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cee peeing a neren eee tI pete tae ne eee rT Sta ea Ae Ee OS on ed te mA RAN Memorandum to Mr, Belmont ee wes Donald Duart Laclean; D ni Guy diibtne: Deoncy Burgess H (2) that te known about Amertean etde of Burgess=lMaclean Joperatton? (2) ihy the blackout and who manuevered tt? ) (4) iho tipped off subjects hasmuver been resolved publicly. Lack of assurance that opportunities for espionage that subjectienjoyed have been closed and that the espionage ring of which they obviously were menbera has been broken. (G) inat Americanadtd they deal with? (7) Congress.did not know unttl 1955 that British lat ccovered tn 1949 that secrets had been leaked and tnuestte :-1.: jeatea tn 1950-Sl3 when did Secretary of State Acheson learn 6, if this? (8) Sir Percy Sillitoe, head of VI-§ flew to U.S, and : conferred on C-12-51 with J, Edgar Hoover and established reports reflect trut: he also conferred with G-2, FBI took sone action as, on 6-12-51 tt suddenly withdrew fron the Internattonal Folice Comnassion then opening sessions at Lisbon; one British newspaper assumed some connection, Statements appearing in papers indicated PBI interutewed cervain ex-British naturalized Arertcans who knew the diplomats, Presumably the results renain tn FDI files. 9) Reference was made to speech of Secretary of Army Brucker 2-17-56 when he mentioned subjects and stated onz of them held a high positton in British Enbassy tn washington over a period of 4 erttical years and knew some of our most guarded secrets. The article concluded by asking "Is there any reason why thts full atory cannot be told and 78 anyone sure that it cannot happen again, (®)