16 JULY 1948, Page 15

Slit,—Few people can have read " Merchant's " letter without

feeling —among the emotions—a strong desire to help. I would like to assure those of your readers who have hitherto had no communication with the Russian zone of Germany that the postal service is extremely reliable. I have been sending parcels of food and clothing to the Russian zone, and to the Russian sector of Berlin, for the last year and a half, and the number lost has been under 3 per cent. There has been no pilfering