Sir – Irene Gill declares that the “Young need reminding of nucear weapons presence” (Letters, August 29). She seems to think that the Oxford “Peace” group should be considered heroic for their protests at Aldermaston and Burghfield.
What the young need to know is that, without the use of the atomic bomb to force a surrender, our parents’ generation would have probably been fighting the Japanese for the rest of their lives.
Peace through superior firepower is the unfortunate reality of the world.
Richard Aelwyn, Bowdon, Cheshire
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