14 MARCH 1947, Page 16

"MIDDLE EASTERN DRIFT"

Sra,—It has been pointed otit to me that my reference to the Governor- General of the Sudan in the article in your issue of January 10th on Middle Eastern Drift reflects unfairly on him. Any criticism which I may have made was directed at the apparent variations., in 144 ef between different countries in the Middle East, and not against-01i

Government representatives whose valuable services are well known, but who have the invidious task of reconciling the irreconcilable.—I am,