28 JULY 1984, Page 21

Papal bank

Sir: I for one would be interested in learning from Jock Bruce-Gardyne (The economy, 7 July) how far he thinks the run on Continental Illinois has been influ- enced, not only by the Argentine debt, but by the disclosure of the bank's relations with that dubious institution known as the Vatican Bank and its governor, Archbishop Marcinkus, and with the fraudulent Michele Sindona, now serving a 25 year sentence in the USA. However lacking in literary merit, Mr Yallop's In God's Name has been unfairly neglected, particularly in its financial researches, by reviewers who have seemed unfairly biased in favour of the living Pope.

Graham Greene

Antibes