Gollancz replies to Lady Russell's letter and believes that BR should not take the chair. As this is to be the first meeting to be held on that particular subject, he feels BR's presence might colour the movement as an "anti-Russian stunt". Gollancz states his gratitude for BR's support and asks him to reconsider the phrasing of his letter to the New Statesman.

Gollancz refers to a letter from BR "some months ago", about his Buchenwald pamphlet (What Buchenwald Means). (The letter appears to be lost.)