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ae, © Statement j in Case j in. fs + Parliament, Monday. * Dy the Associated Prass *Lonpon,’ "June #—The hunt. for two m! top-drawer Brit+/ ish diplomats widened suddenty: from France to Italy today after] the Foreign Office disclosed a tele- gram to a relative of ona of. them) yas sent from Rome. ~ » A British. Embassy official in) Rome said that even though the! message did come from the Italian! Nty it was not conclusive evidence! the missing men had been there. ing lof Paris, expressed belie! bine meg are not in Paris and hae gone to Jtaly, ’ ! » Both diplomats—Guy. Burgess in the hunt for Burgess and Mac~ * er British Embassy off-, eH Washington, and Donald manhunt in European history, “se . 5, bead of the Foreign Office” American section—-kKnow Righ-level’ British-American’ s¢- orets./- Fear has been expressed ini fender. ‘and in Washington ‘that ey, may have ducked behind thejlf Tron Curtain, ~ ‘The incident put! & new strain on BrltitheAmerioan ppistions. ro . *' Statement Due Monday,’ A Forelan Office spokesman said) there would be s atatement on the’ nhac ie es \} Yesterday the Poreign Office im- “;|@ theory that the two may have! éContinuad st Page.) ifelar, wis going on a. “long Medi-| tervancan holiday.” - I was sant] Thursday. -> + ~ : ‘Two other messages, to Mac-| : fLean’s wife and mother, were sent! - trom Paris Wednesday, The latter!) yt “two were reported gent by a myste-|! speedy hired car which “irlous third person.” The men hayeffthdy abandoned in been missing since May 25, Mas. Hean’s 38th birthday. Messages Held Authentic, iplied all three messages came from ‘France. It took the view that the: telegrams were authentic, although: ithe originals were not in the hand writing of Burgess or MacLean. ‘The latest news gave rise toli split up, although they left Eng- land’ together. Roms palice aaid they had been unable te find any trace of Burgess there, They sald, wipther the Burgess telegram’ acfoally was sent by bim x “by cone else, ‘housands of detectives” an intelligence agents were engaged } Lean. It bid fair to be the biggest Few Clues Left. Officials here continued to in- sist ‘that there is no reason to: suspect the two of, attempting to Ree to Russia.” | ‘The missing men left few tang-| ile chues. MacLean’s message to his Amer- jean-born wife Melinda said: “Had to leave unexpectedly. Sorry, darling. Ilove you. Plesse! ido not stop loving me, Donald.” disappearance fn tha House of Commons on Monday, probably by Foreign Secretary Morrison. @ Foreign Office said} the Reppe message was to Bufgess' mojner, Mrs. J. R. Bassett, agi re~, | His mother received a wire sey! Diplomats and investigators!‘ theorized that elther the two had} iseparated or Were “using: telej isyams to lay'a false scent. Yo: rat@g that Burgess, ¢ 40 and & ch} 4 “Route Pieced Together.’ fj + B¥orking’ painstakingly over the! jsteamer which took them to the French channel resort of Bt. Maio, Bone of the chortling that might! they were trying to determine {ide expected If it thought-the Brit- jcago-born wife of the missing For-| fing not to worry. oF anf Mrs. MacLean 4s ex ay ‘YoIsoR ane Md Ladd Clegs__* Gjavia Nichols Rogen. Tracy Hagvo. sf B. Ta! Mohr, 2 L Tele. Room : Nease. "She two men’ lett London “Mi: There they boarded an excursion They hired a taxi which took thens} 45 miles to Rennes where they: planed to eatch “an ‘afternoon! train to Paris May 36, . A ‘There the trail ends, ¢ L YY the two diplomats were pro-| . ‘Communists Reeling to Russia tt] ‘ appeared’ to be 8 secret from London's Communist Daily Worker. That paper published a . , factual sccount of the story with ih government youd be. polite} ag aod aeratarrassed by. the, , aap Aree i MacLean’ s ‘Wite Seclud | With Family in Country TATSPIELD, England, Juke 9} ° (CDN).—-Melinda MacLean, Chi-} eign Office oMcigh, is remaining! ‘ strictly incommunicade in ber! country home here: Z So is her mother, Mrs, Dunbar.) who hes flown here from Paris to eomfort het daughter, ‘The cur-| tains of their home were drawn} and frantic pounding on the door’ by relays of reporters. fafled. to; produce resulta, # eo aa The Macleans’ two young song, iFergus, aged 7. and Donald, figed §, gre both down’ with the inegsles) Page ingh ther baby =| toc 3) ae i Wash. Post i (Ske DIPLOMATS. Page” Ah 2.5 hx idly cooling trel, Scotl dy aa eter al 2 Y¥Rrd and France's Surete’ have’ ~ . Wash, News pet D cory se worked out the following route! | * ee Prt a yy 20 RE. Mae qh Wash. Star. a] WG | por 33 "LE aeonots es N.Y. Mirror FER A res M9 OCL 22h : ° “2 6 O07 23. 3951 . al