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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 7

54 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Intelligence Operations · Topic: Cambridge Five Spy Ring · 54 pages OCR'd
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oma. ‘e Sora we, sro ae Tt would have been simple for them to have contacped |’ %., * s Pa vase SCOTLAND’ YARD" ‘and. ‘French’ police'y were e checking’ | last night on two telegrams, apparently ‘sent from? " aris on Wednesday: night, ;by the missing ‘Foreign ; dtc: -men ‘Donald MacLean and Guy Burgess. ~. —s ~ 4 ; . The messages—one to Maclean's widewed mother,;' ee “Lady MacLean, at Kensington, and the other to Bur-*. “os : Mgess’s home in the West End—were the first news s- a of ‘tha two since they droves to Southampton and "| oo ; erossed ‘by the night boat to Bt. Males Brittany, on 7 - Bo far, it has not been possible to. ‘establish ‘the’ ; authenticity of the telegrams, said a spokesman for + ah awl AeA thine : the Foreign orice, which yesterday announced that«: ' the two men had been suspended tor. being “ absent’ 4 ra ha 2 “ hout,, Jeave.”.. , Daa en” wee ae “ ‘No . secret papers missing: pe bs ty Raper Be aay see a the British Embassy in Paris. -Byt no message from ie m if has been received there or at the Foreign Office.” | Latest information in London is that the French patie have reason to believe MacLean and Burgess are still in | \Paris, There, every gendarme and Security man has been F given. their’ descriptions: and told “Find them, quickly.” Twd MI5 men who flew to Paris on Tuesday are staying | : to help. The search may spread to all France.“ Eyjquiries have also been.made in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Dergnark, Switzerland, West. (Germany and voter. countries 4 But they are purely routine, '. Sr Cs rs er ‘There seems to be no evidence to support the “gneory™ this may. have been a filght for political motives of that has been hastily conjectured in some quarters, the two. be: “on their way to Moscow.": - atm Ba Te ts > Reports ‘that highly confidential documents are_4). - =. missing from files in MacLean ‘ charge are completely, op untrue.’ en La res ot ae oy _ "a"? Phe question of a : political Aight has ‘been “considered” because, lin such a strange Caac; even improbabilities cannot be ignored. a ut: there’ is no -reason ‘to ‘suspect ‘either, of Communist. Matinnea’. Hurress sertainivy held Communist views. whenahes} » SAMI ROGR LOS eeesney satel: Arr shise stake Bi EAT UEV AOR rf aby Cambridge,.20 years ago, and he has always remal ed) Sak, sat aS coe I ee me my - lose student of ‘Marxist theory and Stalinist. ‘Practice, et eros, his. frlersday including: myself, has seen ‘anything] to tthat.. ‘ a © tellow: trayelle re
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