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ron ” Office Memorandum - we UNI ED STATES GOVERNMENT i To 1 Ll. Y. Boardman’ AY \ FROM ¢ A. H, Belmont 10 SUBJECT: 30NALD DUARTE, NACLLANS GUY FRANCIS“ BURGESS “” ESPIONAGE - R : a: DATE: 9-26-55 . oe — fi [ iN concerning captioned case, Lnclosed herewith is a copy of the British"white Paper” issued September 23, 1955, This paper was submitted to the Director Septemher 23, 1955, with a memorandum stating it would be reviewed for any items of interest to the Bureau. "ihite The Pirector requested this review be dene expeditiously. Paper” Bureau or investigation conducted by the FBI in this country. This has been reviewed and found to contain no reference to the Generally, it contains the family and educational background of the subjects, together with their employment history and circumstances relating te their disappearance, It is pointed out that in 1949 information was receiv indicating that woreign Office informa Russians some years earlie Investigation, Kay, 1951, tndicated Maclean to be the principal suspect, insufficient evidence had heen obtained to pernit his arrest, ‘Friday, May 25, 1951, authorized interview of Maclean; however, Maclean wes on leave on Saturday, Lay 26, and the Foreign Office was not aware of his disappearance until Mondgy, May 23, 1951. ed bon had been leaked to the by clthough On igsl, Steps taxen to locate #gclean and Burgess are then listed and correspondence received by their relatives subsequent , to their departure. The conclusion is set forth in the paper that Maclean becane -aware that 2e was under investigation, This was acconplished either through a warnino or through his own deduction-when oertain secret ; papers were withheld from him, It is further assumed that due to the i circumstances of their disappearance from sngland, the suojeets are in Russia or other territories behind ' (Soviet defector) allegation that Kaclean and Burgess were long=te Soviet agents is set forth. the Iron Curtain, Vladimir Petrov's : Cal The paver then points out that tuo points call yor COMME. (1) How did Maclean anc Burgess remain tyythe Foreign Service for so long? (2) Why were they able to Ie tg Rig With regard to No. 1, |. tee =