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{Riddle of Missing Diplomats i Cdntinued from Page 1 ;Cannes and Nice that Donald ‘Maclean made @ rendezvous to meet his wife beat, La Garde einet on Augus! ‘and tha! although bis wte tate her Bing in search of him for two whole days he called off the appoint- ment at the last moment because of the publicity which her move- ments, had aroused. To-day. as excitement on the Riviera grew at the reports that Donald Maclean had been found, there was intense police activity at the Villa Sauvageonne. French Intelligence agents, on instructions from their Paris head- ; quarters, surrounded the house ‘no one was allowed near. The police tried to make contact with Mrs. Maclean herself to dis- cover whether the message she had received from her husband was genuine or not. Ail thet the police would say was that they had no information piicially what Donald Maciean-had been found, sn eon what was happening | uy reports that M15 had} to some located not only Maclean but also Guy Burgess (of whom there is no other news whatsoever) were pub-| the shed in one or two morning newspapers. At,four o’clock Foreign Office officidls were Foused from their beds fp investiga' Thar ‘vestigations lasted sever@ hours. Soom after breakfast the Security authorities were brought in. Hour after hour the talks went on. Then, soon after 11 am. official statement was issued : Reports published in a section of this morning's Press that Bur- gess and Maclean had been located were officially stated by the Foreign Office to-day to be without foundation. Tt was added that the Poreien ° Office had checked that C.F. Melville, the * Evenin News * Diplomatic Corresponde Al makes this comment on the state- | ‘and | ment: Although issued by the Foreign | Office the statement really comes trom the Security authorities. | It is they who have informed the the Foreign, Office that they have substantiate the re- ors t Burgess and Maclean ave been found. I gather that every possible clue, even the most fantastic. i taken’ 1D by the security puthoriues and Investigated in case tt, inn lead new facts which would Bigg eae the BREET oan erefore Stands as it did store? that there are no hard facts to ay on, and it is not possible to say where the two men are or even. whether they are dead or aliye. The jovestigations by the Hritish Securit; orities, in co-dpera-, yon with their opposite nufibers all the Western Ei ean countries, are continuing. "7