BR cannot meet in Caernarvon or in Plas Penrhyn owing to the large demonstration by the Committee of 100 on September 17. BR is surprised that no one has organized a local branch in Caernarvon advocating nuclear disarmament.

"Lord R does not know of any work connecting symbolic logic with accountancy. As to Principia Mathematica, it is still in print and can be obtained from any bookseller."

"I am sorry that press of business has prevented me ... campaign activities. With regrets and all good wishes for the success of your pamphlet."

"Same as 8 and 6 to Sally Rhyne and...." See records 127332 and 127334.

"Such a letter, as you will understand, is most welcome and encourages one to continue work at this time of imminent crisis."

"Mrs. Williams < Secretary".

"Harrod | <Create?> | card".

"I shall be most happy to attend such a conference as you propose and to answer the questions of the participants that you suggest. Wednesday October 25th would suit me."

BR has received no reply from his letter to Lionel G. Stevens of Record Supervision Limited inquiring about two clauses in the contract, and so he has not yet signed the contract. See record 85156.

BR hesitates to sign the petition in its present form. "I am entirely in favour of a referendum as to nuclear weapons and nuclear warfare, but I see a difficulty in employing the United Nations for this purpose. U.N. is regarded by the Communist world as a body with a Western bias, therefore not wholly representative of world opinion."

"Leaflet to Michael Strumpf—Act or Perish".

Re the situation in Berlin. "Ever since 1945, I have thought that Germany presented the most difficult problem.…" "The ideal solution ... would be the disarmament and neutralization of Germany under an international guarantee. I should, of course, prefer to see the disarmament not only German but universal, as Khrushchev has sometimes proposed. Short of some such measure, I do not see any hope of German reunification."

"If Germany remains divided into East and West, one Communist and the other not, tension would survive. On the other hand, it is difficult to imagine Russia surrendering East Germany, except as a result of defeat in war, and war would defeat us all."

"[Keep copy of this to use as a statement]".

BR cannot be present at their annual event due to engagements already made. "... I am in whole-hearted agreement with the aims of the Grotius Foundation."

"Refer Sophie Mishkin to the Canadian nuclear people".

"I have every sympathy with the object of your proposed series of broadcasts, and, at another time, I should have been glad to be a contributor, but ... I am fully occupied in campaigning against nuclear war and nuclear weapons and I have no time for anything else."

"So far as I know the question of the truth or falsity of the multiplicative axiom and the axiom of infinity has not advanced any further since the second edition of The Principles of Mathematics."

[BR surely means Principia Mathematica.]

BR briefly answers Lal's 5 questions. On the usefulness of science: "At the present time science does much good, but also threatens the greatest imaginable evil." BR refers him to the Principles of Social Reconstruction for his question on impulses which do not involve domination. On the importance of population and birth control BR refers him to the last chapter of The Impact of Science on Society and also to his contribution in The Human Sum.

Re his article on World Government mentioned in her letter of August 1. "I recognize the article as one which I wrote, but I do not know where it was published. It seems to me very strange that it should have been published in The Good Companions as your letter suggests."

"D.H. Lawrence's letters to me are published in D.H. Lawrence's Letters to Bertrand Russell edited by Harry T. Moore, Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1948."

"You will find the exact facts about my attitude to preventive war at a time when America had a monopoly of nuclear weapons in my Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare under the heading 'Inconsistency?'."

BR will not attend the symposium on October 22. "I am, of course, utterly opposed to anti-Semitism, whether in Russia or elsewhere, but I have no first-hand knowledge as to the position of Jews in Russia and I do not feel that I have anything useful to say."

"I have had no reply from you to my letter of July 6 about a possible meeting on October 25 or November 1." BR is unable to attend the meeting if it is set for October 25 as he has already accepted an important meeting concerning nuclear disarmament on the same day.

Re the refusal of permission for the meeting to be held in Trafalgar Square on September 17. "It is very much to be hoped that the Authorities will re-consider this refusal."

Re their leader of August 19 concerning John Osborne's cri de coeur. "I should like to point out that it is only with the greatest difficulty and energy- and time-wasting persistence that I or anyone else holding a similar point of view can persuade the press, the television, the Authorities who permit the use of Trafalgar Square and other possible meeting places to allow us to state our case." Much is deleted.

Chandos' letter "reassures me as to my obligations under the suggested contract which I have, therefore, signed and enclose herewith. I enclose a photograph which I hope you will find satisfactory."

BR thanks him for the photographs.

"I find that Dr. Wilson's criticism is justified. I had not known until I got your letter that there was another Thucydides besides the historian."

"Send Steel and Wilson letters to Foulkes".

BR declines the invitation to speak at their meeting. "I very much hope that your meeting will be a success and that you will secure an excellent speaker to represent a point of view such as I should have been advocating."

"Already written for candidate > Pamp".

"Will send recording within the next few days > Weinberg".

"Return sketch to Sudhir and ER write".

BR thanks him for the interesting memoir on Gaston Milhaud. The Dreyfus case is mentioned. "I am sorry to say that I do not now know much of his work, although sixty years ago I read it with much interest." BR is glad his centenary is being observed.

"No > British Soviet Friendship Society because of engagements already undertaken".

"I enclose herewith the text of my speech in Trafalgar Square on August 6."

"I enclose herewith the particulars requested."

"I am in entire agreement with the letter and the enclosure and I shall be prepared in all likelihood to join in any collective letter or pronouncement that the IPPF may wish to present."

"I am entirely in sympathy with the address by Kenneth B Clark and I am sending it to Encounter in the hope that they may print it."

"I enclose herewith an address by Dr Kenneth B. Clark on the position of the negro intellectual in America. It seems to me a very excellent document and I am hoping that you may think it may be suitable for publication in Encounter."

BR refers him to the Humanist Society.

"Amabel | Crawshays | Cake".

BR thanks him for sending Lemon Pie. "I have read all the stories and I like them very much."

"OK > Biswas".

"... I am not certain that your psychology is correct. I should like to take a poll of eminent football players to find out whether, on the average, they are more pacifist than other people." BR is glad that Turner decided to join the Committee of 100.

"Turner's letter and copy of above (3) > Randle". See record 127374.

BR is in complete sympathy with the aims of their Conference but is unable to attend.

"Any bookseller > Spachtholz".

"I am very glad to know of the work that you are doing and the opinions that you support. I wish you all success."

"No > Labour Peace Fellowship".

"I am sorry that I do not feel able to make an engagement for so distant a date as May 17 next year as my own future and that of the world are doubtful."

"Ring up > Köllerström".

"I learn that Manitoba Pool Elevators is considering at a meeting the question of nuclear weapons and nuclear war which is a matter with which I am deeply concerned." BR encloses "Berlin Speeches", Act or Perish, and "Berlin Crisis".

"You say that a question [is] asked as to why the Germans did not use gas in World War II. There were, I think, three reasons: 1) that one side had a plentiful supply of gas; 2) that World War I had proved gas to be not a decisive weapon; 3) that gas masks had made gas much more ineffective than it was in World War I. Only the first of these three reasons has any analogy with the possible use of nuclear weapons in World War III."

"I am very sorry indeed that I cannot undertake to read and write a foreword to your book as I am absolutely overwhelmed with work of the utmost urgency."

"OK > Evan".

"Eaton's letter > Rotblat".

"I agree with everything that you say and we are and have been doing everything that we can think of to bring about such an international movement as you recommend."

"Send Jordan's letter and copy of above (16) and Falk's letter and copy of (18) to Randle." See record 127387 and 127389.

"Copy letter to Jordan > Falk". See record 127387.

"Don't know; medical question > Sid Goldberg".

"No > Illustrated Weekly of India".

BR is unable to attend their annual conference and their meeting in Fairfield County as he is overwhelmed with work.

BR encloses a statement re the Eatherly case. "The case of Claud Eatherly is not only one of appalling and prolonged injustice to an individual, but is also symbolic of the suicidal madness of our time. No unbiased person, after reading Eatherly's letters, can honestly doubt his sanity...."

"I have read the correspondence between you and Eatherly with very great interest and with admiration for both of you."

"No > BBC".

"Return Eatherly MS. > Weidenfeld".

"No > Yomiuri Shimbun".

"It seems that a summons is to be issued against me for attempting to call a meeting in Trafalgar Square on September 17 without permission. What is more serious, is that the whole Committee of 100 is being issued a summons as a conspiracy ... Could you possibly find out something as to: a) the intention of the Authorities; b) the penalties which can be imposed or are likely to be imposed."

"D Steel's letter > Foulkes".

"OK > Katahira about Expanding Mental Universe".

"6 August speech > Filippov".

"No > Ghosh".

"No while present crisis lasts. If things calmer, yes. > Hassan".

"No > Chile University".

"No > Steiner".

"Thanks > Peter Russell".

BR encloses (not present) his suggested solution for the Berlin crisis, which he had also sent to the Belgrade Conference, and would be glad if Freeman would print it in the New Statesman.

BR thanks him for letting him see Hans Erni's portrait. BR refers him to Ralph Schoenman, as Michael Scott is away at the Belgrade conference.

"Dear Ralph". Re the portrait of BR by Hans Erni.

"I enclose a letter from Foges containing a suggestion which the Committee of 100 may approve of."

"In spite of what you say in this letter, I still feel that if I accepted the Presidency of the YCND I might find myself in difficulties through a dual loyalty. I should like, therefore, to consult the Committee of 100 in order to find out what their opinion is."

Schoenman "can do necessary research for me that no one else whom I know is equipped to do." "Could you arrange the matter for me and persuade the Alien's Department that Mr. Schoenman is indispensable to me and that I should be humoured in wishing to retain him as my secretary—and therefore that they should extend his visa for at least another year."

"Send copy of above to RS". See record 127411.

"I have signed the form of authority that you sent me and return it herewith." Re Miss Morgan collecting her wages.

"... Dr. Libby, one of the chief governmental nuclear authorities in the U.S., who boasted that he had discovered how to make 'clean' bombs and that his research towards this end had been dictated by humanitarian motives. I said 'then I suppose you have told the Russians about it?' He replied, with horror, 'no, that would be illegal!' Was I to conclude that it was only Russian lives that he wished to spare, not American?" (Re B&R D58.03)

"It seems highly probable that my wife and I, along with many others, will be sentenced to prison on September 12. ... As you have two books of mine, of which one, at least, I understand is to be published in October, I am writing to explain that, if in prison, I shall not be able to correct the proofs ... I enclose a statement to be published, if I am in prison, but not otherwise." The statement could preface either or both of his two forthcoming books.

"I am writing to explain that, if I am given a considerable prison sentence next Tuesday, as seems likely, I shall not be able to correct the proofs of Has Man a Future?. There is one correction that I should like to have made...."

"In your issue of September 20 there is a leading article saying that the Committee of 100 has no definite aims. Speaking for myself, the aims that I hope to be advancing are very definite ... The main reason behind the policies that I advocate is the utter destructiveness of nuclear war...."

Re civil disobedience: "Rather than object to our methods, you should object to the policy of concealment by the Establishment which has made these methods necessary."

"Our brief taste of gaol was finished some days ago and has made us more appreciative of the comforts of home and of the support of friends. I have had a good many letters from various parts of Australia, as well as of most other regions of the world, that make me think there is considerable support for our cause."

"You will find the exact truth about the matter concerning which you have received somewhat distorted rumours in the appendix called 'Inconsistency?' in my book Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare."

"I am not quite clear from your letter what would be the nature of your proposed 'Profile'. I should like to talk it over with you before giving a definite acceptance." (Shulman had interviewed BR before. See B&R H41.)

"I am glad that you support our movement and I note what you say in criticism of my statements which I will bear in mind."

"I have seen with interest and strong approval accounts of your recent East-West Conference. I am very glad of its success, and hope that it may prove fruitful, because it still seems to me that there is room for everyone and every movement aiming at peace to work in whatever way seems to them best towards our common aim...."

"We hoped to see you while we were in London but the Press proved too much for us after we came out of gaol and we ran for North Wales."

"Thank you very much for sending me Love in Five Temperaments which I am sure I shall enjoy reading. I read the life of Mme de Staël in prison where it proved very consoling."

"I had not heard of the death of Evelyn Whitehead until I got your letter as I was in prison on September 15 when, as you tell me, The Times had a notice of it. ... It seems shocking that the notice in The Times did not mention that she was Whitehead's widow."

[The Times' brief notice merely stated she was 95 and the mother of T. North Whitehead.]

"Since you are to be in England for the year we look forward to seeing you all again—if we keep out of gaol long enough."

BR thanks her for her letter and the picture she enclosed. "We are doing our best to enjoy the interlude before the Black Maria takes us to gaol again."

"I am forwarding your letter of the 20th to the Committee asking them to consider all your suggestions carefully, and recommending their adoption where practicable." BR is in need of rest.

BR's granddaughter wishes to leave Moreton Hall and instead attend the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. BR asks Lloyd-Williams for her advice on the matter.

"My recollection is that I obtained the right to use 'Population Pressure and War' as I wished."

"We are both very grateful to you for the medical statement which, combined with that of our doctor here in London, got our prison sentences reduced from two months to a week. We are neither of us any the worse since we were put into the infirmary <of> our respective prisons and kindly cared for as a result of your effort."