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ee «# “Tt is also possible that he de tected that he was under observa- fion, Or he may have been warns. “Searching srsriiries involving individual interrogations were nade into ihis last possibility. In- sufficient evidence was obtainable to form a definite conclusion or fo warrant prosecution,” Did a “Fhird Man” warn them? On May 28, 1951, Mr. MacLean faiied to show up for work. Tie British authorities went into action. They found that Messrs, MacLean and Burgess had Jeft Tatsfield by ear for Soulhampiton in the late evening of Friday. May 25, had arrived at Southampton at mid- night, caught the S. 5. Falaise isr St. Malo and disembarked there at 11:45 the next morning. leaving suitcases and some clothing on board. TKACED . The manhunters traced the pair to Paris. There they lost sight of them. They turned their attention to Mr. McLean's family and Mr. Burgess’ mother in England for possible contacts with the missing men. On June 7, 1951, telegrams sent from Paris were received by Mac- Lean’s mother and his wife, Me- linda. The first was signed with an affectionate nickname known oniy to the family. Alb was well, it said. The other, expressing regret at the sudden deparjure was signed “Donald.” Here the “third man” theme enters the picture again, ® The original ielegraphir forms suggested, by handwrit- dng and misspellings, that the telegrams had been written by a forelgner, @ Similarivy, a telegram received from Rome by Burgess’ mother on the same day, “had the appearance of being foreign and was certainly hot that of Burgess.” the while paper said. This one. short and affectinnate said Burgess was leav- ing for a long Medilerranean holi- day. INFORMATION The white paper continues: “Accordingly to information given to the Foreign Office in confidence by Mrs. Dunbar, Mr, MacLean's mother-inlaw, who was then living with her daughter at Tatsfield, she received on Aug. 3, 1951. two regis- tered lettera posted in St. Gallen, Switzerland, on Aug. 1. One con- tained a draft on the Swiss Bank Corp., Londen, for the sum of £1000 payable to Mrs. Dunbar; the other, a draft payable to Mrs, Dunbar for tee=satTi sum, drawn by the Union Bank of Switzeriand on the Midland Bank in London. “Both drafis remitted by a Robert Becker, whose address was e (Continued on Page 30) Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Mirror Daily Worker . The Worker New Leader Date ' ms Me Segnalo. RO