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WHEN THE SECURITY GUARD S ROPPED As a result bf isclosures of Viadi- aie Petroy, 4 soviet secret police officer | ho deserted Russia and obtained political | anetuary in Australia, the British foreign ‘hee hae heen forced belatedly te cknowledge that two British diplomats, | “he fled-belind the iron curtain fn 1991'" ‘Aiversity days 20 years earlier” The tye-Britons were Donald Maclean at GuyBurgess, How teportedly ‘working: “ith the Russian foreign commissariat in lascow. Maclean had been head. of the -merican department in the British for ‘yn office, and, before that, counselor of. - mbassy and head of chancery in the Brit-. embassy in Washingtoa. It ianow ad. titted {hat he had ample opporturiiiy to)’ arn most secrets pertaining te United |; ates plans and intentions. - Petrov asserted that Burgess and ‘Mac || aa had been recruited for espionage |. ork by the Russians while both were i students at Cambridge university! ‘pe soviet défector's" information came as a- secret police colleague who said : the British trailors were in the. habit | : ringing briefcases full of-secret Brit- |: “an diplomatic documents to the soviet nsmittal lo Moscow. ¢ | Briti jin clearitig personnel later proved to be! iwhen a government leans over hackwards (to aveid directing even. the suggestion of rabassy in London fo be microfilmed for | suspicion What the facts emphasize fethat the | h security system is again. proved to | 'be full of holes, Evidence of British laxity; leumpletely untrustworthy ig abundant! i ‘Dr, Klaus Fuchs, the British atomic scien-‘ tist who betrayed knowledge of American | -alomic secrels to Russia, was allowed by | the British te roam around deeret Ameri: | fan installations during Worl ad been communist agents since thelr “San insiaTations during World War IT and | even to penetrate the research center at: Los Alamas:’ Dr. Alan Nunn May, snother atomic iselentist, became part of the Canadian |. communist spy ring, and, with British | ‘elearance, also entered the United States. “These two men. were later, convicted and | + sentenced to prison, but a third British } -alomic ‘scientist, Dr Bruno Pontecorve, t ;madé his gelaway before the British se | Curily system had even begun te suspect | ‘him. He is now in Russia. There isa concerted eurrent ‘attack on! .the American security machinery, base ‘on the twint allegations that communism is only a remote danger in the United "States and that security agencies of: in| government deal unjustly with many k ,Sugpects, The Brilish experience provides | a frightening warning ef what occurs! toward men ih sensitive official} ; positions..The Communists then phave a “Until Petrev's. disclosures, the British. ja)¢ day, ‘ -oteign office had Tefused all comment: Tt is not. ays if we did net have an Alger! 2.8 ee gee Newall! eeesey OC lhe we pee RELCT TD Ge gyi *"JUN 22 pose \ G2 SAb8 py He 3ST. co Edition ; “ate . _ SEP 2. 1% 15s Part | iw. b. maxwell vbout the desertion“of the two men: Tt |iics 9 Harry Dexter White, or a Julius!’ epparently was apprehensive that a full. onq Eehet Rosenberg. . We know ‘that: rdmission of the activities of the pair | soviet-spies are at work at all times. | uid demage selations with the Unided. Despite rales, which Bas suffered particular in- ary beesuse Maclean, a5 the foreign | ‘jca’s American expert, was privy “gat. many American state secrets, ay 7 ay ett : t " 4&7] rien Fal = vies nee +s ms is SA, oe tem saa Soe aa an oA Matath Pay Gale ST ae a “eis ahaha Ane “this, some posple will not rest Jcontent until the” security service 46) _{stnashed and the. Communists are free’ to g as they please. This ig more than folly.. lt"contemplates a treachery es.great as ‘that of the Communists themselves. Ha a2 NOT REO * aoe - SCENTS ee - * WeocT 12 955 > Ye OUT 12 < § Sagat oy t as tpt gees te ., co ee eee = a a Dees “ee Nee, NS ae t