Although Childs was taken into the United States Federal Witness Protection Program and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1987, Hall continued to deny that Childs had been a spy.
尽管蔡尔兹被列入美国联邦证人保护计划，并且于1987年被授予总统自由勋章，霍尔仍旧否认蔡尔兹是间谍。