§ Q17. Mr. Liptonasked the Prime Minister whether, in the interests of national security, he is taking steps to ensure that the telephones of senior civil servants are not being tapped by subversive agents.
§ The Prime MinisterNo fresh action is called for. Civil servants are warned that the telephone is not secure and that it should not be used for conveying classified information. A secure speech system is available to certain senior officials.
Extensive inquiries have produced no information to justify a recent newspaper 445W report alleging that the telephones of senior officials in the Ministry of Defence had been tapped.