SIR,—No one with any pretence to sensitivity could read the
article by Mr. Paul Tabori, 'C. T. Was One of Us,' without being deeply moved. There is, how- ever, one question which I should like to be allowed to ask. In view of the fact that at the present time the overwhelming number of brutal repressions, im- prisonments and persecutions of those whose crime is the hankering after liberty take place behind the Iron Curtain, why is it that the voices of our own writers and intellectuals are so seldom raised against the Communist oppressors and so frequently and, as it seems, eagerly against the much rarer and less brutal authoritarians to be found in the Western camp? This is no mere rhetorical or political ques- tion, for it strikes at the very root of the integrity of those who claim to carry the torch of conscience.
Communist tyranny is widespread, remorseless and, as far as one can judge, unregenerate. If our professed lovers of liberty are in earnest in their professions, why is it that they have to be practically goaded into protest .whenever and wherever the oppression derives from Communist sources?—Yours faithfully,
HENRY MAXWELL 106 Ashley Gardens, SW 1
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