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morning in theGreyhound Bus Station on 50th Street, New -
York, while I was waiting for the 7:l5_Limited Bus to Florida.
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entrance while- the one remained'with the brief case,'then the
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felt hat, the short man was dressed similarly. Upon first
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49th Street,- and the tall man with the briefcase black! left
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opinion that one oow toe eoooe-ooptioned subject, Donald
1-'acLeen, in {Few York City on July 9, 1951. Ae you are.
-probably aware, Donald Duert l='oc£-eon end Guyfranoie do
Honey Burgearcre former British diplomatic officialeuhodieappeered from Digland in the latter-dport of J-fey lholiThey were both formerly in the United etoteo and the Bureau
has conducted extensive investigation to determine __the_ir T U ,
activities and contacts while here,'*- Their present wherea-' _ -
bouts ere unknown but there is no information that they
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relative to the incident which one has described in
her letter. At that time, you should also arrange to show her
the enclosed. photograph ofjzonald Duart liaczeen which,-¢~-oe you
will note from the reverse aide of the photograph',"_wae*.taken -
in '19-64. Thie picture ehould be exhibited to her along with a
group of other individual photographs to ascertain ifzahe can
dejinitely identify this subject oo the individual one observed
in few .T0rk_0ity, _.JJ.oo, during the course of this interview
you"-ehould ea-prose to her the Director-'0 appreciation for her
interest in having brought this matter to his attention.
. ' This matter should be handled in an ex editioue mani-ner and the results immediately provididithglplii-zd'and the
Bashing-ton Field and Keto York offices.-' he --ncloa ed photographof Ilec-Lean should be returned to the BurecH_Leb*,heqqw;i,tcvaee servedits purpose. " 2 U - -
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DONALD DUART MAC LEAN, ET AL, ESPIONAGE R. RE NEWARK TEL JULY SIXTEEN
LAsT AND rw TEL JULY rm: LAsT.
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BRITISH SUBJECT, ACQUAINTED DONALD MAC LEAN AND ALLAN MAC LEAN szncz
NINETEEN THIRTY NINE, AND GUY BURGESS FOR SEVERAL YEARS
ADVISED HE wAs STAYING APARTMENT orlillllllqgilllnu APRIL WHEN
BURGESS CAME THERE T0 SPEND LAST SEVERAL DAYS IN US. BURGESS QUITE
_INTOXICAIED ENTIRE TIME. ADVISED HE-WAS GLAD T0 BE RETURNING '.-- , .
_ENGLAND ANn:PLANNEn'T0 TAKE A REST. iIIlIIIncAN-T RECALL BURGESS AG
INDICATING ANY PLANNED TRIP UNLESS HET§é§siéLY MENTIONED A MEDIATER- A
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. NEWSPAPER ARTICLES RATHER THAN rAoM_Buns£s§.. BURGESS INDICATED no awi,
-JDISLIKE FOR DEMOCRATIC F023 or covq3NmzNT, n ENGLAND, on ué, AND
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NO INDICATION OF SYMPATHY FOR CONNUNISM OR RUSSIA. RE REFERENCED
.§ F"' ' NY TEL FARMER STATES_HE UNDERSTANDS BUSINESS MATTERS PREVENTED BRUGESS
v1s1TNY,' APRIL TWENTY FIRST 1.As'r; "Ion PARTY PLANNED AT A
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE DONALD MAC LEAN. AREGARDS DONALD MAC LEAN
AS LOYAL BRITISH SUBJECT AND NO IDEA RE PRESNET LOCATION. WHEN LAST' . ~ - I -
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Donald and Alan HacLean since 193.9 and has also_ known Guy Burgess
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_ said that he was residing i apartment in April _
' of this year when Burgess came there, to spend hie last days in -
the United Staten. According tow Burgess was quite in-~ toxicated during the entire time of his stay. He tolda that
' he was glad to be returning to England and planned on taking a
' rest. i was unable to recall Burgess indicating that he
planned on taking any trips with the .1: s tion that he possiblymentioned a Mediterranean cruise. r! however, was of the
opinion that he may have secured the idea of a Mediterranean cruise
. efrom newspaper articles rather than from Burgess. He reported that
' Burgess had not indicated any dislike for the democratic form---of_ government nor for England or the United States. Further, he did- ,.
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ESPONDENCE UP TO ONE NINE FOUR NAUGRT. _STATES HE HAS NOT SEEN BURGESS
SINCE FORTY AND HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WHEREABOUTS. HIS CONTACTS
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PROM = MR. _
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in Washington, n. c. by the British Government from 7/13/#5 to 10/31/ha
during which time he would have known Donald I!. MacLea.n. "
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1 DONALD D. MAC LEAN, GUY FRANCIS DE MONCYBURGESS, ESP. DASH R. THISINQUIRY RELATIVE TO TWO MISSING BRITISH DIP1..O['IATS- PHOTOGRAPH 017%
- iii SUBMITTED wrm wro LETTER DATED JULY TWELVE LAST
DISPLAYED_TO bJlTHOUT IDENTIFICATION. ail
STATED HE IS UNABLE TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT THE PHOTOGRAPH
' "5.RESEMBLES THE PERSON PREVIOUSLY REFERRED TO BY HIM. SEE WFO TEL JULY
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Lformation he may be able to furnish concerning the missing British
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a of United Press called the other day
-and told me one of his men, W, had been toying-
with the messages sent by McLean and Burgess and that his man_
is convinced they contain some sort of code. When 4
tried to get me previously Izcas not available and he had
his man take it to ¬IA. They stated there was not enough
trafic to arrive at a conclusion.
e Todayim brought in the attached statement
along with an item he had worked out. According to him there
is some cryptographic significance to the messages. He would 7
like to have the strip hack den we haue,fiuished with it.
I told him we would like to look it ouer and the
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TEL JULY TWELVE, LAST. OFFICIAL or WILLIAM HOLZMANN AND co.} NYC,
ADVISED THAT HIS COMPANY-S LARGEST SELLER BRITISH STERLING Horas in us.L.1 ' ll~ -C
NO RECORD,KEPT OF SERIAL NOS. SOLD TO INDIVIDUALS OR BANKING FIRMS
AND FURTHER HE COULD SAFELY SAY NO OTHER SIMILIAR FIRMS KEEP SUCH
RECORDS. RELATIVE TO AMERICAN EXPRESS CHECKS PURCHASED BY BURGESS,
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we can not make any comment.041':-a= July 5, 1951
News gnd Ibrld Report, has
regarding the case of Donald
told him consistently that
the action of another country
£QMiaed ne.today that he
had instructed his London representatives to start digging
on ?hese'two individuals and that in digging around Washington
he Fad*YEarned that Burgess was declared persona non grata
b§ oUF*GoDernment and was recalled by the British Government
to*I53H5n§ Be also learned t£t~o3ewperson_in the Bureau
§oho"'ii'asfu1l details on__ it is and he wasmairihg about hauing_one of hie_q§Qg§£§?¢i1IIIIi *
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GRYQ-1011 in more detail bi! association with Burgess. 80 should be what.
411-o.ct.1y vtuathar he has 0-zq'knw1e:&=;e that Burgaal as aver a. Soviet agent.
Be should be naked whether Burgess ever approached him to obtain political
intelligmeo at-0. in tbs period. 1931-L-.1939. Rs should be aakeci further concerning
than association between Burgess and. 1%. i
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my that he ms a. form: Ben-'a1 officer who had bean stationed with I
Eaval heel-m..ca.1 mission in Eu:-ope, talaphmimllq advised. on: of our
repxwaentativqs in Rev York that has bl-6. overheard hm mu in thn '08 of
the Hotel static: in Bea Iork City on Jun: 23¢ J-951, talking about
1.3:;-g@;!_ §.m 5; ma they loaned. to know Buzrgtsl and they '
inicaiaeal they had racentlqr been in Bumpe. 2120;; mid. Bu:-meal was vary
friendly with a ma in Paris naneiilud they thcraghti
would xmdoubtelqr lmmf tha preaent whereabouts 9! Burgess. Tony alsoindicated Burst:-.0 had. bun in some kind of tremble in Paris. _ ' 5
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HE HAD no KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING EITHER or susazcrs on ANYONE I
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DONALD DUART mac LEAN cu: FRANCIS 115 !*1ONC__ BU_RG§_S_S, 1-:s1= - R. xm:>1vm-___ _ ,_,___ ____:___ H4_.I_ __*9 " L -- ___.__
UAL REFUSING TO IDENTIFY HIMSELF OTHERTHAN AS FORMER NAVAL OFFICER
WITH NAVAL TECHNICAL MISSION IN EUROPE ADVISED TELEPHONICALLY HE OV
THIRD, LAST, TALKING ABOUT BURGESS AND MAC LEAN. BOTH SEEMED TO
KNOWN aunszss AND INDICATED THEY nan RECENTLY BEEN IN EUROPE. THEY
sun BURGESS vznv FRIENDLY wrru MAN IN PARIS NAM£D%_ANDER-
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Office or special Operations
From: John Edgar Hoover, Director
Pecieral Bureau 01' Investigation
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Reference is and»: to our mmoranoum at July 21 1951 in this
-6-caaa vh regard m wasintarvi-awed in Rev York City on , 1951, and furnished the follow-':l.&_1r1or~Eation 1.*n1"ch may be of into-" - Win -
adv1sed that he met Ou Burgess in England about 1936. -__ I, J , .___" - - _ V J. . _ r - - ._l _ :3, J; r __ .
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personal c gas: and may exchanged letters éuring the periods he
was in South America. IE8 stated he believed his last personal contact with
Burgess ms in England in 1935; although he indicated the possibility qt an
isolated 2:.-eating cl! $.21!"-eq1>en1; 1-9,-t-ter up to 1°31 -
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ntactlvithurganwaraofapurelyaocial natumasfernn
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Burgess ham. inhilopxnxon Eugen? haabriliiarrtuinvithi
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as 1'.O1G.h1Ilb892t5helpingl$!'Oi1jPOC1niV1dKll8'id1OUI-2! acting
tanta to Winston Chm-chill and that Burgear elcl was Russia and
t Q: recalled that he saw in the goaaenaion at Burgess n book vpighktbeen l.ut-ographevl by wmmn Churchill. .
1 ltatcd he believed Burgess was anti-Russian and thmmzghout
his contacts he bad no reason to suspoct that Btrrsvu night be a mmber at
arr,-»r Buasian ea,-pin% fm. Ha further did act racall =.-;,»+..:-.'.=-.3 -em.-=n
would laa bin to conaiést Burgess an being Ooznzmiltically incline. E
llidmtknow o£Bu2.-gea:'clonaaaaoc1a.tea,butatatedtbathakmI-andjgfrwh better than he know Burgeaa an-.". that he was
cognizant of the tact that t-haze two traveled in a literary gmup vith
vbich Burgess lI'B.S lxlociated. Be Bald he knew Buirgaeczu van I homosexual andval given to excessive drinking.
- volunteered that he never knew Donald D. Ha::Lean and
that his rst 1:!-znatien 1:-9:!-1-.1'.:1~:1_*l_r4,; Marleen val obtained -9 1.; re-slgt Q!his ranting tbs newspaper aacmmts or Ruben: lsgppeeranoe with Burpsil
£mntional 1."-hnt he was nxpecting to be interviewed concernim
Bwgaubyxnawndthetmtthathareunqmmimaacabhsrendimcted
to him at Tiuenen Rims, Argentina, uni 'farwar6.e& to aim in iiaahin5;wn, B. C.
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There is being transmitted herewith for your informa-
tion a copy of o communication received jrom tho Atomic znergy
Commission, Faohington, D. C., dated July 10, 1951. Ion will
note that this letter contains information reflecting in-some
detail the extent of damage which might have been done through
MooLean'a possible dafoction, by reason of hio knowledge qf
matters deaiing with atomic energy as oained through his having
represented the British Lmbassy during 19¢? and 1948 in matters '
dealing with the political aspects thereof and through his work
on the Combined Development Agency.
roe above is being passed on to you for your oonfidential
information.
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. our FRANCIS héanmor BURGESS
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9 - Reference is made to letter frczn the Director dated July 25, 1951
- concerning a letter to the Director from one-Q01? Sebring,__.
: ' Florida. The writer of the letter from Sebring advised that she recognized
a photograph of YacL.EAN as a person she saw in a New York City bus station.
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habits and actions, without suspecting them to be spied or agitives. Inthis instan¢e,qsaid that she is certain that the person she -. saw in the New York City us station was I!_cgALn°"1/gQ1_.EA_n. .
IA group of 8 photographs including the photograph oi HacLEAN taken
in l9i+1'+ was exhibited t . She selected the photograph of
I-IacLEAN to be that of the person she saw in New York. .-Bhe said, however, that
the man she saw was approximately LO years of age and the photograph appeared
' to be that of a younger man. It is noted that the photograph of I-!acLEAN wasmade in 191,1; and MacLEAN is now 38 years of age. W
he said that she was waiting rs: the 7:15 A.M. bus -to
Florida at the Greyhound Bus Station in New York City on July 9, 1951. It was
between 6 and 7 o'clock in the morning. She was seated in a waiting room and
two men entered and took seats near her. The men were m-eased in an unusual
manner which attracted her attention. They wore dark blue or black suits and
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darlcfelt hats. Their suits appeared to be of European cut., '.i*thought it was unusual for one to wear a dark felt hat and dar
1%: -2-pi suit in New York City in July
She noticed also that the men carried a black brief case. She
could not recall whether or not it was a lock type case, but believed that
it had straps around it _ She recalled that it was a single grip rather
than a double grip type and also recalled that it appeared to be heavily
' packed. The men left the station by the north and south entrances at
--_ various times, however, one always stayed with the brief case. They ap-peared to be nervou and talked with 10w voices. atte|npt-
ed to overhear their conversation as a matter oi curiousity because they
appeared to be so nervws. She said, ho.-.'e*.-er, that she was unable to
understand any words and it sounded as if they were speaking a foreign
language. She said that it was not German or French because she wouhave been able to recognize those languages. G
She said that both men entered the station together. They left
before she did. Both men left at the same time and in opposite directions.
. She could not recall which.man carried the brief case when they departed.
D - said that she had read of the 2-.acLEA.'92J ineis-sir
in the news sometime prior to seeing the men in the bus station, however,
she did not connect the two incidents at the time she saw the men. later, -
in Sebring, Florida, she saw a photograph of MacI.EAN in an issue of the U. S.
she saw in the New. York bus station. tNews and World Report and recognized it as a photograph of one of the me
' or The following is a. description of the man believed byw
to be comm MacLEAN:
Race White
Age 1.0
Height 5'11" or 6'0
Weight 160
Hair Black e
Characteristics Slightly protruding UppEI front
, teeth; wore dark iliropean cut
clothing; wore glasses with darkhorn . E
" stated she does not have such a clear recollection
of the second man, except that he was short about 5%"! and was of stocky. build. He had a plain, expressionless face and appeared to her to be aim 1
Slavic descent.
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_ The Director's appreciation was expressed tagV - for her interest in bringing this information to his attention.
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LOCATE ronmzn MAID or DONALD DUART mac LEANI RECORDS JEANNE DARC
gem-:, NYC, INDICATE 0I nssm:-3'15 AT THIS ADDRESS FROM
_JAN.sixTE£N, FIFTY TO JAN. TWENTY FIVE, FIFTY ONE. snz was Ai =4 I
noNésT1c. snz LISTED PznéoN T0 an NOTIFIED 1NcAs§ or EMERGENCY
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his library shell" and handed it to bgecial Agen with
the remark, "If you really want to delve into the background of BURGESS
and this group, you might do well to read th_is......" A copy 01"
TLEPHEI; SPr1iI!_i1T.'$ "1'.0rlci Within -.'{o1-lci"! which he added has been publishedalso in this country. ' lIn connection with an ignterviewv
on July 17, 1951, concerninf. G " "
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he can be easily identified. *also recommended to bpecial
Agent- o};';;TD£i-;'s contribution to the recent best, seller, "Tile
God that Failed." Tnis is being suo'mit.ted to the Bureau {or information
purposes. _ _1.-hat, althou_;'n is not named in the book,
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investigation is being conducted regarding the above two
captioned British Diplomats, who disappeared from London on
Nay 25, 1951, and are believed to have fled behind the iron
curtain. Both HACLEAN and BURGESS are known to have been
involved in Russian espinage.
on :w~us1e- ls, 1e>1
teleplloniczillir i"'uInished v-_ -- ~v i,-- '*
the following information:
He is returning to New York Qrom s motor trip
through the South accompanied by and
spent last week end at Myrtle Beech, Korth Caroline. while
.there he stopped st the Carlton Hotor Court on Route 1?. The
proprietor of this court" is 5% first name uni-mown.
ii edvisedathet he was formerly e Colonel
in the U. E. Army. while on active duty during the last war
a at-gended e special school sponsor-ed by the Allied
. tGover'n1'-aents. one of the British :rep1"esentetives was C}_Tf;{__
iisrgggsss. ~ stated that in February or I-Iarch of this
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few days on this occasion. During the second w ek of Aprilof this year, BURGESS and his mother,MS. EV5/§¬SSETT,again
-visited Charleston, staying for four or five days.
Investigation has been conducted by the Savannah Office,
concerning contacts made by BURGESS during these visits.
It is requested that the Charlotte Division interview
é at the Carlton I-Totor Court, and obtain from him
all information in his possession concerning SURGESS during .
the time they were in mutual attendance at the special school
sponsored by the Allied Governments, and also concerning
BURGESS visit in February of this year. It is reouestedthat the names and eddresses of individuals which
may have furnished to BURGESS be obtained. expedite report.
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A copy of this memorandum is being furnished to
the New York Office for information purposes.
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In connection with this investigation we have roceived informationfrom several sources to the effect that Burgess 1-ma at one time cloaelyassociated with ' ' '*Il1&-;
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per$onalc0nta¢tw1tbBur3asalndth92yaxchan3od1ebt&rsdm1.n3the
ha was in South America. Ea stated he believed his last personal contact.
~ with Bu:-poo was in Englau. in 1938, although he indicated. the possibility' or an mum mating or infmquant mom up to 191w. 1, .
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possess any know]-eoge or Burgess present. whereabouts. He mentioned that
hiucontactsvithmmgeanwnotapzauhaocial naturaaufarnahacan
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Burgess home. In his opinion Burgeal had a. brilliant mind with a. keen
analytical outlook on political and economic matters. stated that
Burgooo to1d_him_he was holgzing a. group of individuals who were acting all
consultants to Uinnton Churchill and that Burguu field was Russia and
Inia. u'1'ECl1-J-athtb swanumpwuumnormmgaw abookvhich- had. been autogreqahed by Winston Chm.-chill.
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.$v-ulunheered that he mvarkmwbonnlxln. Machean
and that his tint 1n!'O1ma1;10n conoerning Hacbenn was obtaima as u.-result. or his reading the newspaper accounts of 1-lncLean'a disappearance W
with Burgess. .
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Bu:-gun by mason or the tact that he recentzqr waived a cableg:-an
"6.1.rcc1-.011 to him at Bi1enos'A1ren, Argnntinayanrl torvanla to his in o
ifashington, D. C. This cablegran was from Q reporter on the English
I-sqzpqwer "Baily Express who van Baking inquiries of him concerning hisknowledge of Burgasa.
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forth from onewe dinner attended by Burgess
immediately preceding Burgess leaving US for England. During
dinner party Burgess reportedly ca.l.ILedi= a. "bloody Fascist."
thmh r would be cooperative in interview.
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THE NIGHT BEFORE HE SAILED FOR ENGLAND AND AT THIS TIME BURGESS TOLD
N THAT WAR WASTNEVITABLE. on THE rouowmc DAY PRIOR TO sA11.-
ING, BURGESS TOLD* THAT wan wAs INEVITABLE AND wouw com:
WITHIN TEN DAYS. AT THE PARTY THE NIGHT BEFORE BURGESS" DEPARTURE
BURGESS, ,_, AND -Ewan: PRESENT
nunxmc rnxs PARTY sunczss RECORDED HIS VOICE on A souwn MIRROR. THIS
TAPE RECORDING OBTAINED mom N AND A mzcomn mm. BE 1~1Am~:"o1-'
BURGESS- VOICE FROM TAPE RECORDING. ON THIS TAPE RECORDING BURGESS
TELLS OF INTERVIEW HE HAD WITH WINSTON CHURCHILL IN NINETEEN THIRTY
EIGHT. THE END OF BURGESS STORY HAS BEEN ERASED FROM THIS TAPE RE
oAnmc;' AND aCLAIMS THAT wAs sour INADVERTANTLY. uowzvzn,
N SAID BURGESS ENDED nus STORY on THE TAPE RECORDING As rou.ows
AT THE awn or THE xwrznvzzw wrru CHURCHILL IN NINETEEN THIRTY EIGHT,
CHURCHILL GAVE BURGESS A BOOK or HIS SPEECHES AND "row s}i§:_¢;£ss As
FOLLOWS- YOU AND I KNOW THAT WAR IS INEVITABLE. IF I AM RETURNED
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TO POWER AND YOU NEED A JOB, COME AND SEE ME AND PRESENT THIS BOOK
AND I WILL SEE TO IT THAT YOU ARE SUITABLY EMPLOYED. BURGESS STILL
HAD nus BOOK warm HE was IN mrc. lzxpazsszii FEAR THAT 11-
LABOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HEARD THIS STORY OF BURGESS AND CHURCHILL
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sun 4 r1 4.-v Wrung, ..or.aa,-.-.,_--...__...-.,.-.-._._-_, has advised that on
July 9, 1951, between 6:90 and ?;00 AL she woe waiting fora
bun to Florida at the -Freyhound Bus Station in New fork City;
She was eeateci in a waiting room and two zen entered and took
seat: near her. fhe men were dreeeed in what she termed an
unusual runner which attracted her attention. They wore dark
blue or black suits and dark felt hats. , Their suite appeared to
-be of European cut." i-tho'ught it was unusual for
anyone to wear a dark felt hat and dark euit in New York City in
July. She noticed also that one of the men oar-rieo a oiooh
brief case. She said one of the men always stayed with the brief
case and they both appeared to be nervous and talked in low
voices in what ohe believed to be a _forei_cn language. Following
her return to Sebring, F1orida, aw a photograph
-of Hoczean and recognized it no a photograph of one of the two
men she saw in the Nero York Bus Station. A group of eight photo-
graphs, including a photograph of !JaoLean, was exhibited to 1.
She selected the photograph of £4'acI.ean an that of
the per-eon she had ee-en in Heao Fork. She goo-e the following
description of the man she oel ieued to be Donald .vooLean: white
race; 40 years-of age, five feet, eleven inchee or oi: feet tall;
160 pounds; blcliha'i7!'81ight1y protruding upper front teeth;
dark, £uropeon-cut clothing; and glaoaoo with dor?:,horn rims. I.{Q9 stated she did not have a clear recollection of the
eeoono. nan other than that ho was lhort, about five feet, four
inches, and of otocky build. He appeared to be of Slavic descent,
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to the extent and importance to thé*Eouiets of the atomic
information available to oclean. Ogrreply supgests_thot this
injorhotion coo}d best be obtained from the Atomic Energy
Commission. Fe'hove oonucted some inquiry regaroing this
mdtt¬r in"that we asked the Fritish for information of this
character, we asked the Atomic Energy Commission for information,
one we interviewed a number of in'iui uols with whom Poccan ke
contact while he was reoresentine the Fritisn Fm assy»on matte
relating to the pqlitioal asoects of atomic cncrop. It is,
however, felt that the ABC should be the agency that evaluates
the extent of the damage done. .
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rvous breakdown Sh. e said Maciean drank.
excessively while in Egypt and his drinking appeared to increase after
moved into
MacLean's home in Cairo. She said there was» considerable talk at the time
began living at the Ma Le 1 c an residence becausehad a l
reputation for being far more liberal than MacLean.
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* During May, 1950, MscLean a.nd,§'aecnrne drunk and
thereafter called at the apartment house in H'111Chm l1VeO.MacLean and Fbroke into the apartment in which *1»-*as
?eEllg Whii éné WES ESl¬@P Thy did t snub: any lStuiLn4u
thereafter went to the adjoining apartment which was occupied by
modems ransacked the premises They emptied drawers,
upset furniture, threw dishes in the bathtub and gene-rsllv mane a mes
that apartment Afs of
_ ter causing this damage ME-C.L£E1'.D and Iaeparted
Q; said following a survey of the damage Which had been non
it was agreed not to make an official prote ts nor to di5L.11B5 the matter
with representatives oi the United States or British Embassies
followi de
ng aya received a written apologw from Mn<"Lean at which
time he offered to pa, for the s1em2s~e am also ir-o1cec her that L- lY1"°Y1P
to see a doctordescribed MacLean as being"
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as a maid during, the period he was in Washington.
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Investigation in New York City reflected. that one
e domestic, had resided at the Jeanne DAr-; Home at 253 west 21:-th Street,
from J9-.nu£~.ry 16, 1950, until Jenlzary 25, 1951. sh»; _haa indicated thatA ahould be
notified in the event of an emergency. The records of the Hans:-: indicrated
wetwned to France in June, 1951. IQ-.~'-R=:'bert Noquez, 2&0 _
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The foregoing investigation was conducted in en effort to locate
this woman in view of the fact that it vaa thought she might have infcnwtion
of value concerning MacLeen. However, in view of the fact that she is new
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England. They arrived in New York City on May 6, 19qh.- MACLEAN
then reported to the British Embassy in Hashington, Do C»; and
MELINDA MACLEQN reportedly stayed with her mother at 277 Park -
Avenue; New Yqrk City. From June 20; 19hh. to December 23, 19hh,
RONALD MAGLEM: resided in weshington w1L .
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From his eerivel in I-;e5",'l9bl;, until the end or
the war; M-&CLEé-II worked in the Chancery Section of the
Embassy. The Chancery Section includes the Eri tish Code
Room Sec-bionr During this period IMCLEAFYS duties related
primarily to poet---war p1a.n.nLn5 for Europe, and were
concerned with questions relating to Ger-mszny, France, .
Belgium and Boll-and. MACLEAF in his position as First '
Seo'r-etary would have had dire:-it access to all communications
arming into the kbassy relating to ioreigri politic-£1 *""matters.
Wnen the foregoing information is considered
along with the dies;-wféearanoe of MACLEAN and his reported
friendship with eqjjarecess. who has been :18:-zed as a
Soviet agent during t?1930?s Wm it woulds._;¢;.e~=.r that he is the-urdzziown subject in this case. M
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that Sir NALD MACIEAN, the father oi the subject, DONALD P-LACLEAN,
was bo June §, 18614. ' His wife: name was lieted ae GWTSNDOIEN MARGARETDEV " "r1+i§= =@@T= reveaied um Sir mum msrzm: died Juhe 15, 193;,
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According to an Associated Press report on June 7, l9S1,t:wo British
Foreign Ser"-rice officers had been missing frczn their hOmES since léay 25, 1951,
and it was thought that they might have gone beizini the Iron Ourtain. They
were named as DONALD YACLELK, Head of the American I!ep&1"tme11t of the Foreign
Office, and GUT BURGESS, who was home on leave from the British Embassy in
Washington, D.C. It was reported that a search by police and intelligence
operators had been instituted in England and in France. It was further reported
that the London "Daily Eb-cpress" was reported to have printed that the two men
told a friend that they planned to go to lioscow "to serve their idealisticpurposes." . w
'I'he"ashington Ihrening S;-er" dated June T, 1951 carried the follo1I-ing article concerniq the two missing British diplomats: Q f
Donald Quart h£ac'Lea.n and nxiyrfaniaizoncj-increase, British
foreign service officials who may have disappeared behind the
iron curtain, were liked and free from any suspicion of Comnmnist
leanings while at their countr3"s Embassy here.
"Acquaintances said Burgess, a 1:0-year-old bachelor, ani
l£acLean, 38=yes;'-old husband of the former Malinda Flerling of
1-ashington, knew each other from their student days at Cambridge
Urziversity in the early 19305.
"But their service in the chancery office here was at
different times and differed greatly in point of rank and responsi-
bility.
"Burgess left here on leave last Hay 10 after working since
last August 7 as a second secretary with 'not particularly exciting
or important work; Embassy spokesmen said. His duties were described
as cow-aratively nondesc:-ipt= and did not bring him into close con-
tact with highly confidential information. He dealt principally
with refugee problems, special reports and miscellaneous matters.
"Haclean, on the other hand, was an exceedingly able and ex-
perienced diplomat who at the time of his departure in November,
19148, was acting head of the chance:-y with the rank of top first
secretary. That was principally an administrative post, but it had
considerable to do with transmission of cables and other messages.
'5-lac?-can came here in Kay, 19b2, as an acting first secretary.
He previously had been in the British diplomatic service since_l93S,
mostly in the Foreign Office. After leaving Washington he was
stationed in Cairo. Since last November he headed the Anerican'de-
partment of the Foreign Office.
"He married"'l.£iss Ma:-ling in Ezgland in 19140. They have two
sons. Hacl-ean was a son of the late Sir Donald HacLean, a leaderof Britainrs LeraA £1 brother, A »acLean, was secretary to Sir Gladvryn Jebb,
Britain's representative on the United Nations Security Council.
Alan Haclean; now on leave in England, recently became head of the
information branch of the British delegation to the U.H.
"Donald liacleao is well remembered by British Embassy personnel
and others here for what. was described as great efficiency and tireless
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mamoth drlrlking spree had corisiderable currency - until the passage
of time pus-.*.ed it beyond the limits of credibility» There has been
talk of kidnaping and of a possible suicide pact; there have been
hints that the case is one involving sexual PQI'92"EIBiOI1o
' "The two have many acquaintances in diplomatic circles in
Washington, H21-ean, who is 33, served with the Embassy here fron
l9iJ4 to 19148.» Big, handsome, intensely nervous and high-strung, he
worked prodigiouely at his job as head of the Chancery, often stick-
ing to his desk until 9 or 10 oiclock at nig1l'i;= Between times, with
his American wife; the former Belinda I-Iarling of Chicago, he enter-
tained energ*etit:all,V in his home on Georgeto1r::s P Street, attended
the 1l$.1¬l1 round of diplomatic parties - and rested up by playing
tennis, _ .
"He behaved himself in Viashington, and is rexr-es-'I:»e.'r'ed as one
of the nicest fellows you could hope to meet» ' '1':-ansferred to Cairo,
however, as Counselor of the Embassy, he seemed gradually to fall
victim to a sort of nervous and moral hreakdolm, Bis friends insist
it was simply the strain of over-cork which did it, In any event, he
began to drink hard- His hinges became wild seizures - he tas
inclined, says one acquaintance, to throw bottles around, Finally,
Inten he invaded the apartment of an absent friend and smashed it to
pieces, he was recalled to London, There, having undergone psychiatric
treatment which amp;-csedly cured him of his ills, he took over the
Foreign Office=s American sections
"Burgess, a hO=;-ear-old bachelor, was another story. Like
Hcbean, he was a Cambridge man Eton, too!, He Iore the old school
tie and his club stood next to Hcl-ea.n's on Pall llalla But he wasn't
the type, His servi ce in Fashington began last November and ended
two months ago, when he was recalled to Londons The reason for his
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wholly the fact that he was arrested three times in one day last Feb-
ruary for driving 80 miles an hour in Virginia» His associates at
the Enbassy say franl-cly that, while Burgess had undoubted intelli-
gence, they also found bin: incapable of applying it with any efficiency
and co-ordination,
"Burgess was given very little to do in Washington, simply be-
cause it was felt there yas little he could do. By the time he Left,
according to a close friend, his at-ate of mind verged on the suicidal.
Pie was dcrirarirg far too much, his habits and personal appearance oe=
cane progres siveiy elovenlys He would frequently drop into the offices
of other Embassy officials topou: out his woes - his hatred of America,
his feeling oi frustration in his career. In middle life, he had
reached the rank of actirg, second secretary and already was over
his head,
"He -was 8 close student of the writings of Lenin and Stalin, "
and his knowledge of the Communist dialectic reportedly had contributed
to some of the Wests more effective diplomatic exchanges with the
Kremlin, iet, oy the time he got back from iashington, the For-e"i$T1
Office apparently had had enough of Er. Bd1gBSSe He was put on lease,and his departure from the service was considered iuminent.
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Ihen he wanted to be -= arr? slightly bookish, although not ax-idly
academich -
"1-ie made friends easily,» He was rather good looking, short,
Tlth black wavy hair, While in Eas.win-gt-on he live-:3 at 11.100
Nebraska Avenue, HA1. One of his favorite paettimes, an acq"aaint-
ance recalled, was to drive autoznotiiem The acquaintance remarked
that he liked to be on the move-
"Burgess at one time was private secrets.-';v to Hector 1-¬cNeil
who than was minister of state for foreign a_fi'a:1_r-as Later he was
a member of the Far Eastern Department oi the Foreign Office lit-h
special interest in Chinese affairs,
"At his London club, the Eefcm Club, officials said they had
not seen him for some time,' "People in London who 1-ma- the two men said they apparently
had no pronounced political leanings," _
The following article concerrairg HACLEAN and BZTRGESS appeared in
"Fashi1gton Funday Staclated June 1?, 1951, and was written by L'%L1T.£1_1EOYiS,J"iL
The 'aresL'==end excursion boat, Falaise, bound from Southhampton
to SM Halo in B:-ittar$,' was to sail at midnightu A few minutes
before it cast off that Friday, Mag; 25, the story goes, a sports
ca: tore up to the dock, The men jumped out, bags in hand. They
tipped a dock attendant, told him to buy himself a drink and started
up the gangp]/ink, HeyH shouted the porter. What about the cu-7'
"The two men had rented the car that afternoon for 10 days»
We'll be back lionday, 1 one called over his Sh0J.1ClE1"¢92
"Donald mart E21-ean and Guy Ffanzis de Honey Burgess were not
back liondaya
"As all the world knows, these British diplomats thereupon
vanished utterly. Ilithin a few days, they became the objects of 1
continmtal manhunt as intensive, and fruit1ess,as ever staged.
A St. Halo taxi driver said he drove them toennes, where
he thought they caught a train for Paris= Since then, Hal-ean and
Burgess have been reported in a dozen cities, on both sides of the
iron curtaim, Their relatives received cryptic cables - purportedly
from lEcLea:: in Paris and Burgess in Home - but the handwritirg on the
telegraph blanks was not theirs. The hot-test lead came last Friday
from Barcelona -the fugitives were said--to have registered in a_
hotel as Marshal} clean and !i_l_l_i,s,__.1oh!B_,;rges_s¢ Barcelona had it
they were back in ance, But for all e tips, the combined
security police o he Westem world so d not nd them»
"'i.1th each pa _"92g day, the case/he- es more securely estab-lished as one of thi gr * mystery stories the age. There seen
to be plenty oi theories; .. of solid clues, ne.
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"These were the men =ho took the boat at St» B52-lo? they
had known ea-oh other casually for years, and in London, last
month, they renewed the acquaint-anoes}1ip= There were some V110
had been wondering,» this spring, whether it-:1-ears recovery fran
hie mental illness was as
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night club when be became
papermane The management
"But there rae no hint; certainly, cf what waseoplete as it was supposed to bee He
A;-iii 2; he made a scene in a Soho
involved in an azgenent with a twis-
asked him to leave,
to cone.
He had bought a beautiful; oid i?=~rc-om hc-use at Hatsfield, near
Ibndom He and his wife Ilene living there quietly,
expecting ha third czhilde The two little boys had
lay 25 was his birthdaye
shoaed up at the effice.-,She was
the measles.
He left the house as usual, but never
"Assuming that Burgess and llelean have gone; or are trying
to go, behind the iron curtain,
main baffled by the personalitythose who know the two men ne-
oontractictions involved in the
ca-see Burgess; for instance; is considered much the more likely
of the two to have been somehow involved in an attempt to aid
Russia» He was disgusted with his life -= he had no family ties
to bind him - and he might have had some sympathy for what he
thought was the Rremlirs causee His politics were leftishe
iiceean; on the other hanci, never gave the slightest indication
of pro=Co:mmn1st tendemiesr
"But Burgess; it is felt, was a type of man wholly incapable
of or-ganizirag and carrying through a disappearing act of the
sort that has been ememoliened her-es He had, eagve e frie
considerable difficult-y in getting from Point A to Point B
the nonnai course of thirgs-' Liclean, it is true, had the
imagination and daring toeffect the escape= His friends, how-
ever, find it impossible to believe that he has been the leader
in such a Plato
"There is general agreement that if llclean and Burgess
really have gone over to the Comzc-=.mists, their aim is somehw
to try to produce peace, rather t-nan to help Russia against
the es-be as a British dipiomai here ems it ups fit worst,
this thing is certainly more Hess than I-Iiss
"Last week, in a London hospital, IL:-s-= llc-Lean gave birth
to an eight-=p0*.mcI daughter: She too Iill be called Lielindao
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l93O's= BURGESS had a job with the British Broadcasting Company atthat time and seemed to know all the writers and. literary people wof London,
i During the year 1938* said he also saw BURGESS
frequently at the Cafe Royal in London and_at other Drivate Darti@=
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emotional person and a is drinkers *ith regard to B RGBSS' political & 1 Yr cs us -.1philosophy at this time &stated that be was not at all clears
He explained that all the oersons in his narticuler erou whichincluded auacsss, Bk, , sno were
warmly in favor of the Spanish Loyalist Governmen and said that thisfeeling was common to persons in his groups *said that he
had no knowledge of any Communist sympathies on the part of BURGESS
xceot his "warm endorsement" of the Spanish Loyalists whichh does not now consider to be ro-Communist in the lieht of P e.-
the thinking of that period] and knows of no connections whid:BUHGESS
could have had with Soviet espionages * said that he recalled
BURGESS in that period {l93?-1938} as a person who was given to excessin drink and who was trying veqrdesperate%i to be "one of the group",
eanina_the literary circle in which et al traveled.M said he felt a kind of pity for aunsass because he was a
confirmed social climber and pretty obvious in his tactics. In
this same vein and including the year 1947, when m last saw
BURGESS in_Lo don when BURGESS was working forthe British ForeignOffice; recalled that BURGESS always wanted to be "on
the inside" insofar as significant political events and activities iwere concerned. K7;
s ' s =-.- " w -_g____ next saw BURGESSin ion wh
! BURGESS was working for the British
Foreign Office thens IIIIEIIID stated at this point that BURGESS
was known to be a homosexual. He did not consider this to be
unusual, adding that even if this condition were generally knownto BURGESS friends and employers of that period it would not have
made much difference since according toil homosexuality on
the part -of a person such asBURGESS would not be c ns'dered unusual -in the London of that periods In this C0nnec:tiOn& does not
feel that BURGESS homosexuality would be a weakness which could be
used to advantage by the Sovietss He repeated that he knew of no
possible Comintern connections which BURGESS might have had and stated
that it was inconceivable to him that the Soviets would ever choose
a person such as BURGESS to work as an espionage agents His reason
for saying this was that BURGESS drunkenness and emotional instability
were things which were well known and very reals Secondly, he cannot
imagine BURGESS engaging in any clandestine activity for any pro-
longed period of time without wanting to let someone know of his
activitiess * said he did not know and never met any of
BURGESS relatives and never recalls BURGESS speaking of home or
family, He does not know what BURGESS financial condition was but
assumed he was comfortably situated since he recalled going to
BURGESS apartment on several occasions in 1938 and again in 19h?
and'found it to be well furnished,
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Foreign Office which was indiscreete did belieee that
BURGESS at the time of this meeting 9%?! seemed to be pushinghis nervous energy to extreme limitso
conditioned all the remarks which he had made
heretofore concerning BURGESS by pointing out that actually he did
not really know BURGESS as well as some people thought; that in
reality he did not have very much in common with BURGESS and did
not know or care enough about him to learn anything about his family
or backgroundo In this connection 'poirited out that
during the period 1939 to 19h? and afterwards when BURGESS was in
this country they never corresponded and although he was in NewYork on one or two occasions he had never made any effort to se Iii?BURGES S . K
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publication 0 a magazine which devoted itself to surveys of
economic and political matterse said he does not know
what contribution BURGESS made to this publication and stated
that he had no real knowledge o *.e exact nature of the publica-tion on which both BURGESS and worked at this time.» 1
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knew BURGESS very well. He further s ated that was alsoacquainted with the literary crowd at the Cafe Royal. Ilia
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knew BURGPSS probably as well as anyone in the group.
Q. He said that e did not knowwvery well but - __did know that probably knew BURGESS better than anyone elseala!
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probably knew BURGESS and
added that this was the only person whom he knew that BURGESS mighthave known in the United States.
M1a so stated that BURGESS_Ead mentioned the name
of a person named whose last name could not r calleand stated tha knew BURGESS as well am M
recollection during the first interview with
him was that BURGESS was a person of weak character who affected
him very Slightly as a friend, a person who, in w opinion
and paraphrasing the Time magazine speculation would have veryeasily gone off on some emotional flight, but -stated that
he could not conceive of BURGESS's committing a major crime. Inthis connection drew what he intended to be a parallil
in BURGESS moral behavior between his homosexuality and patriotism,
stating that although BURGESS was a homosexual, he was not the
type who would commit a serious crime, for example the molesting
of children. further stated that although he knew
BURGESS to have been a staunch supporter of the Spanish Loyalistsand their regime. he did not believe him capable of the major crime
of treason- stated that actually he had nothing to support
any of his views with respect to BURGESS and was completely at a loss
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___t ¢_,?_,_ C-aiifornie on Julv 17, 1951 bySpecial Agents _ an of the Los _ ,1Angeles Field Divisiono _ _ ' Wto explain the 1etters behavior. Fe stated that to his knowledge
he had never met or heard of D"nALD MACLmPh, in fact, he did not
At the time of this second interview, stated
that upon reflection he believed that = had met GUY BURGESSthrough ' ' in London in the
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interwriev-',* said that it is his present recollection that
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5 and BURGESS had a disagreement but that after the disa reement had
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a pfgisgd of BUBGES__$__L__as He said that'he felt thatperhaps andknew BURGESS better than anyone G
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about himself and BURGESS which are of interest to this investiga- L
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agents that he did not have any close association with BURGESS
and stated that upon reflection he was fairly certain that he has x
not seen BURGESS on more than twenty occasions during his whole
life. He also pointed out that it is quite impossible to analyzeactivities of the period 1936 and 1937 in which he andand
others were engagedi in the light of the political thinking oi F
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period of the s0ca1led United Front"; that very little considera- 92
tion was given at that time to the motives of the Soviets; that this
did not come until later; and that at this time the whole hue and ~
cry was fight Fascism and Téazism wherever it was observed. a
said that it was not until the news of the Moscow purge trials in . 92
the late l93Os began to leak out and other events came to light
that Russia had undermined the Spanish Loyalists that people began
to realize thatperhaps they had been duped in some of their so- u
called United Front activities. M stated he did not make S
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that he has no reason to withhold information of such a nature
were he to possess it and his present feeling is that he recognizes
the evil of Soviet Communism and would do anything in his power
to combat it; however, he stated he has no further information
which would throw any light on this matter=
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DONALD MACLEAN or GUI BURGESS. he advised that he had read the -
newsosper accounts of the disnapearance of these men, but could
furnish no information concerning them. He said that he does
a considerable amount of business with the diplomatic set in
Weshinsw, and is per-s@nell:=' acas.e_inis.i_-.@;;Lt;=...s.£s_*:-1_.2s92,l.m._si---_
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but has not discussed this matter with them. He said that for
him to inquire concerning the disappearance o§_these men
wouldbe considered "vulgar curiosity". it-ac'1visecx that
BURGESS may have been s customer of his at some time in the
PEEY,
He advised that ordinarily whenbut that he would not necessarily have knownhim by name.
an individual who speaks with
a decided British accent comes into his shop and makes a pur-
chase, he usually inquires whether they are tax exempt,due to
the fact that diolomsts are notsubject to the tax on records.
said that if the oerson is tax exempt it then becomes
necessary for his to secure the
or the person, and in that way he sometimes learns
01" customers. * stated as a certainty that
not been a customer in this category.name and tax exemption number
the identity
BURGESS had
Photographs of MACLEAN and BURGESS were exhibited
sot and he stated thatthe Photograoh or MACLEAN was
familiar, although he not know MACLEAN by name, and could not
circumstances
in connectionrecall under what
it must have been
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was totally unfamiliar to him.
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orde of the Sutton Hotel reflected that GUY BURGESS was a guest
there from November 10 to 22, and December 10 to 12, 1950. He
wee also e guest there from February 3 to 5; February 10 to 12;and 5.-arch 1? to 19, 1951.
During his stay at the Sutton Hotel BURGESS made the
following phone calla to Washington, D.C.
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on June 22, 1951, and he advised that he is notacquainted with BURGESS, and heed never heard of hin until he!read of his disappearance in the local press. Q_
Concerning telephone number Em. #116 it is noted that
the telephone number of the residence of H.A.R. PHILBY, £100
Nebraska Avenue, N.W., is Em. L117. BUEGBSS roomed at this
address during the time that he reéided in Weshington, D.C-an-:1= his girl friend, also resided etik
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dated June 18, 1951, which was written by the Post's corres-
pondent in London, and reported that W.H. AUDEN was interviewed
by the "London Express" newspaper on the Island of Ischia off
Naples, and made the following statement: .
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New York where he spent six months of the year. We met several
times while he was at the Emba y in Washington. BURGESS wasstill proCommunist.1§9/mg}/{git in March of this year. We
talked about FUCHS as NUN* MAY-he W85 BURGESS'S C1086 friend.
I asked him if he had been screened, and BURGESS snoke ofdiplomatic immunity . . ' Q
This article also pointed out that W.H. AUDEN, the
poet and friend of MACLEAN and BURGESS, now a naturalized
American citizen, went to school with MACLEAN, and knew BURGESSat Cambridge and for many years after that. w
This article further resorted that STEPHEN SPENDER,
AUDEN'S friend,and another prominent exCommunist, had earlier
quoted a telephone conversation with BURGESS on May gh, the
day before the two men disappeared. In this conversation
BURGESS referred to SPENDER'S recently published autobiography,
and commended its anti-Communist tone, The article reported
that AUDEN had stated that MACLEAN Knew quite a lot abbut
the Atom Bomb, not about its technical aspects, but about the"number of bombs stored by the Americans.
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was interviewee and stated that he had no knowledge
concerning HACLEAK or BURGESS or anyone in'the .
British Biplomatic Service. also advised
that he had never corresponded with anyone in Britai.nor anyone in the British Diilomatic Service, I
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November, 19147, where he stated he had contact with
and gave his name and address to a number of British
soldiers, butha never corresponded with any of them
and has no information es to their identity,
was urable to recall having ever heard fronv
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HACLEAN, an article in the London Dailz §>__tg_1"_e_§§ under the date of June ll,
19§l, set forth a nuxn;-er of points which indicated that the telegrams pur-
portedly sent by MACLEAN were not written by him Attention was drawn to
the figure "T" in the telegram to Lady HACIEAN which was written in a cont-
inental manner with a stroke across the vertical line of the L In this
article attention was also called to the fact that the capital "I's" were
dotted. In the telegram to ELINDA I-_AC-Ll..-LN it was pointed out that the word
"leav" was misspelled in th-1. the letter "B" was omitted at the end of the
word. It was also noted that the telega" to MELINDA I-IACIEAN was writtenwith the word "MSLINDA" following the Herzl-"I-iACL1:.AN" which was describedas "continental". i _ K
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ATOMIC ENERGY MATTERS WI'I_'£-'{ WHICH DONKI-D
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Atomic Ener Commission, was interviewed on June 9, 1951, by Specialgent and advised that his first contact with 1!ON.L[,D
EACLEAK was in April, l94'T, when he, i, was attached to the Gffioe
of Special Projects of the Atomic Energy Commission. explained
that the Office of Special Projects operated as s liaison branch of the
Atomic Energy Commission which had contact with foreign governments.
MACLEAE was Secretary of the United Kingdom Representation to the Com-
bined Policy Committee. Tne Combined Policy Committee, according to
-, is composed of representatives of the United Kingdom, Canada
and the United States and ie concerned with Atomic Eiergy matters. He
stated that in April, l9§7, the atomicfnergy Commission was not repre-
sented on the Combined Policy Co.-.nmittae.b12t that it was concerned =1-.5
several matters that the Combined Policy Committee acted upon. These
matters were mainly joint problems dealing with legal matters and joint
declassification guides. stated that the formation of the joint
declassification guides was to make certain that one government did not
publish information that another member of the Combined Policy Committee
felt ehould be kept secret. *statcd that lu92CI.-ELK as the United
Kingdom's secretary of the Combined Policy Committee usually made contact
through the American Secretary of the Combined Policy Committee who was
a spacial assistant to the Secrctarv of State. This individual sas
inied by as. g A2,-'_!_F_ _h" ___|; _ _-_ I -_ -.1 e.-~ -. ,.. -" -
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in connection with his contact with EACIEAK that from time to time
there would be meetings of special committees of the Combined Policy
C-onnittee and EACLEAIE attended most of these meetings during 1947 and
until he was transferred from the United States in 1948. xi stated
that his association with MACLELK at these meetings was the sole basis
of his contact with .92.L=.GLE..l.l¬ concerning atomic Energy Commission mttcrs.
He stated that he had had some social contact with HACLEMI in that he
had attended a few cocktail parties and that prior to lLACUI..LHs leaving
in Lu92CLBA.N's honor which 115141, attended.
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Concerning ¥ACI.EA.Ns baclcgrdund, advised that he knew
verylittle with the exception that he did remember HACLEAK had mentionedthat he had married an American girl. Jtated that he could furnishfor England, the Atomic Energy Commission officials arranged a luncheon W
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He stated, however, thatin his association with HACLEEJI he had noticed
no tendencies on the latte:-'s part of s. pro-Communist nature. With re-
gard to information to which }iACLEAl92' had access in connection with the
Combined Policy Costnittee, i advised that generally MACLEAIY had in
his possession all information concerning Atomic Energy of a politiosl
nature which was made available by the Jitonic Energy Commission to the
British Embassy. i stated that he did not feelthat IIACLELK had
scientific information concerning Atomic Energy matters available to
him because matters of a scientific nature were not handled by the
British Embassy but were handled by s special branch of the British
Government dealing only with the scientific aspects of Atomic Energy.
bxrther advised that although EACIEAJI was not appointed secretary
of the United Kingdom Representation to the Combined Policy Committee
until April; -1957, it was his personal opinion that the British had
"groomed" him for the position of secretary and that he,_ therefore,
probably had access to information of a. political nature oonoernin aAtomic Energy prior rto 1947. ~
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s'as inter-viewed by Special Agent ,
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is stated that his Contact with MACLEAIZ began in January, 1947, I
des-
cribed HLACLBAIZ es the British Secretary of the Combined Policy Commission
in which capacity he acted as a liaison agent between the British and
the Atomic Energy Commission. stated that during the above period
he had occasion to call MACIEAH once or twice a month and to see him
personally onan average of once e month. gstated that these contacts
were very impersonal and that he never knew !LI92CLEA.l92' well but said that
impressed him as being an able, stable and capable person. '9
stated that ILACLEAK had been secretary to the British Delegation of the
Combined Policy Committee, which committee determined joint polio ,security and future projection of atomic Energy development.
stated that as British Secretary of this committee LKACIEAK would be
aware of what was going on at the highest levels regarding matters of
. policy in connection with Atomic Energy but pointed out that his workhad nothing so do with Atomic technical infoation. W. .- --_;_92-_ . __,,_ _, ..-,,__. __,_[_. ' :..92_._s:..__r ._: ' - '; »_,_-F___ __.".,~ ,. .b --,_._ - -:_ ...-,. _ -_;c-_ _ , ,». 5, __.~_ 1--, _ __ __ _ _ . _-QF[.':#-1"'.!FIe I_I-.'!f:."_3--1':'**""" -- 1- - '-=-f---we-7* ---r.a~- *- -zsa-qr r.w- _
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the termination of
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States, did not cl;
durinc the varts the British were througha 1 further stated
with'the British was not had after 1945, because at
World War II the British did their own work in connection
matters and the two countries, England and the United
ear itomic Energy matters with each other as they had
state: tnet althonvh his contacts it? EACLEAE ' b . _ _ illll H . 1 : .. _ D" .. _ . .. _' a, 92I
were limited to official contacts, he stated that he personally liked
NACLELK and belies
social ly.ed that he would have enjoyed seeing and knowing him
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his duties M " f ' "stated that since June, 1948, he has aervedlll
ijujeneeaunni the Combined Policy Committee and addedthat IL-RCLEAE occupied a eimiliar position for the United Kingdom Repre92-r
sentetion to this
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that it had been e
English Prime Mini
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out that this comm
Kingdom, Canada en
to settle question
tween these countr
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Cbairmaned by the
of the Atomic Ener
transferred to theCommittee
ng the Combined Polio _Gom_nittee, statedstab11'E1»,,d in T945 by-l1<5r-xii: President ROOSEVELT and
ster WINSTOH CHURCI-JILL, to act as mover all policy
nating group for the Atomic Bomb Project. He pointed
ittee was composed of representatives from the United
d the United States and that its prime function was
s concerning the development of the Atomic Bomb, be-
ies as well as questions relating to the exchen e ofon between the three participating nations. i
t when conceived, the Combined Policy Committee was
Secretary of Ear but that after the establishment
gy Commission in January, 1947, the Chairmanship was
Department of State. <5
identified the following as members of the Combined
Policy Conmittee during 1947 and 1946 which was the period that HACLEAN
served as the United Kingdom Secretary to this ¢OmmittOl3
1. The
2. The
5. The
4. TheUnited States Secretary of State
United States Secretary of efenee _
Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission
United Kingdom Ambassador to the United States,
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5. The Canadian Ambassador to the United States
stated that the Csnsdian Ambassador
was actually the functioning I:EII.b61' of the committee
for Canada alwougb , the CmsdianIinister for Commerce and Transportation was the mdesiéneted member! K
sdvised that the Combined Policy Committee met
infrequently end that the work oi the connifiiss ecjtulg performed
by the Secretariat of these represented countries. He reported that
when it became necessary to vote on matters within the jurisdiction ofthe committee, the voting was usually done by correspondence rather
than by a personal meeting of the committee members.
mung the period of 1947 and 194s,i advised that
the following individuals represented the United Kingdom, Canada and
the United States as Secretaries to the Combined Policy Committee Ind
were for all practical purposes considered the working staff of this
committee:
1. ooamno omurr ILACLEAR uscnsm: was preceded byla-
nnd succeeds by , who in turn
was succeeded bv _ who is -resentlv servin .. P .. 5as the United Kingdom Secretary to the Combined Policy
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advised that after the Combined Policy Committee
had been esca lished for approximately one year, former President
ROOSEVELT and former Prime Einister CHURCHILL established the Combined
Development Trust, not known es the Combined Envelopment Agency. He
stated that the purpose of this trust Ins to locste throughout the world
sources of thorium and uranium, which materials are used in the production
of the Atomic Bomb. In addition to the location of these materials, the
Combined Development Agency is also charged with the responsibility of
securing control of uranium and thorium deposits wherever they are located
The Combined Development Agency is considered to be the Operating arm
of the Combined Policy Committee which latter agency decides what action
should be taken on the basis of information supplied by the CombinedDevelopment Agency.
lg advised that the Combined Development Agency is
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stated the-t is the Vice Chairman. looording to g the various secretaries to the Combined Policy Committee are I
not members of the Combined Development Lgency but as a matter of i
practice attend CD5. meetings and have access to all information which '7
oo-nee to the attention oi the CDA. He identified the following as _ ,having been members of the CDA during 1947 and 1948: 6} ~ 5
1. United States Cmite Eembers: ;;__.-- -." 7' _ _.._. .v -_._ .,' :_ . A, ',.- _ i _ ' I. .. _- L . -. ' 1' _ L -',,_ 91- In - 92 _ -92. -_ 92 _ _ - _ _ ._ __ , .. .
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5. Comedian Committee Iierbers:
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C1345, as follows: _
1. United States Secretary, 1947-l94B -
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3, Canadian: dvised that Canada no not " I
represented by e secretory inasmuch as this agency
is essentially a British and American venture. H0 ' "
explained that although Canada was not represented, ,, it was kept informed of all data by the United KingdSecretary, 01
advised that from the time he was appointed to
his present Position in the State Department and until ILACLBLE left
the United States in the late summer of 1948, he had fairly frequent
contact with the lattere He advised, however, that the vast majority
of these contacts were made in conjunction with the Combined Policy 92
Committee business. He advised that shortly prior to 1£AC1£.AIi'e de_-_. . Qparture from the United States, he invited l£ACLI.AN,ni.s vi fe and i-W to his home for e dinner which was in honor of both ILACZELF 3
and*l'h0 were soon to leave on new assignments for their re
speotive governments. He advised'that throughout that particular - I
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the latter was designated by his government to serve as secretary to
and a major part of 1948, he bad nanrrous contacts Iltb HA L-EM all o
which were concerned with the business pertinent to the Combined Policy
Committee and the Cont ineo Develooment Agency He advised that he was
never intimately acquainted wit} l_92CL2A}1 and that he had no social
contact with him. He added that he had never met ILACI.-EAI1"s wife and
had never visited with mossy: at the latter: home. one -
not aware of the identity of LZAC V s close associates in the United
States during the above eriod but was of the o inion that he Ins Iwell known to nd I'ho, he stated, hm
been in more frequent with LLACLEAR by virtue of their business _
-""""""""""""" *'*' ** United States committee ts the Combined PeifeyCommittee. i also believed that 15581315 had been well ac-
quainted with one a British citizen who during 194?
and 1948 had been employed by the British Embassy in Washington, D. C.,
and had been assigned certain duties relatin to the production ofthe atomic bomb. # stated that had since resigned
his position in the British Embass and is presently privately em- g -ployed in Ken York City. Awe-s" unable to furni sh
business or residence address in New York. t _ -
wadvised that throughout his association with HACIELH
he had regarded him as a very capable official, a conservative, and one
who ifu earnest and discreet. also stated that IEACLELN, during
the period he served as secretary to the Combined Policy Committee, appeared
to be of a nervous temperament buteaid that during that period
he attributed this temperament to the fact that ILACLEAJJ was a hard worker
and had heavy responsibilities. Throughout his association with ILACIELNhe advised that he had never acquired any notion that MACLEAL was syn !pathetic to the Soviet Union or Cosnznunism.
Q expressed an opinion similiar with
regard to the present day value of the information that lLAC}_.EJ,_R acquired
relating to the atomic bomb during 194? and 1948. He also stated thatthe Combined Policy Committee. * advised that throughout 1947
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toward the Soviet Union. I!he had never received any information that BUT-:GESS had been sy:.pathetic
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after joining the Commission he was introduced to k!AC1.E!.l92' I110 I!-E than
serving as the United Kingdom Secretary to the Combined Policy Committee,
at I. luncheon which was held at the Hay Adams Hotel and which he believed
had been sponsored bya _ ' ' .whicn was in honor of L'ACLE.*.}§ and Iho '
had been transferred to new assignments by their government. He advised
that in addition to those mentioned, w Alec attended thia
luncheon. stated t.h_at he had_ had very little offieiai contact
with MACLFJ-.K and no social contact with him with the exception of this
luncheon. Be advised that he had never received any information from
any source indicating that EACLEAE was a sympethizer of the Soviet Union
or _n.euppoz-ter of Communism. ares unable to harnieh any personalin£ormetion' relating to iU.CLE.AI§ and advi sad that he had never met GUY m
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*_ ' - _ ~_ itelv August 50. Amonslother personsa§1,_e_r.";'p P this uncheon was ,
According to the informant there were other
persons pr sert at the luncheon whose identities the informant didnot know. 3 stated that during, this luncheon BURGESS talked ofpractically nothing except his automobiles and his motoring '!experiences= * ' -
was also present at three or four parties
during the period between august 1950 and I-lay 1951 at which BURGESS
was also present. W aivised that BURGESS was an extremely
difficult individual lk to and that he usually sat in a corner
and said nOthiI1g¢ Bbn impressed -as being'.a rather
nervous type of persona B advise that at one of theparties an iniividual ov tke name ofwas present and dominated
the conversation at the party, According to during
the time was talking BURGESS sat and drew caricatures of various
individuals at the partyn In addition to the caricatures of persons
attend ing the party he drew one of BTALIN which
described as an extremely well drawn caricature indicating that he
had either copied it from some publication or had practiced drawin
it considerably, _
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. advised that BURGESS usually came to these
parties in company with others from the British Embassy and that on
oneoccasion he broueht
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-B could recall no discussions of a political nature which
would indicate BURGESS views along these lines. W
alsoadvised that BUE1GESS'did not appear to be a close friend of fanyone in attendance at these parties and further that he did not 'appear to have any interest in anyone, either-male or female. K.!
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inches to five feet nine inckes t ll ' 1 a ; weighing 175 pounds; with
dark hair, slightly wavy; ruddy complexion; with no noticeable
scars; teeth, slightly se parated; and stated that he wore darkkc!
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1951, Irish Times which reported that JAMES CAKPBEL1 SHEERS, JH.,
a brother-in-law of DONALD NMCLEAN residing in Paris, had advised
that he had not been approached by either the British or French
police, but that he wished they would contact him as it would ease
the strain. This article in the "Irish Times also reported that
approximately eighteen months previously BURGESS visited his
mother in a Dhblin hospital and that while in Dublin he was involvedin an automobile accident resulting in his being arrested and rm
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Q, Department of State, acviseci that he has zasver met }.1.1.T'i.E..'!.2E and had' no information concerning him. He St&te.':_'b1:st s in
charge of this section of the itatefiopartment at the time i'A=I"_:'Is.E{ was in
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about him, -
. advised
that he met MACLELIQ cl-sually on two occasions at lunch late in l94'? and
early in 1948. He stated that the conversations which tool; place at these
luncheon; were not of the type which would throw any light upon l'.ACI.BA192"s
political sympathies. He stated that he could furnish no information
concerning LZAC-& "T_'s associates, contacts or activities while in the United
tates. Wtate that he had no information which would indicate
that ILACIIML had as; pro-oviet or pro-Communist sympathies. e, however,
recommended that i . l' .e r ;,'__ ormerly assigned to the __ated States
Embassv in Cairo Egypt - ~- - +'-""" .' -,-__*: -- ' _ _ i Q
--"''I-"-"' ' "* - ' ' - - be interviewed concerning L.'.ACLEj&N. ~' 92'J
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that he met BURGESS socially at the home of - -. r » __s.
the United States. u just prior to BURC-£-ISS's departure from
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e aritish couple nrhose identity; be could not re--2.11: "In addition to those
i_n¢1iviEz*.1.els earl their vi*»'es- i ste-5-so that SL115-33$ Fas it at-t-endan-.'-6
but was not accompanied '5 a::.;rone, * said that after ditzner he and
bi engaged in conversstiozi =6. ti: E?-'JI.i}$S who made speeches about inner
subjects, iseid t%;!-.*t- this conversation was eztely one--sided, 8.5
BIIRQBSS was ev:Ldex:tT.y reluctant to let ergvone else slivers 1:. the comrersation,
He stated that "m_L ' '9: 60:1 to was hIw~se-11" and ad that
BURGESS :I.u:p:~essed his as an int-:1leotue_1 show off. This conversation» according
1,01 did not; ho-.~*a"»*er, tend to infioste any particular 5;rmpe'Q1y BURESS
hoe for the Soviet Eric-n or Gozmn::':iSm_ etate that as a result of this
conversation he concluded that HJRGBSS was essectric but did not consider him
to be a sinister individual, "5 tatsd "inst he dioi not boo"-' the iéentity
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April of 1949; he met }~I.&.C'.I{£.I~' - ction with e golf tournament between
mean-oars of the Ame:-:1-c-er. e.n:3 Es:-itisn 1-_-'11 -as:-:~'.§.e:.= in Cairo, Be stated that he e
pliyed golf with I~L'1.CLE£_I¬ on tr:-_roe 01".cE.si0n5 and that on one occasion he
had lunch at vnctm-4: 5 hone a.n5 met Hrs 1/_n.cLm192'._ tated that
at!no bk did he discuss political mi-tors with HACLEAH a.n6. be could i'urn:i'sh
no _:Ln.for'mation ooncerrdng !*.ACI,E1§.K-s politic-e1 sympathies- He stated that
he had heard that I-'_¢;CLE;_N was a heavy drinker but added that he had no -
personal knowledge of MACLEAN1s b.abits,{_a.d1'ised that
MAST.-EAIZ appeared to be well regarded in Cairo and that he had heard nothingwhich would tend to reflect mavorably on hisoharacter or reputation,
* V amid that be may have met BJRGESS on one 92'>;=ca.si0n in 92
the Department but that he had had no other-_ :-=ontact with him, He stated that
he could :[urnis1". no ini"ornstion oonoemjng BU'H£}1ES5Ts personal life except that
he had heard that BURGESS; too; was e heavy 6.rin.kez', He stated that he had,
heard nothing concerning BL'RGIBSs political tendencies,
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no information relating to !i.A$L?_.A.lI's activities in Cairo, Egypt. He stated
that he had been is charge cf the Egitia: desk: since April, 1958, asd that
during this time ELACLZJJI had not been the subject of report or correspondencewhich had come to his attention. s
advised that he met BUFEZS3 on two or three occasions
when BUFESS came to the State Department in the con;-any of
in advised 'iZl'1&- he first met eta-:-sss about August, mes-:3», when it
brought BL?3'rISS to the State Bepertment and intrdduced him as his assistant. ,
stated that he had no social contact with Bl??.@SS and advised that
be soul fursish so is!-emetic: ccecersing his I"-oliticsl views or his activities.
" I ' ' Departtment of State, advised that he was not acquainted
with HACLEAF and had no information pertaining to his associates or activities
during the period moses}; was in Washington. i advised that he
had met BURFESS at meetings which were conducted by the Fer Eastern Gonznission.
3'.-1e pointed out that he had served as a member of s Far Eastern Division sub-
committee along with BURGESS but stated that he had had only two contacts with
him. He stated that the first contact occurred at s meeting of the Far Eastern
Commission shortly after BLTF.-GESS had arrived in the United States. 1-ie said
that in oonverseticn witr. BLEGESS at this time, he learned that the le_tter's
primary interest _iL1,?E&l"Bd to be automct-iles and motoring.
stated that at this meeting BU}-!f_;£55 imgressed him as being well educated and
full of nervous energy. He stated that the occasion of their second meeting
was at a reception held at the British Ersbe.ssy during the suxmner of 1950.
His con-versstioa with BL?-5-GEES at that time was confined to the literary fie1d__,and he noted that BURGESS appeared to be well-read. '1
During the above contacthg stated he had no occasion
to note any particular smpeti-sy that BL'RGE-SS had for the Soviet Union or
Cornrnunisn. He stated that he was not acquainted with any of BURGESSW friendsor associates.
statsd that during BURC-ESS's service with the Far
Eastern Commission, he would have had access to classified documents related
to Far Eastern Affairs and would have seen United States drafts related to
United States policy in the For Bast. Be said that although most of this
information would be illuminating and of interest to an unfriendly foreign
power, it would not, insc~£s.r as he was aware, affect the United States polic 'with respect to the Far East. 1 v
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had ac ilformetiol relating to their activities in the United Etates aai no
knowledge of their asszczetese ke stated that he was unable to recall having
received any reports or oorrespoaéenee while essi~nec to the Egyrtial D953.
which were in any way critical of the character, nebits or behavior OI hAeL_A»
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during 1950. He said that while in Cairo, he ba acquired no personal knowledge
which was in any way critical of the character or loyalty of either E£CLE&R or
his wife. He advised, however, that sometime during A;-Til, 195$, while in the- - J-United States on leave, he bed leerned, through heersey, tnet IACLEAE sac others
who were attached to the British Embassy had broke int: en apartment occupied
b two female employees of the United States Embassy and had broken furniture.é stated that it was indicated that H.:92C.L'£92-'Iq}92. and his party, who had been
drinking, were under the impression that the apartment was occuexed my e fellow
member of the United Kingdom Embassy in Cairo.
advised that he Lad no icnc-vrledge of any formal report of this
incident to the State Department by the United States Embassy in Cairo but stated
that an iecuiry ietc the matter bed been med: E; British cfficielsi He stated
"that he also had learned that this inciieet Ya: the <:.'=.1.;e cf lLACL3Z:;;92"$ removal
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previously bee: assigned to the United States Embassy in Cairo but had
left ts assignment in 194.6 two years prior to the assignment of FACLEQE toCairo from the United Kingdom. - Q!
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he Q?-mu»: new-in 11-'+ E!-pr? man:-§' h-In eQ.:"in'1'1-w nn 1:0 aw-¢:'l n'92r92nc:'inv1:! Ha QR
vised that during these social contacts PAUL-EAR :1.mp:ressed him as being a heavy
drinker, He said that }£ACLEAI¬ appeared to have no olose friends, or associates
among United States personnel assigned to Cairo, ewsaid that he had
had no discussions concerning world politics with HAGLEAK end, consequently
1.'e.s not aware of any sympathies that HACLEAE may have had for the Soviet Union
and Gomzmmism. n e+.e.+.ea, neeever, that he had never received any
report that indicated that FAGLEAR was in sympathy with the Soviet Union,
also stated that he vee acquainted vith H:-so MACLFAE and described
her as a eheiw.né,"~ 'ioms.n, e--_""""". advised that after EACLEAKB depmim-e .fr¬""-e
Cairo in the Spring of 1950; ltrs, HACIJEAHTB mother and sister acecm1pa.nied by
1-Er-s, YAGLEAK, "contacted his officially and requested his aid in securing visas
for them to go to Speine dsed that he assisted them but he was
not certain if I-ks, F.ACLEAI§ had secured a vise for travel to Spain, He pointed
out that at this time MAULEAN had alreadj had his break doirnn and ii; was hisunderstanding that }-i&CLEA.1bI had preceded his wife to Spain,
professed no knowledge concerning the incident which report-
edlj led is I-IACL%s ff-on the Unii-ed Kingdcnn .e znnsse? in Coir-on
in conclusion, he stated that he felt quite cert-ain that during the period
KACLEAN was in Cairo he had absolutely no contests with Russians, Be pointed
out that the Russians had engaged in no social contact with any of the other
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Emhelssy Staff members, He said that if MAGLEEJZ had been in cont-act with any of
the Russians, he undoubtedlv would have heard of it inasamch as Cairo was considered
hill rapidly,
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while in Cairo she had met l~£s£-LEe1.l¬ and his 1-'i£'e_-_ and that at this irdt-ial meeting
HACLEAF had re»:-aJ_1ed having met her in Washington; D.C¢ when he attended s reseption
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had no recollection oi ever having met HA-CLEAR or his wife at this reception in Was -ington, @w described MACLEAIC as being 'high=st-nmg" and very nervonsp
and as appearing to be on the verge of a nervmas breakdown, She attributed this
condition to hard work, stating that she had learned that I-iACLEA.Z§ was eonsidered
one of the most able and conscientious employees in the British Embassy in Cairo.
She also pointed out that this condition may have been brought on by his dislike
for the Cairo post, In conversations with hr, and I-1':-s, Mdifsh ad-
vised that neither of them had ever indicated that they were in any way sympathetic
to the Soviet Union or Communism: She described MACLEAH as a liberal ; stating that
he favored the labor Government and approved of moderate social reforms, She also
pointed out that HACLEAN dram-1 excessively and said that his appeared toincrease after one ._ =
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see said thavanzi >e.cL:=_=u: had known each other for new-* "rears; having _attended Cambridge University together; She also noted thatahed a repu==
tation for being fer more liberal than HACLE.-A.N_. and that there had been consid-
erable talk as a result of !_-EAGL-Eeliis having almwed to eve in his homein Cairo, In addition wile she identified "1 '~ " -' - . -=¢ ~ _
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Fay of 1950; HAGEAN and became drunk and thereafter celled at the apart-ment 139-g_5q r _ -- , At. this point she. explained 1.hee'!gQIi'i!Is _ _F previously mentionedr had formerly resided in the apartment oecupiedby and'tJ:1at after was transferred to EZtgland'
_ I; moved into apertznenta She stated that on this partic-o_la.r
day, while ves alone sleeping in the apartment, me-mus and is
entered but did not cause anv disturbance. She stated that thereafter they vent
to the adjoining apartment which was occupied bygand and ransacked
the premises, She stated that they emptied drawers, upset furniture, threw dishes
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in the bathtub and generally made s mess 1' this apartment. She advised that ' _.
after causing this damage ILAGLEAN and departed. She pointed out that
neither n were at home at the time.
* said that when they all learned of the damage that had
been inflicted on this apartment, they agreed not to cake any official protest
nor discuss the matter with representatives of the United States or English
Embassies. She stated that within a short time, probably the follolrirg day,
neceiVe<i a written apology from EACLERTY, at which time he offered
to pay for the dasage he had done, and also informed her that he intended to
see e doctor. It was her recollection that he also stated in this regard that
he was ill and on the ve _e oil a eakdown. alsostated that
who was visiting moms at that time,called u onw the others and apologised for the actions,i % J
i_' h stated that to her knowledge no official inquiry con-
'ce"r-ning this incident had ever been made by rqmesentatives of the Btish W
American Embassies, but that shortly after this incident LLACLHN left Cairo.
She stated that she had no reason to believe that ]lACLN's departure from '
Cairo was caused by this incident, but was rather of the opinion that he left
of his om volition to seek medical aid. h advised that she had
considered ILACIJFAN and his wife to have a well austed home life, adding that
he appeared to be very fond of his wife and children. She stated that while
in Cairo she had never heard any reports that RACLBAN possessed homosexualtendencies. _ - ,_-' - /92 Hi " _ _ 1"-..' l 9292"'-- he 1* ~' e so *_,- _ !.. . 92..'. n "
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had met HACLEAH at a ball held at the British Embassy in Cairo, probably durizg
the Winter of 19h8 - 19u9.. He stated that he Subsequently saw moms at one
or two parties, but to the best of his recollection, he had never engaged in
conversation with hid. He said that he could furnish no information concerning
lLACLELNs political views and that nothing had ever come to his attention which
would indicate any pro-Soviet or pro-Communist s@athies on the part of HACLEAN.
The indices of the Washington Field Office reflect the following ireformation concerhing GUY BUBSE$: ¬
' BURGESS served as an alternate member, United Kirgdom delegation to
the Far Eastern Commission, from August T, 1950 to November 2?, 1950. ls of .
September 12, 1950, he was listed as an alternate on the "Steering" &ad'Bep&- ' "
rations" Committeea,and as a representative on the "Strengthening of DemocraticTeadencies ,"Ii'ar Criminals", "Aliens in Jqaal , "Occupation Costs", and m"Financial and llonetary Problems Suboyomnitetooae = K
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The Far Eastern Commission is composed of representatives of eleven
nations and was established to replace the Far Eastern kdvisory Commission at
the Moscow lleeting of Foreign Secretaries in December, 19h5= Under its terms
of reference the Far Eastern Commission has two principal functions: ! To
the formulate the policies , principles and standards in conformity with which
fulfillment by Japan of its objection under the terms of surrender may be
eocmplished ! "To review on the request of em mater en;-I rective
to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers or any action taken by the
Supreme Commander involving policy discussions within the jurisdiction oiCommissions 'issued
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The official roster of the Far Eastern Commission dated September 12,
1950, listed the folloving individuals as serving on various committees and "- _subcommittees of this Commission with BURGBS:
Committee Q1 - Reparations Occupation Costs, subcommittee, 11.5.
Representative
F. b 13.5» - F 92 Committee #2 - inane a one ro ems, su wmmittee,. -3. Representative -h
~ Committee #3 -== Econcnnic and Financial Affairs, 13.5; Representative
9292 Gommittee #1; - Strengthening of De: tic Tendencies, U=S¢ Repre-
sentative
1 Committee {S - War Crimina s; subcomznittee, U=$= Representative
Committee it -ens in Japan, subcommittee; U050 Representative 1!
It is to be noted that the Soviet Government also had representatives!
on these various committees
The folloii interviews were cmducted by Special Agents we=1 and ht .5,
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he was not acquainted with smosss, and added that the subcommittee on which Q!
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in Japan Subcommittee oi the Far Eastern Commission. Be stated that to the
best of his recollection he had never net BURGES, and that the committee on
which they were both members had held no meetings during the time that BURG&was representing the British. . H
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. 1C 'ac ' ' ' on e boo i tee deali with Aliens in Ja an, Rae stated tinties th su um t ag p
that she was the legal representative on this committeea inn: recalled
that prior to the time that BURGBS became associated Iith the committee, the
United States had attempted to get approval of a paper giving civil and criminal
jurisdiction of United Nations nationals located in Japan to the Japanese Govern-
ment. She said that most oi the members of the Commission, ietfludieg the British,
1s's-re rather reluctant-to agree eith the Usited States es. this proposals She "
said, however, that after BJRG% came on the committee, he was much more co-
operative with the United States in connection with this proposal than had been
the prior British representatives Sue said that be had e good attitude with
respect to the work of the committee, and that he seemed to believe firmly in
cooperation between the British and Americans» W advised that there
were no Soviet representatives on th.is_subcomnittee due to the fact that in
approximately February, 1950 all of the Soviet delegates to the Far EasternCommission had walked out because there was no representation of the Chinese '3
92Gcm_1_ma92ist Ewvgment on the Comission- _I ~
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oi liquor on BUHE-ESs breath in the morning, and had concluded that he was a
rather heavy drinker. Sue said that he seemed to be intelligent, Iell educated,
erd very clever, but she gained the impression that he was unstables Sue stated
that he presented a very poor personal appearance in contrast to the usual tof person associated with the British Enbassy.
Q3? stated thatahe had never engaged in arr? political dis-
cussions with BURGESS, and that nothing had transpired which would indicate that
he had any sympathy for the USE or Gommunisne She slid ttmt she could i"urnish
she had had no social contacts with him. s -
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with her activities on the committee dealing Iith Aliens in J am. She statedthat the British had been represented on the committee by a& V Q but that
he had returned to England ms screams then took his place. rst-ated
that she had always rather liked BURGBS, but that it was ohviou; to her that
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he was high-st:-urg, unstable, and a rather heavy drinker. She stated that he
was always cooperative and friendly, and that there was something about hi!
that- Was likeablep She also recalled that he was shy; did not enter into
conversations readilgvg seemed to be "artistic" in his makeup, and presented
a very poor personal appearance. also point-ed out that the Soviet
Union was not represented on the Comission at the time she knew BURGESS be-
cause they had walked out several months previouslyc stated that
she had no discussions with BURGESS which would have led her to believe that
he had am? s;~'mpath;' for Russia or Ccmnmliam in general. She stated that she
knew none of his friends or associates except that she did recall that on one
occasion he indicated that one of his closest friends rs: anuraidentified in-
dividual fa-cm: the Swiss Legations m stated that she had had no socialcontacts with BURGESS. -
and who is aware of the identity of many individuals in
Yiashilgiz-on, D.C., who possess homosexual tendenbies, advised that he had no
informition relating to either BURSESS or HACLELNO '
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