1 JANUARY 1972, Page 39

124 Lexham Gardens, London W8 Hain again Sir: In a

letter which more than compensates in emotional intensity what it lacks in factual accuracy Miss J. H. Stocks (December 18) takes issue with Mr D. S. FraserHarris for exposing the Communist affiliations of the Hain family. Nobody who has studied works such as S. E. D. Brown's The Anatomy of Liberalism has any illusions as to where the political allegiance of the majority of South African ' liberals ' lies. Anyone who wishes to know more about this has only to study the transcript of the Rivonia trials. Had the Hain family lavished their sympathy and hospitality on the victims of the Harris bomb outrage they might have made their sincerity appear more cred ible. David Lazarus