SUPPRESSION has so far been assumed that Mr. Randolph Churchill
can read as well as write. But there now appear to be limits to his capacity to do so.
He claims that a letter which he wrote, dated January 18, was 'suppressed.' The letter criticised the claim made in the Daily Telegraph on January 10 that the Sunday Telegraph's colour supplement on the Pope's visit to the Holy Land was the first in the world, and pointed to the coverage, partly in colour, of two Italian publications, Oggi and Epoca.
On the morning on which Mr. Churchill penned his letter, a paragraph was published in 'London Day by Day' giving, as Mr. Churchill failed to do, full and accurate details of the Italian publications and of the differences between them and the Sunday Telegraph.
I received Mr. Churchill's letter on the morning of January 20. On the morning of January 21 I wrote to him with the utmost courtesy pointing out his omission to notice that his letter was irrelevant: Mr. Churchill tells you that 'the Berry rule is: when you have done wrong, go to ground and hope that no one will notice it.' His own rule seems to be 'De ridiculous and hope that people will say "Oh, it's only Randolph!" Perhaps they do.
The Daily Telegraph, Fleet Street, EC4
COLIN R. COOTE Managing Editor
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