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Pe eer rane Wo ter i - : Mr. Tel on q ie ert aa nn : Niro 1g 4 - . E iets seer ADDRESS IN U.S, i i “A Third Person” i i | Itfis stated that the letter strongly ; § ndicates that in 1950 Maclean was t i feceiving secret United States dodu- ‘a I itt t / g 5 ments from a contact in the ~ 4% am writtig the neh © 3 Donald's disappearance is coding over ihe air... . He must be ven ce donger Greakdown period) int future... . Ten days is a ag American Embassy in the Egyp- SPY LINK tian capital. {No ietler addressed to Donald | Maclean‘has been found. A letter fine to howl. Donald is very DENIALS OVE was found dated 7th June, 1951, nautious about the David's replace- aa written from an address in the ment chap and hasrf decided “OOF United States ie a third person, wiat he is like... , Am sending iz) ‘al clearly net Maclean, The sentence over for those who understand : £ is Mo in question read: Eunyonese a lof about guys and hy , ot Donald is playing very cautiously dolls... Ever hear about a: about the David's replacement British Consular man called chap and has not decided whut he fyrrell.. i bought two shirts SOREIGN OFFICE x) er ane maatgne oma floagasiit ltr éhe - . acltan’s recent isappearande STATEMENT Boih Brilish and American Intel- c- / hich at. the time of writing (7 —_ public. ligeace officers in Cairo examined , , IRO LETTER 2EFERENCES 10 CAIRO LET ae une, 1951) had just been mage the letler. At the time it was (Continued from P. 1,-Col. 8) VICE age nis ab once cee “OS sae noliced that the British attitude to Tigre is nothing in the ietier jo MINERS , 5 ; ference that Macledn | ¢*4mined al! books in the library MACLEAN Je ¥ the inference iL Mac i shelves for other letters of the same it was off-hand. The Americans were as receiving secret Uniled Staips inclined to take it very seriously indced. ar ; kind. It was thought that the library documents from a contact in the ¥ Americal Embassy in Cairo, or} MHL be used by Communisis as a that its duthor was engaged in| Means of postbox communication. ty A Diplomatic Correspondent The Foreign Office issued foment yesterday on th espionage, a deena had been written froni : an address in Louisville, Kentugky, covery Of a letter in Cair FELL OUT OF BOGK Presumably the American Pedbrai ‘ated Jue, 1951, relating aid “Maclean, the former iplomat, The statement was “rected to correcting conclu- ons drawn by an American cowspaper that while in Egypt laclean was receiving secret formation from Communists -u America. Ixistence of the letter was first vealed in Tue Damy TreLecrara Library Incident But further details about the mysterious Cairo letter, which I am able to add, suggest that it may well have been a form of code between Conimunist agents. both of whom must have known Donaid Maciean. The leiter feil cut of a copy of Lord Cromer’s “ Abbas i] when if was being opened for reference in November, 1955. librarian and a member of the American colony in Cairo. it was Found by a girl! reau of Investigation followedhhe cles that it gave to find out +ho friend of Maclean was, and wfhat atfthe time of writing. MTISH ATTITUDE Letter of “No Interest ” News of the Cairo letter leaked out in Navember, 1955, and £2.000 was offered by @ British newspaper for reproduction rights. Although the British paelagence service stated Yl he occupied in the United States i Monday, | The Foreign Office tread py them on the spot. ‘The letter then thal i. wes of no interest, pers ! valement, which does nothing tO was signed Bill. - - rity the significance of the let- :, or the peculiar circumstances 1 which it was found, said: « has been reported in the Press of ne United States what a letter was found in the British Embassy It was not clear to whom it was addressed, bul the last person to have signed for the book “ Abbas II” was shown in the library Jist as “ Angelini” giving as his address the Swiss Legation in Caire. Inquiries The quotations that I have ma are the fullest version yet to be made public. mission to reproduce it was a The Personnel Department of the,2e 3 Poreign Office are meanwhile pursu- ing other inquirics about a British aes shiet-to we wah official of Counsellor’s tank, who is Donald Maclean written in May, 2¢ the Swiss Legation, known to have been at Cambridgn >~° . 950, containing coded message The lelicr consisted of senteners | with Donald Maclean and [o. have is stated tat one sentence i Wilh apparently no connection with | been a clase personal friend of Kis in dhe letter read: ca¥h olher. Allowing for the fabt | the Foreign Service. : : that it has been safely in the hanfis . ape (He Tore fgivid ois - very cautious abort ‘ ° t appears (hat the Foreign Offihe onald’s replacement and doesn °! M.L6 since it was first found, the isffar from certain that it gol the : oe ' follawing may be said to be n + know wiat he is like." 1 whole Lruth about the Soviet. network : ee ee version of some of thope ne Whirhall_ before publishing the 55 955 White Pa per. library in Cairo addressed to Mr, failed to Wace anyone of that name we aed , 5 CAS. poe nearer! oy , ae a | A i