"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."

"Thank you very much for your interesting and very kind letter of April 5 which I find most encouraging."

"Secretary—acknowledge > Bhattacharyya".

"No > Japan H bomb Council".

"I am very sorry indeed that I am too busy with quite other matters to be able to read the work you sent me."

"OK > Dag Sanner".

"Your letter received this morning raises a grave issue. You will remember that I only undertook to do the recordings on condition that I was allowed to say my say about nuclear weapons and nuclear war and defence policy. If your superiors insist on cutting part of what I said on these subjects, they are certain to cut the most vital parts and arrange that my whole position shall seem inept. If this is done, it will mean that two days of my time and a very great deal of my energy have been fraudulently wasted. Since the time that remains to me is probably limited, this is a grave matter. I must ask you therefore to mention that, if what I said on the above subjects is at all seriously cut, I shall repudiate the whole recordings and forbid their being used."

Re Tony Smythe's letter to the Working Committee.

"I heartily agree with what you say, except for one small point: I think that marshalls are useful in large demonstrations."

"Owing to illness <there is a gap of 33 days in the Dictation> I have not been able to answer your letter of May 2 sooner. Two entirely distinct questions are involved: one, as to the children's holidays; the other, as to Dora's maintenance."

BR has no objection to a reprinting of his Introduction to the Tractatus. "I was influenced by the fact that Wittgenstein and all his followers hated my introduction and that Wittgenstein only consented to its inclusion because the publishers made it a condition of their publishing the Tractatus."

"On reconsideration and in view of the receipt of a letter from A.J. Ayer I have decided that the reasons which originally led me to give permission for the reprinting of my introduction remain valid, and I have therefore withdrawn my refusal of permission to reprint it."

Re the proposed paperback publication of Principia Mathematica and the possible end to readers' study of Part IV. "When the MS was submitted to the Press, they asked the opinion of W.E. Johnson who singled out Part IV as particularly important. Its importance has increased since then owing to the growing realization of the fundamental character of structure which is the same thing as what we call relation number."

"I will do my best to deliver the MS sooner than the first of September, but for reasons of health, I cannot positively undertake to do so." Summers' index suggestion is satisfactory to BR.

"Thank you for the book-proof of Fact and Fiction. I note that in the Table of Contents on page 7 there is a misprint in Part One, IV. You have 'Disgust IN its Antidote'. It should be 'Disgust and its Antidote'."

Not a letter but a message.

BR sends his best wishes for the success of their rally on May 28 and afterwards.

Letter is titled "Open Letter to the President of the United States of America". Re Kennedy's visit to UK on June 5. Next to letter is letter outline in BR's hand re Polaris.

Re his typescript "In Search of Wisdom". "I agree most emphatically with your emphasis on the evils of fear ... But I do think that many things in the make-up of ordinary human beings, although they must be classified as unconscious, are to be regarded as evil." Littlewood's typescript has remained unpublished.

BR makes minor corrections in Beer's "very just" account of his work.

BR tells the Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland: "I am in complete agreement with your moral objection to these weapons, but I think there are also very strong arguments as regards Britain and other allies of the U.S. tending to show that membership of NATO, which is intended to make us safer, in fact makes us less so, and that, as a mere matter of prudence, we ought to renounce the bomb."

BR admits to the error of crediting Weierstrass with work done by Cauchy. "Your other point, about Hegel's definition of the Absolute Idea, I am unrepentant about. I still think that his definition is obscure and, that when one penetrates to what he means, it turns out to be nonsense."

"Harrods—tape recorder to attach to telephone".

"Ryman for Lucy's refills to Walkers files".

"I am entirely willing to approve of your suggested arrangements for the Conference on Pugwash lines and also of the letter of invitation." BR thanks Bernal for approving his pamphlet.

"I have been asked by Mr Summers the Editor of Penguins to do a short book [35 000 words] to be called provisionally, Has Man a Future?. It has seemed to me that, for public reasons, I must accept this suggestion as I want to spread understanding of the problem of nuclear warfare as widely as possible.... I hope this decision will not annoy you."

BR has received a reply from Unwin of which he encloses a copy. "I shall be glad to know what reply you would like me to make, as the matter, of course, is one for you to decide."

"I am very grateful to you for the extremely kind things that you say about me in your History of Pugwash."

"As for the statement that 'Kennedy and Macmillan are worse than Hitler', this occurred in an extempore peroration to a speech at Birmingham...."

BR will not become a sponsor for their projected peace congress, as he is already connected with many.

"John Grant Booksellers—No English texts—Articles written in French and never published in English".

"These questions cannot be answered on general principles. I myself concealed my loss of faith from my elders until I was 21, after which it became impossible."