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packing ta. ; britc, golden clocks end an! The only representatiye of any newspaper in the world invited to the disclos: meeting was Richard ughes, The Sunday Times representative in Mosco The others present wer Reuter’s Moscow correspondent and two Soviet corre- " spondents. , In their statement, they said that they had been‘in Russia since leaving Bri and were living in Moscow, Maclean with his wife and children—who vanished frbm Switzerland in1953. Neither would say whether he was working for the Soviet Foreign Ministry. ° Burgess the Dominant Partner By RICHARD' HUGHES, Representative of The Sunday Times in Moscow MOSCOW, Saturday. T[Ousut, in Room 101 of the Hotel National, overlooking R¢d Square and the Kremlin, I met and talked with Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, t) They. janded me a copy of ja sthtement which they said th¢y wished to make to the Press in f1 i e only other persons present re the representatives of Reuters, of the Communist Party news- paper “Pravda” and the official “Soviet news agency Tass. The interview lasted about five minutes, Burgess and Maclean said that they had been in the Soviet Union ever since they left Britain and that they lived in Moscow. Maclean added that his American’ wife Melinda and his two -thildren, who disappeared | from Switzerland in 1953, were with T arrived late and reluctant at Room 101, which {fs on the first floor of the hotel. I had been summoned by a strange voice speakigg poor English when I was turn to London on Monday. T bad t that It was merely an invitation have @ farewell drink with the: hotel manager. “entered the room, where northall television is shown to guests, and four under an ornate chandelier. missing British diplomats. I looked around mystified. A tall ® blue suit and red bow tie stood “tam Donald Maclean,” he said. | “I am Guy Burgess,” said & yn in @ blue suit and blue-and-w! te i striped tle. “Gentlemen.” I said, “this is tne’ end of the long trail.” . ‘They laughed and sat down to face me and Sydney Welland, the Reuter repre- sentative, and two Russians representing Tass and “ Prev da.” .. MACLEAN CONTENT. TO SIT K tious spai forced iaughter found the table, ‘while ‘seemed ¢ spokesman for the — a handsome leather brief . juced exactly four meticu- case 1} ‘and carefully signed cont oe Ye doc it 000 we he response to our Guestions, Burr “who was affable and smi Unt they could say mothing and wis] cd to say nothing that was not inch the text of the'statement ‘To obvious questions about the children, jaclean replied that everything was px- ained in the statement. To questifns joout whether they were employed }in jgecow, ts advisers to the Soviet or jurgess, who, I cannot emphagse too ‘strongly, was the relaxed spoke for both the diplomats, replied easily: “You won't find me by silting outside the Forelgn Office.” He added: "The fact is T don’t want to have correspondents trying to follow me around.’ Maclean seemed content to sit back, ° puff a cigarette and Isten to Burgess talk. “You Arent Playing Fair” statement was made by one p Journalist present : “You aren’t playing air with us in not giving us an oppor- tunity to read the statement and then ‘ask questions before you leave.” Burgess laughed. “Now don’t try to tell me that,” he said, with a side glance ‘at Maclean, who joined in the laugh, “I have given out too many aements, A] the Press in my. time not to “just dont T have given you fellows, We intend to add to our statement.’ I was itching to leave when it was clear that Burgess had no intention of adding to the statement—TI repeat that, looking back ‘in Tetrospeet as frantically type this message. my main impression of a rushed, improbable meeting is the com- plete dominance by Burgess of the inter- view. He was the one who carried the statements. He was the ‘one who hapded them out as soon as I, the last arfval, had seated myself at the table. Helwas he one who replied to questions, Hel he one who quipped, Jested and invited jaclean, leaning back on his left 337