13 DECEMBER 1968, page 37

Sir: Having To Deal With People Who Refuse To Accept

proven fact is tiresome, but Mr R. R. Milner-Gulland's strictures upon my accuracy (Letters, 6 December) leave me no choice. Mr Milner-Gulland alleges that not only did......

Sir: Mr C. C. Wrigley May Be Forgiven For Inferring

that 'only old Nigerian hands' are entitled to comment •on the Nigerian war (Letters, 29 November), but in fact many of the so-called old hands are incapable of comment- ing......

Sir: ,mr Buchanan's Letter Of 15 November Impressed Me Very

much in that he is really adept at using the technique of the half-truth. All his four refutations are blatant falsehoods inspired by his personal hatred and grievances. I......

On The Hereditary Principle

Sir: What a delightful and enlivening experi- ence to read Sir lain Moncreiffe's 'Thoughts on the hereditary principle.' I have cut it out so as to turn to it for refreshment......

Biafra And Human Rights

Sir: General Alexander and Mr W. H. Irvine (Letters, 22 November) are of course absolutely right, in spite of your illusions and the irrelev- ance of Godfrey C. Okeke (Letters,......

How Master Fuller Won The Day

Sir: It is true that Ranter Cobb, an hind, bath been deposed, and that in his place bath been introduced a teutonick knight, Hartmutt Johann Otto Pogge von Strandmann, a......

Who Gets The Chair?

Sir: Does Professor Trevor-Roper never ac- knowledge his errors, nor apologise for them when they affect other people? In your issue of 15 November he published a completely......

Islands In The Cold

Sir: You say (6 December) that the Falklanders are opposed to the transfer of sovereignty to the Argentine to a man. This may well be so, though 1 have myself not seen any......