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Pb 67374 : O0BMF declared that DONALD MAC LEAN had e brilliant career in the British diplomatic service. ‘He haa no idea as to where DONALD MAC LEAN has @isappeared but he expressed the opinion that his disappearance was the result. of some personal problem, rather than @ "political motif™.- ee ; @. ” Concerning GUY BURGESS, Milian statea thet he met: ee BURGESS a few weeks before the latter sailed for Englend in,. April, 1951. He said that he did not like BURGESS and he : felt that BURGESS carried an "air of doom” about bin, & ° ee was questioned about the discussion he had’ with BURGESS ot ebendlianiee apartment at the farewell party, ~~ He said that while he had rather a heated discussion with’ “: BURGESS at that party, he attached little significance to it. He said the discussion with BURGESS concerned General DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR and he took it upon himself to defend General - MAC ARTHUR since BURGESS was being very critical of MAC ARTHUR. During this discussion, which, according to SMM became quite heated, BURGESS called QMMQP 4 "bloody Fascist", =”: @ one : ox. seid that he was Tesiding with queaRRigae at and first met BURGESS when the latter came to New York City from Washington, D. C, and stayed with t this apartment. Consequently, SMM stated he met BURGESS on about three occasions. He said that BURGESS was a brilliant conversationalist but he added that BURGESS was “a homosexual who boasted of it", declared that he has no reason to believe that BURGESS wes pro-Commnist or pro- Soviet and he has no ideas to the whereabouts of either BURGESS or MAC LEAN. He could suggest no other associates or contacts of BURGESS than those previously mentioned. . . oe . Rerepew ere cnet rice was interviewed | by the writer on Auguat 15, 195}. said that he first met © GUY BURGESS in 1937 when BURGESS rented a room from GMP ine — hes that aime owned « London, has forgotten who recommended BURGESS to him at this time, seid thet BURGESS lived et’ this address alone for about three years,