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ee “It 1s also possible that he de tected that he was under observa- tion, Or he may have been warn. arching —ssiairies Involving: Individual interrogations — were made into this last possibility, In- sufficient e Was obtainable to form a definite conclusion or to warrant prosecution.” Did a “Third Man” warn them? On May 28, 1951, Mr. MacLean faiied to show up for work. The British authorities went into action. They found that Messrs, MacLean and Burgess had Jeft Tatsfield by car for Southampton in the late evening of Friday. May 25, had arrived at Southampton at = mid- night, caught the S. S. Falaise for St. Majo and disembarked there at 11:45 the next morning. leaving suitcases and some clothing on board. TRACED The manhunters traced the pair to Paris. There they lost sight of them. They turned their attention McLean's family and Mr. mother in England for possible contacts with the missing men. On June 7, 1951, telegrams sent from Paris were received by Mac- Lean’s mother and his wile, Me- linda. The first was signed with an affectionate nickname known only to the family. Alt was well, it said. The other, exptpssing regret at the sudden deparlure was signed “Donald.” Here the “third m: enters the picture again. @ The original telegraphic forms suggested, by handwrit- ing and misspellings, that the telegrams had been written by a foreigner, @ Similarly, a telegram received from Rome by Burgess’ mother on the same day, “had the appearance of being foreign and was certainly not that of Burgess.” the white paper said. This one. short and affectionate said Burgess was leav- ing for a long Mediterranean holi- day. INFORMATION The white paper continues: “Accordingly ta information given to the Foreign Office in confidence hy Mrs. Dunbar, Mr. MacLean's mother inlaw, who was then living with her daughter at Tatsfield, she received on Aug. 3, 1951, two regis: tered letters posted in St. Gallen, Switzerland, on Aug. 1. One _con- tained a draft on the Swiss Bank Corp, London, for the sum of £1000 payable to Mrs. Dunbar; the other, a draft payable to Mrs, Dunbar for the=satTf® sum, drawn by the Union Bank of Switzeriand on the Midland Bank in Lond “Roth drafts remitted by a& Robert Becker, whose address was (Continued on Page 50) theme Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Mirror — Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date