AMERICAN TROOPS IN EUROPE
Snt,—I have just returned from the American zone, and on going through my back numbers of The Spectator came across the unsigned article " American Zone 1946 " in your issue of March 22nd. .Your correspondent says: " One obviously could not gain a true idea in a fortnight." I agree with tkat. His conclusion, in which he pleads for more political education for the newly arrived G.I.s, is sound. For the rest it is inaccurate, mis- leading and unhelpful. Let us remember that there are over a hundred British journalists in the American Zone. Neither their reports nor their opinions agree with the views of this passing visitor. Many bitter comments were made about the Americans when they first were .under fire. All are now agreed that they have the great gift of being ready to learn by their mistakes. Your correspondent refers to opinion expressed by four or five unnamed people. He states one completely false fact.
In the Russian Zone, no fraternisation is allowed whatsoever." That just is not so. The Americans would be the first to admit that they could do better. They are trying, and for their sake let us leave the reporting
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