BR thanks Rotblat for his 12 November letter. He will visit London whenever the proposed meeting is to take place, and 18-20 December is possible, "... though I should have said that it is too near Christmas to avoid the Christmas rush. However, it will be obviously necessary to suit Mr. Eaton's convenience. I note an exceedingly sensible article by him in the Herald of November 15." [See record 117088.]

Typed on the verso of Rotblat's 12 November letter (record 117096).

The enclosed statement is titled "To the General Assembly of the United Nations", dated 21 February 1963.

Pauling expresses his disappointment that he was unable to attend Pugwash, as he had committed to lecturing in France during that time.

"You know that in May I wrote an appeal to stop bomb tests, as a first step toward more general disarmament and the prevention of a nuclear world war, and that this appeal was signed by more than 2000 American scientists. I have now decided, after having received unsolicited statements of agreement from scientists in other countries, to extend the appeal to cover the whole world, and I am in the process of getting scientists in all countries to sign the appeal", which Pauling encloses (not present). He expresses hopes that BR will sign.

BR writes that he is willing to sign the appeal sent, though the signatories are listed as "American scientists" which BR is not.

"I shall be very glad if many European scientists sign the declaration, but obviously the word 'American' will have to be omitted in asking for their signatures."

BR encloses the appeal, with the word "American" deleted (not present).

Royon writes regarding the November 8 New York Herald Tribune editorial page sent to BR. "This page from the November 8 New York Times describes the ceremonies in which Mr. Eaton was honoured as one of America's foremost business leaders, and to which the Herald Times referred editorially" (record 117116).

The date of this letter is estimated from Russell's concern about Cyprus in February 1964. The enclosed article was published in spring 1964.

Full page advertisement by Forbes honours Eaton as one of them.

Enclosed with record 117114.

Zagladin encloses a copy of a New Times article on the Pugwash meeting by Topchiev (not present).

Schoenman thanks U Thant for their meeting today and discusses the Middle East and India. Enclosed is the BRPF prospectus, marked "Confidential".

Re a message for the BRPF brochure.

Schoenman discusses Indo-China and the Geneva Conference.

BR thanks Zagladin for sending him the New Times issue, and encloses an open letter, published by the New Statesman on 23 November, which BR wrote to Khrushchev and Eisenhower, should Zagladin wish to reprint it.

Schoenman wishes U Thant a speedy recovery from an illness. The writings he encloses are: a statement on South East Asia dated 1 July 1964; "Mark Lane's Inquiry of the Presidential Assassination"; "Statement by Mark Lane to the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (Warren Commission)"; a statement from the British "Who Killed Kennedy?" Committee, dated 14 July 1964; BR, "16 Questions on the Assassination"; Schoenman, "Who Killed Kennedy?"; BR, "The Cold War and World Poverty"; BR, "Oppression in South Arabia"; BR, "Freedom in Iran".

The enclosure is titled "Statement by Delegate of Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation on Report by American Delegation" and is signed by Schoenman.

U Thant declines to send a message to Russell's 9 July meeting and refers to his own Ottawa press conference.

U Thant has read Schoenman's Helsinki remarks "with great interest".

"The Guardian's call for an amnesty comes none too soon."

Re Greece.

On UN finances.

Ellis gives his title as "Secretary to Bertrand Eussell". He thanks U Thant for his message about the BRPF.

Farley gives his title as: "Secretary to Bertrand Russell".

He encloses "the first brief document" about the BRPF, marked "Confidential", 8 pages, with U Thant's message.

This press release from the USSR mission to the United Nations contains Nikita Khrushchev's letter to BR of 6 July 1963. The press release indicates that it had been made public two days earlier in Moscow.

This letter to President Johnson was enclosed with BR's letter to U Thant of 7 January 1964 (record 117110).

This letter concerns steps the British government should take to end the Vietnam war.

U Thant sends his condolences on BR's death. Thant always held BR "in very high esteem", drawing "inspiration from his thoughts and numerous writings".

The letter concerns the possibility of UNESCO sponsoring centenary celebrations for Russell.

The letter concerns Russell's centenary celebrations as well as a commission looking into the atrocities in Derry (i.e. Londonderry), Northern Ireland.

The letter concerns Russell's centenary celebrations as well as a commission looking into the atrocities in Derry (i.e. Londonderry), Northern Ireland.

This concerns BR's interview with David Susskind. It is not a letter but a document. It is marked "Confidential". Some of Russell's remarks are summarized, others are reported verbatim by the unknown author of this document. Subjects discussed by Russell include: nuclear disarmament, British neutrality in the Cold War, Britain and NATO, the UN and disarmament, the Berlin crisis, and his views on various world leaders. The author indicates that Russell's philosophic views on morality and education were also discussed, but he does not report what was said.

This is page 10 of an interview transcription; the previous nine pages are not in the file. At the head of this page someone has written: "Press Conference in London, 7 July 1962".

The page contains 2 questions posed to the Acting Secretary-General [U Thant] about Russell. Thant expresses his "high respect" for Russell and notes that they met in his London hotel the previous day to discuss a number of topics. When prompted, Thant admitted that Russell had not asked him to join the Committee of 100.

Thant forwards a letter that Russell sent to him dated 16 November 1962.

The letter is addressed to "Dear Friend". In the letter Schuster expresses his admiration for Russell on his 90th birthday and sends the recipient a copy of Into the Tenth Decade.

This document is a press release to correspondents which includes the text of a message from Ralph Schoenman to U Thant, 14 June 1963. The message announces the formation of the BRPF, although it is only referred to as "a Foundation".

"Note no. 2825".

Thant encloses a copy of a letter he received from Ken Coates, BRPF, and Thant's reply of 17 January, concerning BR's centenary.

This letter is contained in a press release issued by the USSR mission to the United Nations (record 117131). It is a reply to BR's letter of 29 May, record 65350.

Eaton encloses two clippings from the New York Herald Tribune, an article entitled "Canadians for Talks on Atomic-War Peril", and letters to the editor, both from 13 November 1957 (record 117147 and record 117148).

He also encloses an article from The Financial Post entitled, "Let's Meet Soviets on this Plan" (record 117149).

Article is about the Canadian response to, and approval of a New York Herald Tribune article discussing the dangers that thermonuclear war poses.

Enclosed with record 117146.

Clipping is of the letter on the editor page.

Enclosed with record 117146.

Article cites Eaton's op-ed in the New York Herald Tribune.

Enclosed with record 117146.

Rotblat thanks BR for his letter of 14 November. "We are trying to arrange the meeting for December 18th, but I understand now that this will depend on Skobeltzyn getting a visa in time." Rotblat asks BR if he could help with this at all. Rotblat also writes that he is increasingly convinced of the need for another Pugwash-like conference.

A copy of the carbon from Joseph Rotblat's paper is located at record 7482.

BR, as per Rotblat's requests, writes on behalf of D.V. Skobeltzyn to the Home Secretary regarding his visa.

BR thanks Rotblat for his letter of 18 November and informs him he has written to the Home Office regarding Skobeltzyn, and encloses the letter (typed on the verso of document).

BR expresses hope for another conference like Pugwash, given the situation between the Russians and Americans.

Burhop informs BR that members of the World Peace Council are anxious to put BR's name forward for the award of one of their three prizes, and asks if BR would be agreeable to accepting an award.

BR thanks Burhop for his letter of 27 November and informs him that while he feels honoured that his name would be considered, he has decided not to let it go forward. "As you know, I have been endeavouring throughout recent years to remain in all my public actions strictly impartial as between East and West. The World Council of Peace is regarded, I do not know with what justice, as a pro-Communist organization".

BR feels that accepting an award from this organization would cause him to lose his reputation for impartiality.

Eaton encloses excerpts from letters he has received, "with comments on my plea for better understanding between nations of opposing philosophies" (record 117156). One comment is from Albert Schweitzer.

"Typical excerpts from a portion of one day's mail concerning Mr. Cyrus Eaton's plea for better understanding between nations of opposing philosophies".

Enclosed with record 117155.

Rotblat thanks BR for his letter and the enclosed copy of his letter to the Home Office.

He asks BR's opinion on Szilard and Weisskopf's suggestion of inviting von Weissaecker to their upcoming meeting.

In a postscript Rotblat asks if BR has seen the day's News Chronicle in which Eaton discusses his trip to London for the upcoming meeting, which they had hoped to keep the press out of.

BR thanks Rotblat for his letter of 27 November.

Regarding the "tricky" question of inviting people to the meeting BR writes, "I think the way out that you suggest is the right one, namely, to invite these various people to an informal meeting and leave it to the permanent committee to make the final decisions."

Typed on the verso of Rotblat's letter (record 117157).

BR writes that other than an acknowledgement he has not received a reply from the Home Office regarding granting Skobeltzyn a visa.

A copy of the original letter is located at record 7481.

Burhop thanks BR for his letter of 30 November and understands BR's decision to not accept an award from the World Peace Council.

He also thanks BR for sending a reprint of his open letter to Eisenhower and Khrushchev.

Eaton writes regarding BR's "Open Letter to Eisenhower and Krushchev" stating that it "... clearly and forcefully states the fateful problem of our times. Your profound observations deserve the widest possible dissemination throughout the world."

Eaton also writes that due to "pressing business matters" he will no longer be able to be in London this month, but he can be reached by cable, phone or letter.

Rotblat writes regarding two urgent matters. "One, is a letter to Mr. Eaton in which we ask him to fix a place for the April meeting, and to answer a few other questions. If you approve of the enclosed letter I would be glad if you would sign it and send it off" (not present).

Rotblat encloses a draft of a letter to the people to be invited to April's meeting (not present).

He thanks BR for going to London to attend the meetings that were held. "... The participants are all very single-minded, obsessed by their own ideas and unwilling to respond to those of others."

A digital print of the carbon of this letter is available in Box 16.79, RA3 1816e, document no. 39.

BR thanks Rotblat for his letter and its enclosures. He has signed and sent the letter to Eaton, also congratulating Eaton on his marriage, and returns the draft letter with no suggested changes (not present).

Response is typed on the verso of Rotblat's letter (record 117162). The ribbon for this letter is at record 132393.

Valls asks BR for his opinion on his proposal to "... extend invitations, possibly as secretary of this Institute of History and Philosophy of Science (within which the Spanish Higher Research Council), to about twelve of the leading scientists of the world, to meet me at a private conference. This conference could be held in Switzerland, and my request to you, is that you will join me in sending out the invitations, since you are probably the most outstanding scientific philosopher now living."

He includes a specific agenda of the meeting in five points.

There is a postscript providing BR with an address to respond to.

BR thanks Valls for his letter of 27 December and writes, "The kind of thing that you feel ought to be done, is being attempted by an organization which had a meeting last summer in Nova Scotia", and suggests writing to Rotblat regarding the work.

BR encloses a copy of a telegram sent to a dinner of Nobel Prize men in America providing his views (not present).

Rotblat thanks BR for his letter and is glad he approved the letters, which have been sent for approval from other committee members.

He encloses minutes of a formal meeting of the Pugwash Continuing Committee (record 117167).

A digital print of the carbon of this letter is available in Box 16.79, RA3 1816e, document no. 37.

Minutes of the formal meeting of the Pugwash Continuing Committee on 18-20 December.

Enclosed with record 117166.

Eaton thanks BR reporting the conclusions reached at the London meeting.

He will begin making plans for a meeting to be held from 31 March to 11 April in Canada, and requests a list of the proposed participants. Eaton provides BR with a few suggestions for the Canadian participants. He recommends Chisholm and Foster and discusses Lester Pearson and Sydney Smith.

Tito thanks BR for his letter of 11 April, and has read the principal documents from the Second Conference of Nuclear Scientists in Quebec that April.

He expresses his support for meetings such as this, "I am confident such effort will help the responsible political factors in the world perceive that peace, and thereby the existence of all of mankind, depends above all on eliminating the danger of use of weapons of mass destruction and on the policy of peaceful solution of outstanding international problems by agreement."

Rotblat encloses the first batch of invitations to the Canadian meeting and asks BR if he would sign and send them (not present).

He is still waiting to get the names of the five Russian scientists to be invited, from Skobeltzyn.

A digital print of the carbon of this letter is available in Box 16.79, RA3 1816e, document no. 34.

Eaton proposes holding the meeting at the Manoir Saint-Castin, Lac Beauport, Quebec, which is pictured in the enclosed postcard.

Eaton provides BR with some information on the Manoir and Lac Beauport and asks his opinion on the location.

BR thanks Eaton for his letter of 13 January and the postcard of Lac Beauport. "I do not expect myself to be able to come to the proposed conference and I am accepting Professor Rotblat's decision, whatever it may be, as to your suggestion."

Typed on the verso of Eaton's letter.

BR asks Rotblat to reply to the enclosed letter and send the appropriate literature (not present). "I should be grateful if you would tell them I am in sympathy with the petition they enclose."

There is a typed note at the top of the document stating, "Encl.: letter and petition from Physics Dept. of the University of Manitoba." [This letter from Canada may be in Rotblat's papers.]

The ribbon of this letter is at record 132391.

McGowan writes on behalf of Rotblat, enclosing a letter from Skobeltzyn, requesting BR's comments on the letter (record 117175).

A digital print of the carbon of this letter is available in Box 16.79, RA3 1816e, document no. 32.

Skobeltzyn thanks Rotblat for his letter of 23 December. After consultation with his colleagues regarding the April meeting in Canada it would be best to confine Soviet participation to three candidates. The candidates he suggests are A.V. Topchiev, N.N. Bogolubov and himself.

A typed transcription of this letter was made by Russell Archives staff.

On why BR insisted on marriage rather than illegitimizing John Conrad Russell.

"Friday". The date on this letter is taken from the postmark. However, Oct. 3 was a Thursday.

BR cannot see Brooks until December.

BR suggests arrangements to see Brooks on the way to his YMHA meeting on education, Dec. 12. "... Don't bring any one else as talking to strangers is tiring...."

BR will write a preface [in Auto. 2] to her book. "... our personal news, which is in every way satisfactory."

Harriet is born, so the letter was misdated as 1930/01/02.

On America. On lunching with Norman Thomas but requiring more than salad.

Brooks' book manuscript "seems exceedingly interesting".

On book outlines.

On her book manuscript, "The YMCA Government of China" (now in the Russell Archives).

BR now "can't possibly do the preface" to her book. He is arriving in the U.S. on Oct. 13.

She may use BR's letters—"I might want to add a phrase here and there."

The envelope is from the Western Women's Club, 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco.

BR will make a preface out of his letter of 5 May 1930. He rejects the use of the letters from himself that she proposed using in place of a preface. There are too many things in them that he does not want to have published, e.g. a remark on Watson.

Rotblat thanks BR for sending him the letters from Harrison Brown and Otto Hahn.

Rotblat asks BR for his opinion on Skobeltzyn's suggestion of only three Russians, but an extra delegate from China and India.

"Finally, I should like to know what you think about Mr. Eaton's suggestion of holding the meeting at the Manoir Saint Castin. Perhaps we should make it clear to him that although we are grateful for the blessing of the Roman Catholic Church, we hope that our meeting will not in any way be associated with any churches."

A digital print of the carbon of this letter is available in Box 16.79, RA3 1816e, document no. 31.

BR agrees with Skobeltzyn's suggestion of inviting only three Russians, and one extra delegate from India and China. BR is doubtful about Oliphant ("too official") and suggests inviting Thirring as one of the Russian delegates.

Holding the meeting at the Manoir St. Castin should not be a problem so long as it is made clear that they are not affiliated with any church.

The ribbon of this letter is at record 132387 and the dictation is at record 16001.

Royon writes on behalf of Eaton to enclose two new article clippings.

The first article is from the Philadelphia Inquirer, which "... reports on a luncheon meeting at the Union League last week, when Mr. Eaton addressed a group of 65 of the City's business leaders." This article is titled, "Eaton Asks U.S. to Seek Accord with Russians", and is dated 17 January 1958. The second article, "The World Outlook" from 16 January 1958 is from The Commercial and Financial Chronicle in which Eaton "... appeal[s] to the American business constituency...."

Telegram from Joliot-Curie congratulating BR on receiving UNESCO's Kalinga Prize.

Rotblat asks BR if he would like him to reply to Valls' letter.

He is worried about an article written by Walter W. Marseille from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists which is very anti-Pugwash. "I agree with Rabinowitch that it should be accompanied by an article representing the opposite view and naturally nobody could do it better than yourself. I wonder, therefore, whether you could possibly find the time to write a short article in answer to Mr. Marseille".

There is a postscript requesting BR to sign and send the enclosed letters (not present).

A digital print of the carbon of this letter is available in Box 16.79, RA3 1816e, document no. 26.

BR has signed and sent the three letters accompanying Rotblat's 4 February letter. He requests that Rotblat send Valls' letter back as he does not recall it.

He is willing to reply to Marseille's letter, having received two versions from Rabinowitch, though the reply cannot be finished to appear in the March issue. "If he wants to print Marseille's in March, he can add a note saying that I am replying in the April issue."

Letter is written on the verso of Rotblat's 4 February letter, record 117190. The ribbon of this letter is available at record 132385 and the dictation at record 16025.

Eaton writes to BR regarding the luncheon meeting he addressed the previous day of the Canadian Club in Montreal, regarding "'Fission, Fusion, and Sputnik: Time for a New Look at International Relations.'"

He encloses two articles from the Globe and Mail. The first, "The Chain Reaction of a Nuclear War" is from 29 January, and the second article, of 10 February is titled, "The West and the Nuclear Curtain".

Eaton is sending the same information to Rotblat.

BR thanks Rabinowitch for his letter of 10 March, which he is forwarding to Rotblat.

BR addresses Alsop's interview, which Rabinowitch mentioned, stressing unilateral disarmament. "I favour unilateral disarmament for Britain whose nuclear contribution is in any case unimportant. With regard to the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., I think that, if both were wise, both would agree to nuclear disarmament. I do not think the policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament has any chance of being adopted either in U.S. or in U.S.S.R."

There is a typed note at the top of this document stating "(another copy, with Dr. Rabinowitch's letter, sent to Rotblat)".

Thirring thanks BR for his letter of 6 March and the invitation to Quebec, though, as he has informed Rotblat by telephone already, he is unable to join the conference this time.

Thirring details his work, such as organizing a meeting of the Pugwash group in Vienna, as "... it is meant to explain that all my work will be dedicated to exactly the same goals towards which Socrates, Einstein, you and many others were striving."

Thirring visited BR on 27 September 1952.

Rotblat encloses more invitation letters to the Quebec conference (not present).

"I should like to suggest with some diffidence that perhaps you would care to write to Mr. Eaton to tell him that you are unable to come and to thank him for making the conference possible. I know that he would greatly appreciate receiving a letter directly from you."

A digital print of the carbon of this letter is available in Box 16.79, RA3 1816e, document no. 21.

Steacie thanks BR for the invitation, but is unable to participate as he disapproves of conferences sponsored by Eaton.

[Steacie was then head of Canada's National Research Council.]

BR writes that due to medical reasons he will be unable to make it to Canada for the Lac Beauport Pugwash Conference, but he thanks Eaton for all of the support and help he has contributed in the Conference.

"A considerable part of my regret in not being able to come to Quebec is that I have to miss the pleasure and interest of meeting you."

Eaton tells BR his message was "... enthusiastically received at the opening of the Conference."

He encloses his own address to the conference (record 117199).

Address of welcome by Cyrus Eaton.

Document is Eaton's address to the Second Pugwash Meeting of Nuclear Scientists in Lac Beauport, Quebec (enclosed with record 117198).

Rotblat encloses a set of papers presented at the Conference, along with the minutes (not present).

"Despite some differences of opinion with our Russian colleagues, we have achieved some measures of agreement. On the whole the Conference was very successful. We certainly got to grips with the problems much more than at Pugwash."

Rotblat's letter is typed on a letterhead for the "Second Pugwash Conference of Nuclear Scientists", with a long list of eminent Canadian sponsors. Among them is George P. Gilmour, President, McMaster University.

Powell writes on behalf of the Conference members to express their appreciation for BR's work and that the Conference was a success.

Powell uses the Second Pugwash Conference letterhead.

Fielding thanks BR for his letter of 7 May and expresses, with regrets, that he and Mrs. Fielding will not be able to make it to North Wales to visit BR during their trip.