24 JULY 1971, Page 29

Agents' loyalties

Sir: As one of the ' Jesuits ' to whom Hugh Macpherson referred last week, may I explain to him and to your readers, that a Conservative agent does not owe loyalty " direct to Central Office," by to his Constituency Association by whom he is employed.

G. W. Buxton Secretary and Agent, Daventry Constituency Conservative Association, Daventry, Northants