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a Set de Today in World Affairs Burgess, Maclean Interview. , Viewed as a Soviet Blunder By DAVID LAWRENCE WASHINGTON, Feb, i3--The real story of what is back of the public appearance in Moscow of Messrs, Maclean and Burgess, the British diplomats who tumed trailor, has yet to them out aiter a concealment of nearly five lined by rationalizing that all the Communists want to do at this time is to drive a wedge between America and Britain. The episode @may turn out in the end to have been a big “blunder by the Soviets. ' For, instead of producing a rift in Angio- American relations, it will assure the op- the strengthening of the = security measures which both London and Washington wili take hereafter against - those engaged in spying or in infiltrating goverhment offices. Ib will also incredse dis- trust of Khrushchev and the other members of the Kremlin who have denied repeatedly: thet Maclean and Burgess were in Moscow. Sir Anthony Eden, the British Prime Mit ister, lost no time in emphasizing this very point to the House of Commons. What probably brought about the sud- den appearance last Saturday of the two diplomats was the publication of a well-documented book by the editors of the “London Daily Express.” Copies had undoubt: vdly just reached Moscow, The weaknesses in the British se. curity system are fully exposed in that book—to which, by a: odd coincidence, “U. S. News & World Report” ” bad obtaine trom the “London Daily Ex-! press” exclusive rights for pub- Aeation in its current issue and jor release to the press of the United States -this.very week. ‘Talking on the telephone ‘oday with Lord Beaverbrook, publisher of “The London Daily Express,” thus corvespondent was tuld that, if Maclean and Bur- ness thought they were doing anything that could strain rela- viens between Blitain and the waited States, they were very niuch mistaken, because the ancident would bring the two countries closer together in a common front against any such contingencies in the future. He said: “It warns us of what's up. We gel a good warning of what we have to avoid—a warning to as re—bewar’ Lawrence : DELETED COPY SrNi ©. BY LETIER @UN 22 i970 Beaverbrook Ceiticat_ eaverbrook newspapers, from the start have pressed forj closer surveillance and criticized: the Britich security service for not maintaining a watch on Mrs. Maclean before she, too. disap- peared behind the Tron Curtain.! Weak spois in the recent British “white paper” are also pointed! up with the criticism that Mac-|- lean and Burgess could have} been stopped from leaving Eng- land if the authorities had been on their toes. There were plenty of red-tape obstacles of a legal nature that could have been placed in the way of their escape. ‘The extent of the damage done by Messrs, Maclean and Burgess, cannot as yet be assessed. Their! behavior did cause American authorities to be squeamish for a while about letting confiden- tial information about atomic} energy go to Great Britain, though it is believed this prob- lem has since been solved satis- factorily. Perhaps the biggest injury to America, however, came during; the Korean war. Maclean took) charge of the American desk in! the Bri Foreign Office on Nov. 5, 1950. He was in a Posi-; tion to read all confidential; messages and to know the Brit- ish reaction thereto. The yanguard of the Red, Chinese armies had atrea come into Korea from Man-} churia ® few days before, and: . MacArthur requested au-} thority to bomb the bases in Manchurie_sess to isolate any Chinese troops already in Korea and prevent other divisions from| coming in, ‘The United States Joints of] Siaff formally requested the permission, on behalf of Gen! MacArthur, about Nov. 13, 1950, in @ message which was relayed to twelve allied governments. ‘The request was rejected in the next few days, and the Red Chinese naturally stepped up their offensive on Nov, 25. Here is what General MacA:thur only! last week was saying in a state- nent apropos of his controversy on this point with former Pres- ierefsuman: tg — Fy ae Buin a Mason — Mohr Parsons Rosen —_. Tamm Nease Winterrowd Tele. Room Holloman Gandy Kk Wash. Post and —__— Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star —______ N. Y. Herald ——__ Tribune N.Y. Mirror —______ N.Y. Daily News —_ Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date 2B 14 tore Bodine, Denes?