19 MARCH 1948, Page 17

" RUSSIA, RED OR WHITE "

SIR,—In view of the criticism by your reviewer of my book of travel in Russia for being too friendly to the Soviets, you may be interested to know that I sent a copy to the Russian Ambassador in London, who returned it to me with a letter saying that he refused to accept it, because it was full of " slander against the Soviet Union and its peoples." As I have satisfied neither your reviewer nor His Excellency for precisely opposite reasons, I am glad of the proof that I must have been fair and objective in my attempt to describe Russia as I saw her just after the