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d Hine miaianisian este TM G19 (11-22-55) ‘ Burgess, Maclean Case Faces Eastland Probe By Herbert Foster . Uniled Press. : i flay lo investigate, lish bury 1 ae Gry | Donald. The Senate Internal Security Subcammittce decided yester- witle he was stalioned at the Britisn Embassy here. He was ether Brit- Ltpar to 2 urgess and| ransferred to Cairo in 19 jaclean Jéaked United and was sent back io London States” ‘atomic secrets to Russia. ;afler a nervous breakdown. In The open to diplomats. Eastland sald the letler con- tained “some information which the committee will lool. into to determine wheéther it has any allies. -bearing on American. security.” |'Lurn Up in Moscow inquiry was disclosed alter Subcommittee Chairman James. O. Eastland (D-Miss.) re- jccived a Ictter from the Slate , Department outlining what op- portunities for espionage were {he fugitive British Bursess and Maclean, both af whom were stalianed in Wash-} ington at one time, vanished 1850. On Nov. 6, 1956, he be- came head of the United States desk Office. Woulkin't Know Defails ter also disclosed that Maclean the soeymant the assignment of atomic search projects to United Statcs jsarily know details of the proj-| ects, Eastland has sought for: sev Slaie Department what aceess from Britain about five yeats!the iwo Britons had to Aineri- ; ago. They turned up in Moscow a news confer- ence arranged by Soviet offi- this month al. tials, jand Burgess had denve of such activity. - \nformanis said the tetle showed that Maclean, for aninle, nalion-by-natier ihe Free World's Ii4a ia 1948. Maclean served on the board jcions. ot ae The letler informed Eastland that a department Investigation failed to pin down that Maclean obtained ‘United States seerets, but it left ‘the guestion open, pointing out ithe diMculty of getting evi-! CX: could have learned the alincation of ‘iiranium sup- ply while serving on a Jeint In-| ternational Atomic Board from, was. one of a series he has ex- changed with the department. The letter was said to state that there is no evidence~that Burgess or Macican could have tipped off the Communists that the United States would refrain from attacking Manchuria if Korean wat. clit a reeent magazine rmight have funneled such in- ihe Slate Department had failed te find any evidenee, Tto. confirm MacArthurs suspil- =———— in the British Foreign ‘The informants said the lel had access to information about| atamic yet They added, hawever,| that Maclean would not neces) cral months to learn from the! ean secrets, Yesterday's letter} the Chinese Reds eniered the! Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur satd | article! that a spy ring in. Washington! formation to the Communists. ilt was disclased last week (hat. t E i a Ek rf E 2 - : O1S0f. x aa Nicholy as st “e Boardman’ —- —— Beloions ..——-.-_-- Mason, —.._-_--__-.- : Mohr —— Parsons — ——~—.—_ "ah, 4 Rosen —..—--_——. Tamm —— Nease ~..-_-—_~-_- Winterrowd ——~-—— Tele. Room ———.-.~.. Holloman — Gandy —W———-—---— Wash. Post and ———- Times Herald Wash. Wash. N. ¥. Tribune N.Y. Mirr N. ¥. Daily News — News ——-—--— Star Ferald __-__— The Wotker a New Leader ——-— Date —