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19° (11-22-55) GUY BURGESS — +» break their silence - 2 Renegades ‘See Newsmen ° ' In Moscow Burgese, “Maclean . ! Deny They Were t | - Communist Agents ™ + By, Sidney, Weiland , Rubee ostow.y |. 11—Guy Bur- “and’’ Dofald Maclead, jive ye: rs Ago, reappeared here. today*tokfive minutes to ‘issue a atatement denying they were OTR [British diplomats who vanished |. 7-2 - | ‘In’ ‘the sueeting with two} |Britfsh~ sha" two "Russi “re porters in -s hotel room, they dodged questions on what they are doing now. . ,, Asked*if they were working |for ‘the Russian Foreign Mi ‘istry, the 44-year-old Burgess replied: tee. It is not that I refuse to janswer that question. You would not -find me outside ‘the Foreign Ministry. We do not wish to say where we are’ workin, They said that they had been in Russia since their disappe: once -from England in Mi 2951, and now are living in Moscow. Maclean said that his American-born wife, Melinda, formerly of Chicago, and three ‘tehildren who vanished from Switzerland in September, 1953, are with him in Moscow. Maclean, son of the late Sir Donald Maclean, a British Lib- eral Party leader, was head of the American Department at - the Foreign Office before his disappearance. Burgess, a bachelor, was sec-' ond secretary at the British: Embassy in Washington. Both appeared in good health. They were dressed Jn| heavy Russian coats with ‘fur| collars and Russian felt hats. They were waiting: outside a hotel room at the appointed time of their meeting with me, as Reuters chief correspondent; in Moscow, and Richard} j .|Hughes, of the London Sund: Times, We had been summoned by | ‘tflephone cali from Tass, th] [official Russian news agency,| itd be at the room, Tass re- \See MACLEAN, Page AQ, Col. 1 DELETED COPY SENT 8 BY LLTHEP guy oS tt6s, 5 PER FOiA REQUEST. 4 | NOT RECOPT 126 FEB 28 c Fines “C4 yor ae te ey . . Boardm, . Boag Mr. Mason Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Sizoo Mr, Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy i o6 Wash, Post and At1&? Times Herald Wash. News Wash, Star N, Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Mirror —_____ N.Y. Daily News —_ Daily Worker —______ The Worker New Leader Date FFB. 12.1956