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Memorandun jor Lir. Boardman leaving any trace. On November 3, l953, Melinda siaclean's mother received a letter from her postmarked in Cairo, Egypt, on October 24. 1953. In this Ietter she stated that she could not do otlerwise than what she had done. BACKGROUND OE DQNALD DWART.MACLEAN baclean was born #ay.25,~1913, at London, Lngland, the son of a prominent British family. waclean Feceived his educgtion at Cambridge_University following which he sntered the Foreign Seryice in London, England, in 1935, where he remained until_Apcils..l9i4. except for the period From September, 1938, to June, 19+0, when he served in the British Embassy, Paris, I'rance. In Jay,_l944, he wus assigned_to..the_British Embassy, Washington,.D. C..asSecond Secretary. He was promoted.to First Secretary in October, 1944. He remained_in.Washington_until October, _1948, when he became Head of the Chancery Section of the British Embassy in Cairo, Fgypt. He remained at this location until Lay, l9so, when he was recalled to. London suffering from a nervous breakdown. daclean was under the. care of a psychiatrist trom.A'ay, I950, until October of that year. ment oj the Foreiyn OffTce Tn London.---He"remained"at this post untii his disappearance in Lay,. 1951. After the war ended, whiie in Washingtan, wiaclean_uas in. charge of the Code Hoom Section of the British tmbassy and had the. Tesnensibility Ior-all.incominy.and outgoing comnunications.relating Kingdom Secretary.to_the_Combined.Rolicy Committee concerned with Atomic Energy matters. Tnis committee was composed of representatives of the United States, Lngland, and Canada. During a portion of this period he possegsed.a nonescort pass to_Atomic.Energy Commission. Washington..U: C. Witn recard to his nervous breakdown in Lay ly5Q, Maclean and that year. ihe two of them, while intoxicated, broke into the apart- ment of two American girls in Cairo which resulted in Aiaclean's recall to London. The psychiatrist uho treated Agclean..claimed.that.his condition was a Fesuit'oy"his excessive use.of..alcohol.