CROSSMAN DIARIES
Court rejects Govt’s plea (N.Z. Press Assn—Copyright) LONDON, Oct. 2. In a decision which broadens the role of the British press, the Lord Chief Justice (Lord Widgery) has rejected the Labour Government’s plea to stop publication of a volume of diaries by the late Labour Cabinet Minister. Mt Richard Crossman. the New York Times News Service reports. The Government's traditional claim that Cabinet discussions in general, and not only on matters of security, are secret, has thus been exploded. The High Court ruling by Lord Widgery yesterday is regarded as altering significantly the relationship between press and government. Moreover, the legal outcome of the dispute, which has been viewed as the British equivalent of the Pentagon Papers case, limits Government restrictions over the press and opens the way for more detailed coverage of Cabinet meetings and Government affairs. “A great inhibition has been removed," commented Mr Harold Evans, editor of the “Sunday Times,” which was barred from printing extracts of Mr Crossman’s diaries after publication of several instalments.
The Government, however, says that an appeal will be considered.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33964, 3 October 1975, Page 9
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