◆ SpookStack

ments or stockpiles of, fianinnebia ry nia and weapons. Noe at * ead Mey 1 KNEW SOURCES ef cn ee i 0 However, Mr. MacLean, “yaa ine} _— ee formation on the thre: natious’ |} . ‘ atomic patents for peacetime uses, amounts of uranium (the A-bomb's ingredient) available to the three countries at that time and what the |, attract dame committee considered should be “ classified, or kept secret, in con-|, . : nection with atomic development. |, work ety oe A me te ews nat ag omg Era " eon +, helt ra “sho wt ‘Qt naa of a ’ aE SR eae, tid tH “Some of the information avall-|taa 9 7M *S mie 4 e . iakmnaniaed able to him in 1947 and 1948,” the fs 0" 2" 2s aie Lorine rie ad department said, “was classified a ay rate an i gel \ and would then have been useful at ‘ eet time: the Sovies atomic enery. Wy Because of the changes in thet ° rate and seale of the U.S. program in the intervening years, the infor- mation available to him then would not now be of any appreciable aid to the USSR.” The fact remains that Mr. Mac- fo. Lean and Mr. Burgess did compile FU*. “ya great deal of knowledge useful & “| to the Soviet Union. Between them }*.-" ‘ they also had knowledge of codes, of North Atlantic Treaty organiza- tion anti-Communist plans, Japanese E | peace treaty objectives and no tell- ing what other information which F they might have obtained outside , art, “Disappearance of MacLean and 7 ag 7 Burgess on May 26 has become. a ge et at em Ue we eg ae hg Hot political issue in Great tain. wee ci ea Sa 2 ween ach Conservatives accuse the Socialist}: a ~ a . aL Se te tend -* British government of negligence. fF : The assumption from the moment $m of their fiight from London has been that the two men fled, behind - ' the iron curtain. ™ Security experts here judge the i " : : British Socialists to be wholly un-| j ‘yealistie in their approach to Com- ¢ ‘ munist espionage. British security olficials themselves and their or. rs rane — “te ae “aa . _ oy ze . a eft we Yr py ge os eos ‘a Rens mea ay a ee ota ata fags == ret ets Taees Te Renee - eo . ieee ane nal ake es Coe ay te og ae ifuatn Leen SE oe = See eee