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Orbe Urtev, Jod-be} ‘ism in the recent Radcliffe, iM" By Robert H."Eatabrook[+ ‘he Washington Post Foreign Service| aboard. %,,LONDON, April” 20 British Mh Ofaclean i known to be still in the Soviet capital, Burgess inteligence acted on a ti as said by his maid to be Guy'Gurgess and Donald“Matout of town on holiday but ‘le *:might’: be “going a bere is widespread belief he, ——w teat 00, wt) in Oscow, . ae in ‘obtaining warrants¥' (4 “Soviet Foreign Ministry a arrest of the two turn: ‘spokesman said “we know ab- coat’ diplomats who «fled tojsolutely nothing about them.” | Russia “11 * years’ ago, ts was| As far as could be learned by ‘uinderstood: today. Westerners, neither man had 4. 2 Precisely whece® in * Africa applied for a Soviet exit visa. ythe "two intended to go could| Informed sources said neither “Hot be -learned. “It appeared|has "recently indicated © any possible that they might be|Plans to leave.) heading ‘for the United Arab|" One reason for the elaborate «Republic, “Guinea, or ‘some|effort to obtain warrants, it ‘ other non-British’ country. It also appeared likely that if they had planned to travel({"ePort om governmental se-| together they would be on an|{cUrity.in the handling of the’ official Soviet mission, since, Burgess-Maclean “case. The| they have been reported to bef80vernment wanted to make at odds after their defection fextra sure that it was properly to,Moscow. ‘That they might farmed legally in ‘the event travel separately to different fthe two left Russia ” destinations was not excluded. | Manningham-Buller told Par- “1 Warrants were obtained on |liament he had decided to) : | the possibility that they might |make an announcement about, stop ‘in some country: from |the warrants yesterday be- which the British government |cause he feared that the in-| ! could ask extradition. formation might leak out after, A pe - a 8 the requisite number of peo- | London Is, Agog is ple in government had been| * « London “ remainded agog [told of the plans.” 04 er Burgess nor Maclaao.were pi was understood, was the criti, ‘BeAfrica- Bound! where. messy. 1% Got Red Award *~ , Burgess, 51, reportedly “has been working for the Soviet ‘Foreign Office as an adviser! jin recent years and has been awarded the Order of the Maclean, 49, has Red Star.’ —— yee. ~ , after the disclosure of the. veral members of the op- * ‘yest ‘warrants yesterday, Re- A { porters congregated last night mee to ‘no avail at London and ¢ Amsterdam airports, but At: torney. Genéral Sir Reginald lanningham-Buller, told the House of Commons today that \ the application ‘for warrants) } was. not based. on information’ that ” Burgess and - Maclean’ me were in the cofrse of flight an) io of intended ‘to leave Moscow 7 within a day’ orgtwo. on Special bran@h men“went, « aboard the Soviét liner Balti ka when it docked at Tilbury from Russia early today. They: checked passengers, but, nelth, ® —_— BY TETTER Gun in” guggested “that” the net effect of disclosure might be to forewarn Burgess and Maclean’ and scare them off. } ‘This suggested that the gov- ernment might not be unhap- py if the result of the pub- licity were to deter Burgess and Maclean from going any- ¢ trial might be / Oe onl (2 jbeLeten cory gee tg been" “acting? Fas" theteditar of the English ‘edition of a Sov iet Magazine, Tnterpational At} fairs po OT at . For some time: purge, ‘the more accessible. of the ‘two, has been telling visitors that he was eager to return to Eng- land if only for a visit. His mother, Grace Bassett, is ‘bed-; ridden in London. « MacLean was head of the American Department of the. Foreign Office with” the rank of counselor when ‘he’ vans’ ished. Much more withdrawn, he has avoided ali contact with Westerners in Moscow.’ -_..7} —_ Ds Trotter Tele Room Holmes Gandy At The Washington Daily News The Washington Post and. Times Herald The Evening Star NOT RECORDED say) New York Herald Tribune —___ 199 APR 24 1962 New York Joufnal-American New York Mirror New York Datly News New York Post ‘The New York Times ‘The Worker The New Leader The Wall Street Joumal —___ The National Observer Date