3 APRIL 1959, Page 23

THE CASEMENT DIARIES Sus,---In accusing me of `grievous error' M

r. Singleton- Gates and M. Maurice Girodias are clearly unaware of the methods of Irish censorship. They might have discovered from any Irish newspaper that all copies of their book on the Casement Diaries hilt! been seized in Customs.

I am glad to hear that Mr. John.Calder is. proposing to publish the hook in England, and wish him all the luck he will undoubtedly need. I would, however, sug- gest thEtt....he arranges to have the text collated with a typescript copy. In my opinion the obscene entries in these diaries have been forged, and Mr. Singleton- Gates and M. Girodias on their own admission have tampered with the evidence.

Your readers will, 1 trust, understand that nothing I say detracts from the admiration I feel for Mr. Singelton-Gates's gallantry in breaking the magic circle and giving us the evidence Which we have demanded for forty-three years.—Yours faithfully.

FRANK O'CONN■