30 OCTOBER 1964, Page 12

Each-Way Bet

'WILSON'S SURPRISE,' said the Daily Mail head- line, reasonably enough, over the news of Mr. Alun Gwynne-Jones's translation from defence correspondent of The Times to Minister for Dis- armament.

Underneath it the Mail's own defence corre- spondent began his story: `Mr. Gwynne Jones's appointment was no surprise to Fleet Street colleagues . .

A sound defensive maxim, of course, is always to guard against surprise from any direction.

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