Letter from London

The Great Divide of Opinion

I went to Oxford last week-end, partly to get away from politics and political wrangling. I failed. The chief subject of conversation was the fate of two undergraduates who are being prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act for writing an anti-H bomb article which purports to disclose the provocative methods used by British Naval Intelligence, in which they served as conscripts. The leading undergraduate magazine, the Isis, was full of articles attacking the Government, calling for the end of American bomber flights over Britain, and pouring scorn on all those, whether inside or outside the University, who supported the Anglo- French assault on Suez.

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The Great Divide of Opinion

I went to Oxford last week-end, partly to get away from politics and political wrangling. I failed. The chief subject of conversation was the fate of two undergraduates who are being prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act for writing an anti-H bomb article which purports to disclose the provocative methods used by British Naval Intelligence, in which they served as conscripts. The leading undergraduate magazine, the Isis, was full of articles attacking the Government, calling for the end of American bomber flights over Britain, and pouring scorn on all those, whether inside or outside the University, who supported the Anglo- French assault on Suez.