But asked if he thought the form of the editorial was abstract enough to prevent any confusion, Kenney said. "It's quite likely there are such memos... You should be out looking for them rather than talking with sedate editorial writers."

Although Kenney said "it's free country," and that his work treats the issue legitimately, he added that he would apologize to Harvard for referring to the "security office" instead of some entity not connected with the official Police Department.

He said he had not yet received any request for a printed correction and it could not be determined yesterday whether the Globe would print a clarification of the piece, as Harvard has requested.

This is the second time this year President Bok, who is away on vacation this week, has been represented in print against his will and without his consent.

Earlier this year, Time magazine ran a piece in its "American Notes" section called "Bok in A Hard Place," which was presented as a letter signed by Bok and addressed to "Miss Manners."

Dilemma

The letter complained of Bok's dilemma in inviting President Reagan to speak at Harvard's 350th anniversary celebration in the fall of 1986. In the fake letter, Bok expressed concern over granting Reagan an honorary degree. Bok insulted professors who would protest such a move and said his last hope was that Reagan would just claim he is unworthy of such a degree so that he could participate in the celebration without receiving a degree.

Bok has said the piece is "blatantly false and misleading," but Rosen said he thought Harvard has done nothing about what he called the "outrageous misrepresentation" because it would not accomplish anything to protest to a weekly magazine. He said too much time would pass before a correction or clarification appeared.

"There's not that much we can do about it," Rosen said. That's internal bureaucracy made it impossible to get comment on the piece yesterday