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oo thy tar a = FOREIGN: OFFICE: H : ak t wee Phe Recess cane moar tee By Daily Mall Reporter™ - na Tae : . (HE resignation, announced yesterday, ‘of 27-year-old [Mr.’ Alan Maclean—younger brother of Donald Maclean. phe ‘missing diplomat—trom the. Foreign Office was described as, > tragically unfortunate ” by his mother, Lady Maciean.; She ; sald at her country home at Penn, Buckinghamshire : oO _ “Alan could not have gone: a on in the Foreign Office. He did not have & permanent position there. . 1 “The pity is that the post he was to have taken in America would have made hima permanent member of the foreign service. But ou can imagine what it would ve been like after this unfort’ Tipte business of his brothér.- . simply not to be thought off’ 1 tr, Alan Maclean, a tempor ofpcer of the foreign service . four years, said: “1 resigned Of. my own volition. T have no definite plans for the future. . \ “T have no. information’ what- Lever as to the whereabouts of my. “brother.” . a 4 Mr. Morrison,. Foreign Secretary, -accepting his resignation, SUg- gested that the normal month's. notice should be extended: by & further month until September 30. The Foreign Office’ letter takes” note of the fact that Mr, Maclean. resigned on the understandin that there is no- suggestion tha’ he is in any way im icated in the , isappearance ©: s brother. or . . a at he believed him to have yn- /0¢ _ 3 YF 3 - 4 ittingly taken any steps injuriqus the security or interests of e . - _——- cbuntry. . j = Tae Mr Maclean said the extra time: NOT RE- DEO offered by Mr Morrison was" 8. 45 SEP 25 1951 * "welcome and generous gesture.” - DONALD DUARTtiacLEAN . ——- ESPIONAGE - R 2 et al | DAILY MAD eas - pen AUGUST 32, 1951 LONDON, @NGLAND een C13 Mr | 3 ELETED OP en ait tee ene \ ey LETTER JUN S- Ase a f OFFICE 3 LEG : re oe “ : OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE | x AMERICAN EMBASSY OO LONDON, ENGLAWD ~ | 3 S§ - (4 (|