Betty Girl
I think that is usually how one would interpret a lot of dashed lines at the end of an newspaper article which had been quoted as an inclusion. That usually suffices to signify the end of any quoted script. The words that follow on from there are obviously not connected with the article. And WW is mentioned in the third person so the wording could hardly have even been construed as being his own words.
I am really not surprised that letters from BA and perhaps BASSA have been misinterpreted or misconstrued if my simple offering can give rise to such misapprehension.