22 FEBRUARY 1997, page 24

Letters Lingering Doubts

Sir: Whatever the truth of the Hanratty case, it is not correct to say that the police officer who investigated the case now accepts that Hanratty was innocent (Let- ters, 15......

Signal Error

Sir: Mr G.M. Wedd's letter on the German intercept at Cassino (8 February) is, I am afraid, in error. Neither in German nor in British signals are the definite articles......

Sir: Anne Mcelvoy Takes The Sunday Times To Task For

mentioning the role of repara- tions in our 'potted history' of the Weimar Republic. Everyone knows, I think, that Germany paid only a fraction — approxi- mately one-tenth — of......

The Reparations Myth

Sir: Following Anne McElvoy's article on the myth of Versailles reparations (The consequences of a myth', 15 February), may I appeal through the columns of The Spec- tator for a......

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