3 SEPTEMBER 1994, Page 31

An ill wind . . .

Sir: In the matter of former President Ford's alleged affliction (Letters, 20 August), I should point out that a lack of facility in the simultaneous farting and gum-chewing department can in some diplomatic situations prove rather an advantage.

Keith Craig

United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations, New York, 1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 885 Second Avenue New York, USA