BR knew Ralph Vaughan Williams well as an undergraduate. "I was very fond of Ralph V.W. who was in those days a most determined atheist and was noted for having walked into Hall one evening saying in a loud voice, 'Who believes in God now-a-days, I should like to know?'."

BR is glad that she and her husband support the Committee of 100. "[The estuary] is a perpetual joy to me when I am in Wales."

"I am very glad to learn what you tell me about the first edition and about the prospect of another."

"I was very glad to learn that you were being awarded a Royal Medal at the Royal Society. I do not know anything about the subject of your work, but I have no difficulty in believing that it deserves this recognition."

BR read Sandford's poem with "much pleasure". "I hope that Punch will appreciate it and publish it, but I cannot feel any confidence that they will not think it subversive. If Punch does not publish it, I shall be glad to make use of it...."

"You have my most sincere good wishes for the success of your Review Faim et Soif and my gratitude for the valuable work that you are doing for humanity." BR gives him permission to publish any part of the letter he wishes.

Letter addressed "Your Excellency". BR thanks him for the questions from Señor Carmona. "I am sorry not to have seen him when he was in London, but I will try to answer the questions as soon as I have a moment of leisure."

BR will study the enclosure he sent when he has a moment of leisure.

"I am sorry that my work in connection with nuclear disarmament takes up all my time and I cannot, therefore, do anything for the Oxford Univ. Humanist Group, much as I should like to."

"I am sorry that I got in arrears with the Labour Peers' Fund. I enclose two guineas for this session and last, as you suggest."

BR encloses a short statement concerning the Cardiff demonstration on December 9. He does not mind his name going at the head of the pledge form.

"O.K. > Kurzwell and Steinberg in Israel".

BR cannot accept any invitations to go to America as he is too occupied. "I should have enjoyed debating with Herman Kahn whose book I have studied with some care and spoken and written of on several occasions."

"I hope that Ghana will pursue a successful career and will escape certain dangers which I gather that you fear." BR wishes him a happy birthday.

"I enclose some copies of speeches but I do not remember what I said in the letter that you wish to send to the Times and the BBC. Could you let me have a copy of it?" BR is glad that he thinks the Committee of 100 is doing good work.

This is a list of those to whom BR will be sending presentation copies of Has Man a Future?. See record 127648.

"1) the Prime Minister 2) Lord Home 3) Gaitskell 4) Rotblat 5) Lindop <and> Max Born 6) Professor Powell 7) Lord Boyd Orr 8) Blackett 9) Bernal 10) Duke and Duchess of Bedford (1 copy) 11) Flora. I) President Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev and Academician Topchiev and Academician Skobeltzen II) I.F. Stone III) Linus Pauling".

"11 British, III American, 3 Russian, 1 Max Born = 18 Total".

"Would you be so kind as to send presentation copies, with the author's compliments, of Has Man a Future? to the following...." See record 127647 for the list of names.

"I have made a few not very important corrections in the typescript which I return herewith."

"I enclose a cheque for £300 to fulfil my guarantee to Mr. Derek Wragge Morley. I hope that, if he continues to make a good income, he will be able gradually to repay at least part of the sum."

"The subject of fall-out concerning which you write to me is complicated. The best I can do is to refer you to various authorities." BR refers her to today's New Statesman, Fallout edited by John M. Fowler and published by Basic Books, which is the most informative book, and Linus Pauling's No More War published by Dodd Mead & Co. BR also encloses a copy of Has Man a Future?. He refers also to Pirie's Fall-Out.

"A book is about to be published giving Eatherly's correspondence with Anders and the main facts of his case." There is a German book already published by Rowohlt called Off Limits für das Gewissen der Briefwechsel Claude Eatherly Günther Anders.

" > Noel Armstrong (thanks for £1.1.0—Speeches etc.)".

"Cheque £1.1.0 > Barclays".

"I have been in London and did not know that your letter and the copies of the book awaited me in Wales as they were not forwarded to me. I very much like the production of your book." BR returns an autographed copy for Sir Allen Lane.

BR thanks him for the decorated ball and is sorry to hear about his "long-lasting illness." "As you know, I do what I can to prevent the recurrence of such crimes as the one which caused your suffering."

An article concerning tests, neutrality, Britain, and NATO, for Mainichi newspapers. The complete original is at RA1 220.024770.

BR responds to Organ's letter of Dec. 8. "I enclose an article which I hope will be suitable for the Mainichi Newspapers."

The original is at RA1 220.024770.

"I entirely agree that atheists and agnostics ought to have as much freedom as people with other theological views, but I am sorry that my complete preoccupation with work against nuclear war leaves me no time for anything else." The original is at RA1 220.024770.

"Shimbun > Allen and Unwin copy of this [see record 127661] with Shimbun letter to Allen and Unwin".

BR agrees to the publication in Japanese in Yomiuri Shimbun of part of his book Has Man a Future?, but the rights belong to Allen & Unwin so he needs their permission first. 

The original is at RA1 220.024770.

BR's reply to Mr. Arblaster's "gentle criticism" in his review of Has Man a Future? in their issue of December 8. "I used to deal with wide sociological questions ... but the Bikini test of March 1, 1954, persuaded me that there was no time for long-term solutions.... But if you saw a man dropping lighted matches on heaps of T.N.T., you would feel it necessary to stop him without waiting for vast schemes of social reform. And that is the present situation as I see it."

"No > Clarence Pickett".

"No (Secretary) > London School of Economics".

"I still feel that a debate in which I have to combat two adversaries would not give me a fair opportunity to state my case and that, if you think two interlocutors necessary, one of them should be neutral at least." BR cannot accept the invitation for those reasons.

"I am quite willing that my debate with Father Copleston should be reprinted in the volume that you write about."

"OK > Judge Beande".

BR congratulates him on the inaugural meeting of his newly formed Committee of 100. "As regards the possible economic consequences of disarmament, there is reason to think these are much exaggerated ... a nuclear war will kill all or almost all of the inhabitants of Britain and a large bank account is not very useful to a corpse." BR refers him to Has Man a Future? for his opinion on this matter. BR sends a press statement of which only part has been published.

"Thank you for sending me your article on the Gellner-Ryle controversy which I have read with very great interest." See also record 127688.

"I shall be grateful if you will send me the slightly shortened version of the Mershon Report which you mention. I shall be willing to write such an introduction as you suggest, unless something unforeseen prevents me."

"I think I should prefer the second of the two courses that you suggest as I feel rather strongly that Verdandi would do a good job."

BR thanks him for the "very interesting work of art which I am delighted to possess."

"Thank you very much for the most elegant copy of Basic Writings, and also for Science and Sensibility and The Last Problem which I hope to study as soon as I have a little leisure."

"Thanks for Captain Cook and the South Pacific > Petersen". Captain Cook and the South Pacific (Russell's Library, no. 2566).

Lundby has written to the Mirror-News to object to their regarding BR as a writer on sex.

BR thanks Little for Pauling's speech.

Swarbrick should assume BR will be at Plas Penrhyn throughout January. Above this letter Edith has deleted one to MacRae about participating in a project "The Day the War Ended" and mentioning Swarbrick. MacRae was with the CBC.

BR cannot go to India but would have been much pleased to lecture and receive an honorary doctorate there.

BR has the highest respect for Margaret Macmillan's work and for the Nursery Schools Association.

BR declines to write on "My Advice to Young People", despite the precedent of Leibniz.

BR does not know where Henderson's thoughts on freedom could be published.

BR requests a copy of Literaturnaya Gazeta with his article.

BR's commitments prevent him from writing an article for Pengju.

"Man's Duel with the Hydrogen Bomb" is the same as "Man's Peril".

BR and Edith thank him for the Christmas card. "We were also thankful to see in yesterday's paper that you have been given leave to appeal. With all our hearts we hope it will be successful." Letter sent to H.M. Prison Wormwood Scrubs, London.

"Acknowledge Mackay's letter about Wood boys".

BR thanks Saito for a scroll.

BR wrote to him (record 127669) about his December 9th article in the New Yorker on the Gellner-Ryle controversy. BR claims that there are things in his report which are inaccurate or misrepresented. "Some of the things that you report Ayer as saying, are somewhat surprising. ... Mr. Gellner tells me that one of the remarks which you attribute to me, was made by him as a joke."

A thank-you for a book on Schiller.

BR sends an autographed photo.

"On December 20th at approximately ten minutes to noon I had an accident in my car through its slipping on a patch of ice in the highway on the hill between Minford and the toll gate on the way to Portmadoc. The car turned over and is very badly damaged. I was driving the car, but climbed out of the wreck with injuries which proved not very serious. No other person and no other car were involved."
 

BR states that it should be a physicist who answers Molloy's questions.

BR accepts the suggestion for a sub-title.

"Best New Year wishes and hopes for a more secure peace. Bertrand Russell".

The Observer "has recently been not so much of our way of thinking".

"On December 21st I was involved in a motor accident during which my hearing aid was damaged. I have sent it to the Multitone ELectric Co., Ltd., for, I hope, repair. I hope also that my policy with you will cover the cost of repair or replacement."

Edith remarks to the Motor Insurance Company Ltd., in her letter of December 22nd, that the accident occurred on December 20th. Here, she writes that it was on December 21st. See record 127691.

"I enclose with this my hearing aid which no longer works, hoping that you will be able to repair it. It was damaged during a bad motor accident in which I was involved on December 21st."

Edith remarks to the Motor Insurance Company Ltd., in her letter of December 22nd, that the accident occurred on December 20th. Here, she writes that it was on December 21st. See record 127691.

On whether BR said "occasional infidelity" rather than "no obstacle to promiscuous intercourse".

"I enclose a cheque for the full amount of your firm's charges for the period April to September, 1961—£239.18.1—as I should like you to keep the sum of £193—the residue of the cheque that I sent you on September 5—for possible future emergencies. Am I entitled to an old age pension? If so, is it retroactive?" BR encloses the two grandchildren's Moreton Hall accounts for payment.

BR sends a signed photo.

BR has no new message but proceeds to give a short one.

"I enclose an enormous sheaf of forms from the U.S. taxation authorities. As you know I am no longer an U.S. citizen, so I suppose they are not necessary."

BR thinks the omission of his name from a letter to The Times does not matter.

There is no truth in the rumour that BR is going to India.

"I return your estimate of expenses for the year ending April 1960, and where there is a change I have written in a new estimate opposite the old one. I enclose also the account of my free lance income." BR will not claim Schoenman's salary but will continue to claim Edith's ("still fully employed as my secretary in other matters").

"Re Man's Duel with H-Bomb > Houghton Mifflin".
 

BR thanks him for the published interview in the Health Education Journal.

BR identifies as passage as coming from Human Society in Ethics and Politics.

On whether Lindley's paper claims more than that classes and propositional functions are identical. BR is "stale" on the subject.

BR thanks Caraco for his Le Désirable et le Sublime.

"£6.13.3 > D. Jones, Joiner".

BR thanks Wilson for The Concept of Language, which BR says has a sympathetic point of view.

BR will consider whether to part with his Wittgenstein letters to Dr. Stonborough.

See Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy for what the mathematician has to say on infinity.

BR agrees their appeal is well worthy of support, but currency regulations forbid any contribution from him. The typed reply at record 145 shows it addressed to Robinson; the other original correspondents were Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier.

"We find we shall not be requiring accommodation at your house any longer. I do not know how much we owe you, and I shall be grateful if you will send me an account." BR thanks her for "being so kind to the two young men" while they were with her.

"London University Humanist Society—No < Secretary".

"What further I have to say about Mill you will find in the chapter on him in Portraits from Memory. I am very sorry that I am too busy to write the introduction that you suggest, though I am glad that the book is being done."

"Cheque—BBC > Child".

BR is willing to be a sponsor of the National Youth Peace Conference. He encloses a short message. "I am glad that so many of the young are making their voices heard in protest against governmental plans which entail an imminent risk of universal slaughter."

"I am in entire sympathy with your objects and I am sorry that press of work makes it impossible for me to accept your invitation to speak."

Re nuclear disarmament and world government. BR is not inclined to agree or disagree with Mosley's views, but he does think that Mosley is "rather optimistic" in his expectations. BR provides criticism of his main two objections. (A polite letter.)

"The work you have been doing sounds to me extremely valuable, and I think it would be most regrettable if you have to abandon it. I gather that your difficulty is mainly financial and I hope that a way may be found of helping with funds." BR suggests that he should try Michael Scott as he is unable to speak to his group of Glasgow school teachers, due mainly to medical reasons.

"Act or Perish and Signed photo > Milwaukee Welsh paper and regrets".

"Kovda > UNESCO—Impact—No".

"What crime are they accused of? Don't feel can intervene without more knowledge. Should like to know more about it."

"I have the greatest sympathy with the cause about which you write to me. I have not ceased in any degree to deplore the Franco régime and the friendship which Western Powers have shown to it." BR is unable to accept the invitation to the meeting to his regret.

On the verso of the sheet with documents 0000001 to 0000005, records 127724 to 127728, there is a drawing in pencil which, from the beard, appears to be of Ralph Schoenman.

"I have read your book A Small Armageddon with a great deal of pleasure. ... I hope your book will have many readers and that they will be made aware of the insane absurdity of current Governmental policies." BR gives his permission to make any use he likes of the letter.

There is a drawing in pencil of an unknown person's face on the same page as this letter. 

BR's youngest granddaughter, Lucy, wishes to leave Moreton Hall at the end of the summer term and transfer to Dartington at the start of the autumn term. "She is a clever girl as well as a very nice one.…"

BR hopes that he will "keep writing and working against nuclear weapons and war." Hughes thinks well of Has Man a Future?. BR assumes that he is already in touch with the "vigorous" anti-nuclear movement in Canada, but BR still provides two addresses.