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he Tale geal we Who Was Mastermind (Continued From Page 37) piven as the Hotel Central, Zurich. Swiss authorities could not identi- fy Mr. Becker. Probably the name was false. “Shorlly after the receipt of these bank drafts Mrs. MacLean received a ictter in her husband's handwriting, It had been posted in Reigate. Surrey on Aug. 5, 1951, and was of an affectionate, personal na- ture as from husband to wife. It gave no clue as to Mr. MacLean's whereabouts or the reason for his disappearance but it explained that the bank drafts, which for con- venience had been sent to Mrs. Dun- bar, were intended for Mrs, Mac- Lean. “ “Lady MacLean received a further Ietter from her son on Aug. 15, 1951. There is no doubt that it was in his own handwriting. It had been posted at Herne Hill on Aug. HL... “On Sept. 11, 1953, Mrs, MacLean, who was living in Geneva, left there hy car with her three children. She had told her mother, who was sftay- ing with her, that she had unex: pectedty come across an acquaint- ance whom she and her husband had previously known in Cairo, and that he had invited her and the children to spend the week-end with him at Terrilet, near Montreux. She stated that she would return to Geneva on Sept. 13 in time for the two elder children to attend school the fol- lowing day. “By Sept. 14 her mother, alarmed al her failure to return, reported the matter to Her Majesty’s Consul General in Geneva and also by tele- phone to London. "Security officers were at once dispotched to Geneva. Swiss police were already making intensive in- quiries. On Sept. 16 Mrs.’ Mac. Lean's tac Was found in a garage in Lausanne. She had left it on the afternoon of the 11th, saying she woul! return for it in a weck. “The trarape hand who reported this added that Mrs. MacLean had taken Ir children to Lausanne’s railway Blation. On the same day, Sept. 16% Mrs. Dunbar reported to Geneva police the receipt of a tele- pram purporting to come from her daughter. The telegram explained that Mrs. Mac.ccn-had been delayed ‘owing to unforeseen circumstances’ and asked Mrs, Dunbar to inform the schoo] authorities that the two elder children would be returning in a week. “Mrs. MacLean’s youngest child was referred to in this teiegram by a name known only to Mrs. Mac- Lean, her mother and other inti- mates, “The telegram had been handed in at a post office in Territet at 10:58 that morning by a woman whose description did NOT agree with that of Mrs. MacLean. ® The handwriting on the tele. gram form was nof Mrs, BMlac- Lean's and it showed forcign characteristics similar to those in the telegrams received fn 1951 by Lady MacLean, Mrs. MacLean and Mrs. Bassett. “From witnesses in Switzerland and Austria, it seems clear that the arrangements for Mrs} MacLean's departure from Geneva had been earefully planned. She went by train from Lausanne, passinglihe Swiss- Austrian frontier and arriving at Schmarzach St. Veit in the Ameri-| ean Zone of Austria at approxi-| mately 9:15 on the morning of: Sept. 12. | “A porter at Schwarzach St. Veit | and witnesses traveling on the train | established she Jeft the train at this point. Further evidence shows that she was mat at the rtatinn hi an Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Mirror Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date lemme mee ppntomeed ote