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“oY / leon dd ‘MacLean, Missing Diplomat, Had Red Te ‘ ‘By Reuters London,” Oct. 23—" Oftice acknowledged foy the first iy that Denald Maclean, ‘missing British diplémat, had in- cated Communist Jeanings, ‘The sensational disappearance » of MacLean und Mis Foreign orice ‘friend, Guy Burgess, 18 months ago Rave ise Li Europe. Facing a barrage of questions ‘ taday in the House of Lords, For~- eign Undersecretary Lord Reading , Baidt “It is now known that on % more than one occasion before his + disappearance Mr. MacLean made ‘emarks suggesting he was a Com- junist or sympathetic to commu- He also disclosed that MacLean, 8, Was prone to violence after - Leanings, drinking and once had broken a) colleague's leg. “It will be realized," Reading said, “that much information about Mr. MacLean has come to light} | since his disappearance which was not in the possession of the, For~ eign Office at the time he was appointed head of the American department in October, 1950.” He said “most of the more im- portant questions” In Anglo-Amer- fcan relations were not handled by MacLean’s office. The questions in the House of Lords arose from a series of ar- ticles in the Sunday Times, an austerely Conservative newspaper, summing up the mystery of the missing diplomats. ‘Lord Elton, an independent peer, ~anens asked Jf EhsDVErnmenT's 3 n_had been drawn to the arti- cles, which alleged Ma British Foreign Office Says ich Belmont Clegg Glevin Harbo Rosen Tracy Lasphlia tincrowd Tele. Rw, —__ wn Hollomas___ Gandy. ‘openly had declared himself | fog_heavily. Recordin; The ar I Marxist_in_his_mental proc- cee jurgess, 40, was a former second secretary at the British Embassy in Washington. Both tulssing diplomats were emotional, the articles sald. pez 8 recordin cof 8 s eech_ made es ci vis 2 BHA nary ta ae : ‘which he openly declared himselt) Aaproselvtizing Communist. not _have people listen- Yoo ZIV? Coenaendilinmememerdiiersn=nand NOVO Ce OOe<DED’ SS Nov 8 1952 Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Nirror N.Y. Compass Date: