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LETTERS.(Letter to the Editor)
SOME PERSPECTIVE IN ORDER
SIR: The letter from Julian Woods (April 2001)is a refreshing reaction to the Manning Clark controversy. It is surprising that no one has come forward earlier to put the matter in perspective.
Much has been made of Clark's alleged "Order of Lenin", but the reality is that at a cocktail party at the then Soviet Embassy in London, attended by media representatives and others, each of those present was given a replica--repeat replica--of the order.
Most treated this matter lightly. Clark, like many another, possibly saw the Soviets in some ways and at some stages as a response to the horrors of the two world wars and the 1930s depression. But, aside from the Moscow visit, with a writers' delegation including James Devaney and others, and the subsequent book published in 1960, he was a man who like to cause a stir.
For the latter purpose he wore the replica. Apparently few did. My informant, who was present, did not, but relegated it to the bottom drawer, where it still lies.
Too much is made of this matter, which should be given its proper status, as the anecdote of a man who liked to add colour to life. If Manning Clark could be aware of the recent furore he would be highly amused.
Alan Rickard, Carcoar, NSW.
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