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, Office Memorandum + UNI ED STATES GOVERNMENT 4 ay oe “ . ed To L. Ve Boardman: i DATR: 9-26-55 5 FROM 1 i. H. Bel oa oo —~—— Ae « Be mont. {7 | j SUBJECT: RONALD DUAR, MACLLAN; -_ ? SO ken GUY FRANCIS“ BURGESS os oy, gure Y ESPIONAGE = R re ae a / Lnclosed herewith is a copy of the British"white Paper” concerning captioned case, issued September 23, 1955, This paper was submitted to the Director Septemher 23, 1955, with a memorandum stating it would be reviewed for any items of interest to the Bureau. ‘1, The Birector requested this review be done expeditiously, This "shite Faper” has been reviewed and found to contain no reference to the Bureau or investigation conducted by the FBI in this country. Generaliy, it contains the family and educational background of the subjects, together with their employment history and circumstances relating te their dtsappearance, (=) It its pointed out that in 1949 information was received indicating thet #oreign Office information had been leaked to the Russians some years earite ; investigation, by Kay, 1951, tndicated Maclean to be the principal suspect, clthough insufficient enidence had heen obtained to pernit his arrest, On Friday, Kay 25, 1952, gage authorized interview of Maclean; however, Maclean was on leave on Saturday, hay 26, i952, and the Foreign Office was not aware of his disappearance until Monday, May 238, 1951, Steps taken to locate #Agclean and Burgess are then listed and correspondence received by their relatives subsequent , to thetr departure, . The conclusion is set forth in the paper that #aclean becane -aware that te was under investigation, This was accomplished either : through a warnino or through his own deductionewhen oertain secret papers were withheld from him, It is further assumed that due to the circumstances of their disappearance from kngland, the suojects are in Russia or other territories behind the Iron Curtain, Vladimir Petrou's | (Soniet defector) allegation that Maclean and Burgess were long-term Soviet acents is set forth, , " ral fhe paver then points out that two points call for Comment. (1) How did Maclean and Buroess rezatn in-the Foreign Service for so long? (2) lihy were they able to getphige’ With regard to Mo. I,