It's not too late to reconsider decision to split Scottish Catholic Archives

As a former Keeper of the Records of Scotland, I have followed the controversy over the Scottish Catholic Archives with considerable concern about the potential risk to an important part of Scotland's heritage, not allayed by Archbishop Mario Conti's letter (Letters, August 3).

While it is good to have a clear statement of the reasons for the decision to break up the holdings at Columba House by sending pre-1878 records to Aberdeen, he can hardly claim misrepresentation by historians, not just in Scotland but elsewhere, in view of the evasions and misinformation that appear to have characterised earlier statements and the apparent stifling of debate, of which the former members of the Heritage Commission and others have complained.

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