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O-L9 (1i-22-55) Hints Maclean Had U.S. Tieup NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (}.—The New York Herald Tribune said teday a mysterious “Cairo letter” found lastzj;November suggests that Donald’Maclean in 1950 was receiving secret American docu- ments from a contact in the United States Embassy in Cairo. In a dispatch from London, Herald Tribune Correspondent Don Cook said the reappearance in Moscow of Maclean and Guy Burgess, both former British diplomats, had led to the first reference to the letter in the British press. Mr. Cook wrote that he was told of the letter when he was on an assignment in Cairo three months ago and! that at that time the matter was under intense security in-| vestigation but it now could Pel disclosed. Mr, Cook’s account said: | ‘Early lasi-November at envel- ope containing a letter addressed to Maclean was found in a book| tin the British embassy library in: iCairo. The letter was dated May; ;1950, the month Maclean was: sent home from his post as head of the political department of the British embassy in Cairo, The letter was turned over 10 the ttvassy's intelligéiecbinnitth. iAmerican, with indications tat’ ‘the sender may have been an jemploye of the United States. fembassy across the street in ‘Cairo from the British embassy. / The letter contained “a series of cryptic sentences with ref-) erences of a clearly conspiratorial! sort that,only the recipient would| ifully understand. One sentence| an: ‘David is very cautious jabout Donald's replacement and doesn't know what he is like!” | Mr. Cook said the letter alsa carried a reference to shirts and towels and “even a superficial appraisal Jed to the conclusion that Maclean had an American contact and the two were using the British Embassy library for their communications drop.” Maclean was sent home on the first available plane without having time “to pick up his mail,” Mr. Cook wrote, after he and a friend in @ drunken spree wrecked the apartment of 4a woman employe in the United States Embassy. The dispatch said the finding of the letter “gives the lie” to the Moscow statement issued by Burgess and Maclean saying neither had acted as Commu- j + | ha Tetton pie Teel ee _—Folson oy , Boardman : Lat (Bel mone ee ~ 43 ¢ Mason _ _ > Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Nease —___ Winterrowd Tele. Room Holloman Gandy Wash. Post and —___. Times Herald Wash, News Wash. Star N. ¥Y. Heraid Tribune N.Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News Daily Worker The Worker