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0-19 (7-8-55) * - Missing Diplomats Spied Sor- Russians SONDON, Sept. 1 (Ph, —_A- sian who deserted to. the ‘esb says Britain's two missing Dlomats—-Donald MacLean and iy Burgess—served as spies for ae Kiémiin’ all the time they orked in the Foreign Office. A British -Foreien Office: pokesivian said later the Foreign \ffee now believes this to be | Le, Vladimir Petrov, formerly the’ ‘op Soviet. agent in. Australia. isthe story in arn article in Sunday newspaper, The ‘cople. Burgess and MacLean were re- iited by the Communists 20 -ears ago while students at ‘ambridge, he said, and neither -ew of the other's spy activities itil a few weeks before they -hsappeared together 449 years oe Fled Behind Iron Curtain MacLean was head of the american. department in the /oreign Office at the time he ‘anished. Burgess was on leave em his post as second secre- sary of the British Embassy in| Washintgon. Wemands in parliment for’ a more light on the mystery have’ Syaught only the official admis- con from the Foreign Office that. can be “Asstiiéd the young ‘iplomats. fed behind the Iron Curtain, : Adding to the mystery was the: lisappearance of MacLean’s, American~born wife, Melinda, ad their three children two. sears later. ‘They slipped awn, After going to Switzerland and resumably went to. join. him. Peirev said MacLean, now 42, and Burgess, 44, appealed to the “ussians for asylum after dis- coVMMne trey were being investi- gated by British security agenis, vols wogteir Ce Pos at . 20 Years. i -—Sithol Many Documents Petrov said anothettsremm agent who worked. in the Soviet Embassy in Londen told him that in 1945 Burgess brought |him “briefeases full of Foreign jOffice documents.” They were photographed and quickly turned back. H The British Foreign Office has | MacLean became close friends after leaving Cambridge, Petrov said it did not discover any important documents missing said, “the mest astonishing fact .. 3g that the two men... atter Burgess and MacLean yanished. Eyen though Burgess and spying activities... until they ‘were almost ready for their flight to Moscow.” Questioned about the article, & Foreign Office spokesman con= ceded that the two were under investigation before they skipped, stop: them from leaving the jeountry.” He said the Foreign Office now: believes. the two were ‘long-time Seviet spies. Regularly Supplied Secrets Petrov wrote: : “I can now disclose beyond tall doubt that these two men iregularly supplied the Kremlin lwith all the information they could Iay their hands on as trusted servants of the Foreign “Office.” i Petrov said a Russian seé¢ret agent named Kislytsin, who had been in close touch with the diplomats in London, told him: “I was posted to our embassy in London in 1945. My job was that of cipher clerk to the M. V. D. (secret police). I per- sonally handled all the material that Burgess suppliedk——___ 5 Pd, # ‘did not know of each other's | but said, ‘We had: no powers to - wT received brief casestutivt ! Foreign Oifice documents. They jwere photographed at the em- bassy and quickly returned to Bureéss, The photographs were} quickly sent by courier in the ‘diplomatic bag to Moscow. “But there were many times when. urgent information from the documents had to reach, Moscow quickly. In those cases: I used to transeribe the informa~ tion into cade and cable it direct to headquarters.” Heads Secret Archives Lean’s spy activities, He did,- ‘in charge of “an amazing library: ‘of foréien intelligence called top) secret archives” and added: “By a remarkable coincidence: ‘this section. turned ot to be a collection of the material sup- plied by Burgess and MacLean.” In Moscow, western newsmen ‘Jong have suspected that Burgess| and MacLean might be in the city. But all attempts io un; earth them have. failed. l official Russian source ha ever admitted knowing anything abopt them. Petvoy gave no details of Mac; ° Mr. Mr. fo Mz. olson — Boardyaan coe Nichdls! — Belmont a ” Harboe Mohr Parsons Mr, Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Sizoo wu Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy 9) is my * i 4 i 4 a , i ra however, say that when Kisly tsin! : ‘returned to Moscow hé was put! H a Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y¥. Herald Tribune N. Y. Mirror Daily Worker . The Worker New Leader j Dd SEP i$ 555 ate em