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Another rumour was that the government imposed a "D-notice" - now called a DSMA-notice - on the story.

“We put a D-notice on it, which means nobody is allowed to print anything. Of course, the ceremony at the Science Museum was being televised live, but fortunately we were able to cut the transmission before the cameras could focus on you. In fact, nobody knows that it was a fourteen-year-old boy who caused all the chaos.”

In Britain, there is a long-standing tacit agreement between the government and media whereby the media receives a notice — known officially as a “Defense and Security Media Advisory Notice” but more commonly called a “D-Notice” — and agrees not to publish certain information relating to national security.

Moran also rather undermines his "paranoid" charge by confirming that Wilson's own D-notice secretary was, in fact, plotting with others to bring him down.

Then they – specifically, the secretary of the D-notice committee - wined and dined journalists to appeal to their patriotism to keep stumm.