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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 7
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‘signed ‘Teento’
AFFLED in aK their attempts fo trace the vanished
dipfomags, thelfrench Surete issued last night photo-
graphed copies of the two telegrams sent by or for
Doneld Maclean, —
, The message sent to his mother
was signed with a family nick-
name, “ Teenio,” which only he,
or someone clase to the family,
would know.
Close examination of the texts
showed. however, that they were
plobably written by a Continental
th a fair to fluent knowledge of
With two exceptions, the tele-
grams were written in handprinted
capital letters, obviously with one
of the acraichy pens available in
French Post Offices.
One exception wat a “q™ which
was a smatlletter. In another case,
the postal clerk sevidently ques-
tioned ihe address, and the sender
had written in French “ address
maintained" and then signed what
was supposed to be his own signa-
ture. The writer used a Continentak
seven, written with a stroke through
the vertical section.
The first lext was as follows:
Lady Maclean, 87, Iverna Court,
London, W.& (Maclean's mother):
“am quite all right, Don't worry.
.Love to all: Teenta.”
1 Qn this message, the writer used
| the Continental sevei and a capital
Tee other text, to Maclean's
wif¢, Was:
s. Maclean Melinda, Beacon
Shaw, Taisfield, near ‘Westerham,
Surgey, England.
“Had to jeave unexpectedly,
Terribly sorry. Am quile well now,
Don't worry darling, I love you.
Please don't stop loving mé.~-
Donald.”
This was the telegram on which
the postal clerk questioned the
address (Westerham ig in Kent).
The “e” was missing at the end of
the word “leave.” This sould be
ja mistake in copying Maclean's
‘original message, or it could be
merely an oversight.
ae jase eg kat. uaraterte
vit »
Tween acces Roel weg hy PAR ile
Man who
changed
his mind
Starts US.
atom scare
FOR 30 minutes last. gieht
a sensational story pras
released to the world clai ing
that a leading executive of an
American atomic project had.
disappeared.
The Federal Bureau of Investi-
gation alerted every police force
in North America.
Coded messages jammed the
wires belween international ¢api-
tals ag emergency security mea-
sures were rushed inte eee ae
Phe International Police Gom-|}
mission in Paris were warned that;
the vanished man wos Mr. Edward:
Wedne, of the Paducah atomic
plant in Kentucky.
Meanwhile Mr. Wedne stepped
from a failway carria at
St. Louis and went home. His
wite wag not there to meet him,
husband.
For, while & startied world
waited for further news of another
“missing scientist" case, the man
involved had cancelled a lane
passage from Detroit to St. Louis
and travelled by train instead.
= Piao. Bont gtat, ve vie nk
| mew by wire from
Paris last night shows the original teleg
to Maclean's wife...—>
1
She wag ut police headquaiters,
waiting anxiously for news © her
Wire to mother 7
rar Y
Peay
tee
ena hoy
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