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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 34
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acreaft peyable te iirs. Dunbar fer the sane swi, drevm br the
Union Bonk of Svitzcrlend cn the .ficland Bank 122 01d trose
Strect, Lindon, Both qrefts were stated te have been re ittee
by orécr of e lr. Robert ker, whese adircss vas givin -s the
Hotel Central, Zurich. naus tive «nguirics in collewrstiun .”
with ths S.iss autho cs have not led to the icentificstivn of”
ur, Becker ane it is prebable thet the nate given wes felse,
17. Shortly eftcr the receipt of these dank drafts .irs, s.eclcen
reecives ¢ letter in her husband's handwriting, It hac don
posted in deigate, Surrcy on august 5, 1951 anc wes cf ca
effectionatc, gcrsonel ncture as fro: husbenc ty wifc. It gave
no clu as tu ..cclean's whereabouts or the reason for his
Giseopeercnce but it explained that the benk Grafts, which for
convenicnee hed deen sent to .irs, Dunbar, were intcndec for
hirs, ::eclcon,
18, Lecy .ieclean reecived o further letter fro her son on
august 15, 1951. There is no doubt that it was in his own hend-
writing. It hea been posted at Herne Hill on 4ugust-11. .
19, irs. Bassett, the xcther of Burgess, rcecived a letter in
Barz-ss' hendvriting on Diconber 22, 1953. The lettcr “es personal
end gave no infvrseticn as to Burgcss' whercebsuts, It uss siiply
datcc "Ncvcnber" and hed been postca in South vast Londen on
Decc bur 21, ‘The. last cssage reccived fron cithcr cf tho tuo
nen vas a furthcr lettur fron Burgess to his “iothcr which wes
delivercé in Lun*on on Deeoiber 25, 1954. This letter vas also
perso: ane Cisclescad nothing of Burgess! uhereabruts, It too
wes S ly Cetee "November", It had been posted in Perler 3. 14
on Uice “er 23.
20. On Syptciibsy 11, 1953 virs. Ueclean, who was living x» Gencva,
left there by c@: cAth cr three childrén, She had tolc her
nother who wes staying ‘ith her, that she had uncxpectccly cor
acress en ecqucintence who she and her husban? had prcevicusly known
dn Coiro, and thet he hed invited her and the chilcren ti spend the
wooke th hi: at Territet, mar wontrcux, She stot.c tact she
woul return to Guncva cn Scptcaber 13 in tine for the two elder
ehilcrva to attend schcvl the following Ccey. By septusver 1S her
mother claricc ct her feilure te return, reportcd the ..aticr to
Her ‘iajesty's Comsul General in Geneve and also by telephznc’ to
Lunco: Sceurity Officers were et’once despatched to Goiva where
they >leced the:.sclvcs ot the disposal of the Swiss police who were
elrcacy .iaking iatcnsive caguirics,. On th efternocn of Suptu.ber 16
irs, ..ccleen's car was found in a geregc inLeusanng® Siz hod Left
it on th ofterresn of the 11th saying sho voule return for it in
@ vock. The garage hend who reported this acdcd that
lirs. .toclcen hee. then preeceded with her chilercn to thc Lausanne
Feilvey station, On the saze day, Septenber 16, jirs, Dundar
roportcc’ to the Gencva police the reccipt of a telegre. purporting
te cox from her caughtcr, The telocren explaine that .
Hrs, ..aclean hee been Cvlayed "ovin, to anfcreseen circu stances"
enc cskee wirs, Dunbar t: infor, the sehool avtnoritics that the
two clecr chilérva woult 3c returning ine veck, urs, -.ccleen's
youn,est chil wes reforree te in this tcle;roa: by ae ne. tawn
only PS. liaclzan, her Mother ane other intuiatcs, ol
telesre had been handc? in ct 2 pest offiec in Torritct ~t 10.58
thet .¢rnine by « woren “hose dcoscription cic not ogrie ont
of .rs. laclery. The ben criting on tho telegmn fer
Mrs, ieelean's one it sheved foreign charcetcristics si. tl,
thes. da the telugrags ruccived in 1951 by Lady Haclcicn,
irs. . acleen cir .irs. Bassett.
. . . 21, Fro
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