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- George-" / * Brown accuses Lord { i Thomson- told newspaper owner Lord Thomson last night that his Sunday Times was doing “a very great disservice to the country.” pv The Foreign Secretary was _ apparently referring to a series in the Sunday Times on the aspying activities of Kim”Philby. He told Lota ?remvtin sharply: “It is about time we stopped giving the Russians half a start on what we are doing... It is about time you shut up.” Mr. Brown was speaking at a dinner given by Lord Thomson for leading Brit- ish and American indust- rlalists at the Savoy Hotel. In a preamble to his pre- Pared speech, Mr. Brown Said: “As I understand it, you own the Sunday Times, Tun I understand that the Sun- day Times is somehow your keeping, and some other papers. so ar A lot of us, my dear Ro Will be much happier if yo exercise a Mttle control, v 11967 weet DEGRADING! > *May I say to you and to Denis Hamilton [editor-in- chief and chief executive of The Times and the Sunday Times) it may seem rather clever to score that sort of point which in earller days the Express and the Mirror scored. * But in these days to see the Sunday Times conduct the same kind of row with the Observer and the Telegraph seems to some of us to be degrading the papers, my dear Roy, which you reckon u are running. #Y don’t really mind, or any of us in the Government really mind. “But I tell you, you are doing _-or your papers are doing under your control—what I think is a very great dis- service to this country and — a very great disservice to the affairs which we ought to control. *I am your guest, but I must make this quite clear. I think It is time you stopped. Your business is to ight the other papers off. STOP" *Some of us are concerned about the country. Some of ‘us think it is about time we stopped giving the Rus- sians half a start on what we are doling and, my dear ~ Roy, I ask you and the Sunday Times to take this into account and for God's sake stop.” There was a ripple of applause and Mr. Brown continued: “Around this room there are more than those who clapped. It is about time you stopped. It is about time you shut up.” Mr. Brown went on: “This has nothing to do with D-notices or anything else. It is about time you stopped, and if you are not entitled to control the paper — you and Denls Hamilton—somebody ought to be. . “You are ruining a. lot of things. If you don’t want to be a Cyrus Eaton.. .* iCyrus Eaton, an American industrialist, has kept up & personal relationship with Boviet leaders.] When Mr. Brown's speech was over Lord Thomson told the guests: “We don't always take George very seriously, and now you have a very good picture of the man who 1s Foreign Secretary of this great country, the Right Honourable George Brown.” ; After the dinner Lord Thom~ son said he was not willing to_add anything oe-—shat statement, | rod ba be ee ee =~ Mohr Bishop Casper Callahan Conrad Felt Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele. Room Holmes — Gandy DELETED copy SENT Ac @a3w RY LETTER Gfixty, PER FOIA REQUEST The Washington Post Times Herald The Washington Daily News The Evening Star (Washington) The Sunday Star (Washington) Daily News (New York) Sunday News (New York) — New York Post The New York Times The Sun (Baltimore) The Worker ‘The New Leader The Wall Street Journal The National Observer People’s World Aft -@ 7. Wste bale Sun pagel fon den } , EE Trae emg pe a ee ol