Sep. 18, 1953 - Mrs. Maclean's family say “We fear the worst”.: Fears that Mrs....

Sep. 18, 1953 - Mrs. Maclean's family say “We fear the worst”.: Fears that Mrs. Melinda Maclean and her three children have been kidnapped in a ruthless attempt to force the hand of her husband, the high Foreign Office official now believed to be behind the Iron Curtain were strenthened when the Swiss police established beyond doubt that a telegram sent to Mrs Dunbar, Mrs. Maclean's mother, at their flat in Geneva, and signed “Melinda” had been sent by someone else. Mrs. Maclean's brother-in-law, Mr. John Shears, who came from Paris to help Mrs. Dunbar, said that he and Mrs. Dunbar feared the worst.; Photo shows Mr. John Shears brother-in-law of Mrs. Maclean, seen at the door of Mrs. Dunbar's flat in Geneva. He is seen receiving meals which are brought to the flat.