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Vicious & His anti-American remari Tom toe guests, with them, but Already somehow not quite of em, Some people believe that Communist agents worked on Melinda's own divided Joyalties dur! this unhappy time. when. e band picked quarrels A second son was born, again by Caesarian, in July, 1946, and named Donald " Marling.” It seemed that their marriage might have yet another chance. when, two years later, Maciean polnted Head ‘of Chan- the British Embassy ip cery at Cairo, suburb of Cairo, surrounded’ by &@ large, walled’ garden. Four servants ran the house: the Macleans aiso had a governess and gardeners, In Washington Metinda had seeined incapable of controlling what daily heip she could find. More than once her mother had flowa from New York to dismiss an obviously " unsatistactory Turse, becauce neither Donald nor Melinda seemed capable of doing 80. In Cairo their aetvants soon summed up the | gouple. | They grew lazy and slack and sometimes rude, Hostess The Macleans had exchang: we social round for another, pore formal and more nierciless, phe Catherine wheel of Cain Sucktail parties blazed on end- Jessy. Once they entertained Prince Philp who was staving at the British Embassy. Mclinda was hostess to a dozen people who came to dinner to ‘meet him Afterwards others arrived to join in such adolescent games as" Murder.” Donald's opinion of his wife, Showed ia “contemptuous "ree marks he made to her and about her in condescending explanations of political Matters which she could not imme. diasely grasp, He, meantime, was drinking Tore and more. He would arrive drunk at diplomatic cock- tail parties; sometimes he did not arvive at all, and Melinda Would deputise for him. Once a servant found him dead drunk with bis shoes om on A bench in the Esbekief ns. ‘then came an Incident thar wed to a wider audience his latent hatred of Melinda, and perhaps of himself, his iife, and what he had become, Melinda's sister Harriet was saying with them. and to make an outing they took a party of friends in a hired galling baree ; 5 5 miles up the Nile. ‘They intended to dine with other friends at their destination, ko they broughy, Mile to eat "for the voyage, ae jots Pycriak. en the wind fell and the trip hours instead_ofne 1 Lexpected tro 00 4 Shalienged them. the time they arrived '), By Maclean was paralytically drunk, HHe setzed Melinda by the throat holding her hard up. against! the mast as though he would ‘strangle her. Other men in tne Darty dragged him away. There Was a lot of shouting. Melinda held her head in her hands. In the shambles, with the barge nudging the” river bank, an Egyplan watchman, fearing thieves, raised his rife and ‘This Maclean took as a direct insult. He leaped on the aid man, seized his rifle and waved it around his head. threatening: everyone. Lees Mayall, « First Secretary in the embassy, : + Jumped on Maclean's back to Teatrain him. They fell down together, but only Maclean stood up. Lees Mayall bad broken his teg. ' Disgust The evening enced in chaos but ‘Maclean's career did not suffer—although his pocket did. Melinda's mother was so dis: gusted with his behaviour that She cut her allowance to her daughter. hoping that this Would make ber son-in-law sober up. It didn’, although Melinda's remarks about her lack of funds Increased. She always Appeared Short: of money. sometimes blaming this on Donald's drink. ing habits ‘The Macleans. moved house, Their old tandiord Protested to the embassy that windows had been broken, furniture smashed, and electric fittings torn from the walls, Maclean went off to Alexandria, and became so drunk that he was arrested and thrown Into a Jail usually reserved for drunken sailors, One Sunday afternoon. Major A. W. Sansom, in charge of security at the British Embassy, was plaving bowls at the Gezira Sporting Qube when Melinda Interrupted him. She was in tears and holding back hysterics, “Her husband had disappeared on Fr 1 tie eel Mohr — Bishop Casper Callahan Conrad Felt Gale —____ Rosen —__ Sullivan — Tavel Trotter —— Tele. Room Holmes Gandy The Washington Post Times Herald The Washington Daily News The Evening Star (Washington) ___ The Sunday Star (Washington) Daily News (New York) Sunday News (New York) New York Post The New York Times The Sun (Baltimore) The Daily World The New Leader The Wall Street Jounna) The National Observer People’s World Examiner (Washington) THE SUNDAY EXPRESS LONDON, ENGLAND Date January 12, 1969