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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 3
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* Federal Bureau of Investigation June 19, 1951
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DONALD DUART MacLEAN
GUY PRAWCIS de MONCY BURGESS
Donald Duart tacLean and Guy Francts de Money Burgess
gisappeared after allegedly planning to aake only a week-end
trip to St. alo, France, They left by ship from England on
May 25, 1951, and the only trace of their whereabouts since then,
according to British sources, is that they traveled by taricab
from St, Malo to Rennes, France, on May 26, 1951. Telegrams
were received by MacLean's mother and by his wife, allegedly
at a post office in Paris, France, on June 6G, 1951, A telegran
was received by Burgess! mother, which had been delivered to a
post office in Rome, Italy, on June 7, 1951. Investigation has
reportedly disclosed that the handwriting on these telegrans was
not that of }’acLean or Burgess.
Information developed by investigation both in the
Uniqed States and abroad reflects these men were homoseruals,
Guy Burgess, while in the United States, was well known as a
honosezual to his associates, i
Donald Duart VacLeun was born May 25, 1913, ih England.
eis the son of the late Liberal Farty leader, Sir Donald MacLean.
MacLean is married to Melinda Marling Maclean. She was born
July 25, 1916, in the United States and she married Donald Duart
MacLean on June 16, 1940, in Paris, She and her mother, rs.
Melinda Dunhar, are presently in England, Donald Duart 'acLean
entered the British Foreign Service on October 11, 1935, serving
in the British Foreign Office in London until September 24,
1933, Machean was then attached to the British Embassy in Faris
until June 18, 1940, He thereafter remained in the Foreign
Office in London until May 1, 1944, at which time he was trans-
ferred to serve in the Hritish Embassy in Washington, D, C.
ile remained in Washington until September 1, 1948, Thereafter
he served from November 6, 1948, until May, 1950, in the Rritish
Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. After allegedly recovering from a
hreakdoun in Cairo he served from October, 1950, until his
disappearance on May 25, 1951, with the Foreign Office in Londou
as the head of the American Department. @
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