15 MARCH 1968, Page 33

Sir: I am not aware of the politics of Mr

Cranley Onslow (Letters, I March), but as an active Conservative worker, I find his statement, `If British aid had been made conditional on the Kenya government's pursuing politically and economically responsible policies' laugh- able in the light of our own political and eco- nomic. mess.

Is it not asking too much to expect a new and emerging nation to be more wise in this respect than we profess to be ourselves?

Middlesex