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demorandun for ar. Boardman , deaving any trace. On November 3, 1953, Melinda Maclean's mother received a letter from her postmarked in Cairo, Egypt, on October 24, 1953. In this letter she stated that she could not do othrwise than what she had done. PACKGROUND OF DONALD DUART . gaclean was bern sia born play eu ood “ Lj, at London, Sngland, the son of a prominent British fai Jfamily. clean Fécet Ted his education at Cambridge University following which he entered _the_Koreign Service in London, England, in 1 where he remained until _April, 194, except for the period from September, 1938, to June, 1940, when he served in the British kmbassy, Paris, France. 7” 18h. 1944, he was an to the British Embassy, Washington, D. Second retary. He was promoted to First Sec) tary in “Sctsber, 1944, He fenaines: in Washington until October, 1948, when he became Head of “Chancery Section of the British Embassy in Cairo, kgypt. He remained at this location until May, 1950, when he was recalled to London suffering from @ nervous PT gbOe unt Peas aS ee the. care of a psychiatrist from May, 1950, unt ober ‘0, t year, On-ene Tater date—he ee Féastign are 16 Read Gf the AneFican Depart ment of the Foreign Officé Bre He rémained at this post until his “disappearancé ta hay, 1957. After the war ended, while in Washingten, kaclean oi charge of the Code Room Section of the British, kmbassy ay had the re nsibility Jor-. all bncom and outgoing connunications _Trelatin po bel itical cal questions. During J) and TGS he served os the United Kingdom Secretary to the Combined . olicy Committee concerned with Atomic Energy on matters. This committee was composed of representatives Of the United States, L Lngland, and Canada. During a portion of this period he posseased a nonescort pass to Atomic Energy Vommission, Washington, Lb. C. Witn ard to his nervous breakdown in hays, 195Q, Maclean and arti ra rPr amar cerentntitoran tron_eattitare asda had Yeportedly been drinking heavily from Janucry, 1950, to hay of that year. ihe two of them, while intoxicated, broke into the apart- ment of two American girls in Cairo which resulted in Maclean's recall to London. ihe psychiatrist who treated Maclean claimed that his Ls. Br condition was a result of his excessive use of alcohol: ee eg eee een te