11 APRIL 1969, page 27

Sir : Sincere Congratulations On Your Excellent Leader On...

(14 March). In a brilliantly sustained argument you exposed the in- consistencies, cant and unbelievable com- placency of the British government's position on the civil war.......

Remember Suez

Sir: There has been a good deal of criticism of our Government about its nominees to attend the funeral of General Eisenhower. That this should be just another example of the......

Is God A Tory ?

Sir: One judges from his last sentence that Mr Cosgrave (4 April) is writing of England. Does the following invalidate what he is saying as far as another part of Great Britain......

The Rules Of The Game

Sir: el hesitate to cross swords with Tibor Smuely (28 March), whom I regard as the shrewdest of all the commentators on the com- munist world, but I think he is wrong in adopt-......

Sir: Could I Reply To Dr Dudley's Objection (letters, 4

April) to my piece on Biafra? Dr Dudley quotes Dr Nmamdi Azikiwe's statement that casualties in actual fighting were larger on the 'Nigerian' side than on the 'Biafran' side.......

When Is A Nation Not A Nation ?

LETTERS From Robin Horton, Sir Denis Brogan, Hugh Anderson. M. Aril, Neil Usher. L. E. Weid- berg, G. E. Assinder, Colin Quayle, Rupert Jackson, George Chowdharay-Best, John......

Stormy Exit

Sir: Mr Nasim Ahmed's analysis of the situa- tion in Pakistan (28 March) missed the most important point—the basic nature of military dictatorship is that it tries to perpetuate......