Blurb for Joan Henry's Yield to the Night and comparison with her Who Lie in Goal.

Dictated manuscript.

Re a student's reference to New York Times article of 27 September.

BR no longer allowed to drink wine.

Thanks for finished copy of [John Stuart] Mill.

Discussion with younger generation on [John Stuart] Mill.

[Lester] Denonn vs. [Hiram J.] McLendon to do selections from writings.

Prefers bibliographical point of view to that of more serious study of philosophical works.

Re notes of speech to Women's Press Club.

Will be glad to meet him. Good done by Russian Communists.

Chocolates for good nursing care at Middlesex Hospital.

Send New Hopes to Young Men's League of Human Fellowship.

Grandchildren's [Russell granddaughters] care.

Could answer pamphlet by Donald Harrington about cousin Arthur [Russell].

Pagan miracles in Benn's History of Greek Philosophy. Scientific proofs of Christian dogmas.

Committee for Cultural Freedom (Mrs. Faulkener); Einstein.

Marital news. Conrad [Russell's] Eton success.

Pragmatism ([William] James and [John] Dewey).

Declines to give millenary lecture on Avicenna.

Returns page proofs: "My corrections were trivial and very few." (Nightmares, probably, or Human Society?)

Somatic education. Conquest of Happiness and ulcers.

Edith [Russell] wrote recently.

Do blurb for Human Society.

Reprint "The Corroding Effects of Suspicion" for $10.

Will do article. Archbishop of Canterbury vs. Archbishop of York. Blackett's left-wing views.

Send Lord Neaves' Songs and Verses Social and Scientific.

No date on document. Date taken from physical location.

Transfer funds.

Bank statement.

Wiener Kries and BR—he'll read her book.

Communism. Defence of atom-bombing Japan. Baruch Plan.

"I do not agree with the points you make about Russia. You say 'the slaughter of non-combatants in war is opposed to Communist doctrine'. I cannot see that this is relevant. It is equally contrary to Christian doctrine. The Russian Government has slaughtered many millions of non-combatants in peace-time. Russia has wanted the bomb prohibited but has always opposed any adequate system of inspection. This has led the West to believe that Russia wanted Western bombs destroyed but would keep a secret supply for herself. You quote Prof. Blackett on the two atom bombs that were dropped in Japan. Prof. Blackett has a very extreme pro-Russian bias. At the time when the bombs were dropped American military authorities sincerely believed, rightly or wrongly, that if they were not dropped an invasion of the main Japanese islands would be necessary and would be very costly in human lives. It is difficult to be sure of the facts in this case, but I incline to the view that, as a result of dropping the bombs, fewer Japanese were killed than would otherwise have been. You say the Baruch proposal was favourable to America. I do not think there is any truth in this. Nor is it the case that the system of inspection to which Russia was willing to agree would have been in any way adequate. I sincerely hope that Russia is now more conciliatory than in the time of Stalin, but as yet it is impossible to know about this."

Can't appreciate modern visual art (re Broadsheet).

Signed letter re David Davies memorial.

City College of New York (CCNY) case.

Can't do article.

Already said so much on H-bomb that BR has nothing new to say.

Still seeking to complete Cambridge History.

Declines invitation (to speak?).

Unscrupulous letter from?

Oppenheimer. Publications.

Spoke for 5 minutes yesterday over BBC on H-bomb; glad of more time.

Replies [to journalist?] to 3 questions re H-bomb.

BR doesn't wish to move to Wales (too far from London).

[A later letter identifies Frances Williams as the former Frances Shepherd, who worked for BR in Wales and who resigned in early 1949.]

Revisions for History of Western Philosophy.

Philosophical Society.

Lecture to P.E.N.

Income tax payment.

Transfer of funds.

Thanks for 2 prints.

Oppenheimer.

No time for article on [C.D.] Broad.

Has read Cahn's article in New York University Law Review.

Re lecture [History as an Art].

Corrects statement in "little book" on Bergson, Croce and BR (parallel lines, BR's classical education, etc.)

Nightmares.

Nightmares; [Lester] Denonn project.

Sends script of recent BBC TV remarks on H-bomb—which he delivered extempore. Welcome to print it.

No wish for any biography to appear before his Autobiography, and that's to appear after his death.

Mr. Malin. McCarthyism.

Beacon Hill [School] graduate: not in BR's time, so write to Dora [Russell] for sponsorship.

How long should article be?

Can't write short book on H-bomb because not enough new to say.

Thanks for asparagus.

Send Nightmares to: [no list].

Praise for bundle of typescript. Sends him proofs of [Human Society].

Undated plans for BR's 82nd birthday; with list of guests.

No date on document. Date taken from physical location of document.

Dedication to Autobiography and some corrections.

Microfilm of Autobiography in full.

Microfilm of Autobiography: in case Allen and Unwin are "radioactivated".

Will write letter on homosexuality for Twentieth Century.

Permission to alter sentence on [John] Morley in Autobiography.

Alters dedication to Autobiography; Human Society blurb.

Press-cuttings of Nightmares.

Can't think of suitable book.

Donates £1 towards expenses of municipal elections on May 13.

Agrees to write article for newspaper for £30.

Can't come to meeting and has nothing new to say on H-bomb.

Would have been willing to sign his letter to Times.

Thanks her for telling him of the go-between for her brother's [L.P. Hartley] book. Rhythm.

Meeting re [Bernard] Berenson. Title.

New York Times wants to print part of ["History"] lecture as article.

Letter on homosexuality.

Copy of Nightmares sent.

Declines to address Maxwell Society.

Re Malin's visit.

Met Capt. Cheshire once. Effect of A-bomb on him.

No time to write introduction to Dialogues of [A.N.] Whitehead.

O.K. If [Allen and Unwin] agree.