DONALD MACLEAN OF SPY FAME DIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000404050006-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2010
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 12, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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I j~ I I t MAC ~ ~ Eis death l o one c, a tho t-
U O 1 H U ~b`10g umeted Ciplometr who dF
Snore: here in tae same spy neat^a ,
tP~ p E. f . R. (Y~^) v, still alive. Guy Sj Y FAE I~js B as, who served with 1~1r. Maclrx;.
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Briton Who Fled in 19151 After
Betraying Atomic Secrets
Is Cremated in Soviet
izves~E'. toQ!r-paragraph obiruErv
spoke only of his having served "10rv
idsels of social progress and h=ry.
is-, peace and irternatioaai coopers.
tictw" and c.` 'is kw'-ing beep --& matt of
meet mora.i qualities, a dedicated Co=..
==1r, and awe ~hearied comrade., ,
.r.i.. m ue r.w Tmt Z]ms e'wztu p1T.'717aC1lia'S~IIE, 3M1eliZJfl_ !
MOSCOW, March 11 - Donald Mac- alter she had separated ft= her !us.
leas, the British cipiomat who detected bead,'was ZW g the tnoL--Ves t ,
here in 1851 after betraying Unite; toda.scrsemoav..; .r::.-a- :....
Stem atomic secrets, was cre=ated The ttmeraJ was
here today after a brief itmeral service cornea aiddke-eve'. Same-, 0;fi u', beet
at w :ieh he was eu)ogizec as a ? ; t;,,J someWaa: more pertunetcr S than tea:
son and craze " of the Scvet Ur.io:. for M-r. Bu.-gm.
The civ-:: ceremony at a cemfx iu_. 0: tiLt* oc:.t=tc :, the sane ere.
E:achtC to the lr'.Lti^e:.z - kov a band Piave' the Lte.-nz. ioG.
Monaste-v lo11owec &E and AL'. Mac ea:. p-Onot cet one a:'
aanouace3e: t of Stir. Mac mm's death Seve. cations. A : to:.2v?s ceremo?r,
at the age of 6. =sic was ;_:,vided b;? E:, o-gaaist sr..n
Gobeagues at the Moscow institute kept his overcoat c_ while Playa
where he had worked as an anatvst of Bach dirge, and the on]v orauor, was
P::tish Z =L:--r tole western reporters p>vnded by as :mioer'-.:ec 'W. War, w e
that he aad dsed St_mo.ay, appare:ly at spoke br eny it R`t ss:z: , ca i~ M .
the caW:c-,aLle ape eat near :te Maclean "a utar and very close tom?
Moscow River where be had lived Lime anc L6 , fora mute's siience.
in recent year . i. ga:he-rang of abo in l5( people, in-
P-n aanouocemnt i- the eluding a group of wester.- reporters,
even g e do ; cf Lrvcsda, the Geive-n. amide: the 15:.;;,,ute ce-e.:.cac. TMs:
met t newspape-, gave no c a u s e of of the o - . b e rt appeared to be Soshet o
death. bt:, is was IO ORw t tEt the ic-_.^er asks and the'- mives, acr=e c` pr-:.i.:
diplomat :ad beet ill to- some t =t, ap. la-")y him rani:, some cf who-.- c, or
pE-'e7tlz ~.tc. prostate t~t:bl:. flower; or. the re -anc biaci~-d aped
i rc.-utted at Ca.-.bridge ; cc: -r at the end.
Mr. Philby, who escaped exposwt as
the "third In the attai.* for a dozen
years betore detecting, is believed to be
It went from a senior sue.
teanteliigence postaat the KG.B.=be
Soviet
dtite]ligenceandttrfry apps.
tus.
Philby Not at Ceremony
1 ne e'u o~ wEi ac eased to M , Ma.
in were usable t^ cor t.U- an t?
Sovie: Lau ,welch begs: wit' his r K-7. of !:s close relatives were present.
c; uit~nea: a: Cambridge Uaive:s:-y i,;; ,
the 1S30's and cuti=i=ted jr, the pe- ?S, earlier memo:ia =en=Z9 at tae
, 10 1=-.itute of we..c iconortics and later-
tbm 1W to 1 when, as a lust snort- nz icmEj Relanom, where M:. Maclez`:
wry at the British r''oassy t
Was,,. had worked since 30-1s:2, VMS closed to ?
i ce.., be w~ assigae.1, to a liaison ! rer o-rte-s _ I-, U,apev-u, r>',o
T ne 1_++esia iter made no retert't]ce
to M.:. hlsciean s work, has a spy for the
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MAIL aboa.^d a
cannel le. vin 1851, died here as as a7- !
cohoIic is 1 STAT
bearing a pc. nzit of Mr. Tnacleaz aaa
three others ca r i g his Soviet medals
a' red ve)vet cushions.
The oa:tiLn was placed aboz-c zL
aging but of the kind that does ditty here
as a hearse and was c.-ivea the'sho:
distzrce to the crate-3= followed
by three busloads of mot-mgt. O.
dal< declme; to say where the ash
won ld be iaterrec. it M.. Bu.`gess's
case, they were re:rned to E.agiand tar
burial al=side his lathe: in a emua--)-
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