have” in- Rerited" Burgess and Maclean. HSU PERRET RETEST AE lle efforts be made we verily che] tein escaped se egsiiy—apnarentiy, docnnients had been phbtow! of Maclean,” ahttivia Crechosiovakin—he sald : ; say tna fenies e aught to be working Tse ¥ ast mihi Maat (tie! is the Anglo-American Depart, GRe Hea, WAS to Ree vet excuse” would pot | do. ment of thc Soviet Fo: nt OMee. ss ie sia apes if toe Foreign Qitice tnd" to ichovt Aim knawing he was being waiched. “fhig meant that ip was not ish a White st mught: Poreigd isin fo pil Was anounced Mr. Maemilan, fai wait for Petro ss, the fait siretsn ead Lele honed fo Sir postiple | to have eee OF itt iene BEY ~Aithony Eden at Chequer: a roan me. acts ¥ h dusts, Thay wguld Rave atbacted| stresses che eed for a attention.” Why. why ? : Why, why ? On this ene MP. commented ; Th threatens to spark off al "I, our cemiriments are not politioa! esplasion involving three [candle of watehing and fOhOwine mene wien batons eee Goyernmes {AISA Bastiemms who “Bre | tive weeks fom today, Guy Burgess, then 40. and spect his sureiy means we are} Maclenn was under { maid Maclean. 3 van sted 5 wile open. espionage. before he Bae igs a statements by of” ns i montas of the Sebtaliet Gov: » the formes Soview dtple-| 6 ernment. mat iu as atlia, ta a deiaile, ahor . 1 ' of the Burgess mul Maclean case tARA ORNS, RURGREEORS OLE were pet published MONLis ako. vert, and the laies a mena of Sir Winstan Hiity of Petrov as Wand Sir Anthony, 3 sub Judice util Eden, je blur the suspected! he tudines of the Australia ~ facts } Raval Comimission ssiablished! 4 flovel Commission would try) iim as 8° wikness of Unk to answer these questions p WHY were Burgess anid Tipped off ? Msciean allowed to escope wi — “they were suspected by Our} * unr then ip was. thought security servicers ? WHY watched 2 WHY, when it uecame kuown unwise to publish nis slatements.” ‘rhe Foyeign OMve now admis thas Ss were removed ign Gillee fUes b ere they not adequately bevoud reasonable doubt that Away —nsuahiy hey had been ‘Soviet secret | night—photosraphed, amd guiekly sens, for yours, were the facts ed. shed up ? ed it Qoouments ph Maps were dismaltated wihlbrapned wees OF eu ian aa the gnswers of a Foreign Office Ruce, the spokesman repiied : offic last night, Agged how Burgess and Muc- boule “be much easter to anspor shat qu Rand enc ‘On if We Anew whist D Service wh ary had been | a disagpe: da Maclean hildren from Sw: and in . the Daily Mait offered a £10,006 reward for fresh! ye REWwS as ia TPe whereabouts, | Tr view of developments sfrce] pha: cine and we impendiag pub- etion of a White Paper onfthe inclean affair, this offer ‘ls now withdrawn,