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By ALEXANDER FOOTE Author of ‘ Handbook jor Spies’ AVENG been for nine yéars Soviet agent—against Ger- many but never against Briain daresay that T af pprs ach wig ease of Burgess and. Maclean froma nather special point-of View, Mver since their disappearance in s¥3i there Nave been questions in my mind which have not been wwwered by the White Paper ised on Friday. Let me, at ihe 4 iiset, make it quite clear that { wave mo special kndwiedge of this” + aty familia My wh Soviet onage cSused in P94] wher. | ved in Berlin from Moscow and - uted to the “Wrest. The questhin which PT contrive to ask onuyself about Burgess: and we Sees Maclean is this: How did they per- Basia Moar vade ihe Sovict authorities to ucpart fram nodal practice ag atrange ther removal to the Sovie Loti? gett a Alexander Fadte. whose corel is briefly explatued in Table Path on he appusifle pase. Ts grasy the point of itis a Ge — — question, the reader should iexdler- | : . peguaths es ‘und how the Soviet espionage | | Fetch and Carry’ system works and the functions of itis | Below the Residsat Direwior eonge saumponent categories. There are | the couners aad posthoxgs Wa QGT 12 S55 ikree of these, At the head of the | (persons Gis whose feomes documents - “oes espionage network im a particular { cay. be deposited for collection by cautery —he usually ives just owl | courires’), and the radio tele. ene side the CCHHTEEY he oR working Bray huats, oA] these are, asa cule, AgdINsi—is the Resiktent Directer: | made officers of the Red Any, Poon 2s the only operator in possession i whatever their rank or sex, They are a if te cudes "and is in fell c nares wh | ina sense mechanics: their role is to ae eummunications. Pncientally, Wis t fetch and atry materkal Getween ve. Ws transmitting of giaterial— yet a) ithe Resident “Director and his £ ‘ dpcuments. de photographs pf reo.” . 7 dpcumonis--that makes up iinety The “sources” are nearly always percent, of Ge task of espionage. astionals af the country ty questicn, REY MacLEAN CASE isymipathetic fo the Sovier Unior, sf (Bofite 1O00-37h163) | They must occupy postions whic lo * igive them direct contact with ine i| i wate an wapme gen eae, ; iformaton of potential value te THE OBSERVER : Muscow, Maclean and Burgess SEPTEMBER 25, 1955 were “ sourees.”” LONTION , ENGLAND “Now the paint to beac in nind re OR eRe, about a“ soures. is that he} is Of use ™ v ANE Sul qily if be retains accesa to impartant hed hg Ne oS “ . ipformation. Note that a “sodrce ™ BER es ¢. <i He nol w trated apent, Hike the Start Boal Sa se tbat ONrester, de, io a lesser gkient, oo * = {he courlers. He is useful oly in . owe ge tow a . * * “as - rete,