Letter released

Brigadier Gilbert then made available the office file copy (see picture) of Mr. Quen-nell's resignation from the security service.

Mr. Robertson told Brigadier Gilbert that this would be reproduced for the benefit oi all students and "outside organisations."

At the same time, a Salient reporter was engaged in negotiations with Security Intelligence which led to a statement from them — the first newspaper interview on the Auckland affair which Security Intelligence has given.

"The Service considers that the mass of recent assertions relating to the Auckland University 'affair,' most of them emotive, exaggerated and in some cases false, has not invalidated (Security's) 1965 statement released to Salient." Salient was told.