Letter from London

The Year in Retrospect

History doesn’t really divide into sections according to the calendar. There’s no logical reason why the beginning of January should be a time for stock-taking, but this year the occasion is rather suitable. Just over a year has passed since Suez, just over a year since Hungary, Mr. Macmillan has had a year in office. The past year brought the struggle against inflation into the open. It brought some fundamental military rethinking on both sides of the Atlantic.