"I have little doubt that I should like your book, but I am so completely overwhelmed with work already undertaken that I cannot possibly find time to read the proofs."

"I quite approve of the project that you write about and I enclose £5 as a token of my goodwill...."

"Letter from New Hampshire > Committee of 100—Randle".

"I am entirely willing that you should reprint the article from The Nation that you mention. As for the chapter from the Problems of Philosophy it will be necessary to obtain permission from the publisher The Oxford University Press."

"Signed photo > Hans Raj College, Delhi".

BR has no time to read his letter of February 20.

"No > Gandhi Marg".

"Copy of Simon & Schuster letter > Foges".

"Pay MG and Manweb".

"No > Sixth Form Conference at Harlech".

"No > Supalla".

"All being well I shall be glad to be present at the Autumn Meetings at Cardiff which you mention."

"In referring Arthur Chisnall to you what I had in mind was that two closely similar Youth Movements are unnecessary and would gain power by amalgamating."

"Snow > Rotblat and Signed letters".

"With regard to Freedom and Organization, I am not prepared to do a revision, as I have no time." BR would not want his criticisms of US Captains of Industry.

BR is thankful for the record of Mr. Witchell's speech that he had sent. BR says of Mr. Witchell: "I wish I knew more about him as he has the art of presenting his case very convincingly."

There is RA audio of Witchell speaking.

BR is too overwhelmed with other matters to offer any help. "I am endeavouring to find out whether there is a society in Canada which deals with Hungarian exiles."

BR asks him if there are any societies which could be of any help to Charles Kish. Kish left Hungary because of his dislike of Communism, before he finished his university education, and moved to Canada where he is working as a manual labourer.

"You will find what I have to say on education in some of my books. The only advice of a concrete, simple nature that I have to give is to avoid nationalism as the supreme evil of our time."

Re her novel The Country Girls: "I particularly liked your descriptions which are very vivid and sensitive." However, the Governments of the world may decide that we are all to die for Laos.

"... I am grateful for your commendation of our civil disobedience demonstration. You seem to have read in your newspaper that it was a hundred people who took part. It was, in fact, six thousand who 'sat down'."

"I am glad you liked my History of Philosophy and I admire your industry in translating seven chapters. It is not in my power, however, to give you the right to publish a translation."

"I enclose an article which you may possibly find suitable. But perhaps it is now too late."

"I am constantly being told that civil disobedience is a mistake, and alienates more people than it attracts. Letters such as yours offer a convincing refutation of this view."

"I quite agree with your remarks about the work 'pacifist', and I have frequently stated that I am not a pacifist. I supported the Second World War, but I cannot support any war with modern weapons of mass extermination." BR is compelled to be against all serious wars now.

BR thanks Kanekar for the photostat of the letter at record 74351. Re Maurice Amos: "We were at the University together and were intimate friends. He worked in Egypt where he became a judge. So far as I know, he was never in Bombay."

"The spread of nuclear weapons to new Powers immensely increases the danger of nuclear war and therefore the likelihood of disaster." As for Kennedy's administration, what we see so far is Laos.

"I am sorry that I have no special information, beyond what has already appeared in many books about the Special Theory of Relativity. You might look up Eddington's book on relativity if you do not already know it."

"I agree with you that what is needed is an overwhelming mass movement against war." BR has not noticed that women are more oposed to war than men.

"Arrigoni's letter about Why I Am Not a Christian > Unwin".

"One important reason for wishing Britain to become neutral is that, as a neutral, Britain could be more useful than at present in suggesting compromises that might be acceptable to both parties. Another reason is that, while we remain in NATO, it is possible for the Russians to obliterate us without causing a general war." BR suggests Herman Kahn's On Thermonuclear War and his article in Survival, Vol. II, No. 2, as well as the remarks made by Khrushchev and Malinowsky at the time of the U-2 crisis.

"The destruction of books about Russia in public libraries occurred when McCarthy was in his hey-day. Somebody told Eisenhower about it and he was shocked and surprised and spoke out against it. You will find the references in the newspapers of the time."

"I never heard Wittgenstein mention Pierce <Peirce>, and I rather doubt whether he knew of his existence ... He read very little in philosophy and got few ideas from other people."

"No > Exeter University".

"I do not suppose the New York Herald Tribune or the New York Times printed your letter, though they certainly ought to have done so since it is an admirable statement of the British anti-nuclear case."

BR writes a message for the World Tribute to Margaret Sanger.

Re the late Bishop of Rochester: "I omitted to ask him what passages in Principia Mathematica gave evidence of sexual lust. It is kind of you to say that you wish I were a bishop, but I cannot pretend to feel any great regret on this account."

"I do not know about the National Secular Society, but I have had contacts with the Humanist Society."

"I sympathize entirely with what you say, and feel it outrageous that Ceylon should be threatened by the insanity of Europe. I enclose what I hope will suit you as a message." (BR sent him Act or Perish, which was written by BR.)

"... I could probably see you sometime during the first half of June. I cannot, however, be certain of this as I do not know whether I shall be in trouble with the Authorities."

BR declines his invitation "with very great regret".

Re his article "Should Britain Become Neutral": "I appreciate the force of your reasons for not printing the article, but I should like to call to your attention to the fact that you held it out of circulation for over three months."

"Thank you very much for your kind present of tobacco which gave me much pleasure."

Re Jerome Frank's lecture: "His lecture says admirable things and I hope it made converts." "… the British Government is apparently bent on the extermination of everybody.…"

BR does not have time to read his MSS.

"Karolyi". There is more to the letter. BR wrote her in April 1961, record 77657.

BR thanks him for his poem "Mushroom Banquet". BR liked his postscript on Christianity. "I hope there are many people in Ontario who agree with your point of view."

Notes, possibly for a telephone call. BR asks for certain points to be publicly cleared up before he speaks in Trafalgar Square for CND.

"Richards > Bangor—Verify time of train from Bangor".

"Jean—Saturday, April 1—Wednesday, April 5 (food, flowers and can she come in on Easter Monday?) Letter".

"I am very glad that you are planning to get the book out as early as November since parts of it are topical and may become out of date."

"Saturday, April 1—Wednesday, April 5 Red Hackle > #43".

"Meet us train from Bangor—Euston April 1".

"I am sorry to say that my acquaintance with Virginia Woolf was very slight and I should not have anything interesting to say in such an interview as you suggest."

"Thank you for the kind things you say about Why I Am Not a Christian." BR has not heard of Thomas Herne.

"I was amazed and horrified by the ignorance shown in the Observer's Leader today called 'Marchers'. I should have hoped that an important newspaper such as yours would have made some attempt to ascertain the facts." BR sends a typescript and will write a letter to the editor.

"Kindly place to my account the sterling proceeds of enclosed cheque for $50."

"I enclose a cheque on Child's bank for £100."

"I enclose a copy of the speech I made in Trafalgar Square so that you and Mr Pennington, and anyone else who is interested, may see exactly what I said in response to Canon Collins's request that I speak 'for the policy of the Campaign'." The Committee of 100 is planning a big demonstration for the 29th in London.

"Rollitts about serializing of Bertrand Russell Speaks His Mind. Could you tell me the financial aspect of the agreement"

"The Foreign Secretary in question was Chicherin and the language used was English which he spoke perfectly." Re record 126972.

"I do not think that dissensions in the Committee of 100 are very serious, and I think they are only such as are natural in company united by the resistance to authority."

"No—so many absolutely imperative engagements appear from time to time that Lord R daren't promise him a date > Forman".

"No > Raj Sampige".

"Your leading article 'Marchers' in your issue of April 2 shows a serious misapprehension of the position of those who are called 'Unilateralists'."

"In a letter from Rita Hindon printed in your issue of April 7, there are various statements about unilateralists which are not correct.... We urge British unilateralism, but we do not urge American unilateral disarmament."

"Noel Baker | Zuckerman > Rotblat".

"Thank you for your letter of March 28 and for the delightful poetic version of the elephants frightened by an airplane. I am grateful for both."

"I am quite ready to advance the £50 that you write about and your plan of paying it back at the rate of £2 a week is quite satisfactory to me."

"No > Song Sang Wong (Korean)".

"Addresses > Roy Jacobsen".

"Map house—".

"No > Stillman".

"I have been pointing out for years that any Communist dictatorship would be temporary only. But for propaganda purposes, this part of my remarks is sometimes omitted by editors."

"I incline to the view that we owe Kahn a debt of gratitude for such an unvarnished picture of NATO policy."

"I am most truly sorry that I cannot find an opportunity to see you as every moment of my time is occupied by the anti-nuclear campaign."

"Thank you ... for the address that you give me in Toronto. If any signature would be useful in a joint letter supporting the release of the Hungarian intellectuals whom you mention, I shall in all probability be willing to be one of the signatories."

"Petra can come > Anne".

"Auerbach > Unwin".

"No—already written Aylmer and Pennington about Manchester > Pittock".

" > Améthée".

BR is unable to help as he no longer has any influence at Cambridge. "I should think you would do better to try to get a position in America."

"I am sorry that I have so much work already undertaken that it is quite impossible for me to accept your suggestion to speak about Newton."

"Signed photo > Johanssen".

"Signed photo > Tucker". Doubtless these were separate mailings.

"My warm thanks for your very kind letter and for the printed account of the Michael Karolyi Memorial Foundation."

"Copy of Observer letter of April 9 > Connatty".

BR regretfully refuses his offer: "I should like to accept your suggestion to contribute an essay on nuclear warfare, but I have already promised so much work that I am afraid it would be a long time before I could get round to doing it."

"Plan he suggests is altogether admirable, but it seems as if a very long period of propaganda will be necessary before a majority approves of anything of this kind." See record 99723.

"Your problem is one which confronts all young people whose views are not orthodox. I had great difficulty myself in adolescence. I think that, in general, it is better to do what one can to avoid family controversy until one is economically independent, but each case has to be judged separately."

"I agree with you about the immense importance of world government, but I do not see how it can be practicable until East-West tension has been enormously diminished."

"ER > Basil Taylor—Come April 31 [sic] if alive and out of gaol".

"Thank you for your letter of March 21 and for 'Debate on Survival'. I have not yet had time to read it, but hope to do so as soon as I can get a little leisure."

Paul Ignotus, Director of the Hungarian Literary Gazette, suggests that he should apply to Dr. George Nagy in Toronto, Ontario.

"I am sorry I cannot come to the proposed Press Conference as my time in the near future is completely booked."

Re the failure of the sit-down in Grosvenor Square. "I think, further, that the Committee owes special tolerance to Ralph Schoenman since it was he who conceived the idea of such a Committee, inspired its formation, and contributed vitally to the success of the demonstration on February 18. We are all rebels and cannot hope to succeed if we condemn those who show even more rebellious energy than most of us do."

"Thank you for your letter of April 8. I very strongly approve of all that you say in it and in the enclosed letters to Mrs Duff and the Press." BR includes a copy of the letter at record 127197.

"I enclose an income tax form and I shall be glad if you will fill it up as far as you can." Tax reserve fund's status?

"10/6 > British School for the Philosophy of Science".

"Bankers order > Child". This is in connection with record 127200.

"I should certainly be delighted if your defence of civil disobedience could be used and I shall remember this when I get applications for such an article."