11 JANUARY 1997, Page 27

Sir: I very much enjoyed the review of Anthony Eden's

biography by Alastair Forbes.

Could you please satisfy my curiosity as to the identity of Alastair Forbes? Obvious- ly he mixed at a very senior level during the second world war but I cannot find his name in any of the usual reference sources in my local Guildford library.

D. P. Dick

92 London Road, Guildford, Surrey