Gollancz, upon reading BR's draft letter to the New Statesman, urges BR and British socialists to protest against the Soviet Union before outright war is declared. Yet he fears that an "anti-Bolshevik crusade" may be inferred from BR's letter. Gollancz insists that "the time has come when it is urgently necessary for British socialists to speak plainly, and not be deterred by the fear of offending the Soviet Union."

Enclosed is Gollancz's draft replacement letter.