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LONDON, TIME FOR T/ME FOR ALL THE FACTS’ Once again down’ the chilly Palladian cor- ridors of the Foreign Office there filt two ghosts— not Palmerston, not Edward Grey, not Curzon, bub the lithe, youthful, profoundly agitated and profoundly agitating figures of, Born d NM Clear and Gay ‘Burgeds THere must be 1 many harassed official to-day mur- muring, “Oh! two phantoms. would rest.” But alas they are not phantoms: MrePetrov Cwho, let us rucfully concede, musty bé causitig Mis ex-side Some , embarrassment and worry too) has compelled the Foreign. Offiee to admit, in public and with every shew f extreme reluctance, a faw cts plomatists. DCRALD DUART that these | about the vanish¢d — Valuable Maclean and Bureess| were long-term Sovietl agents, recruited in all pro- bability during their under- graduate days in Cambridge. Maclean, a permanent and | established member of the Foreign Service, rose rapldiy through a series of yespon- — sible and key posts until he was head of the American Department of the Foreign ffice. Not only did he have ceess 1G. any number of con-~ dential and secret docu- ents; he also understood and appreciated to the full | he Red, the temper and the tech- nique of government in Britain, and he had great knowledge and experience ‘of Anglo - American co- operation and of N.A-T.O. it is difficult to: imagine, from the Soviet point of view, a more valuable source of information. He was unter suspicion for a short tirje—a very short tim bul a crucial tme-—befor. MacLEAN, et al ESPIONAGE — R (Bufile 100-374183) THE EVENING NEWS SEPTEMBER 19, 1955 ENGLAND 5 aye é et a mn IIT —s leh OOT ae len . ee a MOT Brean” my ” ‘Speculation t H Lb Was Pasi seu that ; ante Burgess was hever a pér- manent Foreign Offife official; he was 3 temporary wartimie recruit; but he did rise to be, for some time, private secretary to the then Minister of State, Mr, Hector McNeil. He was about to be discharged from the sefvice, not for security reasons, and was—there is a bite of irony here--about to join. the staff of a great London newspaper. All these faets have been widely discussed for years past, Under the compulsion _ of Mr, Petrov's disclosures. i the Foreign Office has begun to open up about. them Tittle, Tt is now essential tha 1@ Opening-ub process con inue, and that it be as full nd as candid as possible, Above all some explanation, however painful, must be piven of the failure to act awiftly and decisively when hot Baploan gogo licad AVA CART hd Was a security suspect. One ' Man gol aways and very dangerous so did his Sancho Panga. Why? The Forejgen Office must strive to answet honourably and truthfully, Otherwise a torrent of speculation will _ continue, certainly not to the country’s benefit; and the en's tragic, innocent an l-used families and friend fs! endure a renewed bou | f cruel, needless publicity, ¥ f peed | had * ll wil Sy j Pe & g v } ¢ <>