RIDDLE OE THE SANDS
SIR,—Mr. George Watson wrote in your June 3 issue: Last week's issue was brilliant as usual. But I missed an article by Mr. Erskine Childers ex- plaining why President Nasser's nationalisation of the Egyptian press is in the interest of Arab freedom. Surely, sir, this would not overtax his ingenuity.
Mr. Watson is evidently afraid to specify my 'ingenuity' and prove it such with his explicit views and versions of fact (which I did think was the proper use of your Letters columns). I must assure him that I am far too busy to try to divine by telepathy what particular sentence of mine in your past columns has offended him. Until he shows the courage of his convictions, he can only be judged petty. As to the press and Arab freedom, Mr. Watson will find my views in Chapter 7 of my just-published book, Common Sense About the Arab World.—Yours faithfully,
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