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a SUBJECT: =~ DONALD DUART MabLA IN he rv nm , | A ; ' | Office Meme ndum + onitep ~ ’ $ GOVERNMENT TOs opirector, FBI Z DATE: July 27, 1951 FROM + sac, Minneapol . MISSING BRITISH] Di PLOMAT Wem, advised the Cry ET a he was travelling on a train of the Milwaukee Road from Austin, Minnesota to | St. Paul, Minnesota, ‘on July 17, 1951, and said he noticed an } individual on the same coach who resembled the above-captioned | 1 individual, reported to have last bee en Spain, amma {-| - further stated that the brakeman, , was a frie of his and had a copy of the Minneapolis Star Journal (e daily paper published in Minneapolis) in which MacLAIN's picture appeared. After comparing the picture, they noted a close resemblance between the passenger on the train and the diplomat. further reported that the unknown individual was travelling with an older man wearing a heavy coat who had a decided English accent. The older man was carrying either a camera or magnifying glass over his shoulder. SM further stated that SOMBER had learned that both of these men had spent a few hours in Owatonna, Minnesota where their actions had caused considerable comment among the locel people. - Both men left the train at St. Paul, Minnesota at 7:30 P.M., July 17, 1951. He described the unknown individual who resembed MacLAIN as follows: Height: About 51 10" Weight: 170 pounds Heir: Dark Characteristics: Drawn face; wears glasses It is not known what interest the Bureau has in DONALD MacLAIN and the above is being furnished to the Bureau for information purposes only. i