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: bie . — 1. Did Burgess engineer his own recall to England? pad Pat pat fad er fat ™ Tie Guly persons who could answer this question as a Burgess or Kim Philby. If Philby did use Burgess as rier, it was the post unprofessional way to alert Maclean that be was under investigation. In a normal Soviet espionage operation, Boviet agents bave botH means of regular access to their Soviet handlers as well as energency methods of contact. In normal operations, it would have been sufficient for Philby to alert his Soviet handler who could have taken over and relayed the information to appropriate officials. By using Burgess, Philby Bunscessarily sompromissed all thres of thess yaluable agents. In addition, he knew that Burgess was a drunkard and a homosexual and would not be considered a reliable courier since he could well have revesled his operation while in a drunken stupor on his way back to England. Such a procedure leads to the question, "Was Philby actually in contact with the Soviets during this period?" 2. Did Burgess revere y ooamit his offenses--drunkennes;, —_ a _— It would spot be out ef sharacter for Burgess, a kaown homosexual and alcoholic, to do exactly what he did in the ; Dnited States. 3. Was there anything en him politically--any eonnection vith / the Soviets, et eetera? 2.22 1.2 ee oe tte 2 Be ———m _ DOth BUF_ZSssS BANG HaGleaa were posted so the United states as acoredited British diplomats and enjoyed all the privileges and immunity granted to resentatives of foreign governments in the Wnited States. y doubts of their Soviet gounections were dispelled by later investigations eonducted in England “os wait as the Petrov revelations made in 1955. fe 7 Can tell about Maclean’ to“ see " {sformation while ne eens r © soteéd | BMC 5 sate ha As bead of the merery ef’ the Britian Babassy, Maclean eau ve access sncgaias. gQing cOmmunications wegarding political mateore, Pas aye the representative ef Waited Kingdom en a Sosne American, United Kingdom, and Canadian eomittee eoncerning atomic energy matters. Ra noted fn the book, “fhe Third Man,” by B. R. Cookridge, the fev Aigherank atomic energy installations and the few gh-ranking officials cleared by wh 5Bf E179 Grepie? passes. waIL ROME] TELETYPE uniT LI ‘46 2 pre PacE i ae lean . ene ef Of ates security in