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eed erie Ri ie ST cee coe poo etapa ee, er He asks | for visa to visit Britain From ROSS MARK MOSCOW, Sunday, DONALD * MAC... “LEAN, the Foreign Office man who fled to Moscow with Guy Burgess nine years No information All of them Joined Maclean, jascow in September 1955, ‘avelling bs ommunigt nderground route fram Gene In his application to the embassy Maclean listed his mother—Lady Maclean, of + Iverna Court. Kensington—and his sister 83 supporting his | appeal. They vouched for his good conduct while in Britain. Douglas Clark, Express Polit)- cal Correspondent, writes: ‘The anldnight, word from the Foreign wi “We. have heard Bothing of Maclean's applica- jon.” be granted a visa?” and was told : “This would be a matter for the Home Office. I asked: “Will Maclean information to give, When I was in Moscow with {he Macmillan mission Krushchev last year ous Burgess came to see me in mi hotel and said he too was | anxious to visit Brilain. It was quickiy made known that the British Government was nol prepared lo grant him travel facilities, ‘Traitors’ Express Staff reporter writes: Burgess 18 now 48 and Maclean 46. They disappeared on May 28, 1951, and the biggest manhunt in Foreign Office history began. ago, has applied | for a visa to visit Britain. His application reacheg the British” Embagy in Moscow at the Qveckend. Maclean asked for a visa the name of D. Maclean. £ application did t ntion his wife Melinaa pr ir three c} peo linda, an OGL toThe {ko diptomats were traced Rennes, in Britanny, and fere the trail disappeared. As Foreign Secretary, Mr. Mac- millan referred to both men as traitors when he spoke to the Commons in November 1955. Four months later Burgess and Maclean made their first ublic appearance since “their Aight. 'y turned up in Room 101 of Mostow's National ‘Ho! Press confere! > The Home Office had no’ Cr 4p yp pe [Lee Bey LE Midnight dilemma-what rec MACLEAN ‘They said: “We came the ‘Soviet Union to work fa filer understanding betwee: ssi and the West. We ar eGnyinced that we were right iq doing what we did.” e_mother of Guy Burgess, Mrs. Eve Bassett, went to visit him in 1956. Later. the diplomats became two of the fonelleat men in Moscow, Well paid sat _in anh annexe of the” ‘Soviet, Foreign Office and tried to analyse Western policies, Their essays and evaluations Were read by Russians working only at a low diplomatic level. jul as an attraction to any other Western igiomate who , might be tempted Lo go over to the Reds. the Russians have looked after Burgess and | Maclean. very well. | “They are reported to be well ipa ‘And both have good flats {in suburban Moscow with villas (1p the pinewoods for use at ken The last time rither was seen ‘in public was at the trial nels Gary Powers, the U: pilot, in August. in turned up in cow check coat i soi Tatentiy "But Mactes iwas_nol NOT RECORDED M3 0c. 19 160 DAILY EXPRESS London, inglan October 10, 1% (for info) '¢ , 1, 6 } ¥