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-_ In Washington , Oowever ni ork and bebavidur ence - (he complaint. the nee - routine »mattefs ‘a. [ ebhat he had- come to: the “un- | favourable notice of the. De-4 partmeng Of State because of: Ce Ag toe a) tho ty and was promoted 4 Friday, May 28,” to the rank of Counsellor Bt the / are 1951, Mr. Don- | ear Age of 35.. He was marriefi ' ald” Duart Maclean, a "to fn dnatiican Jady and hofi - _ twq young sons. A third chi ; «Counsellor: in ‘the Senior born shortly after nis d arose ctiving and that} . i ‘ Co : nd . kh : braneh yof «the Foreign < S&ppearance, ‘applied for and oblaineg a post? | he hed had to be Teprimanded s . Service and ‘at’ that time: ie a eatyin Bhs serving at | the Nowereay Press officer in”! for caren te, Me leaving con-4 head of the American De-}' Mactea was guilty of serious” - Foren oS qnePar iment of the "| fdentiai papers snattended. $3 1) : QO’: the evening of! He Was an officer of excep.% & eowy partment in the Foreign: ; misconduct and au ered & form} J a: - " & “ ytesessevesescesassseeen ay : _ OfGce, and Mr. Guy. Fran., buted to overran oxcensives open eyteeeiee, through the] i Disappeared :#i cis -de Moncey: Burgess, |g :- drinking. ae Ton aby open erp eutive examination. |. eo roa . ROR 05500u0 ; o: the opportunity ¢ | 4 ye cosenoenscepgoueess petencgs ‘ Opén to temporary employess tod ghee HE AmB or? ree junior’ branch ° of othe. H Breakdown’, 3. ment « pimeeit ee. TOF gest ee Pas " D avestea” lat: Burgess Porelen’ Service, left’ the, ‘eeeaconrasosqusvaneecsacsegaat é ae ite cede erate ‘ “Washingtas “and githig? om United - Kingdom + from (Bw “years, the breakdown’ py i" Tr instore d 2. { ‘Pbproved. “He wad@recalled to: So Spmplen.on the boat: J. took plase: hig work! ee ae ransferred 3h don in : ‘ rail ef ] £ zs . "Kad F 3 "em — am: P8FCR eR Geeeese ge #¢ Lf ; fo: St, Mala: a i 4 x ; Satisfactory ned to a! a Mbt LILIITy Tht i The circumstances of their | oot no ground whatsoever dor F H’ appeared " befo Second Secretary in. Sf 2}. gottbnecseseassssacoozeessenay departure from England, fpr’ go ting his loyalty. yeas PY j which they had hot sought «ade. recuperation and ladve? Sanction, were *such” as bo at home he was passed medica}) ~make it obvious that: YG and. in October i9so Was’ fled | tne ; 8ppointed to be Head or. the Seiad ates be Ls H American Department of they Tt WAR at this: point that disappeared. > aa ed . [nvestigations! inte’ Burgess's* est have since shown ‘thatshe, ’ : Oe ee ; . : He worked for a time in the 1ké Maclean, ‘went; through’. ‘ \ eoevenvsateesceacens soseece, * t does “aot ce with then nce oe HES | He then Minister’ of} : Od of Communist: leanings fF fen :2! $i. problems - of Anglo-Americans fi State, Mr. Hector MeNeil” and yWwhile af vambridge, and: that: “Be Suspended: ’ $ relations (SDpeared to be within” fin the Par To Department 4 1 he, too, on leaving the 1 ven a soueseavensecqccuctresstenm® ~ i hig capacity: ad Of thes Foreign. Ofte. ins ySity Sutwardly,, renounced s hig eeneest a Since Maclean's disappear.” { August 1950 he Sas transferred's ;' Views,“ oe furan ts ° OTH officers were ances close examination of hig? #22 peshington SS &. Second | Np. yee, Can be found: in his fas suspended from duty. background has revealed that. goecretary. we eae f Subsequent career of direct * . on dune. 1, 1a, in ‘during his student days atCam-? | autazly in 7 3850 at't, -§ecurlty” | 1: or enon et organo vities er - ointments in the | E es Inform 2 fae ay Foreign *opeimtment terminaes | bridge from 1931 to } 34 he had vindsed he gas howe afters Ee ; eq | On holiday abroad Bur, Q j leaving Cambridge to have hadi ga June i, gL) With effect trom - Dathles, but there was no eVied 1" been guilty of ‘indiseries” pad | a some contact with organisan4 Maclean was the son of member " of the Communist ; pbout secret matters of whien ; E fons puch as », the, Anglo’. former Cabinet: Minister. Sir’) Paliy and indeed on -leayi a { he had official knowledge, For ag Metmén beri “has bec aa ‘Donald Maclean, He was ‘born ‘the University he had outwardly) | Ps dea. 788 Severely’: repri- : fe h th aaa as pee asked, in 1913 and was educated ate renbunced fity earlier ; ~ b as : 6, Pf whether - the” associat on" Gresham's School.’ Holt, and ;:mu Ist views, poor a Part from this lapse, his er-5 * Ehese oro ees, gain cach: Trinity | College,: Cambridge, + ;. Pgess. was bord in 1p}1 a" 2 the Foreign Office 4 to; | other’ dig BOK, -Blve lr e : " tt ‘ore] Sl expressed: Communist symn- f pice that in late 1949 white ie ¥! of acARaemig a EP Na ita ee ee 5 Ye . : successfully compete for! : et, here seemed, Eoed wee on | the] Diplomatic ice 935 j , useful career: Would make a! Instance to t orelen ce. . He ferved gui ntly in Paris, ! Ab Washingto; .