14 NOVEMBER 1947, Page 16

• THE BRITISH COUNCIL AND EUROPE

SIR,—Mr. Colin Mann's letter in your issue of November 7th contained one particularly important sentence: "The British Council has more valuable work to do than ever before. . . ." Wherever I went during a recent visit to Western Europe I found profotind regrets at the dis- appearance of our tourists, partly for financial, and partly for what one might call " ambassadorial " reasons. The general opinion was that it is now up to those bodies which represent Great Britain to send more films, more books, more periodicals, more concert parties, more orchestras, more theatre companies and so on than ever before.—I am, Sir, your obedient servant, E. RAWDON SMITH. 6 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, S.W.r.