I have had extensive inquiries made and I have no reason to believe that any Whitehall official made any statement that Lonsdale and Blake had communicated. As I said in my previous Answer, strict instructions were given that they should be kept apart. The recollection of those concerned suggests that they were kept apart, but I cannot, at the end of three years, prove conclusively anything one way or another. I certainly can say that even if Blake had had any chance to communicate information to Lonsdale in those few weeks when they were in Wormwood Scrubs together, it is highly doubtful whether it would have been of any interest or assistance to the Russians.