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SO, DREW PEA PEARS “VSayst Be ay ouisy led Off . | Coded Lewd Fro ont, Lois t ry ts TASHINGTON—The British 7 _ oe ‘ Secret Service is investi- - . * gating the enfire British Em- > , , bassy staff in Cairo, in an effort’ . “ - . to track down a Russian agent - . . _ believed te have been collaborat- ! ing with one of the two British - . ; . i spies, Donald MacLean, who is ° _ : now behind the Iron curtain. - ce : ‘The investigation came shout _ a . as the result of a coded letter . 7 from Louisville that slipped out + ofa book in the Embassy library. “ i he incident is taken so seri- - - ously that American intelligence . agents have been brought into oo ‘ _ the case, | _ rs : What happened ¥ was that the Yo eee eee . British librarian, a girl, and an . - American visitor in Cairo dis- + covered the strange letter in a : beox of one of ent Cromer’s, pis # EONAR aT oe oks. The letter fell out when x. _ - the book was opened for check- DONALD MacLEAN | : ing some reference material late Letter about him? ©) oy ast November. . : - "The letter, sent from Louis- bought : t hints ‘and some. ' ville, was dated June, 1951, and towels “te. ina and ome is believed to have been placed store.” “OS -| in the bock by an agent to be - ay ae 7. - - , Picked up from the book by an- American agents believe the ~ * other agent. ‘The letter read in letter was & coded message be- » part: Pett te ., . tween two Communist agente ; tow . reporting on MacLean. They ar } ‘As T am writing, the news of giso believe there have been + Donald’s disappearance ts com serious leaks in the British | pena tonger. breakdown Embassy. ..+-- + ; given longer breakdown - . ' period in the future... . Ten "Every book in the library has . - days is a long time to howl... mow been pulled down and! oT con Donald is very cautious about searched to see if any more et. | : David's replacement chap and ters can be found. The FEL ‘ OO _ hasn't decided what he it Like. hat been involved in the check, © 1. , Am sending over for those and efforts have been made te — tet : who understand Runyonese a lot locate the person whe mailed . vee ee oe tn . about guys ond dolls.... Ever the letter from Louisville. Thi, ‘ Sy ES - 0% hear about a British consular however, is like looking fer a . . man named Tyrrell? wae IT needle in a Mayetack, oe re THE LOUISVILLE COURTER- JOURNAL ena . (+--+ MARCH 16, 1956 i ee Sonne mene toengenae en | |