Sta,—`Serving Officer in Cyprus' demands proof that Cypriots were tortured
systematically while under interrogation during the Emergency; he wants to know where they were tortured and who tortured them. The guilty men are protected by the law of libel, but a strong pointer to their identity may be found by the curious in Hansard, Vol. 573, No. 141, reporting a speech in the Commons on July 15, 1957, by Mr. Kenneth Robinson, who laid specific charges against them which have never been denied.
Neither as editor of the Times of Cyprus. which after the Emergency received a letter of tribute from Middle East Headquarters, nor as author of Island in Revolt have I ever said that the ordinary British serviceman was responsible for, or involved in, the use of torture in Cyprus. If 'Serving Officer' really wishes to press the point further, I am willing to place my evidence privately at his disposal.
CHARLES FOLEY
London
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