2 APRIL 1977, Page 16

Rebuke Sir: May another American reader attempt to answer Jay

Williams's question (26 February) about Nicholas von Hoffman s 'qualification' to report on American aft fairs? They should be readily apparent.. with a complete misunderstanding of practically everything and an arrogant dislike of absolutely everything, Mr von Hoffman couples the kind of unremittingly sopho" moric archness one expects from a collegiate humour magazine. The obvious conclusion to be drawn is that, in all of them, he somehow accords with Spectator editorial poll* Susan H. Llewellyn

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