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Petrov on the woman who lied Mrs. Maclean's new Geneva. She clearly fooled the Swi agents, tov. For Kislyssin ed to me that in Geneva a V.D. representative arranged home in pi M, with Mrs. Maciean the fina! de tails of her journey to Moscow, On Friday, September 11, 1952, two yerr her Mr and four months after husband's disappearance, Maclean drove off with her dren in her black Chevrolet r, osteusibly on a visit to s. heir niovements were traced to the Austrian border. There the trail ended. Mrs. Meili Maciean had triumphed over the security ser- vices of three countries. The part she had played as an aban- doned wife. disillusioned in her trajtor husband, was crowned with su ny she husband ow as he ith his wor mn Ministr: ? and Maciean were wodoubtedly prize “ eatches"* for the M.V.D. But it is certain that the Si network bas of greater or lesser usefulness in. every try with which Moscow tains diplomatic relations. These time-honoured diplo- matic cont between States are vilal for the work- of the Russian secret s c. Almost invariably the head of the Soviet spy ring in any counti to be found safely installed in the Soviet Embassy ‘That was the pattern in Australia when I headed the M.V.D, organisation. It was th same when I was stationed it Sweden from 1943 to 1947. An the paltern Js duplicated il every capital of the world, Each head of an MVD. OUT TOO: BOVE is the block of _ buildings in which Mrs. Donald Maclean lived in Geneva. And jn the picture on the right she is seen at London Airport with her son, as she walks out to j the plane which prought her on the first leg of her escape, No wonder she smiles! * JOE branch ig known as a “R dent," He holes militar in the M.V.D. that cor with the importance