Powell thanks BR for commenting on his presidential address to the World Federation of Scientific Workers. He asks BR what their differences are regarding the topics he discusses in his presidential address.

"I am a little puzzled about this, because I agree with what you say about Hungary and Suez; but in the World Federation, as in the Pugwash Movement, it seems to me that it is essential to keep balance, and not appear as partisans of either Eastern or Western governments. Within the Federation, I have been largely instrumental in securing this as a basic principle of my policy, and I had hoped to preserve this attitude in my Presidential Address."

Powell asks BR if he could reply in detail to instruct him on the points BR feels Powell has failed.