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— - Sovict service in tustrolia. Putrov statcs that both . 21. Fro: infernetion subsequently reccivee fron witnesses in Svitzcrlan? cac oustric, it is clear thet the ar: waclean's ceper OF “ac that she: yreecedcce by’! train fro. Leuss: Septe ‘ber ll, passing th: Swiss-wustrien errivi et Schverzach St. Veit in the &z 2 owustria xicot-ly 9,15 on the .orning of Scytenbor 12, = The penccnt evirlonec of a perter at Schvar2zech St. Yel, can of sscs trovelling -n the train, has <strblishec sru ft the nat this p»oint, Further cvidence bclicvee to >. reliable, thet sho ves set at the station by sn unknen i:en “riving v beerin;, Qustrian nusber pletcs, Th further ic iis cer heve not been traced, It ds probable thet ims. ciacloen anc the chileren fron Schverzech St, Veit Seurin, territory in Russian oceupatics whenec she procceded on acr juurnyy to join her husband, 22, There wes no question cf preventing ifrs. daclean fro; leaving the United K a cou te vo to live in switzerlanc, althuuln she wes uncer nu cbligeticn te rcport her sovercnts, she acl deen clearly in vouch with the security authcrities anc nad inforucd thet she vishee to wake her howe in Switzcrlanc., she gave two Gove reesoas, firstly that she wishec to avoid ti personal tcvarress..nt to which she hed bcen subjected by th. press in the Unitce anc ssc vmly, thet she wisho! to educcts per chilcren in tay tional School in Gcneva. It will be rocebercd thet urs, vieelcan Was en eicri¢an citizen and in vicw of the publicity avsce by her husbend's fli, ht 4t was only natural th-t sns should sh to brin: up ber children in ni surrcun’ings, Before she left fer Geniva the soourd ty euthoritics iole arren....nts with hr whereby she vas te kup in touch with th: Britisn cuthoritics in Berne en¢ Geneva in czse she shoule reecvive any furtiacr news fro. her hussend or require advice or assistance, irs, iiaclean was a free egent. Th. sutheritics had no logal means of cctaiming her in the United Kin- any form of surveillance o> road vould hove been unwerranted. . 23. In vicv of the suspicions held egeinst ‘Iecleean enc cunspiretoriol sonncr sf his flis cht, it ves pss ecule not be sroved t his destifation ec.ipanion a the govict Union or soc othe bass Ty Yehine the Now Vlrdiair Petrov, the fericr Thirc 5. cerctary of vyassy in Canberra, who’ soucht politicel ril 3, 195. bes provided eunfirnaticn cf this. ‘Ltrov hiself so not dircetiy eoncerned in the case onc wms infor®tion ovteined frei: conversation with one cf his colleagucs ia ths woh it Burgess were reeruitce es spies for the Sovict Govran stvcents et the University, witn the intcnticn thet th carry cut thir cspicncge tasks in the Furvign voffic. 1951, by wiens unknown to hin, one or other of th t avare thet their ectivitics were uncer invcstigaticn nerted by tha. to the Soviet Itallirence Scrvicc vaised their escape ane rusicvel to the Sovict Uni. hes the i:prcssivn thet the cseape rvuty included Czce: ena that it anvolvce en acroplene flight into thet country. Upon their arrival in Russia, ‘iacican eni Burgess lived avcr -oscuite z wore usec aS advisers to the .[inistry of Furei_.. affairs and othcr Sovict agencics, Petrov edds that cne of the en (Seelc an) hes since deen joined by his wife. 724, Tie