BRACERS Record Detail for 65356

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Collection code
RA1
Class no.
650
Box no.
1.60
Recipient(s)
Statement on the Test Ban Treaty
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1963/08/15
Form of letter
TS
Pieces
1
Notes, topics or text

Full title: "Statement on the Test Ban Treaty for the Soviet Embassy Press Agency".

BR comments on the importance of the Test Ban Treaty "... since continued hostility would threaten the existence of man."

BR also hopes that the Treaty will "be an obstacle" to projects, such as Herman Kahn's proposed "Doomsday weapon". (Khan is a an American theorist who deals with the effects of nuclear war.)

Above the statement at the top of the page: "Statement on the Test Ban Treaty for the Soviet Embassy Press Agency (Attention Mrs. Smith) 3 Rosary Gardens, London S.W.7. (Freemantle 7350) 15/8/63 Plas Penrhyn by Bertrand Russell c. 341 words".

Also present are four two-page copies of the statement, TL(CAR), dated 16 August 1963.

Filed
U.S.S.R., F-69b
Publication
B&R C lead
Permission
Everyone
Record no.
65356
Record created
Nov 02, 2014
Record last modified
Mar 17, 2021
Created/last modified by
duncana