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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 12
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Lady Mactean received a tur
i ther letter from her son oa
Aug. 15, 1951. There is no doubt
That Twas in Srie~sues hand-
writing. It had heen posted at
Herse Hill on Aug. 11.
Mrs. Bassett, the mother of
Burgess, received a letter in
Burgess’ handwriting on Dec.
22, 1994. The letter was per-
sonal and gave no information
as to Burgess’ whereahouts. It
was simply dated ‘Novem
and had been posted in South
| East London on Dee, 21. The
Jast, message veceived from
either of the two men was a
furtiey letter from Bergese to
his mother which was delivered
in London on Dee. 25, 954.
This letter was also personal
and disclosed nothing of Burs
gess’ whereabouts. It tco was
simply dated ‘November.’ It
had been. posted in Poplar E,
1d on Dee. 23,
Mrs. Maclean's Disappearance
On Sept. J1, 1953, Mrs, Mace
lean, Who ‘was living in) Ge=
neva, left there by car with her
three ehildven. She had told
her mother who was staying
with her that she had unex-
pectedly come across an ac-
quaintance who she and her
husband had previously known
in Cairo, and that he had ine
vited her and the children to
spend the week-ond with hiny at
Territet, near Montreaux. She
stated that she would returi to
Geneva on Sept. 13 in time for
the two elder children to at-
tend school the following day.
By Sept. 14 her mother,
alarmed at her failure to re-
turn, reported the matter to
Her ‘Majesty's Consul General
in Geneva and also by tele-
phone to London,
Security officers were at once
dispatched to Geneva where
they placed themselves at the
disposal of the Swiss police who
weie already making intensive
inquiries. On the afternoon of
Sept. 16 Mrs. Maclean’s car was
found in @ garage in Lausanne,
She had left if on the after
noon of the ith saying she
would retura for it in a week,
The garage band who reported
this added that Mrs,- Maclean
had then proceeded with her
children to the Lausanne rail-
way station,
On the same day, Sept, 16,
Mrs, Dunbar reporied to the
Geneva police the receipsof a
telegiaat-parpacsing We come
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