Letters to the Editor
Jamming Conunander Sir Stephen King-Hall Sir Angus Watson L. A. Jackson Dr. Philip H. Sutton Lindsay Anderson Robert Kee H. A. J. Deans
Mr. Butler's Budget Capital Punishment X-Rays Undesirable Emigrants 'Without a Hearer?'
JAMMING Ste,—Whilst in general agreement with your note on jamming (November 11), I urn sur- prised by your remark: 'jamming is something the Russians could perfectly well give up with- out doing their regime any noticeable harm internally: Mr. Molotov does not seem to thihk so and I believe he is right. What we do not seem to understand is that the Cold War is an ideologi- cal struggle and that the Communist Party will do all it can to prevent democratic ideas and information about the free way of life from reaching the minds of a Russian public opinion which in a small way is showing signs of want- ing to have a mind of its own. This whole matter is the Achilles heel of any totalitarian state which if taken more seriously by the democracies could Produce some very signifi- cant results.—Yours faithfully, STEPHEN KING-HALL The Athenceurn, Pall Mall, SW1
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