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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 34

132 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Intelligence Operations · Topic: Cambridge Five Spy Ring · 128 pages OCR'd
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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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