"Thank you very much for sending me a copy of your letter to the New York Times."

Re A.L. Rowse's critique of BR, 11-4-62.

"Lord Russell ... thinks it very probable that, as you suggest, Einstein was influenced by Spinoza, but he does not know as he never heard Einstein mention him. He does not, however, agree with your suggestion that Spinoza 'may have had in mind a vague idea of space as conceived in this century'."

On verso of Arostegui's letter.

Re shipment of Epstein bust.

Re Asadullah's thesis on BR at Humboldt University, Berlin.

"Dear Mr. Asadullah, Thank you very much for your letter. I approve of the seven points advanced by Herr Ulbricht and should wish to see them adopted by East and West Germany. I also advocate the neutralisation of both countries and their withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact and NATO, respectively."

Re the three Texans who read Principia Mathematica; reply on verso of Ashford's letter.

BR doesn't remember their names: "I think they were all only Texans by courtesy as, when I met them, they were students at the Rice Institute." He conjectured that "presumably they had ceased to entertain any inorthodox opinions which they may have held in youth."

Reply on verso of Ashford's letter.

Re BR's opinions on "independent mind" and government.

"I am afraid I did not know Bradlaugh personally. Einstein is, without doubt, a very great man."

Copy to BR.

 

Copy to BR.

 

On verso of Askenasy's letter.

Re: Controversy with C.D. Broad.

Re G.E.F. Atkinson.
 

Play is signed by Atkinson's pen name of Atkinson Firth.

On verso of Atwood's letter.

Photo is of oil painting of BR by Aufhauser.

Recommends The Furtive War by Wilfred Burchett and Cash and Violence in Laos by Anna Louise Strong.

Enclosed are documents .101004a, .101004b, .101004c and .101004d.

"The history of creation by Mephistophelis (not Mephistopheles) is not quoted from anybody, but is entirely my own invention."

2 clips contain BR messages for rally.

"Stand up to intolerance and bigotry in the United States and her satellites."

Re Dr. Leet and nuclear testing.

Re Dr. Leet and nuclear testing; newsclipping he sent is no longer with letter.

"I am sorry that my knowledge of Italian is not sufficient to enable me to answer you in your own language, though I read it with ease."