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Both Traced to France. Immediately the flight was Keown all. possiblé-artemwas taken in the United Kingdom, and the French and other con- tinental security authorities were asked to trace the where- abouts of the fugitives and if possidie to intercept them, All British Consulates in Western Europe were alerted and spe- cial efforts were made ta dis- covey whether the fugitives had crossed (he French frontiers on May 26 or 27, As a result. of these and other enquiries it was established that Maclean and Rurgess together left .Patsficld, by ear for Southampton in the late evening of Friday, May 25," arrived at Southampton at mid~ night, caught the 8, 8, Falaise for St, Malo and disembarked at that port at 11.45 the follaw- ing morning, leaving suitcases and some of their clat i On board. They were nat seen on the train from St. Malo to Paris and it has been reported that two men, believed to be-Mac- lean and Burgess, took a taxi to Rennes and there got the 1:18 P, M. train to Paris, Noth- more was seen of them Since the disappearance vari- ous communications have been received from them by mem hers of their famities. On June 7, 1951, telegrams ostensibly from Maciean were received hy his mother, Lady Maclean, and his wife, Mrs, Melinda Maclean, who were both at that time in the United Kingdom, ‘The tele- gram to Lady Maclean was a short personal message, signed | by a nick-name known only within the immediate family civcie. It merely stated that. ail was well. That addressed to Mrs, Mactean was similar, pressing regret for the unex- pected departure and was signed “Donald.” Roth telegrams were dis- patched in Paris on the eve- ning of June 6, Their receipt was at once reported to the se- curity authovities, but it was impossible to identity the pec- (son ar persons who had handed | them in, The otiginat telegraph © forms showed, howevel the messages Had been written ima Rahd which was clearly not ‘Maclean's, The character of the handwriting, and some mis- spelling, suggested that hoth telegrams had been written by a foreigner, On June 7, 1951, a telegram was received in London by Mrs. Bassett, Burgess’ mother. It contammts.chart and affect ate personal message, together with a atatement ‘that the