Coates writes on behalf of Labour Party members and supporters in Nottingham to greet BR on his 90th birthday. "Your devotion to the cause of world disarmament provides an example to us all, of dedication, courage and self-sacrifice, which contrasts most sharply with the actions of your denigrators in our own movement."

Below the names of 14 staff of Nottingham University, the last three names are of 2 organisers of the East Midlands WEA [Workers' Educational Association] and 1 member of Leicester University.

The letter was published in International Bulletin, 1, no. 22 (18 May 1962): 6. The name of Harry Wheatcroft "the rose grower" was added there.