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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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aca et —— (On Missing British: Diplomats 8 : re) ” Vonvon.‘ “June's (AP) ~The Forelgn office said today messages Parls by a mysterious third per- iCable. Proves a False‘Ste iA Sent by Third. Party, London: "Reports; Paper Says, They've. Fled fo Warsaw sets i | bearing the names of two missing Ps are ue vere a Russian“dere munist theory and. have repute- tlons for getting along” well with: Ridsdale sald the nature of the a diplomats—and aent from |Communist diplomats.’ way son-—fall to give e single clue. as to their present. whereabouts. Willam Ridsdele,. head of the Foralgn office news department, sald three messages to relatives heré appeared to have been com posed by the Aanished Britons, but were not in their handwriting, In Paris, the newspaper France Bolr saldfthe missing pair—Don- ald Duart-MacLean, head of the American departmén itign office, and Guy Burgess, t until irecently at. the British embassy in Washington—may. now be in War- saw. 7 oe The paper sald French ariiy in- jtelligence officers hold this theory. jPrench police agid they did. not ‘know where the men are, but ex- ANCE.’ they'd take uF § a lot of space weld Ridsdale, . a be. Bue: . aera . te . - Be ae * “FE think T can justifibly say :there is nothing in the telegrams ‘© indicate foul play.” f There is fear, both. in London jand in in Washington, that the two imay have taken top-level defense secrets behing the iron, curtain. ‘McClean had access to puch in- formation, Tost Diplomat A Speeder. Here. avads Cee i “ By Atvoclated Prose’ . "guy Burgess, one >of the two British ‘diplomats missing in. Eu- Tope, Was regalled: from the Brit-|" ish embassy here after being]. - stopped three times in. one day an hour eae © qi- Virginia ‘Btale. ‘police twica. cau ‘toned. him and once hauled. him pr beos eof plgmati¢ 1 6 OCT 23 os ot f the For-welinda Merling, « former Ameri- _Pelied. they had Rok deft who handed jhe «messages: in, Both’ men + apeak Burgess, 40." |. The third time, a chauffeur: wes, into court on Feb. 28. He was not] driving but sald he was acting ot <! | they: = Acrepart of the tneldents from} cayses vat messages i Srom= Paris provides! “ovary reason to believe that they! did originate from the two of- ficlals.” Nevartheless a close check of the handwritten originals in- dicated «neither . was _ written / by Burgess or MaClean.” One of the three messages waz received early yesterday, the other two later in the day. One was sent to’ MaCleans’: wifa, the former can gir]. Another went to Ma Clean’s mother, Lady MaClean. The third was addressed to Gur- gess’ mother, Mrs. J. Re Bassett. Third Person Unknown ” ae oe “There in no ‘indication as said Ridsdale. “I. suppose ~ yo could assume that someone @ is involved because the measag were not in the handwriting of Tielther of the two.men.” Asked if the two diplomata/ * La were still in Paris, Ridsdale said: «We just don't know ge The. ‘messages from Pace er described 4s purely personal: and! thera -is no<iIntention. now publish them, Ridsdale ‘said. United .States is being kept -ad- vised of developments in the hunt for the men. There is no warrant out for thelr arrest. - . ‘“MacLesn 2 foae Bl: years | Virginia’s’ Gov Battle ad Fait warded by the State department ‘9 Britlsh Ambassador. Sir Ollver, * Franks, who arranged ‘with-Lon: ‘, don for Burgess’ removal, *. S is The State department. gaya: out this information today in response to inquiries, “Officals sald” they knew of no other ‘criticisms * of Burgess’ ‘conduct. during ‘his: BArve ite an ® second secretary, Reg “Gov. Battle's letter sald Burgets for speeding more, than Bo miles; himself wag caught twice driving qnore than 80 miles"an hour,”!*« ordara from Burge; ‘who insisted ates hee entng et Ny ey: sae Telsea Ladd Clegg Glayia Nickels ed “ cB" vite z “ge ee ng’ gue “ah SN om yo ra ? “4 “% * 5 FTVIGE ‘A- NOT RECOntuy 49 Gui ww weet Page Times-Heralad /7 | Wash. Post _ Wash. News. —__— 4 Wash. Stari ___ N.Y. Wirrer —_ Date: 6/ ¢ f- *
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