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AiO Ye elt, had been reported that] Maciéanr (38) and Guy Burgess (40}—the other diplomat wh vanished with him-—had been located Mrs. Maclean told the French agents that she did not know where her husband was at present. Then she siated her belief that he would still come *s Nites. Maclean saig@ that she has not heard from her husband since he disappeared.” one of the agents said aflerwards Police guard Another added that Mrs. Maclean had spent every night at the villa since she and her family arrived there. Continuous guard had been kept by the police. Late last night the Surete Nationale said that though Mac- lean and Burgess had not been seen on French territory, “it is likely that Scotland Yard knows where they are. In anv case, we are carrying on our look-out.” In a telephone interview, the Mavor of La Garde Freinet—the village nearest to where the Maclean family are staying—told me: “It is quite impossible for Mrs. Maclean to have met her husband here We have 4 population of only 700, Any new visitor would be noticed imme- diately.” Earlier, the Forergn Office, in the first of ‘three statements through the day, said that reports of the diplomats having been found were unconfirmed, Statement No. 2 was that the @—ecgeestion was “ without fo tion.” But still the rumour per- sisted The black sar further report came from France that at 1.00 p.m. (G.M.T ) yesterday a black Hil'man car had been seen leaving the villa. It bore a regisiration plate of a type rescrved for foreign tourists in France. Inside the ear were a man and a woman. it left at such a@ speed that the passengers couirl not be identified. Afterwards, it was found that two rooms had been booked at an hote] about six miles away. They were taken for “ friends of M. Gosselin.” owner of the villa La Sauvageonne. ~ A Foreign Office spokesman, in Statement No. 3, now said that suggestions that an official state- ment about Burgess and Maclean was io be issued within the next fortnight were also without foundation. Embassies asked “We do not know Where ther are,” he stated. “All the authorities who might be able to assist have been asked to help in the search." British Embassies and Con- sulates everywhere had been asked to supply any information which might reach them. This would apply ta the Middle Eastern and South American States and Iron Curtain coun- tries’ were also aware of the search. This is how the mystery of the diplomats has built up so far: They vanished on May 25 after landing frum a week-end Channel cruise at St, Malo. A few days later Burgess’ mother received a telegram from him. handed in at Rome. Mrs. Maclean also had a telegram— from her husband and post- marked Paris. When Mrs, Maclean and her children (including Melinda, who was bom less than three weeks after’ the father’s dis- appearance) left England for the South of France they wees ssid ecu? Of £Tante Wie Were Saia do be going for a months onda a ie rp