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- BURGESS AGAIN? Czechs quit the world police From PERCY ROSKINS: Parls, Sunday MPHE Czechs today dropped out of ‘ Interpol—the 38-nation police crime-detection organisation. They gave ho reason, but it is believed they resent inquiries about Burgess and Maclean, the vanished Forcign Office men, who were last seen in Prague. Czechosiovakia was the tast of the Communist States in Interpol. Bulgaria and Rumania quit a year ago. The Burgess-Macileun und Ponte- corvo alfairs were regarded in the West as political rather than criminal matters. 50 that Interpol was not much concerned in the hunt for the men. U.S. TO REJOIN? But considerable pressure was used through other channels in an effort to get Czech co operation in the inquiries. Resignation of the last Rea) State opens the way for America to rejoin this police network which spreads its crook-trapping web across every. country this side of the Iron Curtain. Mr. J. Edgar Hoover. chief o! the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion, withdrew his country’s sup port last year because of Czech emands for repatriation of pol “cai: refugees. This, he claim vould be a violation of the ca _« /iission's statute, which barreg: aw ction against political offende “Dally Txnrgss'%7 3 Ca, Sonvon, ipl “aruary Uh,: 233 DOMALD siat “aclean, ct al OBFICE OF TIA T7ctt : * LACH ACIERICAT EVID.ury EOUDOT, ECE. D ____ ale we ge pil- (4-H OT RECORDED BE MAR TT 194,