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a W. C, Sullivan 2/8/64 ¥. A. Branigan BOOK REVIEW OF “BURGESS AND é ‘MACLEAN BY ANTHONY PURDY AND hen : DOUGLAS SUTHERLAND ioe thie memorandum is prepared to show the above-captioned book i +> has been reviewed and has been found to be an outdated rehash of the Burgess-Maclean cass. THE AUTHORS: Anthony Purdy is described as a free-lance writer who hes done magazine, television, and book work for the past three years. Thi is his first book published in the United States. Douglas Sutherland 1 ' @esoribed as a World War II veteran and a former Conservative candidate ° for Parliament. Bufiles contam no identifiable information concerning : either name. Both writers are British nationals, PUBLISHING COMPANY: This book was published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. Bufiles @how this is one of the largest publishing firms in the field. Bufiles show we have generally had cordial relations witb thie firm. ‘ , THE PUBLICATION: ‘ diplomats who fled to Russia in May, 1951, when they wore forewarned of the probable arrest of Maclean. The book goes into grent detail concerning the college life of both mon, showing how they were communists in college. It detaile their careers and attemptn to show how thoir obvious faults were overlooked, ‘he book retells the story of Burgess and Maclean, British | { The book is extremely critical of MI-5, MI-6, and the British Foreign Office for alleged mishandling of the case, ‘The author claims . ‘that Burgess wos tipped off by a friond in MI-5 of Maclean's impending interview and probable arrost. The book does not montion Rarold "Kin" \ hilby, formor NI-6 san who defected in January, 1963, ond who was —_—_———- eM Burgess and Maclean) { emer et) areca A JPLipa o we RECORDED ~ 5 7 FEB 141964 MB FEE 11 1964 ¥nolosuroe SL ao a is