13 MAY 2000, Page 26

Dealing at ease

From Mr Nicky Samengo-Turner Sir: Simon Nixon's excellent piece (`What news from Ekaterinburg?', 6 May) on Robert Fleming reminded me of an obser- vation made by one of my former comrades from Camberley Comprehensive, aka the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, after what he considered to be a rather uninter- esting interview at the bank.

`Flemings', he observed, 'seems to be a rest home for retired young officers from the Household Division, some of whom I observed adopting the "at ease" position in the dealing room.'