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a. Did Burgess engineer his own recall to Englané? {he only persons who could answer this question are Burgess or Kim Philby. If Philby did use Burgess as a courier, At was the most unprofessional way to alert Maclean that he was under investigation. In a normal Soviet espionage Operation, Soviet agents have both means of regular access to their Soviet handlers as well as emergency methods of contact. In normal Operations, &{t would have been sufficient for Philby to alert his Soviet handler who could have taken over and relayed the information to appropriate officials. By using Burgess, Philby unnecessarily compromised all three of these valuable agents. In addition, be knew that Burgess was a drunkard and a homosexual and would not be considered a reliable courier since he could well have revenled his operation while in a drunken stupor on his way back to England. Such a procedure leads to the question, "Was Philby actually in contact with the Soviets during this period?" 2. Did Burgess purposely coumit his offenses--drunkennes;s, et cetera,—-to make his recall necessary? It would not be out ef eharacter for Burgess, a known homosexual and alcoholic, to do exactly what he did in the Dnited States, 3. Was there anything on him politically—-any eonnection with the Soviets, et setera? Both Burgess and Maclean were posted to the United states as accredited British diplomats and enjoyed ali the privileges and imsunity granted to representatives of foreign governnents fim the United States. Aky doubts ef their Soviet eonnections Were dispelled by later investigations eonducted in Englapd ‘as wall as the Petrov revelations made in 1955. Sa. Can *e echpig | toed a @ we tell anything about Maclean's to? sto Aaformation while he was here? | 22); #4 mi 8 nm Ce ReaT , a As bead ef the Chancery ef the British Embassy, Maclean E— woulé have had access to sang tgoing communications A > ing political mat .” M1sd,' the representative = ef United Kingdom en a joint American, United Kingdom, and "—— Canadian eomittee eoncerning atomic energy matters. As noted in the book, “fhe Third Man,” by B. H. Cookridge, lean s regularly visited atomic energy installations and one of Cs 3 the fev ranking officials eleared by Uo ates security ~ bi Std) rt oem eam 4 wan noouL_] tevervee unit J of oO ic rans. / 7 q