Tanikawa is President, Hosei University, Japan.

Tanikawa tells BR that Japanese intellectuals "were most deeply impressed" by his actions during the "sit-down protest by the Committee of 100 in Trafalgar Square and in front of the parliament." Tanikawa has read a chapter titled "Liberty or Death" from Has Man a Future?, and BR's address to the 10th Pugwash Conference titled "The Fundamental Principle of the Pugwash Movement".

At the top left-hand corner of the page, in Farley's hand, is a draft of BR's response; see record 68137.