THE GERMAN AMBASSADOR
SIR,—As I was abroad attending a conference on the Atlantic Community, I was unable to reply immedi- ately to the comments in the Spectator of September 6 and September 13 on my review of Aleitander Dallin's German Rule in Russia, 1941-1945. Mr. FitzGibbon's letter surprised me. It never entered my head that any of your readers Would identify • the present German Ambassador in London with the murky underworld of the Third Reich.' I am now aware that my words were open to misinterpretation, although the 'implication' which Mr. FitzGibbon has read into them is his own and not mine. Nevertheless, if that is the impression I have inadvertently given, it is proper that 1 should apologise. As for the letters from Messrs. Jesman and Arden, the position is different. I slid not (as Mr. Arden states) deny that Ukranian nationalism is a significant force. I simply stated that for the Germans it 'proved a deception.' That seems to me to be a fact so plain that I do not see how there can be any argument- about it.—Yours
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