 At this stage neither Schlitter's offer to resign nor Adenauer's instant dismissal of the idea had been communicated in writing, and having not been dismissed the Schlitters returned to the London embassy.Within the West German Foreign office, however, the matter was not so quickly laid to rest.British media interest rumbled on and the political establishment in London also appear to have remained resolutely unimpressed by the Schlitters' continued presence in their city.