30 SEPTEMBER 1966, Page 15

The Office Boys

Sta,—Your contributor, Donald McLachlan, in his article 'The Office Boys,' credited me with having built up the information department at Economic Affairs. He flatters me indeed for it is one of the best information departments in Whitehall. But I had no part in it. All the credit goes to John Groves, the chief information officer, who came from No. 10 to set up the department, and he had the handicap of being leaned on for advice and guidance by

W. L. GREIG

News Department, Foreign Office, London, SWI

[Donald McLachlan writes: Mr Greig has mis- understood me. I referred to his work in building up, not the DEA's official Information Department, but an ancillary information service.]