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"I can only assume that Mr Bird has ulterior motives to besmirch my grandfather's name, possibly for Mr Bird's own celebrity," commented Foote's gradson. "Quite convenient for him that everyone involved is dead and cannot speak [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/apr/08/russia.davidsmith in their own defence]."

"I can only assume that Mr Bird has ulterior motives to besmirch my grandfather's name, possibly for Mr Bird's own celebrity," commented Foote's gradson. "Quite convenient for him that everyone involved is dead and cannot speak [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/apr/08/russia.davidsmith in their own defence]."

Tellingly, more recent defenses of Hiss by his latest champion at ''The Nation'', D.D. Guttenplan, do not even acknowledge this article. [http://hnn.us/article/98762#sthash.9mATzwSV.dpuf Haynes observes]:

Tellingly, even ''The Nation'' no longer even acknowledges this article. [http://hnn.us/article/98762#sthash.9mATzwSV.dpuf Haynes observes]:

{{cquote|It is likely that THE NATION and Hiss defenders have assigned Chervonnaya, Bird, and their accusations against Wilder Foote to Orwell’s memory hole.}}

{{cquote|It is likely that THE NATION and Hiss defenders have assigned Chervonnaya, Bird, and their accusations against Wilder Foote to Orwell’s memory hole.}}