31 DECEMBER 1983, Page 17

Sir: Gavin Stamp is to be congratulated. As the only

Greek descendant of the ancient Greeks, I am uniquely qualified to judge how right is his argument concerning the Elgin Marbles, and how wrong are the modern Greek cry-babies to want them back. What Greece needs is less demagogy and more electrolysis, not the Marbles.

Taki Theodoracopulos

New York City, USA