Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 34

132 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Jan 21, 1953 · Broad topic: Intelligence Operations · Topic: Cambridge Five Spy Ring · 128 pages OCR'd

← Back to feed

‹

i % 1 _ n, Memorandum to The Director former cypher clerk in the Soviet Embassy at Ottawa, may have pointed the first finger of suspicion at British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald Haclean ten years ago. The release indicates the basis for this speculation to be the transcript of Gouzenko's testimony before McCarran and Jenner published in 195a from which 3h words were censored for reasons of "international propriety" by the Canadian Government. The article indicates that among the deleted words was a cover name as well as the name of the organization in which the spy worked, and because of an earlier reference to the British it was assumed Gouzenko had disclosed the presence of at least one Communist spy, and possibly two, in London. You noted on the above news M release, "What about this angle? H." - Bufiles reflect the above speculation to the effect that the Soviet defector Gouzenko furnished the information on which the investigation of Haclean and Burgess was based is erroneous. Gouzenko has never furnished information concerning either Maclean or Burgess. W Igor Gouzenko was interviewed in the presence of Canadian officials by Senators William E. Jenner and Pat McCarran in Canada on 1-h-Sh as members of the Internal Security Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary of the U.3. Senate. Ho mention was made of Maclean and Burgess during that interv' w The original transcript of that interview contains 3L1. words which were deleted from the record of the inte *ie" nublished by the Internal Security Subcommittee The reference to a spy in London mentioned by Gouzenko, whose cover name had been deleted as well as the name of the organization for which he worked, is dealt with»0n.page 50 of the interview as published by the Senate and on pages 9? _ , ff!, .. _ iand 93 of the original transcript. HZ

›

i 
 %
 
1 
_ n,
 
Memorandum
 
to
 
The
 
Director
former
 
cypher
 
clerk
 
in 
the
 Soviet 
Embassy
 
at
 
Ottawa,
 
may
have
 
pointed
 
the
 
first
 
finger
 
of
 suspicion 
at
 
British
diplomats 
Guy
 
Burgess
 
and
 
Donald
 
Haclean
 
ten
 
years
 
ago.
The
 
release
 
indicates
 
the
 
basis
 
for
 
this
 
speculation
 
to
be
 
the
 
transcript
 of 
Gouzenko&#39;s
 
testimony
 
before
 
McCarran
and
 
Jenner
 
published
 
in 
195a
 
from
 
which
 
3h
 
words
 
were
censored
 
for
 
reasons
 
of
 
"international
 
propriety"
 
by
 
the
Canadian
 
Government.
 
The
 
article
 
indicates
 that 
among
 
the
deleted
 
words
 
was
 
a 
cover
 
name
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
the
 
name
 
of
 
the
organization
 
in which 
the
 
spy
 
worked,
 
and
 
because
 
of
 
an
earlier
 
reference
 
to
 
the
 
British
 
it 
was
 
assumed
 
Gouzenko
had
 
disclosed
 
the
 
presence
 
of
 
at
 
least
 
one
 
Communist
 
spy,
and
 
possibly
 
two,
 
in London.
 
You
 
noted
 
on
 the
 
above
 
news
 M
release,
 
"What
 about 
this
 
angle?
 
H."
 
-
Bufiles
 
reflect
 
the
 
above
 
speculation
 
to
 
the
effect
 that 
the
 
Soviet
 
defector
 
Gouzenko
 
furnished
 
the
information
 
on
 
which
 
the
 
investigation
 
of
 
Haclean
 
and
Burgess
 
was
 based 
is 
erroneous.
 
Gouzenko
 
has
 
never
 
furnished
information
 
concerning
 
either
 
Maclean
 
or
 
Burgess.
 
W
Igor
 
Gouzenko
 
was
 
interviewed
 
in 
the
 
presence
 
of
Canadian
 
officials
 
by
 
Senators
 
William
 E. 
Jenner
 
and
 
Pat
McCarran
 
in 
Canada
 
on
 
1-h-Sh
 
as
 
members
 
of
 
the
 
Internal
Security
 
Subcommittee
 
of
 
the
 
Committee
 
on
 
the
 
Judiciary
 
of
the
 U.3. 
Senate.
 
Ho
 
mention
 
was
 
made
 
of
 
Maclean
 
and
Burgess
 
during
 
that
 
interv&#39;
 
w 
The
 
original
 
transcript
 
of
that
 
interview
 
contains
 
3L1.
 words
 
which
 
were
deleted
 
from
 
the
 
record
 
of
 
the
 
inte
 
*ie"
 
nublished
 
by
 
the
Internal
 
Security
 
Subcommittee
  
The
reference
 
to
 a 
spy
 
in 
London
 
mentioned
 
by
 
Gouzenko,
 
whose
cover
 
name
 
had
 
been
 
deleted
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
the
 
name
 
of
 
the
organization
 
for
 
which
 
he
 
worked,
 
is 
dealt
 
with»0n.page
 
50
of
 
the
 
interview
 
as
 
published
 
by
 
the
 
Senate
 
and
 
on
 
pages
 
9?
_ 
, 
ff!,
 
.. 
_
iand
 
93
 
of
 
the
 
original
 
transcript.
HZ

OCR quality for this page

Community corrections

First editor: none yet Last editor: none yet

No user corrections yet.

Comments

Document-wide discussion. Follow the Community Standards.

No comments on this document yet.

1 110 111 112 113 114 132

Continue Exploring

Use the strongest next step for this document: continue reading, jump to the topic hub, or move into the matching agency collection.

Continue Reading at Page 113

Jump straight to page 113 of 132.

Reader

Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 35

Stay inside Cambridge Five Spy Ring with another closely related document.

Topic

FBI Documents & FOIA Archive

Open the FBI agency landing page for stronger archive context.

FBI

Cambridge Five Spy Ring Topic Hub

See the topic overview, related documents, and linked subtopics.

Hub

Agency Collection

This document also belongs in the FBI Documents & FOIA Archive landing page, which is the stronger starting point for agency-level browsing and for searches focused on FBI records.

FBI Documents & FOIA Archive

Open the agency landing page for introduction text, topic links, and more FBI documents.

FBI

Explore This Archive Cluster

This document belongs to the Intelligence Operations archive hub and the more specific Cambridge Five Spy Ring topic page. Use these hub pages when you want the broader collection context, linked subtopics, and more documents around the same archive thread.

Broad Topic Hub

Intelligence Operations

163 documents · 70 subtopics

Topic Hub

Cambridge Five Spy Ring

41 documents · 2950 known pages

Related subtopics

MKULTRA

28 documents · 928 known pages

Subtopic

Interpol

17 documents · 1676 known pages