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TE ISIE ER mi ER em il gle mene? erm mB scm ie ae le ln il tlle a nl i a de ll le ea . 7 < Ne wells * DIPLOMATS O1140 BRUSSELS, FEB. 6 (AP)-GUY BURGESS AND DONALD MACLEAN ee he le rk WE bel er det ey _- Ae We 8 ON ee esetar ee WeAaaeRET DQ THE Two BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE DIPLOMATS WHO DEFECTED TO RUSSIA, POSED AS RUSSIAN SAILORS AND TRAVELED THERE VIA ANTWERP "THE CENTER OF SOVIET ESPIONAGE" IN EUROPE, THE CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWSPAPER LA LIBRE BELGIQUE SAID TODAY. THE USUALLY WELL INFORMED PAPER DID NOT DISCLOSE THE SOURCE OF ITS INFORMATION, BUT TOLD ENQUIRING NEWSMEN TODAY THE THE SOURCE WAS CONFIDENTIAL BUT RELIABLE. THE PAPER SAID IN ITS ARTICLE: "IT HAS BEEN FORMALLY ESTABLISHED THAT THE MAIN SPYING CASES, WHICH OVER THESE LAST YEARS HAVE ROUSED SUCH EMOTION IN BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES, ALL HAD ANTWERP AS A STARTING POINT." IT SAID BURGESS AND MACLEAN RECEIVED THEIR ESCAPE ORDERS FROM ANTWERP. “BROUGHT FROM ENGLAND TO ANTWERP BY AN ESCAPE LINE SITUATED IN ENGLAND, THE TWO CIVIL SERVANTS OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE FOUND A REFUGE IN ANTWERP. POSING AS SAILORS THEY AFTERWARDS MINGLED WITH MEMBERS OF A SOVIET CREW WHICH CAME TO TAKE DELIVERY OF A SHIP BUILT FOR THE U.S.S.R. “AND IT IS ABOARD THAT NEW UNIT THAT GUY BURGESS AND DONALD MACLEAN PEACEFULLY SAILED TOWARD THE U.S.S.R., WHILE IN THE MEANTIME THE SECRET SERVICES WERE FEVERISHLY LOOKING FOR THEM IN MARSEILLE, LISBON AND GENEVA," THE PAPER SAID. (LD-SUAELE FC1302GM