LORD RUSSELL AND THE GERMANS
SIR,—I have only now seen the reply which Mr. Healey thought good to append to my letter printed in the Spectator of August 27. Mr. Healey in his article ' Lo'rd Russell and the Germans' stated: We learnt -last year that most of the butchers of Oradour were themselves Frenchmen.' This statement is untrue. Its untruth has been pointed out to Mr. Healey. It is a grossly offensive untruth. Dbes Mr. Healey withdraw it, or does he prefer that it should continue to dishonour his name ?—Yours faithfully,
DARSIE GILLIE
15 Quai de Bourboh, Paris IV [Mr. Healey writes: What I meant was that most of those convicted at the Oradour trial last year were Frenchmen. But since these fourteen Alsatians formed little more than a fifth of the SS unit concerned, I regret that my words were open to an inter- pretation which may have wounded others besides Mr. Gillic.—Editor, Spectator.]
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