14 OCTOBER 1955, Page 22

Snt,—Mr. David Astor is quite wrong when he states that

our interview with Mrs. Melinda Maclean was 'demonstrably false.'

Mrs. Maclean spoke" freely to our reporter as she had done on a number of previous occasions. She was aware that she was speak- ing for publication, and she gave an interview, in practically identical words, to a representa- tive of the Daily Telegraph,—Yours faithfully,

Daily Express

MORLEY RICHARDS

News Editor