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ro _ SR SEO APOE TOL BEY SK VCS Pe me t J erteesce rere 4 ‘ ) a ‘ ) a Office Memorandum + onrrep states GOVERNMENT i ro + A, Hy Belnoné pata: arch 6, 1957 waom + i, A, avon kl Y eunject: DONALD DUART MACLEAN; O CUY FRANCIS DE MONCY BURGESS , ESPIONAGE = B & Edna &, Fluegal has wrttten an artic re subjects published in “American Mercury.” Part one of grticle appeared tn », ¥ebruary tssue’ and was sunaarized tn my memo 1-27-57, Fart two a) appeared in larch issue and ts briefly sunmerized herein, Fluegat bre described as chairman, Political Sctence Department, Trinity. College, —“ iiashington, D, C.3 staff member and foreton affatrs consultant to Senate Part one of the article was highly critical of British for fatlure to release full facts concerning case. Author commented that facts nay not have been disclosed because of possible tnudélvement of. British "holy cows" plus fear that Congress micht enact measures restric pooling of classtfied infornation by Ud and England, «article also eritical of British for not notifying U.S, authorities concerning their tnuestigation of leaks discovered tn 1949, In addttton to criticism of British, author atated the American angle of the case was totally . unexplored and ratsed a number of questions concerning American side of case, such as: ith what Americens did they deal; why the blackout and who maneuvered tts who tipped off the subjects; What‘assurance do we hav that opportunities for esptonage that subjects: enjoyed have been ve Part two of the article recites the background of the subject and reiterates criticisn of U.S. and England for not disclosing all facts concerning case, It states that ptecemeal revelationa for past ftve years depict subjects as*nen of charn and brilliance but men whose drunken brawls and honosexual weaknesses were * .“nown, that routtne inv gation should have barred them from Governnent employment tnvolving acc to classified matertal, he Foreign Office should have terminated thet employment at several points in their career, ‘Jithout knowing their comauntst connections, both would have been regarded as security risks The author states that until recently more under American regulations. enphasts had been placec on Maclean; however, recent disclosures nakes the retention of. Burgess nore. incredtble and his role in connunist move ment greatér.~ It was reported that Burgess lived in ifashington with, Fhilby, assigned here by British intelligence and “whispers” place Burgess tn and out of Cit, uWSA and State Department planning staff. , He