MALAWI AND THE DOCTOR
Sin,--May I even at the risk of seriously overburden- ing your correspondence columns correct a few errors which, no doubt in transmission, crept into my article published on November 16 on 'Malawi and the Doctor'? First, I wrote that the Malawi Party admits Asians to leading positions in its councils, not 'its Council' because Malawi has no body called a Coun- cil and T am' not sure whether there are Asians on the Central Committee though I know they are in its confidence. Second, I suggested the recruitment of non-British civil servants including Swedes as tech- nical assistance, not as 'technical assistants' and I see no reason why such people should not fulfil gen- eral tasks. Third, I wrote that Dr. Banda moves among his people like a formidable, rather inscrut- able benevolent headmaster, not 'he gives th impres- sion to his people of a . . . headmaster' I was refer- ring to the impression he makes to a non-Malawian outsider; but the people of Nyasaland view him with immeasurably greater warmth, affection and friend- liness, as well as more complete confidence and ad- miration, than has been felt for any but the few very greatest of headmasters. Perhaps the more obvious analogy with a beloved and dedicated family doctor would be a better illustration of their feelings for him.
Freetown, Sierra Leone
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