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rr ee ’ - DREW PE. Coded Lede Pr om. Lo ney Sayst e - ger ii ae Off ASHINGTON—The British ‘ Secret Service is investi- galing the entire British Em- ~ bassy staff in Cairo, in an effort’ Yo track down a Russian agent , believed to have been collaborat- 1 spies, Donald MacLean, who is : now behind the Iron curtain. ~ + The investigation came sbout as the result of a coded letter from Louisville that slipped out + of a bool the Embassy library. ‘Fhe incident is taken so seri - ously that American intelligence . agents have been brought into the ease. 2 avons cing What happened was that the . British fibrarian, a girl, and an American visitor in Cairo dis- + covered the strange letler in a copy of one of Lord ‘books. The letter fell out when * the book was opened for check- ing some reference material late . last November. - The letter, sent from Louis- * ville, was dated June, 1951, and is believed to have been placed -+ in the book by an agent to be - . Picked up from the book by am * other agent. The letter read in pparti ors. ; 1” "As Tam writing, the news of + Donald's disoppearance is comy j-ing ovér the air,... He must be given a longer breakdown period in the future... Ten + days is a long time to howl. ... Donald is very cautious about ' David's replacement we and hasn't decided what he is like. 1 eewam sending over for those ; who understand Runyonese a lot about guys and dolls. Ever hear about a British consular man named Tyrrell? THE LOUISVILLE CoURTER-JOURNAL, (MARCH 16, 1956 g with one of the two British . Cromer’s, DONALD MacLEAN ° Letter about him? - bought two shirts and some’ towels off him in a@ Cincinnati store.) American agents “believe. the letter was a coded message be- _ tween two Communist agents reporting on MacLean, They also Delieve there have been serious leaks in the British Embassy. ., +> . + ~ Every book in the library has pow been pulled down and searched to see if any more let- ters can be found. The F.BL has been involved in the check, © and efforts have been made to locate the person who mailed . the letter from Louisville. This, however, is like looking fer a needle in