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‘Her liejcesty's Consul Gencral in Gencve end also by telephone ‘to a creft peyable te iirs. Dunbar fer the sane swi, dravn br the Union Bank of Svitzcrlend cn the .Jidlend Bank Joo Ole trosc Streit, Lundon, Both qrefts were stated te Acve bocn re ittec by orccr of & Lr. Kobert™Qeeker, whese adircss was givin ss the 3% Hotel Gontral, Zorich.swpxhoustive «nowirics in colicdrcstiun with ths Sviss avthoritics have not led to the ie¢entifiesticn of: iir, Becker anc it is prebable thet the nate ,iven wes felse, 17. Shortly efter the receipt of these bank drafts .irs, siecican rececive. e lettcr in her husband's handwriting, It heed Doon post.d in deigatc, Surrey on august 5, 1951 anc wes cf an effectionat., sersonel ncture as fro: husbane to wifc. It gave no clu. as ty .cclean's whereebcuts or thc reason for his Gisexpeerence but At explained that the benk Grafts, whien for convenience hed vcen sent to rs, Dunbar, wer. intendec for hirs, :.e2clean. 18, Lacy cieclean reecived a further letter frou her son on gugust 15, 1951, There is no doubt that it was in his own hend- writing. It hed been posted at Herne Hill on 4ugust il. : 19, crs. Bassett, the nzther of Burgess rec¢ived a leticr in Bur:oss' handwriting on December 22, 1953. Tac lettcr creas personal an¢ gave no inforieticn as to Burgcss' whorcebsuts, It ves siuply dated "Ncvenbcr" and had been postca in. South ast London on Decc bur 21, the last ..cssago reecived fron cithcr cf the tuo nen ves 4 further lettcr fron Burgess to his iothcr which «ss @elivercé in Lun’on on Deeciber 25, 19594. This 1lctter vas also personrl anc Cisclosad nothing of Burgess' whercabouts,. It too res Sicicly Catec "Novenber", It hac been pusted in revler 5. 14 on voce Vaer 23, 20, On Syptcnbcr 11 1953 lirs. Waelean, who was livin, xn Geneva, left there by car “ith her three children, Sho had tolc hor nother who wes steying vith her, that she hed uncxpectecly cote acreess en acqucintenté who she and her husben? had previcusly Known in Ceiro, and that he hed invited her and the chilcrun te spend the weckent with hi. at Territet, mar wontreux, She stot.c tant she wouls return to Geneva en Scpteaber 13 in tlic for the tuo eider chilecren to attend schcowl the following Ccey. By septuvier 14 her nother clarice at her feilure te rcturn, reportcd the ..attcr to Lenco, Sceurity Officers were at’once despetched to Gcaeva where they olaced the:.scelves ot the disposel of the Swiss police who were alrcacy viaking intensive cnquirics. On th afternoen of Suptu.ber 16 ilrs, ..celeen's car was found in a garage in™Leusanng? Sac hod left dt oon the efterresn of the llth saying she voul¢ return for it in avock. The garage hend who roported this added that lirs, .leclcen hee then preeceded with her chileércn to thc Lausanne Peilver stction. On the sate dey, Septenbcr 16, iirs, Dxndar reportc. to the Goncva police the reecipt of a telegre. purporting to conc fron hor Caughtcr. The telorcren explained tuist ’ irs, .aclean hee been cvlaysd "oving to unfcrceseen circu stances" an® rsked iirs, Dunbar tc: infor... the sehool avthoritics that the two clecr chil¢ren woult De returning in a veck, urs, ..celcen's youn: st chil” wes refourree te in this tclerre: by a new hacen only to irs, liaclean, ber Mother anc other intuiatcs., The telusre hac been hanecd in ct 2 pest offiec in Territct 7% 10.58 thet .¢rnine br co wouan chose @cseription cit not cprce 2tn that of ws. laclery. Tm bond criting .n tho telegmn fcr: ics not lirs, iieecloan's onc it sheved fercign chersetcristics si: ils to thes. in the telusgraus reccived in 195] by Lady Haclicn, irs. . acleen cir cits. Bassett. 1, Frou /2 fi? ee