Letters: Oct. 10, 1983

Doomed 747

To the Editors:

By refusing to admit their guilt in shooting down a commercial 747 jetliner [Sept. 19], the Soviets have once again passed up an opportunity to show the world that they can be gentlemen who want peace. Instead, they have made themselves out to be murderers.

Christian Dupuis Montreal

After spending years writing letters against nuclear weapons, I now realize that we must keep up with the Soviets in the arms race or they will annihilate us on the flimsiest excuse. Military strength is the only sensible strategy for the...