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| f CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE trickle out in dribs and | drabs, bits and bobs? Does he think that a ecret a day keeps the beanda away 7? There are a hundred questions to be asked—and answered— about Burgess and Maciean. At the rate the languid boys of the- Foreign Office are going, they will still. be dealing wit them at Christmas. These shadowy spokesmen have been juggling with tricky questions about Burgess and Maclean for four years. Their Nt com have been consistent. Na comment. No comment. No comment. oe Now they have been dragged squeak- ing into the open and they have GOT to comment. \ They had to comment on Sunday, ‘They had to comment a bit more Mbnday. _ Yhey bad to comment a tiny little more on Tuesday. i ee i (ee ee a pAND BY HEAVENS THEY ARE | OING TO HAVE TO COMMENT HELL OF A LOT MORE TODAY. S$ they might as weil get the thing over with and come out with the whole dismal truth about these two young turncoats. Putting Him on Guard When Maclean ‘“‘fell under sus- picion ’’ at the Foreign Office, why were these ‘‘ certain documents ’’ kept out of his way? A tenth-rate idiot would cfr that this was the best way ,of putting him on his guard. ‘And in what way did he fall unger cispicion ! What constitutes suspicion it this oh-so-smug department ? Talking about with one’s eyes open, probably. And if he was under suspicion, why of he so closely watched that Ve cohildn’t slip away to Moscow !