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L @ MACLEAN, BURGESS CONTROVERSY DISCUSSED va Vienna, DER ABEND, June 20, 1951--A fa (Report from Rome on an article of the London correspondeht of the Rod péeper“UNITA, Franco-Calamandrei, on the events leading up \to the dis- appearance of the rq British diplomats Maclean and aa (Excerpta) = - . a“ . "Sir Perey Sillitoe, chief of the British Military Intellipence Service, hurried to Washington after the digeppearance of the two diplomats to discuss ‘the case with FBI Chief Hoover. It is known thet Hoover educed from the yiz FBI archives too bulging folders with information on Mac d_Burgeas. : Tews slenificant thst the FBI was in possession of so mec! terial about 7 »/7 the two diplomats who belonged to the category of persons being watched . isi particular care by the FBI. The British Foreign Secretary Morrison declared in Parliament that Burgess had been recalled from his post ‘ &s Second Secretary of the British Legation in Washington because. he was ‘completely unqualified’ to fulfill his duties, : 11-3 "In the meantime it has turned out that bis recaJl wag in reality due to ® quest of the American Government. MacLean too had been recalled from his osition at the British Legation in Cairo a year ago because he wes convenient to the Ameriedns. “Being in close contact with American diplomacy and eware of every detail in the Anglo-American relations, MacLean and Burgess developed A strong aversion to American political methods, and this was brought to the notice of ‘the American Intelligence Service, Therefore, they were Shodawed by the . FBI-8s ‘dYsloyal and dangerous _persens.' meen ane eae nk a wm vee Se ee "When the FBI agents learned of the intention of the two diplomats to resign their positions in the Foreign Office it wes decided to ‘liquidate’ them to- prevent their revealing facts to the public wHlOM Hight strengthen the (aye lantivAmerican trend in England. In view of the danger facing then Maciean ah nd Burgess had no choice but to leave England suddenly and to take refuge in a safe place ‘out of reach of the FBI. aha nf eee : amor) INDEXED - 41 | ¥6 Central Intelligence Agency Foreign Radio Freedcast T7=3,4. 6°32.-5! section Page Date sot Yo wa