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ents Lette eset a a : / Mactean, Missing Diplomat, Had Red 79 - Leanings, British Foreign Office Says openly had declared himself_a otal heat Ga Arin inte. | et Poy By Reuters London,’ Oct. 28— _ Office acknowledged fop, the first hat Donaid“MacLean, - mnissing British_dipfémat, Had in- icated Communi “phe sensational disappearance r of MacLean and e ‘ friend, Guy Burgess, 18 months | O80 Rave ise toa flo : wthat the Euro; Facing a barrage of questions ‘ taday in the House of Lords, For- * sign Undersecretary Lord Reading _paidt “It is now known that. on + more than one occasion before his - disappearance Mr. MacLean made amarks suggesting he was a Com- unist or sympathatic to commu~ iam.” He also disclosed that MacLean, 8, was prone to violence after | , drinking and once had broken ay 9 said, “that much information about since his disappearance which was not in the possession of they For- colleague's leg. - + “It will be realized," Reading Ha Recordin The arti i “a Marxist in hls mental prog- esses.” Burgess, 40, was a former second secretary at the British in Washington. Both Mr. MacLean has come to light eign Office: at the time he was appointed head of the American department in October, 1950.” He said “most of the more im- Embassy t.issing diplomats were emotional, the articles sald. Elton sal portant questions” in Anglo-Amer- rd ican relations were not handled | has a recording of a speech made ah by MacLean's office. by MacLean ¢ Soe een vark “In “Be, The questions in the House of private partys _ Lords arose from a series of ar- which _he openly declared himself, \! ticles in the Sunday. Times, an austerely Conservative newspaper, summing up the mystery of the missing diplomats. Lord Elton, an independent peer, Tatténe tlon had d been drawn to the aril: cles, which alleged a_"proselytizing Communist. “We cannot have people listen- {ng and taking Gown notes every private patty which & niet her of the Foreign Office attends, Reading replied. He added he ha meecing rep ee. cording. : oo. 29v18 2 4| NOT riba cas eDED - GS Nov 3 1952 Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Mirror y N.Y. Compass Date: QUT 12 9 1959. - ag . 7. « ios ee a oN ape ry St: Sapeticn Fab ad