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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 6
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|MAN IN GREY
ATCHES NE
YORK PLANE
Airport Mystery
of ‘Sir Sillitoe’
SECURITY TAL
By Daily Mail Reporter
JQFFORTS were made by
London Airport security
police’last night to smuggle
“the man in grey” aboard
the 9 o'clock Stratocruiser to
New York. ~
only “the man 3. grey”
5 resembled Sir P
Sillitoe, head of MIS. ner
Sir Percy, who is expected in
Washington for talks on Anglo
ameri an pccurity, was ed in
st , @ sleeper. on Fi
509. as “Sir ginitos” on Flight
But at 8.30 p.m. his name and
that of another passenger were
etoreed of he eer oe
augrers, wer Pe Sir Sillitge is |
olice ~were dotted — discrépul '
abqut the tarmac. At 8.49 p. 4
blafk saloon arrived via the §ir-
port's back entrance.
Customs follow
e man by the driver gq out
nirriedly, showed pass an.
offcial at the foot of the airckatt’s
gabgway, then opened & car |
e passenger got out, folldwed ,
by a second man. They went
hurriedly. up into the Aircraft.
‘They had cut out the Customs
shed. A Customs officer followed
them into the plane.
‘The two men carried no luggare.
They had been in the deserted air-
craft. three minutes before the
other passengers and the crew
arrive
And, after the plane had left,
BOAC’s control still insisted >
“Sir Sillitoe cancelled and
plane went with two empty seats.”
Hoover’s Dossiers
Sent to MI
From Daily Mail Reporter
‘WasiincTon, Sundgy.
i ESULTS of US. Fe jeral
‘Bureau of Investigation and
In: ency officials’
z! into the activities of
contacts of Mr. Donald Maclean
and Mr. Guy Burgess during their
terms as officers of | Britain's
Washington Embassy have already
been made available to Sir Percy
Sillitoe.
Secrecy about Sir Percy's visit is
being enforced here. A spokesman
for Mr. Edgar Hoover, chief
FBI told me: "Sir Percy is
coming on his own initiative. We
can make no comment.” .
Tt 4g understood that, American
Government security officials have
already compiled impressive
siers on the two missing men.
Sir Percy will confer with Mr.
Hoover and with officials of the
C.LA—nearest American equiva
ilent to M15.
LA, officials also indicatedjthat
y would make known r
i
P&cy the strong views they pele
ol present, ritish secerit +
mehods, They consider th ¢
inadequate, oS
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