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wee a aE ke ee ITAWOARO Fora HO. 64 Office Memandum e UNITED shores GOVERNMENT ro tA, He seasone (7 Waller DaTE: January 20, 1957 - 2 : 2 FROM : 17, A, Brantgan eo Aas : , . J ma . GUDJECT: DONALD DUART MACLEANKO GUY FRANCIS Di MOiNCY BURGESS ESPIONAGE - 8 ‘ . ”" Ce The February tssue of "American Mercury” contains part Se 1 of an article capttoned/"Burgess-Haclean Case” by Edna R, ol <Fluegal, In forevornd to article, Fluegal described as chairman, , folttical Sctence Department, Trinity College, washington, D, C.; forner foretgn affatrs spectalist, State Department, Both as staff menber and joretgn affairs consultant to Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, she has spectaltzed for years in study of jngjitration and ton poltcy. el . er ot Ae “ne article relates tia $7 L peared due story Crd not break unttl G-7-51; mentions rs. laclean's disappearance September, 1953, the Petrov story (Vladtnir Petrov, Sovte defector) September, 1955, charging that subjecishad been Sovtet agents for years; their appearance tn Moscow 1956 and communicattons between subjects andtheir families since, Ihe author appears to have made a study of British and U.S. publicized stories re case. She ts highly critical of the British for tts piece meal disclosure of facts and the failure to release all of the facts; also thetr failure to adutse US, of investigation of leaks they discovered in 1949 as well as delay in notifying U.S. of subjects'dtsappearance. The author suggests yehat full facts nay not have been released due to involvenent of some British "holy cows" plus fear that full disclosure of facts might stimulate Congress to enact measuree teatricting pooling classified informatton by U.S. and England. She stated that while the British jinystery lingera on, the Anerican side renains totally unexplored, the larttcle contains numerous tnnuendoes, suppositions and questions concerning U.S. angle. Those appearing to be the most significant are as follows: . Card . oe -(1) Amertcans "in high places" avoiding any pressure by |serzing the tdea, that ‘the affatr had only a British side. : x