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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 21

25 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Apr 24, 1962 · Broad topic: Intelligence Operations · Topic: Cambridge Five Spy Ring · 25 pages OCR'd
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rn ry bates tate : Ne, Muhp ne: he, fe —_ * hese cont, fe The L ——~ that keeps - Maclean | ye in Moscow | ; By GEOFFREY WAKEFORD | egy OWVHITEHALL yesterday de- ce yf nied a story that Donald y Maciean, the former British * diplomat who fled to Russia, \ had applied for a visa to visit Britain. Foreign Office men in London explained that there were only two things wrong with Gi report... THE NAMES. AND THE MAN. ; The name of the man who asked for a visa is D. McLean —with a capital L. He is an emigré from the Soviet © , . controlled Baltic States who : (for ixfo) hapnens to bear & Scottish name, as many Balts do, The British Embassy in Moscow + Hes gEnown about him for | ‘weeks. but no One quite knows why he wants to come to Britain. The story of the Balt and the Briton came to lght early yesterday, when duty men in Whitehall were asked the truth of the report. It said that Donald Maciean, now 46, wanted to come home to. se€ his mother, Lady Mactean, of Tverne Court, Kensington. Cc understand that Guy Burgess, now 48, the diplomat who dis- appeared behind the Iron Cur- iain with Maclean in May 1951, has still not given up hope of coming home. 7 But Donald Maclean has kept his own. counsel. He is ver, happy in Moscow, Iam told, and would never dream of leaving. Nor would his wife, Melinda, who, with their three children, joined him.lates—~ eerie i DAILY MATL rs , , € | pen enema 90 reer , x "hehe NOT RECORDED 149 OCT 20 1960 October ll, 1°6c London, Snglan d
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