/ -_ <1: 3'r11nrnings hut 1;-iheers can from time to Au: 435 scrrrrsn ti 1e 1;1ht;1in _lee192»'eto take at week-enrl 011'. As :1 result, si11¢:e 1952, searching I1- In accordance with this prae cc quiries have been 1n;1tleinto the antecede s unclean ohtained leave to be absent n and ;-!s:=.ecizatesr1§211!these eecnpg.-'ingr,1r appEy= Saturday, May 26. His absence iiiiii'¬:f1_|ji'2- llI$£ fur |1t1siti011s inthe Fr1reign Office in- caused 110remark until the f0ll0Wir1g_M0n- t-olving hlgllly secret inl0:':i1;1ti011. d ay . ~ The purpose of these inquiries is to ensure that no one is appointed to or con- tinues to occupy any such postunit-:93 heor we VANISHINGArr she is t tn be entrusted with the secrets The story oil the llight we lmow. Tl1erc to wliich the post gjil-es access. is 11 l0t~n1r1re i';1111ili:1rto the student of the It i.~1re92'e:1ledthat as long ugc;as Jzinuary, greatest 92'zu1isI1i11gact uf medern ti111es-the H149. the .~;er;u1~itv ;111thu1'itie.=.knew that telegrzu11S tothe relatives, the money from .F0rei_qn Ullice i11l<1rm;1tim1 l1:1tlleaked to Sw*itze1'l;:|1tl,letters the posted in Lonzlon, the <1v E e t :~1utl1r>ritie$ SQME YEARS and the dis;:ppeéu"zs:1ce Mrs.oi Maielezur.-""L 1 ' EARLIER. ' u - - The 1'ep<>1'tandmiti-; that she told security Il15.;l1_lseeret y but 9292'1<lesp1'e:1dshe intended and to go to live in $9292'itze1'l;111d,and prntractt-cl 1|1qu1r1e:<w *1'e 1312551111by the s¬Cu says there 9292'z1sno que>1li011 of 1"1tevc11ti11gher: my uutl10iIt1es. and the held of suspicion had hlrs. 192l:1clez1n was21 free agent. The heen n;11'1'09292'cr.lby 111icl~.-*92pril,1951, to t92 -0 2 thorities hurl 110 legal il1¬'rll15of dct;|i11ing or three 11e1"s0ns.. y ," _ l r in this country." To that is zultletl the really zlstonis ing THE 'CHr'EI-'SUSPHT state111c11t : ANY FOR 'lI1'OF SURVEILLA_ _1.4 F v Ky r/ By the he1{'11111i11gMruy, Maclean of had ABROAD WOULD HAVE BEEN U192WAR- ilé f£='!?;='<_1.;;:1-{led as the chief suspect. T but was two ruul a half years after the RANTLQL 1 ivlvesligrztioras begun. e Then the 'Wl1itePzzper dealswith two Even then 110 action was taken except q~ucstir111s thatthis 11e9292'sp;1pcrand 111illiQ11s, of to ensure that documents of exceptional people in the euun_tr_1-'asked luive for years Secrecy dial nbt come into l1i.=1l'1unds. and are still ;1sl.:'111g.9292'e they fear will not be Men|1ti111e HLLlli'llY :1:-r;1nge<l to investiu much wiser 11<19292'. gate his zwtivities and e011t;1t:t§;in order £0 l Why did Macleail and Burgess reillain 111r_1e:1'sel.!;1chgm1i11d their knowledgeand it in the 170rci;§11 Ufee fur so 1011;}? possil1le In hl;1i11 inf0r111;1tim1 which could Why were they able to get away? be llsetl as c92itlL:nce in :1 111'r1*~.ect1ti0i1. 9292l1e11 thetwo men were .1l[1 !il1lCli After tli LiCClSiiO11§}L!£3.5§i t0 gg_ Mggigan there "2111, 11ntl1i11§.:011 ret01.'tl 10 illuw that security ii were also anxious that Z92'iaclean's either 92v;1sLll'lréLiii£1l.!il¬ the public for service. house at Tatsficid. Kent, should he searched Jlt is true that their sulrscqricilt pe1"sm1;1ibeha- _a11<l thiswas an additional reason for delay- viour xvus unsa:tir+I'z1 :tm'y. ing the |1ri_1p0sed interview until mid-June 1 UNeSAT!Sil*ACT !RY 1 when M rs. Maeleun wlw was then pregnaixt Tz1]»:e :1lcmh at the reeurtl us set out in was expected to he away from home." the 9292hiteP'.111-er: Tllut hriruzs us to the fateful Friday. At MACLEAN: In May, 1950, while serving In the this point the l-7o1'eig|1Oltice week-end plays mbassy in Cairo he was guilty or " serious mis- '0nduct andsuffered a form of break wn hich was attributed to overwork and exct sive 21192la1cl<:*amsin thispitt1u1t;1stic alnsencedid not becon Xst01'y:e rinlring. After recuperation at horn he knu '11to theautl1orities untilthe morning if as passed medically t. and in October, ~ 50, l92"l0n92la:1*.28. The May Foreign Office T-was Eippoiizted Head uf the American Dephr"L- rc:g1.|ln1'l_yfor mi;-n1;1l openbusiness on Satu_;;_ _'_of ment the Foreign Office. /' H. 11- , /-»3 1 ~ .- J , - _, _ 1"~tq1,,,.__:2 iv. I 4 _ my ._ ,_ __'_' ,1=-n _ - , w r - *~ v.- .~i»-t-<1-wt, - , ' .,,_.- ---w-~-: .» _- 92,._. ,, _~ v ..~ :1 92 92 92 -t » _ 1 » , 92 THE AMERIMN REPMT B RGESS: In 1949 while on holiday abroad e W3.Sgl.ll.ll.Y of incllscreet talk abcut secret III - tars of which he had offlclal knowledge." ' For thls he was severely reprimanded. Yet B118 following year he was sent to Washington as 9. Second Secretary HY» the Embassy. NOT £uouqgi{;ryia£wc£ Out there. the Ambassador put in a repcrt on him Ar the time there was insufcie t that nlade even the Foreign. Orce think about 1* 'itlc:nc|:. It was lor these l'<.f1l?-}Ul'lS IIBCE1-5S1l1_92 ring him. His work was unsatisfactory. he lacked thorough- fur :~it-curily in cn1l!arl< upon the diicult anal ness and balance, the U.S. State Departrrrent delicate i1l92,~'t3.~1lig1llll0Il of Nli:lCl¬2I1'i, takillgiiltn looked luifavourably on his reckless d1'lvll1B'vfull ziccnunt the risk that he would bealeljtecl; and he had had to be reprimanded for care- In the tvcnt;lm was ;llerl"e , l.3 - V lggsness in leaving condential papers un- attended. * ' Tlmt is the en_d of this sorry tale except t the Ambassador's request he was removed fr m for a whitrzxvusli for the retir:e11cc of WashlnEt011.. ' ' _ l92li|1ist.c1"ial 1't*|!lic-5 about the two men. hen the Foreign Olce really got down to we : This is attributed to the necessity for He was recalled to London ln early May, 19 1, and was asked to resign from the Forelgn om e. secrecy in CSpi0lla;.fI.: and counter-espionage, Tllat is the wllitewusll cover laitl on to protect the men who 92've1'e guilty of sup- Uonsideratlon was.br;-ing given to the step. that would be taken in the event of his refusl g to plying s921L£ *sSl92Bl92li11isll'S with incomplete do so. It, was at this point, that he dis- inlurnlzatiun about tliesc tlinitors, tn be appeared. lmsscd on to the House 0E.C01n|n0ns and me -~ S0 in view of this record, how coul the public. two meri have stayed so long in this highly IT IS /l. PJTHETIC DUCUMEIVT. A secret service? " RECORD OF FALTERING lb/DECISION. This is the White Paper allswer-that is It might almost llzwe been designed to no zsliw.-'er at all: ' l¬l1l !lISl'l';it{;tn the world that we are children Action 9292-as talzen in each case. lt 92v;92§ in the :1 rt ol spyilig, and lmliics in arms at the only sl1urtl_v before l92lm:le:111 rlis;-nppearetl that job of Czllcllialg nur mvn l1';92it0r's. :~;c::'i0|.|:~; su:~11ici0|1 of his rcliability was 2llOU£~} _l But ulmvc all .itl¢:z192-'05 lmngirlg in the air, and zaclive ill {llll'lC!¬set on foot. s mcnacingi as that Thing which hung clown And how could they have escaped when om the roof of the Abbey in the Quatcr ass the security sleuths were on their track? .xperim<:nt., the possibility of the existe ce The wutcli on Maclean was made chili- still of 11 master spy able 10 tap the tlccjsi us cult by the need in c-n.-sure that he lid not of our most secret services. becorme aware thatllle was under observatimi. It was inadvisable to increase this risk by mzlending the imrveillartce to his home in rm isolated par! of the country and he was therefore uwltrhed in Landon only. Bull: men were free to go nbm: at my time . - In this country 110 arres can e nmde without zltlcqllnte EVlLlBllC¬. / ..7M ,.__.->¢- ._ I f ~ J 1 ~, ,- _--ye». -. t ._ _ , Q . 92H, . '_ _,,, 92 ...M_,L ~ J»-.---. ,,__ » 92 ' - ~»- -|-~ .<~ .l .».~ . » ,. 4,.» /~< ' __ . u -}"nT.L _ "Z J Q1",1,f> M,-_.-*;__-__ . <7--I ' * .¢w 1 w.. 92.'w'!]"I__ _ - . _ Tm. _ Q} U96 . ___ _ ., no 9-BO . r' 4 ' ._l I 1": C0I92""PP SPIE ~§5¥Y- AT__1113h HOU @a$h iql I Chané"/8! Wat Qn day 3_@_'Z"i8°h 920rdered é]uAe§§§l: i 92-4Q>_rW@%ingL Pf1l@al¢YKl1?a@@F2% . RE: MacLEAN CASE ~ 5" ~-4@b Um - file 100-37n183! 5A. I DAILY MAIL " _.J SEE R 'TEv=BE 21;, 19:1§ I 1 CH?» pq;~.; 92.._-_.-.