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—_— TUESDAY, DEC. 29, 1953. BURGESS: A « . eine reawrins SUGGESTION UY BURGESS, one of the “missing diplo- -mats,” writes to his mother for Christmas. 50 the whole intriguing, _ never ~ ending mystery bolls up again. Wild stories and hair: ralsing theories are circulated. One American newspaper even \inks Macteaw and Borcess with the missing scientist Poytecorvo, and then with the explosion of the Russian H-bomb. Bech sensational theorising does not sweeten Anglo- American relations, nor help British prestigé.” If fruitless speculation can be ended by authentic news, now js the time to issue tt. The trouble is that nobody (except, perhaps, & limited official circle) knows any-' thing whatever about the motives or the whereabouts of the two missing men. Bince that day in May 1951 when they were last seen walking from a taxicab to the allway station in Rennes, *France, nothing s been known of their! —_—— movements, "DAILY MAIL" London 12-29-53 , swallowed up. oO} ystery HERE were telegrams home, though not in the men’s handwriting. There was a draft for £1,000 re- “eelved by Mrs. MACLEAN through a Bwiss bank, There was her own disappearance, Now comes the - Burgess letter. The resteis silence, Let us try to get the thing in perspective. Macuzan and Buacess were not prominent figures, nor had they great’ secrets tO impart. What knowledge they had must have diminished in value s0 rapidly that today it would be worthless. It is their disappearance and the manner of [t which gave them importance. To call them world figures is no exaggeration now. Another point to remember is that they have committed no crime, The police are therefore not officially in- terested in them except as “missing persons,” and have no reason to pursue make in- them or even to quiries, Possibility HIS does not apply to the security officers of the Foreign Office. They are, of ey Mr. Tolson_—_—. Mr. Boardman Mr. Nichols___— Mr. Belmont —— 4 Mr. Glavin. Mr. ha. Mr. ” Mr, Tracy. Mr, Mohr My, W.nterrowd. [ Tele, Room . Mr. Holloman. Miss Gandy... P Mr. 1 tt is still likely that they are Soviet or satellesterr® tory—and if that is so it can only be because they were invited there and were in possession of papers issued by the Soviet authorities. | Security : F they are behind the Cur- tain it should not be beyond the resources of our | Security organisations to discover it. And if they are not, the task should be even easier, i ®trangers cannot appear in - any place and settle down: . without people talking— senrene at , especially when the strangers are Macuzan and Bursgss, about whom the world is speculating. People talk even behind the Cur- tain—behind their hands. It is this sort of talk which Security exists to pick up, In other words, it is not reasonable to suppose that after 24 years of inquiries our officers, however baffied in some respects, have drawn a total blank. We suggest therefore that to clear the air an official statement should be issued providing all the informa- tion which it is in the course, very much interested-——Pational interest # EIve, in the case and have kept jt open for more than 24 years. They must have considered | Several possibilities, One is . that the two7men were kid- napped and bundled behind the Iron Curtain. Such dis- appearances are not un- known nowadays. But this theory is hardly borne out by the facts of Macuean’s and BurGess’s de- parture, nor by the careful arrangements made by Mas. before ey a rs a Cie. Mae Donald DELETED cary "7 BY LETICs Jui S22 PER FOIA KEQUESI Se 3% “ SNE aie SSI lalate Spy