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Flight to Soviet, ‘Friend Declares - PARIS, June 8 (NY Newa)--A) third man fn the mystery of Brit fain’s two missing diplomats con- }tirmed tonight that they hed| ‘that he was to have fled wither, at the same time, received this them, but gop cold feet ab Su 3 Jest} unsigned, minute, . ‘[alt right,.Do no} He, too, ts @ , membey, tthe a? bi British diplomatls corps.\" * he arrived from. Santon) fo foin’ Telegeana Coplee ‘Studied | a yee lerack counter-ea| agents'|" < thruout wesiemn Eunppe in search | Burgess, “Ropaysty wired * his}! Yor his: Russian: speaking pal: mother, Mrs. J. Bassett, that} ‘Telegrans Implied Threat ', Tn London, however, the British toreign. ottice st stoutly maintained that the diplo sid Do Mace Leap, 38, and Franc Marcy TByreess, 40, went off to gay spots in’ Europe on an impetuous es capade in keeping with what Lon: don described sa their “emotional instability.” But disclosure of telegrams ‘both sent their familles from Paris in which one of them implied he was forced to leave under thresta| ‘put 8 néw complexion on the batt. Hing case, j, dust how much the “third man” oa has told officials of the plans of ithe other two is hob being dt * vulged. ‘There were * incressing. fears that the wealthy, acholarly, jdebonair Maclean and the xn- dy, droopy-shouldered Burgess mey have taken Anglo-American neartop secreis behing the dron curtain, SS MPhird Man Under Wraps ke "Roth know about all there ts to > know about Anglo-American diplo-' macy—~MacLean from heading up the American department in Saalaround Montmartre and places foreign office, Burgess from confidential position hy heid tuntt! trecentiy in the Sait emit 3 Washington. British officials in Yondon. in] jsisted that neither missing dipto- . “planned to Magid into Russa and! Lady Maclean, Donald's moth! * [ately sorry for my silence." the) arom . ry, - “Decpeming the mys a ages © seni’ to. the’ missing; men's families, but spparently in| their behalf by still another per fon—% “fourth " man”—-snd aa fo Be at s Aifferent nation ty. "Maclean's ‘American wife, the former Melinda Marling of New: York who expects her third ehtid: next week, received this message he was off for m gay time. “Ter} message said, “Am embarking bs a long Mediterranern holiday, Do; forgvie. Guy.” The original, sending copies of; the telegrams were found in aj Paris post office today. They. were) in the handwriting of a fourth; eaieiiat ae handwelting exy perts of the Surete were analyzing; them tonight, .- ‘The ieiegrams could have been writer! days ago, then filed when it became apparent the hunt for ‘the missing men was on. © % Whether the “third man” was eonnected with the “fourth man” jWaa a matter of speculation. Ail! police would sey was that the! “third man” had backed out of | the escape plang at the last mo-| ment when he realized the enor; mity of the step, giving up his ca; regt and forsaking his family, ~ Some 10,000 secret police and * special agents had joined in. the Search on the Continent, and French officials aaid they were certain Maclean and Burgess no Jonger were in Paris. They had concentrated thelr jeearek, in the past ) men have # gay time, 4 $ lmat hed worked on codes or gd: ~ access tO them, and said that state. papers or, codg. books » me missing. Nevertheless, “officials sald shat! ‘by their having collected informe tlon could be serious. dee ier ae. Te waa i a? %6 OCT a3 Lone ton over & jong ber ried the situa! American’ 49 wer 22 vat anthgrities were kept informe, ot; the opments. t: “ man,” LoWever, was he who're) rtedly Upped off London that; ‘his two pals were not on ‘a apes' when-they vanished a. wesk ago} today, but ons serious misston, s2-3 THI83- | ROT RECORDED fl Dataeay £175 2) CORY sr en * P5 FOIA REQUEST Tines Rerata B “LETTER, Binss os I wens oral