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"It Is also possible that he de- tected that he was under observa- Hion. Or he may have been warnd. "Searchaug ansriries Involving Individual interrogations were made into this last possibility. In- sufficient evidence was obtainable to form a definite conclusion or to wsrrant prosecution." Did a "Third Man" warn them? On May 28. 1951, Mr. MacLean failed to show up for work. The British authorities went into action. They found that Messrs. MacLean and Burgess had Jeft Tatsfield by car for 'Southampion in the late evening of Friday. May 25.had arrived at Southampton at mid. night, caught the S. 'S. Falaise for St. Malo and disembarked there at 11:45 the next morning.. leaving suitcases and some clothing on board. TRACED The manhunters traced the pair to Paris. There they lost sight of them. They turned their atlention Io Mr. McLean's family and Mr. Burgess' mother in. Englanr! for possible contacls with the missing Wash. Post and men. Times Herald On June 7. 1951, telegrams sent Wash. News from Paris were received by Mac. Lean's mother and his wiie, Me. Wash. Star Jinda. The lirst was signed' with an affectionate nicknanie known N. Y. Herald only to the family. All was well, Tribune it said. N. Y. Mirror The other. exprssing regret at the sudden deparlure was signed Daily Worker "Donald." The Worker Here the "third man" theme enters the picture again. New Leader .The original lelegraphic forns suggested. by handwrit. Date ing and Mhisspellings, that the telegrams had been written by a forelgner. . Similariy. a telegram received from Rome by Burgess' mother on the same day. "had the appearance. of bcing foreign and was certain!y. not that of Burgess." the while paper said. This" one. short and affectionate said Burgess was leay. ing for a long Medilerranean holi. day. INFORMATION The white paper continues: "Accordingly to information given to the Foreign Office in confidence hy Mrs.Dunbar. Mr. MacLean's mother-in-law. who was ihen living with her daughter at Tatsfield, she tered letters posted In St. Callen, Switzerland. on Aug. 1. One con taincd a draft on the Swiss Bank Corp., London, ior the sum of 1000 payable to Mrs. Dunbar: the other, a draft payable to Mrs. Dunbar for thesate sum. drawn by the Union Bank of Switzeriand On the Midland Bank in Londo.. "Roth drafts remitted by Roberl Becker, whose address was (Continued on Page 50)