In German with an English translation.

Götting extends "the compliments of the season and my best wishes" on behalf of the GDR.

Written at the top of the page: "Warm thanks for Ikonen a beautiful book"; the handwriting is BR's. Also present is a one-page English translation, document .178411b, TL(TC).

Kotte Autographs GmbH offered this and 5 other letters from BR in September 2024 with this description, translated into English at https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31894026424

6 pp. Folio up to 8vo. With printed letterheads including "Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation." Some traces of staples. To Gerald Götting, the chairman of the CDU in East Berlin. Plas Penrhyn January 27, 1962, with thanks for a book about icons. "Thank you very much indeed for sending me the book Icons. It is a beautiful book, and I have derived very great pleasure from the pictures that it contains." — The work "Ikonen" by Konrad Onasch was published in 1961 by the East Berliner Union Verlag in the series Old Russian Art Monuments.Plas Penrhyn 24.1.1963. "I am very grateful to you for your kind words and for your good wishes to me. I, too, am hopeful that a world movement against nuclear war may soon be created." — Russell founded the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1958, in which he actively advocated for nuclear disarmament. Plas Penrhyn 3.1.1964, with thanks for a work on church architecture in the GDR. "My warm thanks for the beautiful book on church architecture in East Germany, and for your very kind letter." London 14.1.1965. "Thank you for your very kind letter which I received with great pleasure. I hope you will accept my best wishes for the New Year." Seller Inventory # 94934.

Four dates are given above. Kotte Autographs did not provide the other 2 letter dates. It is assumed that carbons of all are in RA. A crooked image of the letter of 14.1.1965 is provided on the site. BR's signature is all that is handwritten.