12 NOVEMBER 1994, Page 35

Sir: In recent days I have seen, on televi- sion,

Peter Preston, Tony Benn and Lord Lucan's sister, wearing shirts with but- toned-down collars — a fashion which I had associated with Americans. Could there be a CIA factor here, which may have been missed?

Simon Courtauld

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