BR tells Felton:

"I attempted today to obtain on the telephone your information and advice about the story in The Observer, but you could not be reached. As you may imagine, I read the story with the greatest distaste, and felt that I had no alternative but to issue a statement, a copy of which I enclose."

Also enclosed is a list of questions.

The statement reads: "I was surprised to read the derogatory story in The Observer today concerning my Archives, which appears almost throughout to suggest my only interest is in making money. In fact the Archives will not put an extra penny into my pocket."

K. Blackwell had added a note to the file: "BR's statement of 31 March 1968 did not appear in [the next issue of] The Observer on 7 April."