3 AUGUST 1951, Page 16

Communique English

Sut.—A United Nations communique states, with reference to the Korean armistice conference, that "preliminary discussion began immediately after the agreement on the agenda in order that the potential for halting the bloodshed in Korea may be realised as soon as possible." Can nothing be done to check the corruption of the English language by the use of the illiterate jargon which seems to be favoured in some

United Nations circles ?—Yours obediently, LEONARD STEIN. The Old House, Leckhampstead, Newbury.