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— eG The Kremlin's Kept Men ____. A quéer pair of British traitors has been trotted out Jn Soviet Russia, where: everyone knew they were, but where Soviet officials blandly insisted they were not. 8 . These are the diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, who disappeared in May of 1951, at which time Burgess had just been sent home in disgrace from the " me British Embassy in Washington, where he was Second Secretary and Maclean (who had previously served in Washington) was head of the American Department of the British Foreign Of- fice. Burgess Moclean Communists since their college days at Cam- bridge, they fled Britain to work for “greater mutual understanding between the Soviet Union and the West,” according to their statement, and because they were disturbed by “the senseless- ness and danger of American policy in the Far East and Europe.” Maclean also knew he was being investigated as a traitor and spy, and Burgess had learned he was going to be fired. Burgess was a lush, an admitted homo- ~sexual, Maclean became a problem drinker, and when in his cups, which was often, exhibited homosexual tendencies. a t Why did the Sovief_officials decide.to unveil them at this particular time? Obviously for propaganda reasons: To color the Kremlin’s phony “peace offensive”; to sow suspicion between the U. S. and Britain; to in- fluence British opinion prior to the April visit of Khrushchev and Bulganin to London—these are among the speculative motives. But the importance of Maclean and Burgess - is not their exhibition now as the kept men of Soviet policy. : - It lies in what they were—part of a pattern of conspiracy which produced the Canadian spy : ring and the theft of the atomic secrets; which i produced Alger Hiss and Harry Dexter White; . Which operated worldwide—and still operates— te_undercut the policies of the free world and advance communism by any means, — fF? (poyance. comm mem od Sny q4o0 3 | 9) EOS 6 “CB rece Nene Yol e ¥ 7 AS sDY grange Jui 227 PER FOIA weyuesf > DELETT BY LEi. ) wh ra ia as TAT cHeeD The 29 :956 a Wash. Post and _—_ Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune . N.Y. Mirror 7 N. Y. Daily News ~_ Daily Worker “The Worker New Leader Date FER1 21956 Te? CUPPING ~ a)