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t) A joke __. “) Mohr ° . “Brown seemed to have Bishop been nettled oy Lord Thomson's Casper light-hearted after-dinner intro- duction to Mr, Brown's speech Callahan on “Britain m a changing . world.” 7 Conrad \j ‘The Foreign Secretary rose 19 Felt . — G E GOrKGE speak to an audience still chort- . fae jing over a joke Lord Thomson Gale a. old about a George Browa +~BROWN made who had been advised: oy lus Rosen eed oa a 2 doctor to give up smoking, : an astonisning our- .drinking, and women if he Sullivan b " I “oh . wanted to live to be 100. a aae Tavel nt o e story was tha re urst last nig tin Brown might not live to be 100, Trotter we gee f/f. 4 - papers a speech at the Dut in these circumstances it would seem like 100 years. Tele. Room Mr. Brown was not amused. . Savoy Hotel. "I think you made the most Holmes No. 1 target for - of your opportunity, he told Gandy attack was Lord Thomson—his host at a dinner for leading American and British Phau. vias maares biisiness men. £°. “The only thing I will aay in response to that is thet you are the only man I have ever knows who sctually cheated ie, _ Lord Thomson interjected ; “Tr I got away with that... But Mr. Brown pressed on: “T am not teliing a joke. I The Foreign Secretary am being absolutely serious. accused him and his “You actually once gave of “degrading” the British Press and doing “a very great dis- service” to the country. The distinguished audience was shocked and baffled by the off-the-cuff remarks, General opinion was that he was referring to the Kim Philby spy disclosures in the Sunday - imes. for Mr. Brown hinted: “Some of us think it 1s about time we stopped giving the Ressians a head start on wht'f wa are doing.” e went on: “My dear R me your bond and broke it. My dear Roy, I think everybody here who nas heard the jokes you have presumed to tell about me should know you broke your word. When Lord Thomson tried to speak again the Foreign Secre- tary siienced him with: “I didn’t interrupt you.” He went on: “As I _under- stand it, you own the Sunday Times.” Lord Thomsen : “I am given credit for it.” Attack also sitting at the top tabl and whatever he gets is a jo) sight much too much.” ‘Then Mr. Brown's four and half minute preamble ended, and he took up his prepare speech on Britain’s piace in & changing world. This was heard jn selence, with loud applause at the end. The dinner was elven for American marketing executives who have been attending a five- day seminar in London, Oliman Mr. Paul Getty was a guest, I ask you and the Sunday Tim Then Mr. Brown launched : tojtake this into account, a. into his attack : “I understand Leading Britis) A ww included fof God's sake stop. the Sunday Times is somehow Amory, Sir Solly Zuckerman. in your control. If 1 may Bay so, my dear Roy, we would be much happier if you would exercise a little control. “May I say to you and to Manta Peers ees nv Denis Hamilton [Lord Thomson's editor-in-chief who was sitting directly in front of the top table] it may seem rather clever to score the sort of points which in days earlier the Express and the Mirror scored. Lord Franks, Sir Donald Stokes. and Sir Paul | Gore-Booth. permanent head of the Foreign Office. Lord Thomson to'd them, at the end of the Foreign Secre- tary’s speech: "We always take George seriously, and now you very good picture of the man who is Foreign Secretary of this very on Post ‘ald on Daily News Yew York) don't Star (Washington) have a tar (Washington) “PBur in these davs to see the | great country, the Right Hon. (New York) : Sunday Times making the | George Brown. sos same kind of row with the| After the dinner reporters ** - , Gussas and the Telegraph’ went to the top table to ask Mr. . Times Brown if he had been referring to the Philby disclosures. The imore} American guests then watched ‘, | a 10-minute scene in which the : | Foreign Secretary egited us “the jo neC-2U we & YO uf 3- A | declaring | that he had br Dbserver . a cee ere mete MES ) i Ey PCSS ’ a, aif p CSS . . ( fui x A mr terre ais) eae page! — Loy 2 Fo Request — - 24 nove Yet? p | Leadon a ey . “A tee ay Dewey eS LF yar ~~ aaed oS as oi Fgh . . Re,