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QO-19 (7-8-55) Daday in Washington / "Need for Security Shown By Maclean-Burgess Case ; By DAVID LAWRENCE WASHINGTON, Sept. 19--It’s the same. old story—inade-. | quate lows and inadequate security measures to protect a nation against Communist agents and their dupes—which now startles the world as the facts come to light about the penetration made Foreign Office. ; For, just as Alger Hiss transmitted se~ covets ftom the United States Department of] State. so did high offielals in the British} Foreign Office giva them to Soviet agents.: “Seaurity risks” who should long before have) been investigated were not carefully exam- ined. Possibly it was because the atmosphere was poisoned by the specious claim that in+ dividual rights. are sacrosanct—as if any lnidividual rights could ever supersede the right of the state to protect itself against subversion, sabotage or treason. At now is definitely established that Don- ald Maclean—who, up to May 26, 1951," oc- cupied the American desk in the British Foreign Office--was a-Soviet spy and month after month transmitted secret papers to the ; Soviet. Embassy. ' Guy Burgess, who fled with Maclean te Moscow, was a se¢- ond sééretary in the British Embassy in Washington and during his stay hore had a twenty-four-hour pass to the offices of the Atomic Energy Commission. He wag secretary of an international cammlttes of diplomats which dealt with atomic-ensrey infor- epee epee Lawrence wa mation. « — Deed Sf LETTER acu : Nous i “ ? : by Soviet spies into the British Foreign Office and the Australian] + é ed # Mr. Tolson - Mr, Boasdman,. we Mr. Ni¢hots*_ a a Mr. Belmont “be Mr. Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Sizoo Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr, Holloman Miss Gandy wo o oa Bradt —— a Piel. a é Wash. Post and - wt Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star . Tribune N. ¥. Mirror Daily Worker The Worker New Leader