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Bonne ee eee te de Ee MOS ae OO A aot °° gtAsoano rors ma, 04 . . | Office Memdandum ¢ UNITED siftzs GOVERNMENT ro 24. Beinonfih/ wl... venuary 17, 19. So y € 2 FROM 3 if, Ae Branigah\ . a ° ® : BURT: DOVALD DUART UACLEAN; & 5 GUY FRANCIS DE Moucy BURGESS... ‘ ESPIONAGE - BR —_ A copy of the book has now been furntshed by the Legat, Lond and has been reviewed, Generally tt purports to portray life htotory « Burgess and his knowlege of and partictpation in international affairs 5 afrem the early 1930's until October, 1956. He ts ptetured as an ideal who since college days has believed tn Marzisa and has strived for bet anglo-iussian relations, Burgess says that although he would like to return to England some day when the hysteria has died down, he prefers living in a Soctalist country. He claima that Haclean is more Russianized than he. The book cleariy shows it was written from a |segeien point of utew and ts very critical of England, U.S. and to som degree of France, Spectfically, the book states: $ t * (1) Burgess and Maclean were both communists at college dut resigned thetr membershtp tn CP and abandoned their political activi ti not because they disagreed with Marzism but because they thought they could put their tdeas into effect better tn public service. q a (2) Burgess did not admit being recruited as a Sovtet Agent, as such. ‘ (2) Burgess maintains his flight from England was not planne: by Moscow. Claims he met Maclean shortly after returning to England f U.S. as he wanted Maclean to see a paper he had written on Far kastern policy. Maclean told Burgess he tas under survetllance and tndtcated, i fre night go to Russia, Subsequently, Burgess decided to go with him. \ ! ~- 4 r ° et! or act Q in 4 a ee See? #