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‘Brilliant’ s bork in 1811 age : the Royal ee, Darumouis, fib . ana at Trinity College, Camoridge, where he bad a bide Bunt acadenue record. After Jeaying Cambridge in 1995 he worked for a short time “in London as a joumalist and jolien tie: BG: Ip tet, where 8 Temained unt Januar, From 1939 untal 194} employed in 02 propaginda areas rejoined the B.B. Sd} and Temal: i933 when he « 4 f Sbiained, @ post as a temporary Press officerin the News Depart. ment of tie Poreign Offic He was not reemiited into the Foreign Service through rhe per competitive examination, but in 1947 took the opportunity apen to. temporary enrplovees (0 Present burnself “for estabiiet- ment, He appeared before n Civil crvice Commission board and was revommended for the junior branch of the Foreinn Service. irked for i we of the then M Atate, fn th 3 ster ol Hector MeNel an Ei Departmen: a Porcign Offer, Ir AbBUSt 1950 he Was transferred Mer secures ies med the gst OMice thay od Holiday abreast oe matters of 7 ad official knowinige, Por he was suverely xepriete Apart from is dapse tvs: service in the Forrgn Gilles aD ta tbe tinre of Is appombment to Waahington sutistastory which Re and. there “seamed sagd tersan to Hope tat he would make « useful career, however, Ais enagiour BRYe favdurable novice of the Depal ment of Siate hersuse of his rgess be removed trom Was jngton, and this was approved. Recalled © Ho ‘vas recailed to Lendon in early Mey J9si, and wag asked fo resign from the Foreign. Service. ; Conside wt Was heing te Une steps that would b IN the event Gf his refusing to do 80. HL was at this point that he disappeared. Tavestigations nw Bi yasi Have swuce shown that jg like Maclean, west tarogea 5 period of while ai Casnbridge, and ¢ td on leaving the unive oguwardiy renounced Ris 7 No trace can be found in MACLEAN’S HOME WT WAR AT TATSRIELO~| “IMADVISARLE TO KEE WATCH HERE, SAYS! REPORT. subsequent cateet of direct, ticipation in the activities of ett-wing organisations ; Indeed he was known aiter Jeaving Cambridge ta have had some contact with organisations such as the Anglo-German Chub. 9 ‘The question has heen esked whether the ssscciation of these fwo officers with cach ether cid nos give rise ww suspicion, i me fact is that alinaugh we since leamed that Maclean Buness were acquainted g their undergraduais days gave nO eyutence during the course of thelr career: in the Foreisn Service of any association ober than would be normal between two colleague: A leak When Burgess was 80) te tne Foremn Office 3 vas in Washington, and ab ts ne Burgess hinselt sone to Wasghingto in the Unita sess from Washingt and they muy have ach communication earken ‘Their relations were, howevs never auch as to cause remare. 1 Ja January 149 bie QO ceuiy Bushorities yeeeived & report thad certain Foreign Office informe fion had leaked “to ihe Soviey auihoriles some years earher, eport amounted to Lwe and Jt Was: i able to Aline jeak to any pariodar seer and “protracted Sngiuries ee heaun by the seausty author tes and the field of suspic ad bee narrowed by a aera 9st ta two or thres By ihe beginning of “May Maclean had come to | be yegasded as | Te prinelpat gaspect. , .. Renvever, even ab ae, HO [egaliy Ben ace LO Support 2 Questions mig were made |e f information PREEPLINE] SCeeRCY a ance shouid nol com hands the meant seen) 5203. invest ih ave bse ground sai passthie, to cktain into: . Uehich snwld be used ag evidence BLA DIOSECUIONS aot ‘On May 28. Hig then Secietacy ey sie, Hersest Mornont proposal that the es should ques jn reaching © had to be bore ning m ns statement "front a sufficient, to support a prasecie ian, but Rerve only 10 Raerh him and a F 2 and fon agamst 9 that event he would have heen free to make Arrahne feave te country and des would nave Had gd Sega! power to stop bint | yiiing sherefore depended rysew and the secsey autor : to Ep as fully prepared ag was bumgnly possiple. piey, Maclean's een