MR. STRACHEY'S AMERICAN VISIT
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—Apropos of the paragraph in " A Spectator's Notebook " (The Spectator, October 14th, 1938) to the effect that, in excluding John Strachey, the American authorities showed less than common sense. The technical reason for the exclusion was that Strachey's immigration visa had been cancelled. This had been done by the American consular authorities in London after Strachey sailed. The most commonly accepted explanation in the United States is that the cancellation was made at the importunity of the Chamberlain Government which did not want Strachey to lecture on the Munich pact in this country. The incident is being used to bolster the view that American officials are altogether too much under the influence of the British Foreign Office.— Mills Tower, San Francisco, California.
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