1.   Germany in the postwar years was a place in which unpleasant truths went undiscussed and preferably unnoticed.

2.   In other words, the truth would have gone a long way.

3.   Like the man who leaps into the air at the sound of an explosion, the FBI chief instinctively takes shelter behind deception when the truth goes off.

4.   Often the truth simply went unremarked, like an elephant in the dining room.

5.   The truth is going to come out someday.

6.   Relatives of those slain have long demanded that Britain divulge the truth about what went wrong.