18 NOVEMBER 1995, Page 34

Sir: Nigel Spivey in his review of Christo- pher Hitchens'

attack on Mother Teresa makes an important point (like Hitchens) about the misleading propaganda of the Missionaries of Charity. But he ruins his case by apparently believing that the fewer people there are the richer the remainder will be. This makes Stalin and Hitler wealth creators. He further undermines his case by self-righteously declaring that Gatt has `damned' the people of Calcutta. What does he suggest? The same socialistic poli- cies that have benefited the Third World rich and badly hit its poor.

Tom Packer

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