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- ~ wi : . wen 7 i = We met only a few yards . - 4 thom the Russian delegation —s . Geneva headquarters, I ha a, series of brief telepno € ! shige ret ata acl op lve ess ale Maclean the phone. Continued from Page T In a corner of the Bavaria Restaurant, with caricatures of ‘deals with foreign trade.” sald Molotov, Zhukov. and Kruschev hanging above our heads from the dark oak-panelled walls, the Russian told me: “ Yes, I have met Maclean. I saw him the the Russian. first time in Moscow in the I asked him what he thought . of summer of 1954. would become of Maclean and : ~ “T also had dealings with him Burgess when they had servetl : veneeen e S tend their purpose to Russia and ceased to be of further use. “I cannot judge for Burgess, but I think that Maclean will be very useful for along time. He is highly thought of, and is most valuable to us,'' he said. The Russian sald he knew nothing ef the background of how the tern Beltieh dinlamates later, but he never appeared in Moscow after that. We have kept in touch through contacts,” the Russian said ‘Kept apart “Maclean Was using another name. When I saw him last he was still wearing typically Bng- lish clothes, which made him very easily recognisable. Neither Burgess nor Maclejn .. 4s} allowed into Moscow except on very rare and special occa- - signs. Maclean has been kept away from Burgess. 4 “It does not appear that Bur- pess has anything like the posi- ion of trust that Maclean has. He is engaged on quite different BW COPE pet) tea ete came to Russia, and that he lehrned of their existence on when Mrs. Maclean arrived jaan her husband, Worried — ~ Prrsehks tity Tw. = Be VG however, that “to be used as they are © both must have “had many years of contiet to be taken into the a hie. Eile ascgtal- work “When the Soviey delegation, consisting of Bulganin, Krus- chev. and Zhukov jefit Moscow last, July for the ‘Summit’ con- ference. Maclean went with them to East Berlin. He stayed there all through the confer- ence and was regularly con- sulted. “The Western. proposals..were brought to him for an analysis of ‘what they imply between - the lines' and to discover the weak points. I cannot say’ ¥ ether he is in Berlin thys see. *“T have not met Burgess pef- sohally. His work is concern mpstly ‘with a department which confidence of Soviet authori- He said it almost became necessary to cancel Mrs. Mac- lean's journey out of Austria because of the sudden illness of one of her children. The car route, he said led through Bad Gasteln to Switzerland. “One of the children, I do not know which one, began crying and complained of great pain.” ‘he said, “Mrs. Maclean became very worried and thought it might be appendicitis. She wanted 1g go straight to a hospital i ustria.” The chauffeur, however, pcf- aded her to carry on acrogs ee ea a Ohan i She did not mest tne border. Her husband for the first. thrpe ks of her stay in Russia,” he: concluded. “ rs Jobo -