6 SEPTEMBER 1968, page 31

The Operation

Sir: I suppose that by some standard your story, 'The Operation,' might be considered clever and sophisticated (23 and 30 August), but in my opinion it is disgusting and obscene......

Sir: Is It More Than A Coincidence In Time That

the Pope's encyclical Humanae Vitae and Mr Dubcek's encounter with his comrades of the Warsaw Pact should have happened when they did? In a year before the communists took over......

Causa Finita Est?

Sir : I should like to begin my reply to Mr R. L. Travers—unfortunately I do not know his military or naval rank—by pointing out that I am not an 'academic Catholic' (Letters,......

Dead With Embarrassment

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS `Jack was embarrassed, never hero more, And as he knew not what to say, he swore.' Lord Byron, The Island. Gentleman Jack Gowon, the dapper and debonair......