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' ‘ l i Sone oH oo oar a . foley eS Ts . ees eas Se ‘ la erm te a Pane mmm lard ch ae ae eee eye SY OP See PEE a Tren VP Sane eee aot at ae Le nhs tee tela i Office Memorandum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Pee ed i Cf ne eer TO ot A, Hy Belnont pats: liarch 6, 1957 FROM ¢ WwW, A, arontols . a ™ \" gunject: ~DOVALD DUAR? MACLEAN; O CLY FRANCIS DE HONCY BURGESS | : ESPIOHAGE + & & Edna &, Fluegal has written an artte re subjects & published in “American Ifercury.” Part one of grticle appeared tn one February tssue’ and wos summarized tn my memo 1-27-57, Fart two .- 4 appeared in larch issue and ts briefly summarized heretn, Fluega1Ove ce descrthed as chairman, Political Science Department, Trintty College, * itashington, D. C.j3 staff member and foreign affatrs consultant to Senate Internal Securt ty Subcommittee. aaa | 28 eligi 75 Caden Spee 77 REI St a PRAT I ac Ue ee gp Part one of the article was highly ertttcal of British for fatlure to release full facts concerning case. Author commented that facts nay not have been disclosed because of posstble tnudivement of. h British oly cows" plus fear that Congress micht enact measures restrte . a Pa ‘ - pooling of classified information by U,d, and England, article also eritical of British for not notifying U.S, authorities concerning their tnuestigation of leaks discovered tn 1949, In addttton to criticisn of British, author atated the American angle of the case “was totally unexplored and ratsed a number of questions concerning American side of case, such as: J#ith what Americans did they deals; why the blackout and who maneuvered tts dho tipped off the subjects; What‘assurance do we hav that opportunities for esptonage that subject&: enjoyed have been vars Part two of the article recites the background of the subject and reiterates criticism of U.S. and England for not disclosing ail facts concerning case, It atates that ptece meal revelations for past ftve years depict subjects as°nen of charm and brilliance but men whose drunken brawls and honosexual weaknesses were - “znown, that routine tnv gation should have barred them from Governnent employment tnvolving ace to classified material, he Foreign Office should have terminated thet employment at several points in their career, J#ithout knowtng their communtst connections, both would have been regarded as security risks under dmerican regulations. The author etates that until recently more enphasts had been placec on Maclean; however, recent disclosures nakes the retention of. Burgess more. incredtbhle and his role in conmuntat move ment oreatér.- It was reported that Burgess lived in ifashington wtth, Fhilby, assigned here by British intelligence and “whispers” place Burgess tn and out of Cit, NSA and State Department planning staff. , He ay . 7 eH Ag ie SO ei, yee rae ae. Mis et roe cate a ene we