The Press: GONE

Not for years have British newsmen worked so hard on a story as they did last week when Britain's first atom spy, Dr. Alan Nunn May, was released from Wakefield prison (see FOREIGN NEWS). For 15 days outside the prison gates, more than 30 reporters stood a freezing round-the-clock watch, hired special radio-equipped cars, guarded every entrance and pounced on every lead for news of May's release. But for every step the newsmen took, the Home Office, which runs Britain's prisons, took a counterstep to thwart them. "It is undesirable," said the Home...

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