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ye nang ot em re et — i Office Memorandum ° UNITED. STATES GOVERNMENT To 1 DIRECTOR, FH (GRE) BS eros S10, 70 ARNG - C_ teniter: DONALD DIME MACLEAN, ye ESPIONAGE - R The Washington Post newspaper on page five, Ros i: date, contained the following item concerning the above captio individuals: No id 82 BRITISH OFFICIAIS JAILED BY MOSCOW, ENVOY SAYS "BERLIN, Jan. 1h (UP) — A diplomat recently returned from the Soviet Union said today thet two British foreign officers missing since last May are being held in prison in Moscow, “This authority, requesting anonymity, said it was almost ‘common knowledge! in the diplomatic carps in Moscow that Guy Burgess and Donald MacLean, the two Britons are in Lubiyanka jail, reserved for high priority prisoners, "WacLean was head of the American department in the British Foreign Office and Burgess was e former secretary at the Embassy in Washington. Their disappearance was acknowledged June 7 in London.* - For information. 353 DATE: Janwary 15, 1952 G-| C3 - -_