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pene arate toe hy Pace na an i Jl ga i a ee me Nee plea we ‘ } STANDARD Foun Mo 84 ) "Office Mem andum © UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ro Wr. A. H. x ae .. DATE: March 29, 1957 emer ee : z - ' FROM ‘Mr. We As Brant Seen = edganae 8 ; wd ET SUBJECT:DONALD DUART MACLEANS- —, me Siem i GUY FRANCIS DE uoucy LuRcEss ™ , * A) i Of ESPIONAGE ~ R — S ] aA . a oa ob ; Soe & Edna RO Fluegal has written an article re subjects saeen s published in "American Hercury” in 3 instal |menta. iret and = second installments summarized in my memos 1/27/57, ana 16/57. The t instailment appeared in the April iesue and is briefly summarized here }Fluegal described as chairman, bolitical Science Department Trinity College, Washington, D {airs consuitan to Se Senite inte rDe lis } - * oy z - i a Sanippetnerinbaet ior ion eter tit os Earae eae First installment of article highly critical of British for Sailure to release full facts concerning case. Author commented that facts mag not Aape heen disclosed because os pnosarble fnpoluement of Wf Wee vY British "holy cows" plus fear that Congress’ might enact measures reatr pooling of classified information by U.S. and England. Article also critical of British for not notifying U.S. authorities concerning thei investigation of leaks discovered in 1949. In addition to criticism o &ritisn, author stated the American angie of the case was totaily unexplored and raised a number of questions concerning American side o case, such as: With what Americans did they deal; why the blackout a who maneuvered it; Who tipped off the subjects; What assurance do we h that opportunit tes for espionage that subjects enjoyed have been closg ELTA PPAR eS CET erm The second installment stated that a routine investigation b |eceses should have barred : subjects from Government employment invol access to classified material and that the Foreign Office should have terminated their aervices at several points tn their career. Without a ee ee Sree eS Se ee SSeS Pw Sree UG ES Ge knowing their communist background, both would have been regarded as security risks under U.S, standards. burgess was reported as having 1 with Fhilby and had contact with CIA, National Security Agency and Sta Department. Haclean's relatives who had been in U.S. and had had [eer ise with Americans were named. It was indicated they should h been investigated. It related that FEI made some inouiries in this country but Investigation ae y ihe ms was - hia its province Ate third installment and last installment recit ions \|vicdimir“Fetrov's (Soviet defector in Australia, 1954] statement. alleg that subjects were long-term Soviet agents and had fled to, Noecow. Th | british White Paper published as result of Petrov'#"dtaclosure;-The pr statement ‘issued by subjects when they first appeared in hos qaw.fe brua Be anantion written far Brit leh \wanera a i AN7U ani €ACET pe J FU Ur ticles oust Wiebe ey wreewe wwe — Atta ge meinsnanennecetss Vt JOF