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: - : ¢ ‘ + = 7 Fo. ~ . * : , ( oa = Mee - 7 . nL a ar ce Mea weet on gee vewt . wae ped et ees . : . * «3 “ a a ee a 2 1 “q éMoe fe eee Tt, Oe Se tae nee Zon ee ae yt Se ta - . . . * mee ce ae aa 7 :, : = are eo - rs vie tte een cot tee ee one te cee ea en ee : . . . : . . 7 OF a o * + a * that Maclean and Burgess were acting as aduisers to the Foretgn Office on Anglo-A4mertcan asfatra. Xislytetn wis also ~ cware of thetr plan to cet Mra, Haclean to Moscow and whem ~o-*- he read of her escape tn the Australtan newspaper, he | a Beenie recognized some of the detatlas - Sot SF . .- — . as Come IT - iow eee Pye Pam ee mm The firat publtcatton of Petrov's allegattons ohne fone no eee toe appeared tn the London newspapers on Septenber 18 1955. | Such publteation resulted tn ertenstve critictsm of er meeps ee British offictals. eo, . ot, ce . _ AIIZ, FEIZE PAPER _ Cet | In vtew of the wave of crittctsn which arose tn i England following Petrov'sa revelations that Macleah and | Burcess were Soviet agents, the British Government tasued = a a “chite Paper” on September 23, 1955, hie “Bite Paper™ = 3 -eontatned the background, etrcunstances surrounding thetp oo <- disappearance and alao ef Maclean's wife, Melindayg — - eens: ” correspondence recetved by relatives eubdseguent to thetr . — 7 dteappearance and allegations of Viadintr Petrov, Sovtet defector. _ ‘ od 4 In tn ee Ee ha oe il aR t . | In addition, the paper potnted out that tn 2949 tnformatton was recetved tndtcating that certatn Foretgn Osstee — tnforwation had been leaked to the Russtans some years eatier, —— Investigation conducted up to Moy, 1952, tndtcated Maclean to | be the princtpal euspect, although tneufftctent evidence Aad - “Been ebtatned to peratt his orrest, On Friday, Moy #5, 2951, -- — -<-. = Herbert Morrigon (the Foretgn Secretary) authorized interview _— of Macleans Aowever, Maclean was on leave Saturday, Moy 86, and the Tortgn Osftce was mot awore of Aiea disappearance unti2 ..... Monday, Moy 2&2 Steps taken to locate Yaclean’and Burgeas } oo and correspondence recetved by thetr relotives subsequent tos, can thetr eacape was set fort, . - rn Vall AEE" ==" he Conclusten $e eet forth ta the poper thot ~~~ ~~ aa. Meelean decane avare that he wos under taveatigation, hte —— eat 0 we Gccoupltshed etther through a warntng or on Als own le _.. deduction when certain papera were held from Ata, | Sgr, It $a petnted ent thot at the tine of Maclecn's a Bere and Burcess’ appotntuenta to the Foreign Of flee, nothing wae - . : -_ wa . | mo Rg wot ava. : Foy - : oe oe : ; - foe ener . . : mp J " — jt : oo 4 a - a . a mp - aos . s eye eee ATL ae See - nr a wo ue tee ee Se En MRE ES AR ene en or wel ce