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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 8
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WHY DID BURGESS, A BACHELOR, LEAVE A NOTE,
BUT MACLEAN SAY NOTHING TO HIS WIFE?
It is believed that Burgess left 6 Jetter--the letter nat
wns altered—to prevent an alarms: being raised. But. [for
some reason, it Was not delivered. His friends went to M 5.
Maclean had two good reasons for leaving a note of
farewell, It was his birthday and Mrs. Maclean and the
family had planned a small party for him.
And he knew that his third clild—his daughter, Melinda
—was expected within a matter of days. Yet he walked out
without a word. What happened to make him do that?
WHY DID BURGESS—
—a man not normally iven to serious expression in. his
Jetters—write to & friend just before he came home from
America :
AUELUUALUUUADUGEUUUUTEATUTTGEUUU TEA TETE
What had he learned that had terrified him? Was it
sometiung to do with his contact with Maclean ?
DID THEY HAVE ANY MOKEY WITH THEM?
Burgess certainly did. He took everything he could raise
jn ready cash, The total was something over £. 0.
He came back from Amcrica with two bundles of £1
notes. These he never touched : they were left in a closed
suitcase im his fiat for the whole of the three weeks.
One bundle totalled £125. The other was bigeer, nd
ontained about #156, Burgess explained them by saygng
2 had made a little cash “in a black market dollar_deal.’
He withdrew Savings Certificates worth £50, Obvioudly,
e intended to leave nothing belind.
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