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“Lash Wve % eel ‘Diplomat Knew Vital A-Secrets’ | Waship®ton, D. C., July 16 (7). - —Donal MacLeau. missing Brit- ishdiplomat, was a member of the committee which controlled war- time exchange between this coun- try and its partners in developing . the atom bomb, a State Depart- * ment spokesman said today. MacLean and Guy Burgess, fef- : Jow British Foreign Office official: in London, dropped mysteriously from sight May .; : 25. They have heen the object of an interna- tional manhunt spurred by sug- ‘gestions both ‘may have ‘slipped behind the Iron Cur- tain with vital " secrets, The State De- partment of fi- cial confirmed ~ ©_Donald |. ‘only that Mac- MacLean y.ean was a member of the com- ‘bined policy committee which dealt with top-level international rela- tions on the A-bomb project. Handled Secrets. ; He refused further comment on an article in U.S. News and World ‘Report, which said MacLean knew , “how many atomic bombs the West “had, what were the uranium re- ‘sources, how many bombs could be ‘made with existing rescurces and materials.” ‘ ‘MacLean came to Washington ‘as first secretary of the British : Embassy in 1944, In that post, the ‘magazine commented, secrets _ passed through his hands, - It said i that when the top international policy committee on the atomic _ project was set up he became sec- _retary of the British section. The ‘policy committee once “arranged for the admission of Dr. Klaus : Fuchs into the United States,” the article said. “There he got the atomic information that was to -make | him. the . Superspy of. all time”. v Fuchs now is serving a 4-year . «in a British pris re ee =ey Seana | | ¥ Mr Tetean ! Mek. ; * Ke, Mars. tte *Tebete Mr Treer....u....-. Mr Fsrbe .......... Me? Aldea........... if Me. Reteront, A Mr. Mehr oo... Fote. Room ......-. My. Nomse..... ...... Miss Gandy.......... Sees Sone ee eee a ns ene PER FOIA REQUEST + Nahin — fans 3163 - A NOT REcos 145 Pir CORDED eK 19d} TATED, _ UL 17 1951 ee . Ce lao