At the Final Board , Maclean was asked by one of the panel interviewing him , whether he had favoured communism while a university student , ostensibly .
The panel knew of a trip Maclean had taken to Moscow in Maclean 's second year at Cambridge .
At the Final Board , Maclean was asked by one of the panel interviewing him , whether he had favoured communism while a university student , ostensibly because the panel knew of a trip he had taken to Moscow in his second year at Cambridge .