29 DECEMBER 1967, Page 25

If throughout his reign . . .

Sir: Good news! An unabridged (and evidently revised) version of Mary McCarthy's Observer articles together with a new section entitled 'Solutions,' was published as Vietnam by Weiden- feld and Nicolson in October—I quote from p. 86.

In his article (24 November) Mr Vizinczey avowedly set out to demonstrate that President Johnson is not 'feigning.' I hope it is not im- permissible for me to continue to disagree with