The publisher Jonathan Cape, who had initially accepted Animal Farm, subsequently rejected the book after an official at the British Ministry of Information warned him off – although the civil servant who it is assumed gave the order was later found to be a Soviet spy.
ðə pˈʌblɪʃɚ dʒˈɑːnəθən kˈeɪp, hˌuː hæd ɪnˈɪʃəli ɐksˈɛptᵻd ˈænɪməl fˈɑːɹm, sˈʌbsᵻkwəntli ɹᵻdʒˈɛktᵻd ðə bˈʊk ˈæftɚɹ ɐn əfˈɪʃəl æt ðə bɹˈɪɾɪʃ mˈɪnɪstɹi ʌv ˌɪnfɚmˈeɪʃən wˈɔːɹnd hˌɪm ˈɔf ɔːlðˈoʊ ðə sˈɪvəl sˈɜːvənt hˌuː ɪɾ ɪz ɐsˈuːmd ɡˈeɪv ðɪ ˈɔːɹdɚ wʌz lˈeɪɾɚ fˈaʊnd təbi ɐ sˈoʊviət spˈaɪ.