Perth, Western Australia May 10, 2008 Home News Time Out Letters Write a Letter Special Coverage Walsham Classifieds Search Real Estate Trades & Services Submit About Contact Us Advertising Legal	My Sydney position still holds Can Jon Laird ("No mention of Snook in report", POST letters 3/5) tell us exactly what page he is on? Search as I have, I can't find a single line in my book Somewhere Below about the parliamentary inquiry seeing the autopsy report or putting it under a 30-year embargo either. "I have reviewed the inquiry report and have been unable to find any reference to Captain Snook or the autopsy," Jon says. There's a good reason for that, too. Snook and the autopsy came to the surface only after the inquiry was over and part of Snook's file had already been sealed in 1997 by persons unknown! Further to this travesty of fact, Jon goes on to say: "The initial media release about the body (from Christmas Island) referred to what was believed to be a "small calibre bullet", but in the post-examination announcement federal minister Bruce Billson said the fragment was found to be shrapnel. Billson did eventually state that, but not before he'd publicly stated on 14 separate occasions that the fragment was a "bullet". Jon will no doubt agree that machinegun bullets are indeed iron-cased and anyone with a simple magnet could tell the difference. "Is Mr Samuels able to substantiate his claims?" he asks. The only answer is yes in regard to Snook's autopsy and other disturbing aspects concerning bodies. "Does he have anything to say about his submarine theory?" he asks. Again, yes I do. Neither I nor anyone else has seen one photo or second of frame that tells any conclusive story about the demise of HMAS Sydney. There hasn't been seen one shred of evidence either way. The ABC's publicly funded propaganda doco has failed dismally to convince the greater public of anything, and I say good on the Australian public for not being snowballed. Until I see hard cold evidence to the contrary, my stand on third-party intervention in the Sydney's ultimate destruction remains the same. John Samuels Queensland (Author of Somewhere Below) Do you have something to say? Write to us and we may publish your letter next week. < PREVIOUS - HOME - NEXT> Copyright © 1999 - 2008 Post Newspapers Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.