Regarding Nabokov's letters on Russell's resignation, BR writes: "Your unofficial letter is very moving and I find myself in agreement with all you say in it about Communist governments."

BR does not agree that the Congress could not censure the American Committee for the substance of their letter. He closes: "I most sincerely regret that this difference of opinion should have come between you and me, and I wish to express emphatically my continued personal feeling of friendship and respect."