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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 7
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gn Communism—but I was always
(sure that it was to better fight the
Russians that he studied sil that.
“In our recent dealing with the
Russians it was Burgess that gave
us some of our most. useful and
pungent replies to the Russians.”
Despite the cablegrama, a seareh
of the Continent for the two men
continued, although # Foreign Of-
fice spokesman said there was. no
reason to believa they nad taken
any official. papers with them.
MacLean, whe married Melinda
Marling of New York in 1940, was
not « policy making official, al-
though he had access to top-secret
American and British exchanges,
Ths father of two sons, he lives at
the Reform Club. in Pall Mall, eol-
lects” paintings. and drives “expen=
sive sports cars. *- . +
(In Chicage, MacLean's father-
in-law, Francis H. Marling, ad«
- vertising manager of the. Pure
Gil Co, said he believed Mac. .
Lean’s disappearance “ is a te-
currence of the breakdown.
Marling said his daughter, with ,
whom he talked by. _telephong,
(field the same view.) * ;
"| Burgess, who is single, was In
ifondon on leave from his Wash-.
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undergraduate, with Maclean at
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joined tha foreign service at the
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Paris, June 7 —The French Sur
{ete Nationale and counterintelii.
gence agencies joined British agents
today in » hunt for Donald Doart
Maclean and Guy Frantis de
Moncy Burgess, hoping that’ the
two British officials hava not yet
left French territory, 0 * 2° 4
Washington, D. C., June 7 (9). —}
Setretary. of State Acheson fold,
Senators today it would he. .
“very serious matter” if the two
Missing British diplomats proved
ta have. Russian sympathies. <3
Acheson grid he first heard of,
the incident over the radio thi
morning. He inquired at the Bri
ish Embassy, he continued, and wa
told that officialg there knew noth
ing aout. the matter beyond ne
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