BRACERS Notes

Record no. Notes, topics or text
135108

Buxton apologises for not answering Farley's letters while she was incarcerated, and suggests they meet in November.

135109

Buxley writes to enquire after her loan of £1,500 given in October 1963, that it must have slipped the minds of BR's secretaries, and requests its return.

135110

BR apologises for not returning Buxton's loan sooner, but the Woburn exhibition did not generate enough proceeds for immediate repayment. He asks if Buxton might consider making her loan a gift.

135111

BR promises Buxton to start repaying her loan, though it will take time to repay the full amount.

A second TL(CAR) is included.

135112

Wood sends a cheque on behalf of Schoenman (who has gone to Ghana).

135113

Buxton thanks BR for the literature about the BRPF, and informs BR that while she would like to make her loan a gift, it is not financially possible for her.

135114

Buxton thanks Farley for sending a cheque, and states she is hoping to start a sociology degree in the autumn.

135115

Buxton thanks Wood for sending a cheque.

135116

BR hopes that Buxton has received the first of her repayment cheques, with more to follow promptly.

135117

Wood apologises for not having sent repayment "for so long", and encloses at cheque for £50.

135118

Wood send an current accounting of repayment made, and asks McAlpine to confirm that the amounts are correct.

135119

Wood thanks McAlpine for confirming the amount still owed (£550) and will have it sent promptly.

135120

Farley apologises for not keeping in touch, and sends a cheque for £50.

135121

Buxton sends a postcard expressing her thanks for the most recent cheque.

135122

Buxton inquires when the repayment of her outstanding £1,300 is to be made, as she is studying and is discouraged "from doing any other work."

135123

Buxton sends a postcard thanking Wood for the most recent cheque.

135124

Buxton sends a postcard thanking Schoenman for the most recent cheque.

135125

Buxton thanks Wood for paying the oustanding balance on her loan.

135126

Harris informs Ellis that a grant from the Carnegie Endowment is not possible.

135127

BR thanks Chalfau for his offer of a monthly contribution to the BRPF, and encloses some literature that may be of interest to Chalfau.

135128

"Many thanks your cable | Stop | Please contact us as soon as possible | Greetings"

135129

"Sorry unable to come | Stop | Flying to Canada"

135130

Farley expresses his gratitude for Christodoulides's work in support of the BRPF, and would be pleased to attend a meeting of supporters gathered by Christodoulides. Farley mentions that a local restauranteur is also approaching people in the Greek community on behalf of the BRPF.

135131

Farley thanks Christodoulides for his recent help, and asks him to encourage others to donate to the BRPF.

135132

BR requests that Clore meet with his secretaries to discuss his plans for an upcoming project on nuclear warfare.

135133

Clore regrets that he will be unable to meet with BR's secretaries due to other commitments.

135134

BR requests that Cotton meet with his secretaries to discuss his plans for an upcoming project on nuclear warfare.

135135

de Keyser informs BR that Cotton has contracted pneumonia and is unable to fulfil any engagements. He also mentions that Cotton is not disposed to take part in BR's activities regarding nuclear warfare.

135136

BR writes that he enjoys Creasey's books and that they are both interested in the "doings of Oxfam". He invites Creasey to meet him in London if Creasey's views on international affairs are similar to his own. BR is going to London tomorrow.

135137

Creasey thanks BR for his letter; his feelings on international affairs are much the same as BR's, but is not convinced BR's way of going about his aim is the right one. He would like to see BR when he is next in London.

135138

BR expresses his pleasure at having met with Creasey. He encloses some literature and asks for Creasey's thoughts on it.

There is a second TL(CAR) included.

135139

Creasey thanks BR for engaging him in his views on international affairs, and says he will write to Ralph Schoenman to arrange a meeting on 1965/07/01.

135140

Creasey asks if Schoenman (and perhaps Farley) will be available for a meeting on 1965/07/01 at Shavers Place.

135141

Schoenman accepts Creasey's invitation for a meeting on 1965/07/01.

135142

Schoenman apologises for having been out of touch. He would like to see Creasey to exchange ideas, and leaves it to him to suggest a time and date.

There is a second TL(CAR) of the letter.

One memorandum (7pp.) by Creasey is dated 1965/06/30, and arises from literature BR sent him and Has Man a Future? (Document no. 400640). The second memorandum (10pp., dated 1965/08/01) results from Creasey's discussion with BR , outlines actions to increase support of the BRPF (Document no. 400641). There are many annotations in Schoenman's hand.

135143

Creasey suggests 1965/08/16 for he and Schoenman to meet.

135144

Schoenman accepts Creasey's invitation for 1965/08/16, and will meet him at Creasey's agent's office.

A second TL(CAR) is included.

135145

The copy was donated by Diana Hendry, the former Diana McConomy, along with a clipping of her published interview with BR.

A carbon copy of the letter is a record 92182.

135146

Tony Simpson, in sending the scanned letter on 7 September 2024, remarked that it was from the BRPF's Beatles file. The enclosures are two treatments of a proposed anti-war film involving the Beatles. The earlier treatment, by Emanuel Litvinoff, is 5 typed pages; the second, more humorous, by an unknown author (but possibly Len Deighton), is 4 typed pages. 

The letter has no sender's name. That was Schoenman's custom. The letter refers to the author's "trip to Vietnam". Schoenman's report on his trip to Vietnam is dated 11 March 1966 and is included in War Crimes in Vietnam. The importance of the subject matter supports his authorship rather than that of any other employee of the BRPF.

135147

It is not known what Grelling's translation project was. Grelling had translated 5 of BR's books (OKEW, AMi, ABCR, OP and AMA) and was perhaps interested in translating his most recent one, An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth.

Kurt Grelling and his wife, Greta, were murdered at Auschwitz, soon after their arrival on 18 September 1942. 

The letter is to be published in Julian Beecroft and Sheri Blaney, The Right of Passage, by the History Press.

 

135148