26 JULY 1957, Page 7

AT A LUNCHEON to launch Mr. Connell's The Most Important

Country (reviewed last week by Lord Altrincham) the author was introduced by the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Selwyn Lloyd. The book is very offensive indeed about Mr. Nehru and Mr. Krishna Menon, and it seems extraordinary that the Foreign Secretary should mix himself up with it. Perhaps he thinks India is no longer in the Commonwealth. Incidentally, I see that in the advertisements for the book there are two very flattering extracts from reviews. The Evening News found his book 'brilliant,' and Time and Tide found it 'admirable.' Mr. Connell is leader writer of the Evening News and a director of Time and Tide.