Claudy collusion

I COMMEND the letter by Fergus O’Leary headlined ‘Claudy: a grave injustice by people at the top’ (September 7).

One of these was Willie Whitelaw. This must mean the Conservative party in 1972 colluded in protecting a priest suspected of responsibility for the three bombs that devastated Claudy on that day, killing nine people.

As an Englishman I would like an explanation for this dereliction of duty by the Tories. More to the point, perhaps, is the need for the British government to make some gesture of repentance.

Gerald Morgan

Trinity College

Dublin 2