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stopped working. “tor it ‘and! Heft England, ‘Then their disappearance, the stench of suspicio: which makes old frie at each othety doubtfully, ‘There lies the renter ime, portance of the two diplomats.’ They both belong to that dangerous class, the attractive delinquent." Both Strange, P Yet Attractive yo " Neither could the White Pa-~ per tell us what Burgess -and - Maclean were really like. I have met both men, To begin with, they were not typical ‘upperclass Englishmen. One had only te look at | them to know that there was |, something strange about them. They had parted from the herd, and it seemed likely that the herd was right in any little dispute it had with them, ‘Yet both men were attractive. . Guy Burgess was the more. positive personality of the two. ¥ He had a charm which was | hard to account for, as he was small and stocky, incor- rigibly erubby, and often” drunk. " causes the people to: feel contempt thelr gov- | ernment, and 8a breach | between the Britigh and Amer: H ican peoples. “| | } He was at once ‘obviously well bred -and obviously squalid. It could be seen he | belonged to the world of the favored, who have wealth and respect by right of birth; but } it was sure that in his times» he awakened in some very”: queer rooms. He-had many friends, and : some! of them tried to give. their liking for him a rational explanation by saying that he.> was very kind, and no doubt he;was, "But his charm was , ofa more exciting, more” troubling kind that can be® accounted for by good nature. | Even when he was nearing, 4% there was an engaging boy~' i about him. But there “boys and boys,” Burgess Secret Delight “"*" « In Making Mischief. .- Sometimes in a home f children who are unhappil: not like other children there Js @ small boy who always: catches the visitor's eye. The brooding darkness of the child's face lights up with such an enchanting sihile, His. response to strangers 18 50 || quick and gay, he has such’ # quaint turn of phrase. Surely the visitor says, there cannot be anything very much wrong with this delightful ttle poy? Well, yes, there Is. Jt un- fortunately happens that wherever he goes fires break out, By constant watching it has been established that the only toy he cares for is a box-’ of matches. The only game he ‘| really enjoys is arson. He Hkes 4 stealing out to set a light to | houses, barns, hayricks, and. terwards 1s silent. whi atownups fuss and wonder,. : watching the flames that rear and spread, x ‘That was Burgess’ distin- guishing mark: The flashing smile of @ fireralser, full of: secret delight in mischief and destruction, Because he was #0 obviously a problem ‘child, and when he was not smiling had the unhappy, appealing look of s problem child, affec- ; tlonate and benevolent, people felt a desire to help and ro tect him, . At the same time other peo: le who were mischievous ani structive looked to Him ive them what they, too, se: 8 GRR RI Se & tly wanted. There is » lit! f this in all of us; and man ple who were on the who! table and sensible had af. amused feeling that Quy Bur- Unstable. Personality -+ If Guy Burgess was & per- petual child, Donald Maclean “was a perpetual adolescent. He‘ was lanky like a lad who has outgrown his strength and he had kept the brilliant, un- spoiled color of eye and skin that is faded in most adults, : * He was attractively gay, but ; quality of an overexcited 18, ° Ht might easily ron up the Scale to hysteria, - He was a charming person i fs tovsit next to at dinner, but ! afterwards doubts crossed one’s mind, Could he really be the age that he was sald to be or responsible enough for | the post he occupied? | This shimmering, unstable ,effect was the mark of trag-! edy he had brought on hime | self. For Maclean was obvi-’ ously frank by nature. When he met & stranger his hand- | shake was warm, he gave a. welcoming smile, he asked per- © i sonal questions, made Personal _ | confidences, « Tt Is impossible’ to. Imagine & character less suited to bear the obligation of secrecy which | 4s imposed on conspirators. *“! It Is significant he was on’ most affectionate terms with sertain members of his family ‘and that these relatives were’ },agtonished, with an astonts! { mjent certalnly genuine, -wi ¥ if was first. put te them a I departure that he had ‘ pabSovlet. agent, . his gaiety had the feverish | \t wthe moral aspect, simply. be-y cause he was not,made way, It goes far to explain recurrent periods of ;Pallanee and drunkenness, “A problem. adolescent | {peals to the kindhearted ‘as ; strongly as © problerh i and again many affectionate, i and benevolent men and wo= bmen concerned } } with this mdn who even in plate 308 looked like a college, | boy and acted like» , boy who cannot handle’. + new liberty, and will be a ‘tine, man when he has learned how: to carry his liquor,;’¢- 4 - Britain. has not. dealt clev. erly with this’ matters . ‘there is no. country ‘in’ world that ‘would not. ba been baffied by the’,smoki acreen .which hangs,’ ‘round; Burgess and Maclean, create by their peculiar personaltti (Tomorrow: Burge! Maclean ; at. yt Kremiin.) ” a NEW YORK JOURNAL AMERICAN oct2 195 5 1L - 20L _—-