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Donald Duart Maclean (/ m ə ˈ k l eɪ n /; 25 May 1913 – 6 March 1983) was a British diplomat and Soviet double agent who participated in the Cambridge Five spy ring. After being recruited by a Soviet agent as an undergraduate student, Maclean entered the civil service .
Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse? In May 1951 Maclean received a warning that a counterintelligence investigation by British and U.S. agencies was targeting him. Along with Burgess, who was also acting as a spy, he fled England and mysteriously vanished.
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Oct 23, 2015 · Despite these outbursts no one suspected either Burgess or Maclean of being a Soviet spy until decrypts of secret Soviet signals pointed the finger at Maclean in April 1951. Philby warned...
Oct 26, 2012 · In early 1951, Liddell notes that evidence has come in suggesting Foreign Office man Donald Maclean may be a Communist spy. The investigation begins with "watchers" put onto him.
Apr 29, 2018 · Donald Maclean along with Guy Burgess, two senior British diplomats, defected to the Soviet Union in 1951 although their presence there was not admitted until 1956.
In 1934, the year of his graduation, Maclean was recruited into the Soviet secret service. After leaving Cambridge he joined the British Foreign Office, where he began passing information and documents to Soviet agents. In the late 1930s, he spent two years working in Paris.
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In 1950, Maclean and Guy Burgess were warned of an upcoming interrogation about their activities by MI5. On 25 May 1951 he escaped, along with Burgess, to the USSR. Although Burgess failed to assimilate into USSR society, it was Maclean who made an effort and even became a Soviet citizen.
