18 DECEMBER 1953, Page 16

THE BIG TRUTH

SIR,—The letter from G. W. Riddell in your Issue of 11th December is a very timely protest against the difficulties encountered when .an ordinary citizen of this country wishes to visit our sure ally, the United States. To this one can forcibly add Canada.

Previous to 1930 I spent the greater part of my life in that country, including service with the Canadian Army in France during the First World War. Under the Emergency Regulations of 1940 I had to withdraw my liquid resources from there, and under present currency restrictions it does not appear that 1 shall ever be able to visit my friends in a land I love, and this in our own Common- wcalth.—Yours faithfully,

A. F. CLEASE

Spring Farm, Colemans Hatch, Sussex