65° - 01.11.1969, Side 6

jesty it the First Elizabeth of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland. When Elizabeth I of England
died in 1603, the then reigning monarch of Scot-
land, James VI, became James I of the United
Kingdom thus enacting the Union of Crowns of
the same year. Thuswise Elizabeth II is just not
in existence as far as the United Kingdom is con-
cerned. Perhaps Dr. Skuli Thoroddsen would be
prepared to comment on the above?
Yours sincerely,
WILLIAM McDOUGALL.
Scottish National Party Representative in Iceland.
In my famous letter, so soon forgotten, I wrote
to Her Majesty as Elizabeth II, Queen of England
but it was inadvertantly changed in the transla-
tion. Although she has many titles, I knew that
everyone would know whom I was addressing. I
don’t know if Mr. McDougall includes Scotland
in Great Britain, but that must be his own opin-
ion. I have never really thought much about it but
my sympathy lies with most people who cherish
their independence.
SKULI THORODDSEN, M. D.
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Comments on the last issue
What a nasty presentation of TV: one said so
much and the other said so little ... Now that
we have our own TV it seems to me there is less
reason for forbidding Keflavik TV. We need the
stimulation a second station would supply .. . Here
on the Base, we wished the moon-landing shown
on Icelandic TV could have been publicized for
us. We would like to have seen it ... At last I
don’t have to keep explaining to my friends why
we can’t see Keflavik TV ... If Icelandic TV
were on all day, no one would mention wanting
Keflavik. People don’t need more than evening
TV — they are much too busy working ... What
a pretty girl on the cover ... You notice that
Petur GuSfinnssou talks a lot about extending
the coverage of TV but nothing about improving
the quality ... People are tired of the TV matter,
besides they know there’s nothing they can do ...
Such a fine interview with Robert Arnfinsson.
... This cover is quite an improvement over the
last sickly pink ... I understand Barbara Arna-
son so much better now. She is a fine worker . . .
It’s rather horrifying what’s happening in Swe-
den; I hope it won’t happen here ... Porbjom’s
article was very interesting. It’s nice to know
what other scientists are doing ... I notice that
after 65° came out, Icelandic TV had an On
Stage interview with Peter Ustinov and a Back-
stage with Aevar Kvaran. Was it a coincidence?
... Why isn’t 65° sold abroad? .. . This is a fine
magazine, you know ... Don’t let it stop. It’s the
only paper that dares to speak up ... Your
Periscope man really has a sense of humor ...
Here we live right in Iceland and hardly anyone
knows what is really going on at Keldur ... I’m
still ruminating about Sigurhur A’s article in the
spring of 1968. He should have called it, “The
measure fe Excel -ence. Using the word, Excel-
lence doesn’t give the meaning he intended ... I
think. Dr. Vail is worried about his own identity
in the May issue. How can a man visit for two
weeks and pretend to write an authoritative
article, and from a psychiatrist's viewpoint! ...
If I didn’t know your honesty, I wouldn’t believe
65° is really debtless. It’s unheard of ... You are
wise not getting the real VIP’s to write; the local
papers work them to death. What you have done
is introduce the intelligent people who are rela-
tively unknown ... I still think you should call it
65° North.
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