Sir, - During the war Francis Stuart was, in his own words, "completely fired with enthusiasm" for Hitler. After the war, when Stuart was being interrogated by a French officer, he was shown photographs of the victims of Auschwitz and told: "You in your own way are responsible for this, and now you're looking at it, but you escaped retribution." Stuart said later that he would not go along "100 per cent with the French officer's comment, but up to a point. It was a certain suggestion that one couldn't quite refute . . . I had made great mistakes." Since Stuart "couldn't quite refute" the comment it is obvious that his supporters shouldn't try to do so.
I was unable to attend the Aosdana meeting which debated Stuart's recent remarks on the Channel 4 documentary. Had I been there I would have proposed that he be asked whether the remarks represented his views then or now. Was he reflecting on his "great mistakes" or repeating them? Did his statement that he regrets nothing mean that he no longer thinks his enthusiasm for Hitler was a mistake? If he can answer these questions he should. - Yours, etc.,
Seafield Road, Killiney, Co. Dublin.