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| The chemist is Mr. BE. J, j hite, 47-year-old Free! an of the City of Londo He is also an optician, an’ al-dealer in second-han furniture. His home is in Croydon, but ne has a shop here. Frequent visits He told me that Maclean lived at Tatsfleld, three miles away, and at one time used frequently to develop films in his dark+room. “phere were a number shispicious circumstances, ani Ilsaw that the War Offic thorities knew of my Sus} ions,” he told me, “There are three reasons why I cannot discuss the case of Maciean fully. “The first is because of the War Office. “The second is on profes- sional grounds, connected with the Pharmaccutleal Society of which I am a member, “The thied is that a number of ‘other people might get involved.” ‘Mr, White confirmed that Maclean had used his dark- room above the brick-bullt op in the main strect f ‘esterham—Just over | wp iles from the country home Sir Winston Churchill flerent hours to develop his films. he ‘Evening Standard Diplomatic Corresponddut writes: (ow did Donald Macleqn. the Foreign Office spy, det the tip-off that he was under - suspicion In time to flee the country? Security officers. Iunderstand, are rasonably confident that there was no Jeakage .of the information and that no one slipped hint a warning. : Documents withheld — They now feel that several factors combined to arouse hjs own suspicions. A Foreign Office spokesmgn cqnfirmed today that durin the time that Maclean w; ugder active investigation. dociiments of special securit! value were withheld from him, Maclean, who was head of the American Department at the Foreign Office, at the time, may have stumbled on the fact that top secret jaformation was not reaching im. And this may have put him on his guard. and led to his discovery that he was belng , watched. he Foreign Office spokes-