1913-1983. British spy, who worked for the
USSR while in the UK civil service. He
defected to the USSR 1951 together with Guy
Burgess. Maclean, brought up in a strict
Presbyterian family, was educated at
Cambridge, where he was recruited by the
Soviet KGB. He worked for the UK Foreign
Office in Washington 1944 and then Cairo 1948
before returning to London, becoming head of
the American Department at the Foreign Office
1950.