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Car returned Bhck in England the car which Buikess hired to drive to Sough- ampton the day he and Dongid Magiean went to France as retirned to its garage. The speedometer showed at Burgess and Maclean drove 130 miles. It is only 80 from London _ to Southampton. A run of 130 miles would take them round by Oxford or Newhaven. | British Railways officials at New- ihaven say the dav the diplomats left two men in a car asked if there was an early boat to Dieppe. They were told the boat had left hours before and they drove away. Few reports from Europe iast night mentioned Maclean-—except to suggest that he parted frym Biggess in Paris—and investiga- iiohs have turned on to the poyi- bilgy that he was blackmailed isto leaking England. _ igs said that he told friends he wanted to be with his wife Melinda during her third confinement, this + Meals il hd Diplomat search goes en enemy Agents encourage aod late _ FROM, PAGE Py fm | exploit.” a a Both British and America ‘week. All his family 2 officials in Washington say that th gies wer however 1 ends, will have a bad effect on th __Frien that somebody|state Department's confidence i ray have raised his fears with Aidealing with British officials. threat ‘in at if a scande, Wee diplo- . * Police in Brittany tracke r ipic- . factured, his care® e ap down two suspects yesterday, ther ti ice might end. : matic serv 6. i) apologised — to tio holidayin: CAR NEAR HOUSE {eleravmen. ws Rut wine time ions Mendon Security man wil retire soon train on May 29, @ car was seen parked near his house—Beacon Mr. Arthur W. Askew, 70-year-ol chief of the Foreign Office securit Shaw—outside Tatsfield, on the Kent-Surrey border, His own car olice, is retiring this month afte 1 years’ service. A Foreigré Offic was in the garage. spokesman said yesierday : ‘The made for months ahea Burgess-Maclean case, Friends suggest Friends belleve that Maclean was “collected” and tuken to the ndon meeting place and that r is no connection between the Wetir: ment of Mr. Askew and t dis-|' om the time he left home his overnents were watched 50 that appearance of the two membgrs of ign service.” le could not turn back. the foreign Gis would account for his making no attempt ta contact his oo friends or his wife's family in Paris, He had not told his wife he was going abroad, Diplomats and Intelligence officials in many European countries have sent reports the Foreign Office, on which Mr. Herbert Morrison, Foreign Secre- tary, will base @ statement to the House of Commons this afternoon. CLOSER CHECK. America’s Central Intelligence Agency is to ask the State Depart- ment to advise the British Foreign Office of the need for a closer check on its members. The State Department will sugeest that its own strict stan- dards of securily shou ld adopted by the Foreign Office, 5 ie the past year the State Depart- mont has purged more than 100 ic on non-political grounds, I s explanation is: “ Weakness ersonal conduct is something TT in