BR thanks Mrs. Eaton for her letter of 24 June.

"I am hoping to hear from your daughter when she arrives in Chester and it will be a pleasure to us both to see her and Miss Jermyn while they are in this part of the world."

He encloses a signed photograph (not present).

The participants at the Fourth Pugwash Conference, held in Baden, sent BR and Edith their best.

"We are discussing at this meeting the most urgent problems of the day, the question of world security. We are glad to note that many of the ideas, which have been put forward for the first time at previous Pugwash conferences are not being discussed at government levels, although with not as much success as we would like to see."

The letter is also signed by Sissakian, and typed on letterhead of the Fourth Pugwash Conference.

Enclosed is a list of the participants at the Fourth Pugwash Conference, Baden, Austria, 25 June to 4 July 1959.

Boyko writes to BR regarding the preparatory steps for the creation of the Universal Academy of Arts and Sciences. "This Academy ... is thought as a transnational forum of the best of our and the following generations, where the vital problems of mankind can be discussed objectively, scientifically and outside of all group-interest from a global point of view. We are convinced that recommendations from such a forum to UNO, governments, and peoples will gradually achieve an influential impact on all vital decisions."

Enclosed is a letter from Boyko to Rotblat.

There is a note in parenthesis at the top to send this as a telegram. Boyko had requested "a few lines of sympathy or a telegram to the first of these meetings", which was in Oegstgeest-Leiden.

Muggendje writes on behalf of Rotblat, asking BR to sign and send the enclosed letters regarding the conference on biological and chemical warfare.

The letter is mistakenly dated 1949.

Enclosed with record 117286. The letter seems to be a request to contribute to a philosophy journal.

BR thanks Price for his letter and enclosed cheque of £100, which is being sent to Rotblat for Pugwash's use.

BR encloses a letter from Price, of the Atomic Scientists' Association and a cheque for £100 from Price, for the Pugwash meeting (not present).

BR reiterates that Bullard is still on the letterhead, although he has resigned.

Anne thanks the Russells for their visit with Lissy Jones while she was in England.

Anne has read BR's article in the Saturday Evening Post and writes, "If such wisdom can be printed in the Post, all things are possible! It is most heartening."

Rotblat thanks BR for his letter of 21 July and enclosed cheque from the A.S.A. Rotblat encloses a letter for BR to sign acknowledging the cheque, as the previous year's cheque had not been acknowledged (not present).

The reason Bullard's name is still present on the letterhead is that a large batch was printed with Bullard's name, and a new batch has not yet been printed. "I enclose a draft of the Address of Welcome for the Pugwash Conference on Biological and Chemical Warfare [record 117313]. This is only a draft and entirely up to you to amend it, to remove parts from it or to change it altogether. You will notice reference made in it to a statement by General Creasy and I enclose a cutting from a paper which contains this reference (17 June 1959 article from the Cleveland Plain Dealer)."

Rotblat also encloses a recording tape, asking BR to record the address and send it back (not present).

There are notes in Edith Russell's hand at the top.

Document is Rotblat's draft of BR's Address to the Pugwash Conference on Biological and Chemical Warfare.

The last page of this document contains the "Programme of Conference on Biological and Chemical Warfare", which is to be held at Pugwash, Nova Scotia, between 24 and 30 Aug. 1958. Enclosed with record 117312.

BR thanks Rotblat for the draft of his Address to the upcoming Pugwash Conference, and the recording tape.

"The remarks of General Creasey as reported in the Cleveland Plain Dealer are very impressive and very a propos."

Typed on the verso of Rotblat's letter (record 117312).

Powell writes that he assumes BR received a telegram from Eaton in September suggesting that the Pugwash Committee endorse Khrushchev's statement. Powell was out of the country at the time, and feels he would have thought it unwise to endorse Khrushchev.

"I am not sure, however, that the general development of opinion on this issue has not been sufficiently favourable to make some action along the lines Mr. Eaton had in mind appropriate. In particular it seems that his suggestions have been very sympathetically received, and that the whole perspectives for disarmament have thereby been extended. Perhaps the great advantages of a very wide degree of disarmament might be stressed by the Continuing Committee at an appropriate moment. I have particularly in mind that widespread disarmament would enormously ease the problems of control."

At the foot of the letter is a note which reads, "Copy to: Professor Rotblat".

Lindop writes on behalf of Rotblat, who is in Geneva, to thank BR for sending back the tape recording of his opening address to the Pugwash Conference.

"It looks as if there will be about 20 scientists at the meeting covering most of the field, but we are waiting to hear from Mr. Eaton about whether he has been able to contact a meteorologist, and a Chinese participant."

"Mark L [her child] is developing rapidly and should soon be able to walk to Penrhyndeudraeth to see you!"

As Rotblat is at a meeting in Montreux, Lindop writes that there have been suggestions to approach Charlie Chaplin about the Pugwash Conference to interest him, and perhaps get some financial support from him. "This is badly needed for the European group if we are not to be entirely financed by the U.S.A. Professor Rotblat felt it would be better if you were willing to write to Chaplin to ask him to contact Professor Rotblat in Montreux, which is very near Vevey where Chaplin lives."

Lindop encloses a letter to sign and send to Chaplin, as well as Pugwash letterhead in case BR wished to rewrite the letter (not present).

BR has signed the letters Lindop enclosed on 5 August and found nothing to change in the letter to Charlie Chaplin.

In a postscript BR writes, "We shall welcome Mark when he walks here and hope that both he and his mother will do so soon."

Typed on the verso of Lindop's letter (document .117317).

Eaton writes that an impressive aspect of the Pugwash Conference was the Soviet scientists. "Not only did they demonstrate that they fully equal their colleagues from other countries as specialists in their fields, but they also consistently displayed a considerably broader knowledge of activities within the governments and military establishments of their own and other countries in both East and West. The Russians are obviously working hard to make the most of this world, and leaving to others preoccupation with the theoretical benefits of the world to come."

A disappointment of the Conference was that "more than a few" of the Continuing Committee members were unable to attend.

BR informs Powell that he will be at Hasker Street from 10 Sept. to the end of Sept. As such it might be easier for the Japanese whom Powell telephoned BR about to visit BR at Hasker Street than Plas Penrhyn.

Powell writes that Shimonaga visited him the previous day and offered to pay travelling expenses for about ten prominent scientists to go to Japan and discuss "... topics of international importance in a friendly and peaceful atmosphere."

"I had some difficulty in replying adequately to this invitation, because, in my opinion, it is not really of very great value to us at the present time. The important question is: What should these ten scientists talk about? We are not at a different stage from that of three or four years ago, when it really was useful to speak in terms of generalities, and issue public statements. I said, however, how grateful we were for his support, and I told him that there would be a number of scientific conferences in Japan in 1961, when assistance from him might be valuable in bringing people together."

Royon encloses a copy of the proceedings at Pugwash for BR, along with a copy of their letter of transmittal conference participants (not present).

A photocopy of this letter (as a form letter) is also present.

Rotblat encloses a letter he has written to Eaton regarding the recent conference on biological and chemical warfare, following his conversation with BR the previous day (record 117324).

Rotblat is sorry he and Eaton do not agree on the outcome of the conference, as he has spoken to several people since the Pugwash Conference who unanimously agree that the statement is a good document. "Nobody has suggested that the value of the document is in any way diminished by the statement that the participants did not know the result of work going on in secret. On the question of a comparison with nuclear weapons, here too the unanimous opinion was that such a comparison was absolutely necessary, particular in view of suggestions made in some quarters that there is no need to worry unduly about nuclear weapons, when an even greater menace exists in biological and chemical weapons."

Enclosed with record 117323.

Eaton cables BR regarding Khrushchev's United Nations address, "... calling for abandonment of war and universal disarmament [which] comprehensively and eloquently embodies the goals and ideals that our Pugwash Conference have consistently urged." Rotblat would like to issue a statement supporting Khrushchev, which he would like BR to sign, and feels that the complete text of Khrushchev's speech should be circulated.

Enclosed is a typed copy of BR's reply to this telegram (record 117326).

Edith Russell noted at the top that Rotblat sent the reply cable.

BR replies to Eaton's telegram stating that he fully approves Khrushchev's plan, however does not think it advisable to endorse him for political reasons. BR did endorse Khrushchev's proposals at a public rally the previous day.

Enclosed with record 117325.

Royon encloses a copy of the proceedings of the Third Pugwash Conference of Nuclear Scientists (not present).

"We should have liked to place this volume in your hands earlier, but were obliged to postpone its publication until we completed the mailing of the Vienna Declaration to approximately 30,000 of the world's leading nuclear scientists."

Royon also encloses the Vienna Declaration (not present).

[The letter is the same as that at record 117322 but is not personalized.]

Rabinowitch writes to BR regarding Khrushchev's proposal. "If one could assume that Khruschev's proposal is not merely sincere, but also serious, and that the Pugwash Movement could mobilize public opinion for its support, I would not hesitate; but while I believe that the Russians would like to see far-reaching disarmament, to be able to concentrate on their lagging production of consumer goods, I do no believe that Khrushchev's complete disarmament proposal is meant seriously, and what is more important, I do not believe that the Pugwash Movement could be a strong influence in its support."

Rabinowitch questions the competence of the Pugwash Continuing Committee to issue statements that commit the Movement.

BR thanks Powell for his letter of 22 October.

"For my part, I publicly expressed my whole-hearted approval of Krushchev's suggestions, but I did not think that the Pugwash committee, as such, should express any opinion on the matter. I replied to Mr. Eaton's telegram in this sense."

Regarding Powell's suggestion that there is now more reason to agree with Khrushchev's statement, BR writes, "I am not yet sure what I think, and my opinion would partly depend on the views of the various members of the committee as I should not wish the movement to be split on this subject. Otherwise I agree with you with what you say."

The reply is written on the verso of Powell's letter.

BR thanks Rabinowitch for his letter of 28 September, regarding a disagreement with Eaton.

"I could imagine a situation in which I should think a political pronouncement by Pugwash appropriate, but it could be only about some matter as to which there was no division between East and West. I was glad to find that Rotblat takes the same view about the present issue as you and I do."

Rabinowitch informs BR he fully agrees with the attitude BR expressed in a telegram to Eaton.

Royon writes to enclose a clipping from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, titled "Eaton Praised in Czech Letter", 29 Oct. 1959, as well as excerpts from letters Eaton has received from various Heads of State, who received the proceedings of the Pugwash Conference (record 117333).

Document is "Excerpts from Letters of Heads of State Commenting on Proceedings of Pugwash Conference of International Scientists on Biological and Chemical Warfare". The date on the cover page ranges from 24 to 30 Oct. 1959.

Leaders include Canada's John G. Diefenbaker, Great Britain's Harold Macmillan, Cuba's Fidel Castro, Mexico's Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, Hungary's Ferenc Munnich and many others, each commenting on the Pugwash Conference.

Rotblat thanks BR for sending him the letter from Topchiev, and is glad to learn that it has been agreed to hold the conference in Moscow. Rotblat asks BR his thoughts on holding the meeting in Moscow, and if he will be able to attend it.

"Not knowing what your reaction would be I put down an evasive reply in the letter which I enclose in hope that you will agree on it and sent it to Topchiev. If you don't will you please perhaps change the letter" (not present).

Rotblat also asks BR to sign the enclosed letter to the Home Office regarding visas for Skobeltzyn and Pavlinchenko, who will be attending the December meeting (not present).

BR thanks Rotblat for his letter 2 November, and has signed and sent the letters to Topchiev and the Home Office.

"You were quite right to make my letter to Topchiev evasive, as I have not yet made up my mind as to the desirability of my going to Moscow."

He expects to be in London for the December meetings.

Typed on the verso of Rotblat's letter.

Rotblat thanks BR for his letter of 4 November and informs him that the London meeting will take place on 18-20 December.

"It will be too much asking you to sit in during all the meetings, but if you could be with us perhaps during the first meeting on the 18th, and the last meeting, probably Monday morning 21st December, when the decisions about the future conferences will be made, we would be most grateful."

Eaton expresses his delight at Philip Noel-Baker, an associate at the Third Pugwash Conference, winning the 1959 Nobel Peace Prize.

"You will recall the brilliant 'Memorandum on Disarmament' that Noel-Baker presented at Kitzbuhel. The views that he expressed there clearly reflect the courageous thinking that lead to the Nobel Prize."

Eaton notes that the Pugwash committee might consider issuing a statement regarding this, and is sending the same letter to the other members of the committee, "... and shall look forward to learning what the consensus is."

Rotblat writes to BR regarding a society called "War on Want", established at Bristol and other universities, which allows young people to help the less fortunate, such as refugees and underdeveloped countries. Rotblat has been persuaded to become the president of this organization at Bristol, and he has suggested taking more serious and ambitious issues.

"With this preamble, I now come to the principal point of this letter. Would it be asking you too much to come and address a public meeting organized by this Society on an evening next term? It is asking a lot, and I thought I would mention it to you privately before the Society approaches you."

Powell encloses a copy of the Presidential Address to the World Federation of Scientific Workers he delivered in Warsaw the previous September (record 117339).

Document is an address given by Powell to the World Federation of Scientific Workers at their Sixth General Assembly in Warsaw, September 1959.

Enclosed with record 117338.

BR writes he has read the presidential address Powell sent and finds himself in nearly complete agreement with it.

"There is, however an inevitable difference between us owing to the fact that you are a Communist and I am not." Due to this BR goes on to ask Powell to clear up a few points for him regarding "alien military tyranny".

Powell thanks BR for commenting on his presidential address to the World Federation of Scientific Workers. He asks BR what their differences are regarding the topics he discusses in his presidential address.

"I am a little puzzled about this, because I agree with what you say about Hungary and Suez; but in the World Federation, as in the Pugwash Movement, it seems to me that it is essential to keep balance, and not appear as partisans of either Eastern or Western governments. Within the Federation, I have been largely instrumental in securing this as a basic principle of my policy, and I had hoped to preserve this attitude in my Presidential Address."

Powell asks BR if he could reply in detail to instruct him on the points BR feels Powell has failed.

BR thanks Powell for his letter of 21 November.

"I have looked again through your Presidential Address and I think I was unduly captious in seeming to detect a bias. The only thing that I have found that I think might be objected to is what you say about Kasakstan." The other note BR has is Powell's praise of the congresses at Prague and Warsaw, which BR feels could suggest that no work is being done in the West, though he does not believe this is Powell's intention.

"These are very tiny points and I do not think you need to worry about them. But, apart from your address, the general question remains: how far should one keep silence about acts by one's own side that one thinks undesirable? When I wrote to you I was thinking more of this general question than of your Address."

Typed on the verso of Powell's letter.

Note in BR's hand on top of letter (record 117218) stating "Telegram shall be in London 29 Millbank June 9 to 13 perhaps longer. Could we meet there. Russell".

BR accepts the invitation to join the Society. At this time, the Society's name was the Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers. It was later shortened.

BR asks for permissions advice with regard to publishing the letters of "celebrities" in The Amberley Papers.

At this time, the Society's name was the Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers. It was later shortened.

BR thanks Roberts for his permissions advice re The Amberley Papers and asks for further clarification.

At this time, the Society's name was the Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers. It was later shortened.

BR asks a question with regard to late receipt of his royalties for his two books in the Home University Library. Thomas Butterworth has become the publisher of the series.

BR thanks Roberts for the draft agreement for collecting royalties he sent him. He will use it in future, as Thomas Butterworth has now paid up.

BR was willing to sign a joint letter to The Times; unfortunately the request was sent to a wrong address.

[He signed an anti-obscenity letter later in the year.]

BR declines an invitation.

Rotblat asks BR if he may print invitations in BR's name for a sherry party for a number of British scientists and others, in connection with the upcoming Pugwash Continuing Committee meeting.

The party is planned for the first day of the Pugwash meeting, 18 December at the C.I.B.A. Foundation.

BR gives Rotblat permission to print the invitations in his name among others and encloses a letter from the Home Office (record 117353).

Typed on the verso of Rotblat's letter.

Renton informs BR that the visa applications for three Soviet scientists who wished to attend the Pugwash meeting have been received, and the British Embassy in Moscow has issued them.

Enclosed with record 117352.

Eaton encloses a printed clipping of an editorial, "Huxley on Evolution", by Dr. Henry P. van Dusen, New York Times, 11 Dec. 1959.

"One of your inimitable letters would be especially effective, not only as an answer to Dr. van Dusen, but also as an encouragement for American scientists to start breaking the silence into which they have lamentably fallen since World War II."

Rotblat encloses papers relating to the Pugwash committee meeting (record 117356).

He has not yet heard anything about the meeting in Moscow, but writes that BR "... will find a short memorandum on the large conference in 1961 and a longer document about the proposed conference in India. With regard to the latter, I must point out to you two serious errors in the document 'Questions and Answers about Pugwash.' One states that you issued your 1955 statement during the 'Atoms for Peace' Conference in Geneva, which is not true. The second point is that they still have left Bullard's name as a member of the committee."

Attached with this document, as noted on the title page is "Questions and Answers about Pugwash".

Both are enclosed with record 117355.

Eaton encloses a letter from Nikita S. Khrushchev, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, which endorses Pugwash (record 117358).

Eaton also encloses his response to Khrushchev (record 117359).

Khrushchev thanks Eaton for sending him the documents of the Pugwash meeting on biological and chemical weapons.

"The joint efforts of scientists to abolish war will undoubtedly work increasing influence on the shaping of world-wide public opinion toward banning all weapons of mass destruction and on accomplishing the task of total and complete disarmament, which has without question become the most urgent task of our times."

Enclosed with record 117357.

Eaton thanks Khrushchev for his letter and its endorsement of Pugwash. "Your message will bring renewed inspiration to the hundred eminent scientists from twenty-two major nations of East and West, who have participated in the Pugwash conferences, in a dedicated effort to educate mankind to the grave dangers of nuclear, biological and chemical warfare."

Enclosed with record 117357.

Anne is sure the Moscow meeting will be useful. She asks BR to encourage some of the "timid Americans" to speak up against Teller.

"No one but you and Leo Szilard have been brave enough to disagree in a way that is meaningful. Teller speaks constantly—to members of congress, on radio, television, and in articles. The only man who does even half as much for the opposite point of view in the U.S. is Cyrus himself. Until more responsible and respected figures are willing to risk being controversial, as he has, public opinion in the USA will be Teller's to do with as he sees fit."

Anne thanks BR for sending a photograph, and for his invitation to her daughter, Lissy.

"I wanted you to see the Pugwash postcard. It is copied from a cartoon in the Halifax paper some years ago." (The cartoon shows a field of cattle sitting and thinking.)

Rotblat writes regarding the Pugwash Conference in Moscow, which is to occur in April 1960, provided they receive strong representation from the U.S. He has talked with Rabinowitch who could not get enough people for April and has suggested moving the Conference to the summer.

He brings up the breakdown of negotiations on the Test Ban Agreement in Geneva."This time the disagreement was not among politicians but among scientists, on purely technical matters. I feel this is a great blow to the Pugwash Movement because we have always been claiming that the scientists can agree, at least on technical matters."

Rotblat encloses two letters for BR to sign and send (not present).

BR thanks Rotblat for his letter of 7 January. Typed on the verso of Rotblat's letter.

He agrees completely with Rotblat's sentiments regarding the Test Ban Agreement in Geneva, and feels that holding a conference as soon as possible is desirable given this situation. "If scientists cannot agree about tests, they are not likely to agree about anything else. I do not know whether blame is to be attached to either side in the breakdown of negotiations. I had hoped that the breakdown was not final and that agreement was still possible."

BR has signed and sent the two letters Rotblat enclosed.

Eaton writes that Czechoslovakian ambassador was in Cleveland that day to make a personal delivery, on behalf of Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl of the German Democratic Republic, regarding the documents from the Pugwash Conference on Biological and Chemical Weapons.

He quotes Grotewohl's letter as saying, "'Allow me to wish you great success in your further work for world peace. May I ask you at the same time to transmit to the Pugwash scientists my best wishes for the vital activities in the interests of better understanding between nations. You may be sure of the sympathetic support of both the government and the people of the German Democratic Republic.'"

Eaton encloses an article from the 12 Feb. 1960 issue of the New York Herald Tribune entitled, "Eisenhower Bids Reds Ban on All Nuclear Tests That Can Be Detected."

"My understanding is that Great Britain does not support the Eisenhower proposal, but urges a voluntary moratorium on all tests pending further research on means of detecting underground explosions. The American public will be seriously misled by this prominently displayed article, especially since the Herald Tribune is owned by the U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James, John H. Whitney."

Rotblat informs BR of what has been going on with Pugwash, specifically regarding his suggestion at the beginning of January to hold a conference discussing the Geneva deadlock on the ban of tests, which was not met favourably. "However, two weeks ago, all of a sudden, I received a cable from Topchiev saying that the Russians agree now to such a conference. In the meantime two Americans, Leghorn and Wiesner, went to Moscow and one of them rang me up not long ago saying that the Russians are now very enthusiastic about the conference on a test ban." He writes that the suggested conference would be no later than the first week in May and in London.

BR thanks Rotblat for his letter of 25 March.

He feels that the proposed conference would be useful, as he expects that Teller's opinion will prevent an agreement being made by the time Congress meets.

"I think there will be a limited agreement to the Russian proposals, with enough reservations to secure Russian rejection. I do not think agreement will be reached unless every possible pressure is brought to bear on the British and American governments."

Typed on the verso of Rotblat's letter.

Rotblat encloses letters of invitation to the Moscow conference for BR to sign and send (not present).

BR thanks Buzzard for his letter of 8 April and is sorry to hear that he cannot make it to the next Pugwash meeting.

He provides Buzzard with his Hasker Street address in London, in response to Buzzard's suggestion of a visit and discussion. BR expects to be there from 21 to 25 April.

Rotblat encloses invitations for the Moscow conference for BR to sign (not present). Some of the invitations are blank, as they are for Russian scientists who have not yet been nominated by the Academy, which he asks BR to return after signing, while the rest can be sent.

BR encloses £100 to go towards the expenses of a secretary for Rotblat for the Pugwash work (not present).

"I have been wondering what your emotions are on the occasion of Cyrus Eaton's being awarded the Lenin Peace Prize. I hope they are thoroughly Christian."

Burhop writes to BR as a friend of his, Dr. P. Biquard, whom BR met many years prior, has been commissioned to write a book on Joliot-Curie and would like to talk with BR. He asks BR if Biquard could call upon BR for a visit 23 May.

BR thanks Burhop for his letter of 9 May and writes that he would be happy to see Biquard if he is in London while BR is, between 26 May to 7 June. BR provides Burhop with his Hasker Street address and telephone number.

Typed on the verso of Burhop's letter.

Rotblat thanks BR for his letter of 5 May and his cheque of £100 for Pugwash expenses.

He had not heard about Eaton receiving the Lenin Prize prior to BR's letter but writes that he is impressed.

Rotblat encloses more invitations for BR to sign and send, as well as a letter to the Home Office regarding visas for the Russians to attend the committee meeting in London.

"As you will notice the dates have now been fixed for the 21st-23rd of June, and since some of the participants will just manage to arrive for the meeting, we had reluctantly to abandon the idea of holding the meeting in Penrhyndeudraeth."

Rotblat wonders if Eaton has given up hope of the Nobel Prize.

Edith is outraged by Betty Royon's introduction for the proceedings of the Fourth Pugwash Conference and her reference to Eaton as the founder of the Pugwash Movement. She goes on to detail the coming of the First Pugwash Conference and Eaton's role in such.

"I am especially anxious that the true facts should be made public since I have been perplexed by finding that a number of the participants in one or more of the conferences who have happened to come to see my husband have seemed to think that Cyrus Eaton both started the Movement and is responsible for its very important doings." Cyrus Eaton has "the gift of making money" and sports "a thriving publicity department".

Edith informs Rotblat that she and BR will be in London at Hasker Street 7 June and hopes to see him and Lindop.

BR thanks Rabinowitch for his letter of 4 May.

He praises the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists for its valuable work after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and its continuously valuable work since. "I note, however, that, as was to be feared, the horror at first inspired by A-bombs rapidly diminished, and H-bombs now inspire less horror than A-bombs did in 1945. I think this is regrettable, and I wish the earlier feeling could have been kept alive."

There is a postscript below the letter stating, "You are at liberty to publish any part of this letter that you think fit."

Topchiev has copied this letter to Powell, Rotblat, Glass and Brown, and BR, whose name is underlined, though it opens with "Dear Professor Rabinowitch".

He writes on behalf of the Soviet Scientists' Pugwash Group, regarding the US's recent action against the Soviets by sending their military reconnaissance plane into "... air space of the USSR." [This refers to the U2 incident.]

"All our people and the Soviet scientists as well strongly condemn such aggressive actions of the USA government and we regard them as a very dangerous threat to a world peace. We believe that all those who treasure the cause of peace will not remain indifferent under such circumstances."

Rabinowitch expresses the unhappiness regarding the actions of America.

"We are convinced that in this situation, the maintenance of our program of bringing together scientists of all countries to explore the possibilities of constructive cooperation could contribute significantly to the creation of a situation in which such incidents will become forever impossible."

The photocopy is an early, brown, flimsy copy.

BR will be in London when the Pugwash committee meets, between 21-23 June, and encloses two letters he has not acknowledged (not present).

Agatha is age ten.

The letter is addressed to "Weewee", one of William's nicknames.

The letter is annotated, possibly by Margaret Lloyd, "From Agatha about Bertie's father Lord Amberley."

This letter is addressed to "My Dear Old Fellow".

It is annotated "Re Bertie's parents".

This letter had a second sheet which is not extant here.

The first sheet of this letter is not extant here.

This is the middle page of a letter; the first page and the closing page are not extant here.

The letter contains an ink sketch done by Agatha Russell of herself.

The letterhead consists simply of "Agatha" typeset in blue ink and old English lettering.

"Saturday".

Although 3 pages in length, this letter is missing its concluding sheet(s).