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We have no direct evidence that they are in Moscow. . + Q On April 28, 1954, the Daily Express stated that Petroy had disclosed a great deal of information about Maclean and Burgess, The next day the Foreign Office said that anything Petrov knew was | only by hearsay and “cannot he | regarded as sufficiently conclusive to justify various statements published.” Why was that? Al thal stage we were still check- - ing the story. In the House of r Gommons on May 3, 1954, Mr. Selwyn Lloyd said tboul the Petrov claim :— “The interrogationis al presentin progress, but such information about Messrs. Burgess and Maclean which has so far been elicited is of a limited [i general character, and it is not Het cerlain whelher it is based on | elrov's personal knowledge or on BURGESS earsay. LPS neta |