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Memorandum to Kr, Belmont - Re: Lonald Duart Loclean; ~ Guy Francts Delfoncy Burgess was ptcked up for drunken driving. Reportedly, he has no Anerte relatives and only three Amertcans seen to have known him,’ nanely,” 'iz3 Bernard Viller, who fourneyed with him on hits return to England and sau him on hts last day tn London, Chrtstopher Isherwood and WH. Aud Britteh writers who came to U.S. 1939 and became American citizens in, 1946, : (s L Te : - - : ~~ Author names followtng relatives of Maclean as interesting American angles: (1) Alan Maclean, his brother stattoned in Mew York staff of United Nattons; (2) Maclean's stster, ancy, marrted to Robert Oetking, American Foretgn Service officer tn Hay, 1950. In 19 i he was stationed in Betrut; now reportedly tn England writting for an. i Anertcan wtre service; (3) Urs. Maclean's ateter, Harriet, married Ja; : Sheers, Parts, January, 1951, and vistted Macleans tn May, 1951, shor 3-H after resigning as security guard, Mutual Security Agency tn Ports, - t Author indicates these angles should have been tnvestigated by Anerto - authorittes and statea that Amertcan and British press indicate FBI... ; made some tnguiries. _However, questioning of American relatives abro ‘ was beyond tts province, Seentngly, State or CIA did not deen tt : i necessary unttl after disappearance of Mrs. Maclean. It was potnted = k out that without any reflection on Sheers, he was a natural suspect | i Jor the "third man” who may have picked up information of the British : investigation and may have alerted the nisatng diplomats. .:.. ~ (@ OBSERVATIONS t aa -- This wos primarily a British case and of necesstty major portion of investigation conducted tn England, We possessed no. ~* derogatory tnformatton re subjects prior to their disappearance fron England Vay, 1951. We tnterviewed a number of contacta of subjects tn thts country, none of whitch furntshed tnformatton tndtcating === subjects may have been engaged tn subversive acttutties. Fe promptly dissemtnated facta tn case to appropriate Government agenctes, Fron what we know now of subjects’ activities prior to their betng asstgne -- to thts country, a routine tnvestigatton would have nade ther ineligt for Government employment, according to qur stondards, RMP and : when tnterutewed 1951 clatned to know of no:pro-Sovtet = activities by Burgess.- advtsed Burgess was open communist durt Raa a