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0-19 (is-ee-Dd) Associated Presa DONALD MACLEAN « leit “Cairo letter” Maclean. Link To U.S. Cairo Aide Revealed N.¥ Herald Tribune News Service LONDON, Feb. 13—The re- appearance in Moscow of miss- ing diplomats Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess brought the first ‘referefice in the British _-- press today 10 yet another hitherto secret aspect of the case—the existence of a “Cairo letter” which indicates that in 1950 Maclean was receiving secret American documents! {rom a contact in the American’ Embassy in Caire. On assignment in Cairo three. months ago, this correspondent was told the story of the dis- covery of the “Cairo letter,” which had only recently occurred. 4 Early last November, a user of the Maritish imbassy library in Cairo was leafing through. a library book when out dropped an chvelope contain- ing a letter addressed to Don- jald Maclean, |_ Maclean had been head of feal departnitm-etne British Embassy in Cairo from, 1948 until he was abruptly sent’ home on the first available air- craft after wrecking the apart ment of an American girl in) a drunken brawl in 1 May, 1950. The letter was dated that: month, and clearly Maclean! had lett Cairo without having time to “pick up his mail.” The letter was turned over to MIS, the counter-intelligence; branch of the Embassy. Of ap.’ parent significance was the fact that the letter was signed by an American, with indications that it may have been an em-, ploye of the American Embas- sy immediately across the street from the British Embas- sy. The letter was a series of cryptic sentences with refer! ences of a conspiratorial sort ‘that only the recipient would fully understand, One sentence, yan: “David is very catitious about. Donald's. replacement and doesn't know what he is ‘The letter also carried a ref-! erence to shirts and towels. Even a superficial appraisal led| to the conclusion that Maclean| had an American contact and’ the two were using the British | Library for their “communica- lions drop"—a favorite device of espionage. ' One other odd circumstantial aspect of the affair is the fact) that the American girl whose (at Maclean wrecked while drunk that night in May, 1959, was employed in the American Embassy library. Maclean arrived at the girl's, apartment very late, having seen her earlier in the evening at a cocktail pariy. By this time he anda friend with him were; ‘Sre-BLACLEAN, Page 13, Col 4 Tolson, - (en Nichols “ik Board: a Parsons ———___ Rosen Tamm Nease Winterrowd —.. Tele. Room —_ Kv Holloman Gandy Wash. Post and —_~— Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Mirror ———___. N.Y. Daily News —_— Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date bat