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RAE RA ERT A ee aT ae te ae fiw gt nae 7, . « HT Beria Is e in Point —+—— ANYTHING happen in who disappeared mpre than. aspect of the secrecy barrier the times in ch we live. two years ago in the company da the fact that military plan- No headline ig t@ fantastic. to was an erratic but ‘trusted of- Bing ‘ln *the’: North Atlantic: gaintat. least momentary ac ficial of the British foreign of-,; Treaty, Organization cannot be ngtan* >'ugtiog ceptance. The’ fice. Burgess had been dis-) based on realistic: knowledge’ “egeape" of missed following his-éccentricy of the kind and the number. : Lavrentl Be- “behavior while serving:in the’. of atomic weapons available. ' via is acase in. British Embassy in Washing-. A large empty space must be t point.-. > ton. Both men left England on ‘left on the tables of organiza- 4" Top -intel- .a channel boat for France and. tion which means that Euro | ‘Iigenee au then vanished, the conjecture pean commanders cannot ‘be/ thorities ; ‘in being that they went behind sure whether too much or too Waahing- the Iron Curtain... “°.-+ -;. little emphasis is being placed : . ‘ton are‘ ex: Jt ts assumed that Mrs. Mac, 0 ground . forces and other: Pia tremely skep-’- Lean has joined ber husband. conventional defenses. ' 1 2 tical about the But coming just when it does, , Hape has risen for changes ro reports that’ this second walkout is having dn the present restrictions. { <a Ghildg * Beria eluded. serious repercussions. ~~ - And. then just as proposals “we, shils enemies in A long-standing complaint Were being worked out which Soviet. “Russia.‘and” is ‘now’: “from the American side is that ee Ee, ees onal leaders, 5 Sag! . 4i- British security regulations are’: 5. omewhere in this hemi too lax. As proof, Klaus‘Fuchs*,Mrs. MacLean drops out of phere. The latest report puts. \orced at Britain's top secret” Sight © stat tae” nim in Mexico prepared to of-" atomic center until American: . American. intelligence - au-. ‘er through a contact man his” authorities’ provided proof of . thorities long experienced. in vast store’of secrets in return his‘ treachery. Bruno Ponte- . the cloak and dagger trade are: ao, ” wi oe 44 4 corvo, another top atomic phys-. inclined to be sympathetic with: or “asylum..in the “United. 0°? a ‘ their «- ; bers i : a oo deist, walked out with his fam- 6 opposite numbers in itatea, 0°" TANT R"iiy and is presumably working : British intelligence. They point. The’ officials who “should for the Soviets in Russia.1-+-: yout that Mrs. MacLean -was ‘now about Beria’s presence‘ These dramatic episodes un- living in Switzerland, It is dif- otgewhere south of the bor- derstandably prejudiced Amer- . ficult- particularly in @ neutral ver do not flatly say. the re-’ ican opinion against relaxation : country to keep a constant sort is untrue for precisely the of laws that now forbid the, watch on an individual free to eason that despite the far- exchange of atomic informa-. get into her own car and go lung resources of the Central ‘tion with the British. In Con-- anywhere she wants to. ntelligence Agency and the’ gress they stirred a strong. Current conjectures are allitary intelligence services conviction that the present. these. Mrs. MacLean was per- t could be true. But they will” barriers must be maintained. Suaded by a plausible Soviet ‘e surprised and embarrassed. Yet policy-makers on both , agent that her husband was in i: Beria is produced by a Sen-' sides of the Atlantic are in. the Soviet zone of Austria and te committee. The guess—it | creasingly aware of how much ‘ he begged only for a brief visit + only that— is that he is still .this-barrier. of secrecy costs... with her and the children, the live in a Moscow prison de- The British will shortly con- youngest of whom he had plte the reports that he was duct a new, series of atomic Rever seen. Once in the zone, illed during an armed revolt tests on the Woomera range: 52¢ was, of course, seized. A n the Kremlin following Sta- in Australia. These will repeat , Second theory is much simpler in’s' death” ta gig on) ‘wt, to some extent steps already —that in response to a direct et cae Cae * nee taken by the Atomic Energy - 4nd verifiable appee her . “... Commission. And it is obvious busband, she elected ta jo as pretent giving intelligence. that if Britain could avoid fol, htm nm exile. And the rest, ‘mencies throughout the West Jowing the same costly road,. shart of'some wholly unexpect- wach more concern is the dis- there would be more money.. ed ‘upheaval, is almost certain ‘ppearance of Mrs. Melinda’, 284 material available forthe t0 ‘be the same sinister silence ‘facLean and her three chile defense of western Europe. » |. that has.closed in around the mm vy i en NOT RECORDED 19] Oi 16 .¥53 Times Herald ash. Post LIE Wash. News iren, She’ is the American<* vrs cya tee Obhers 48s Erg nT a. jorn Wife of Donal&MacLean: ° ANOTHER and more serious.“ (©°>7flsht, 1953, by pniad Feature N, Y, Times ct te N, Y. Compass 7 ae ot pele he ce 7 woe ee, : ter, Pe ae COR ies Te Me Peet ee Tae * , at ning . 9 Fat get va . i + ™. Rae SER LOPES Mr Re wa SO ” FE ke EN ma et RET wert TM Ae