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burgess was a close friend of Maclean and was reported tobe a Soviet agent. Recent publicity regarding Maclean and Burress has resulted from the disclosure in the press of an allegation by Vladimir Petrov, a Soviet MGB ascent who defected in Australia in Aoril, 1954. According to Petrov, faclean and Burgess were long-term Soviet agents now residing near Moscow and acting as advisors to the Soviet Foreign Office on Anglo-American affairs. ee ee ee