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Text of Br itain’s Report on Inquiry Hrllowing is the text of yl Irifisk Goverment report, made valadle iy the British Iujor-| iod Servires yesterday, on ae Muclean-Burgess case On the evening of Friday, May 25, 1991, Me, Donald Duart Jiscieaa, a Covtaselor’ in| the. Senior Branch of the Foreign Serviee and at that time bead { the American Department the Foreign Office, “and 3 Nay Francis de Money Burgess, Second Searaiaiy in the or Branch of the Foceign Service, Tet the United King- sum front Southampton on the | Sot tar Bt, Male. The circum! snees of their departuce from angland. for which they had ‘ot sought sanction, were such to wake it obvious that they - aad deliherately fed the coun- pe fy. Roth officers were sus: : sended from duty on June 2, vee “SR, and thei: appointment in . . he Foreign Office wax termi- 16055 een nated on dune 1, 852, with ef. a sot from June '7, 105%, Maclean was Ue son of a former Cahiget Minister, Sir Deneld Maciean, He was’ born « WRES and was educated at iresham's School, Heit and Vrinity Caliege. Cambridge, bene re he had a distinguiahed poo cudamir record, He success~ é iuily competed for the dipio- WY. Reece stig seevice in 188i and war costed in the first instance to SL LES AGED, Lod. cate » Foreign Office, Ho served sahsoquently in Paris, at Waak- vue ngton and i.Oairy. He was an WUMNARLED bx 7X. AY at ficer of exanplonal ability vad_was prometed te the rank Ss nf Cuunselor at ihe early age L “P35. He was marsied to an _ ’ jmustcan lady and had two Y D ff hum coung sons, & third child was rey payeop Ren afine t ‘ - G ge Norn shorlly alter Ria disap DET ES coy reer COB Mee Basle eee = - “ea rAbee, ts Slaclean Had Breakdown frre In May, 1050, white serving st bie Stajesty's Embassy, Csiro, PER — MCitean was guilty of serious Bt aay nistonduct and suffered a iam of breakdown which was Twihuted ta pverwork and ee ean kis oF vandown tok siice hie work ad vemained eminenUy satis~ stecy and there was no .euimed whatsoever for douvbt- tig Ma loyalty, After recupera- non end leave at home be was hosed medivatiy fit, and in Ove “uber, 1058, wrs appdinted to ve head af the American De- mirtment of the Foreign Offien hich, since iL doea_not deal th the migsor problen - poe relations, ap- be within his capace