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>. yee Was a Series of ntences wiftirrefer?: ci. . of a conspiratorial sort! ‘|that only the recipient, would ‘ifully understand, One sentence 4ran: “David Is very cautious” i about Donald's replacement, land doesn't know what he % . Hike.” ale eee The letter also carried a ref-: . ilerence to shirts and towels.! ‘tEven a superficial appraisal ledi te the conclusion that Maclean {had an American contact and ‘ithe two were using the British ‘|Library for their “communica: tions drop"—a favorite device "lof espionage. | ' One other odd circumstantial ‘laspect of the affair /s the fact ‘{tuat the American girl whose ‘lflat Maclean wrecked while crunk that night in May, 2950, 0- 19 . ae fk ” > ywas eee iibeare in the American cee eenateees we ee ee ; i DONALD MACLEAN 7 faclean arined ‘at the gitt's ; 7 a wee left “Cairo letter” afartment very late, having —— oo, ee c Saba ar tae . n her earlier in the pyening fren ee anemone rca on aman cat : af x cocktail party. By this time i . . ae ‘Maclean Link: h} and « friend with him were; . . oo Poe eee } ; See MACLEAN, Page 13, Col. 4 . oo wee a a To U. S.. Cairo | \Aide Revealed NacLEAN-—From P PL Le |, 2osbos Fete Maclean Tie to U s. 5. Aide ing diplomats Donald Maclean Feb tO en Herat Gefereney ts the “British In Cairo Embassy Aired: _jhitherto secret aspect of the case—the existence of a “Cairo} | quite drunk, and they burst in letter” which indicates that in 1950 Maclean was receiving ‘ a8 a ee ae er ii = mit him to come ints the Em- land began pulling down cur-jbassy to clean up his desk. He ‘ tains, smashing pictures, turn-!was-airbound for London by 2 . from * contact inthe American ing out drawers, ¢te... ~~ o'clock. that afternoon. °°: i Lo pe 4Embassy in Cairo. — - {| The girl fied and ielephoned Hence there was scarcely an}’ On assignment in Cairo. three \|for help, and by the time the/opportunity for him to pick up! a pMontis HES, this correspondent! .| police arrived the apartmentlany conspiratorial mall in the} .-° mo ywas told the story of the .dis-| . pouce & and the two men Embassy library. : wee ee jcovery of. the “Cairo letter,” Was & Wret vy. ; The American Embassy “ts rs ae which had ~~ only recently! i had passed out cold. .5 7° - Cairo knows of the discovery of _ oe Joccurred. - 3 |4 American Ambassador Jetfer- the “Cairo Latter,” but the ex. - Early last November, a user: ,{son Caffery next morningitant to which the British may! - Wash. Post and qof the British Embassy Ubrary' "ling watked across the street to have communicated the details, Times Herald in Cairo was leafing through British Ambassador Sir Ralph to the American Eqbassy OF; ap 2 a Itbrary book when oat! ; ‘] Stevenson 24 formally de have examined with American. Wash. News POPP ee nn Envelope con jelared Maclean to be “persona | aithorities the question of who . ing a letter addressed to Dor {non grata” to the American lthe American author of the ie , Wash Star ; w Maclean had beep head uf | YEmbasey, 4 and demanies GaM- ter to Maclean might have been! Tribu Herald or the gir’ - . to this! the political department af the: (sir Ralph ordered Maclean venatten “in shy case, such a ribune British Embassy in Cairo from‘ ut on the frst airplane leav- decision would have been taken, N. Y. Mirror 1948 until he was abruptly sent d did fe--euanper- home on the first available air-; ine F Senta at cecretly in London, and ot’ Daily Worker As « footnote” to the ‘wile The Worker Maclean in Cairo occupied aj New Leader arge residence owned by the British government, and as of ald Marleen \eraft after wrecking the apart ee nee cece ament~-of an American girl moo ‘a -drunken braw] in May, 1850. ve, “The letter was dated that $=“ =~ --- month, and clearly. Macleas o ---)--0 = 7 had left Calro without~having “9-7: = time to “pick op this mail™ a: The letter was turned over - still coming in in ‘his name, It], . Date i H mr. ° . ‘to M15, the counter Intelligence . ; - changed in CHiry.— inarent ‘significance was ne fact. ~ #hat the letter was signed by oe ; . _ ; UBR = ; at it may havé been an em- - = none Awe. _ Ploye of the American Embas- cs a : of 8 : : ay immediately across the jae : a ceed 3 adreet from the British Embage o~- «0 -* > *