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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 13

86 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Intelligence Operations · Topic: Cambridge Five Spy Ring · 86 pages OCR'd
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oe eRe on NORTE TS Eg vg ge ear MEMES EET oe gE a ots sae Tg a FE oy Sr ae See ca tL -* ost { |: ITAL“ BEGAN] Ro ge oe * BS ype or eee ae a ee ae = “% oe ps | AY Be A s eR PR ns a pi AS eg: Fi meee ei ig ‘ 71951 by. La Maclean Aas Mjs. Maclean was an American } 76! anton for Soviet Gove yMaciean, and Mrs, Bassett, -&! vetlty ae in yiew, ot pth mfnt while students” at ; 0 Hesbes : * . if i Z : \ thet she should wish to bring ji: § in eM . in Switzerland and Aystria, tt laud her ehildren* -in new et ve vonage tasks in the Forel },#@ms clear that the ‘arrange: i. NGS te cL gt OMice,p and + thatein® 1981,"sby {Mente for Mrs. Maclean's depare., - FOUNdINgS. he Ag o 30 see means unknown :t) him, one er *ture from Geneve had been * oe SUI eodensssecossaacoessaeasod 18") : Other of “the twe' men became: pearefully planned, aud that-she i * a & oie] | eware that thelr activitles wer “ proceeded by train ‘from Lau. | |<: 8 Unrestricted «3 | PAunder investigation.” ~ - ° ‘f ara the evening of Seplem: a eer Seananocconesusavesnsrheevcend? > “ thas, bie feported by whem to. 4 ° “¢ “ + 1 onary 3 ea ved a zr Pi i Alstrian Frontie that nigh. ieee EFORE ‘she “lett” for") iho then - orgenised 2 ‘thal ut end arriving at Schwarzach Bt: ¢7.$;", Geneva ‘the security! |: ‘escape and removal to the Bovie Velt. in American Zone of rae authorities “mad a>: ° Union. | Petroy has.‘the impr “Apsiria at approximately $.15 on | 1; arrangements with her whereby: ‘gion that tNe escape -route “in. y the morning of September 12, °°:| < she waa to keep in téuch with’? !leluded Ozechoslovakia. and tha i. Phe independent evidence of | * the British authorities ig Berne’ ~ it involved an aeroplane Alght * ee orter Ft Schwarzach St. Veit: = receive ae in Gise ghe should ; } into that country. se ofS” 4 | of Wiinesses trave a nave * er fd ; . i i i thd train hap established that | ‘ her husband or tequire ‘advice’ | acorn Mey arrival in’ cars £. she left the tra!n at this polng:: 7 OF assistance, eg | ee} 4. | Moscow, . They were wus as* » Further evidence, believed to. Mra: Mactean™ was & free"; | advisers to the Ministery} of ' F be Fellable, shows that she as © ° agent. The authorities had nO: Forelen Affairs and other jet ,qnet at the station. by an fin-° * Iqgal meang of detaining her if). avencies. Petros adds that one .@ known man driving s car -: ; the United Kingdom, Any form | Of the men (Maclean) has gince * mes sesveeeecsaransav encase ccasees : ~' TIn view of the suspicions helg || re [prttoceeeserasuscssonccesssees 3 UU BEES OF ba sigh, Bo, TOE. mel OE ry “ek . eRSE Untraced ty 2,5 /ekeinst Meclean and of the coms’: "Mow ? Why? fae “ Id) COP Resenoveanessceonmaneoenast” oa fan ratotial manner of his filgh + Seauusensncseousoneasegesesan a if * , a “ Alt wag oo wy i aa: HE © further “move, fi) bh proved tne gb it coul if eT points ‘ceil “for |, phe ® i ne om oe a * cy _ pe ‘Ments of = this . car. iti M &hd tha’ of bis companio comment: First, how ; ave NOt been traced, J : he = t is probable that tt took Mrs? /ryqat, Have Bove) ned in vine works “1, Maclean and the children from. ¢ sbehind- th some other territory . if. Schwarzach St. Veit to neigh: {3 UC AJE Hon ital re . & bouri Gouettitory: in Russian: [fp Now.’ Viadimir~ Petroy, ® the - C Socupa lon, whence she pro Soviet “mrss ey of the} epee o “A hal 4 . be ed on hers Journey to Join pwho s0ughE pollts anberra! er husband... eh tk i . » ) There was no question of prey. Hi 3, 1954, has provided cone’ «. § venting Mrs. Maclean from eaves: Pa atlon Of -thiy,. Petrov" ; a ing. the. United Kingdom to moi iin aa nat directly concerne i Ress remained. in >the Forelen tvice for so long and, secorid, Why they were able to get, away.48 ” When, these two ope nets: -eiven; ne: nimnents- rnothing.“was on’ record’ about? weiuer to show that he was une} ; Suitable for the public service. Té:: « is true that their subsequent per 1, 80nal. behaviour was unsatlsface: oe and this led 46 ection. in es neg Ug ee .. (86 Uve in Switzerland, althou & casé and his informatiog | : Ps mas under no obligation toy 1-W9R Obtalned trom conversatt yeport her, movements, she had’ {°-8!—R one of “hiy collea rete casey As-already ‘stated “Maclfan - Goblet service in Austrafiasice i:been regular’ in teach with: oFie . . « the securit thorities, and had’: . w recalled trom mpgyed™ aie _ oe A gg oimed thin that she wished .. us Phef was declared medically fit. ie She gave wo good “reasons !? ¥ epenington in “1951. and “was 3 . Rfrpuy that Me wished toc eid § oo, ~8skeq ‘to.resign.y vo , OP personal lembarrasemend to ; ‘ ‘ pwihich she had beén pubic : : .. « ; by the Press in the United Kihg- ; ; ' dom,” and, second! 7 that e 7 Ba Cbd dated Pare
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