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THE RESULTS ARE often farcical. The 'Spotlight' authors cite a

case from Cyprus: even after the start of the EOKA crisis the information office continued to close at noon. They record also the FO's response to Colonel Nasser's appointment of Mr. Williams-Thompson, head of a London public relatioW firm, as his PR adviser. 'In the same month Mr. Thomas Tull was moved from his post as British Consul in Denver, Colorado, and made head of the British information services in Cairo. Mr. Tull had recently figured in the news when he claimed diplomatic immunity for his wife after she had been stopped by American police for speeding. His previous experience of public relations : nil.'