A thank-you note in which BR apologizes for not dating his letter.

BR appeals on behalf of an Angolan student, Motilal Dias Costa, that he be allowed to study in the United States.

Costa had previously been refused a visa by the American Consul in London.

On the verso is a partially typed copy of the same letter.

Schwartz is Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs. Schwartz informs BR that a nonimmigrant visa was issued to Motilal Dias Costa on 4 March 1963; see record 65302.

Also present is a copy of the letter, TC.

BR congratulates Kennedy for signing the Atmospheric Nuclear Test Ban Treaty but adds that "... no lasting peace is possible without understanding with China and no disarmament agreements are tenable unless China is a signatory to them."

BR also makes reference to the Soviet disarmament proposals of 1961 and writes that "... some accommodation should be reached enabling disarmament to occur and the dangerous Cold War to be liquidated."

Also present are two copies of the letter, TL(CAR).

BR encloses (not present) a letter he has "circulated widely" on China and remembers "with gratitude" Kennedy's senatorial speech urging reconsideration of American China policy.

Jones is Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.

An acknowledgement of the receipt of BR's letter of 22 September 1963.

Jones indicates that the letter has been forwarded to Washington.

Presumably, this is the letter located at record 65304.

BR informs Kennedy of the plans to form two Peace Foundations and asks for Kennedy's opinion and support.

Foster is Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

In response to BR's letter of 22 September 1963, Foster comments that he has "noted" BR's comments about the need for the participation of Communist China in disarmament agreements.

Foster also comments that "the United States will persist in its efforts to halt and turn down the arms race, which brings security to no nation."

Judd is Officer in Charge, United Kingdom Affairs. He acknowledges BR's letter of 2 October 1963.

Also present is a copy of the letter, TL(CAR).
 

Foster is Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

BR, in reference to his proposed Peace Foundations, comments: "I am sure that Mr. Kennedy will understand that we should welcome his support in these aims."

Also present is a copy of the letter, TL(CAR).
 

"Unsent".

BR congratulates President Johnson upon his declaration to further relax the tensions with the Soviet Union, and further suggests that Johnson "... find some means of improving relations with Premier Castro...."

Also present is a copy of the letter, TL(CAR).

Both the TL and TL(CAR) have the word "Unsent" written in the top left-hand corner.

A retyped letter must have been sent.

BR is appreciative of Johnson's policy toward the Soviet Union and is "particularly hopeful that your administration will find find a way of involving China in the essential discussions related to disarmament...."

BR also refers to enclosed literature (not present) about the Peace Foundations and asks for Johnson's support of them.

Also present are two copies of the letter, TL(CAR).
 

This is a copy of what must have been sent.

BR is "disturbed" by reports that appeared in the New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune describing a joint U.S.-Nicaraguan plan for the invasion of Cuba.

The reports are based on an interview with Luis Somoza, a former president of Nicaragua who "... claims to be in contact with Attorney General Robert Kennedy and the leader of the Bay of Pigs invasion, Manuel Artime."

BR states that these reports are "most damaging" to the U.S.

Bundy holds the position of Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.

He acknowledges BR's letter of 21 December 1963.

Smith is Executive Secretary of the National Security Council.

The letter has an acknowledgement of BR's letter of 6 January 1964; see record 65312.

Smith states that "the United States government has no connection with any plans of the kind attributed to Mr. Somoza." Somoza had commented on a joint U.S.-Nicaraguan invasion of Cuba in the New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune.

An acknowledgement of BR's letter of 18 March 1964 (not present).

Bruce states that "if the facts set forth in their letter are accurate", every effort will be made to assist the three American citizens not permitted to leave the U.S.S.R.

BR "... can not see that a tolerant policy towards Yugoslavia and improved relations with the U.S.S.R. are compatible with so hostile a policy towards Cuba." BR appeals to Johnson "... to establish normal relations with Cuba."

Also present are two copies of the letter, TL(CAR) and TL(CAR,X).

Eisenhower is a former president of the United States.

BR asks for Eisenhower's support of the BRPF.

BR thanks Bruce for the discussion about "the dangerous situation in Vietnam and Indo-China".

BR requests that Schoenman be issued a new passport as his old one has an Israeli stamp on it, making travel in the Arab world difficult.

Not sent.

In regards to the issue of Schoenman's passport, BR writes: "I do not believe that you wish to cause hindrance to my work and so I hope that you will have no objection if Mr. Schoenman makes use of a travel document issued by the British authorities."

At the top of the document, in blue ink: "Dear Bertie this is not being sent but I thought you should see the draft. Ralph"; see record 65276.

Schoenman follows up on a letter BR wrote requesting that American authorities look into the case of Mrs. Molly Block and her family. Block is an American citizen residing in the Soviet Union who wishes to leave the country.

Humphrey is a United States Senator and the Vice-Presidential candidate.

A thank-you letter for BR's support of Humphrey's nomination as the Vice-Presidential candidate of the Democratic Party.

Stevenson is American Ambassador to the United Nations.

BR asks if Stevenson would serve on the BRPF's Council of Advisors, and inquires if he will be visiting England as BR would like to meet with him.

Johnson is President of the United States.

BR appeals to Johnson "... to use your influence to prevent the execution of three Saigon high school students under sentence of death. The students slated to be executed by the government of South Vietnam are: Le Hong Fu, Nguyen Van Thanh, and Huynh Van Chinh.

Written in ink at the top of the address line is the sentence "Identical cable to Khanh" (record 65338).

The letter is typed on BRPF letterhead.

BR is highly critical of American actions in North Vietnam, stating that "it is intolerable that the British Labour government should support a policy involving such dangers...."

Be hopes that "... the American action in North Vietnam will be condemned as aggression at the United Nations...."

Also present is a copy of the letter, TL(CAR).
 

Cooper is a member of the National Security Council staff.

Cooper acknowledges BR's letter of 9 February 1965, stating that BR's "... views on the situation in Vietnam [have] been added to the many other opinions received at the White House."

In Russian with an English translation.

Malik encloses a copy of Khrushchev's letter (see record 65327) that was written in response to BR's open letter.

Edith Russell's note on translation referring to record 65327: "Original in black tin medal box".

In Russian with an English translation.

Khrushchev outlines the Soviet position on the issue of the arms race and the Cold War in general, and further comments that "... the easing of tension in international relations does not depend on the U.S.S.R. and the United States alone."

Filatov is a member of the Soviet Embassy staff.

Filatov asks BR if he could let Madame Lebedeva know of his final opinion with regards to matters discussed during her visit to London. Madame Lebedeva is a member of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R.

On the verso is BR's reply (see record 65329).

This letter appears on the verso of record 65328.

BR has "... no recollection whatever of having met any lady called Madame Lebedeva, and therefore I cannot help you at all with your query."

In Russian with an English translation.

An acknowledgement of the receipt of BR's open letter addressed to Premier Khrushchev.

This letter is referred to as an enclosure at record 65278.

BR appeals for the release and pardon of "... two ladies, Olga Vsevelodovna and Irina Emelyanova, who are mother and daughter, and were friends of Pasternak."

Boris Leonidovich Pasternak is a Soviet born writer and poet who won the 1958 Nobel Prize.

BR refers to an enclosed (not present) Russian translation of this letter.

The letter is in BR's hand and is not dated. Also present is a dated typed copy of the letter, TL(CAR), sent from Plas Penhryn.

In Russian with an English translation.

Khrushchev is responding to BR's statement expressing concern about the Soviet Union's decision to "... carry out experimental tests of atom and hydrogen weapons."

Khrushchev explains that the testing is necessary as the Soviet Union was "... faced with the sharp intensification of military preparations by the N.A.T.O. powers...." Khrushchev also mentions that they "... are carrying out experimental blasts and improving our weapons so that mankind may never experience the horrors of nuclear war."

Also present are two copies of the translation, TL(CAR).

BR refers to an enclosed letter (see record 65334) that he has "... written to the Moscow Conference on Disarmament, dealing with the case of Heinz Brandt."

The letter is addressed to the President of the Conference (not named).

BR appeals for the release of Heinz Brandt, a "... self-sacrificing worker for peace and against West German re-armament." Brandt had been sentenced by East German authorities to 13 years in prison with hard labour.

In Russian with an English translation.

Khrushchev, in response to BR's telegram expressing concern over the Cuban Missile Crisis, states "... that the Soviet government will not take any reckless decisions, [and] will not permit itself to be provoked by the unwarranted actions of the United States of America...."

Khrushchev also comments that "as long as rocket nuclear weapons are not put into play it is still possible to avert war."

Also present are various copies of the letter: a TL(TC) in Russian, two TL(CAR), three TL(CAR,X), and two TL(TC).

BR requests Khrushchev's intervention in Hungary's trial of Madame Raejk. (I.e. Rajk).

Ben Bella is Prime Minister of Algeria.

Both Schoenman and Pottle "... sincerely hope it may be possible for us to see you on Lord Russell's behalf with regard to questions concerning the Middle East, such as he has mentioned to you in his letter." Schoenman and Pottle will be visiting President Arif and President Nasser during their travels in the region.

Pat Pottle is one of BR's representatives.

General Khanh is leader of South Vietnam.

BR appeals to Johnson "... to use your influence to prevent the execution of three Saigon high school students under sentence of death. The students slated to be executed by the government of South Vietnam are: Le Hong Tu, Nguyen Van Thanh, and Huynh Van Chinh.

The letter is inferred from record 65323 and is "located" in F-68.

BR appeals to Khrushchev "... not to be provoked by the unjustifiable action of the United States in Cuba."

The letter is in BR's hand and was sent as a telegram.

BR praises Khrushchev for the "caution" he has shown during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

BR also mentions that he is "distressed" by the behaviour of Harold Macmillan.

BR suggests Khrushchev make a "dramatic and far-reaching gesture", such as dismantling the Warsaw Pact, and then request "... that the Americans make a similar gesture in Turkey and Iran, in West Germany and in Great Britain."

Khrushchev responds to BR's letter concerning the treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union.

Khrushchev states that the idea of anti-Semitism being behind the persecution of Jews in the Soviet Union is "a crude falsehood".

Khrushchev further comments that the constitution of the U.S.S.R. "proclaims equality of all citizens", and "... declares that any advocacy of racial or national exclusiveness or hatred and contempt, are punishable by law."

Also present is a copy of the letter, TL(TC), and a three-page English translation, TL(TC).

Buber is a Jewish theologian and philosopher.

Buber hopes that BR will join him by sending a cable to Khrushchev concerning the "mounting number of death sentences for economic offences", of which there is a "high proportion of Jewish names among those sentenced."

Buber refers to the text of a cable he sent Khrushchev on 16 January 1963.

Also present is the same telegram, TEL, sent again.

BR is "... deeply concerned about the executions of Jews in the Soviet Union and the apparent encouragement being given officially to anti-Semitism."

Also present are two copies of the letter, TL(CAR).

BR comments on those sentenced to death for economic crimes in the Soviet Union, and is "... anxious that the death penalty should not be extended for crimes."

BR is also concerned by the evidence of anti-Semitism as he is "... troubled by the emphasis and attention given to the fact that many offenders have been Jews."

BR appeals to Khrushchev to allow Miss Camilla Gray to "... live in Russia as the wife of Mr. Oleg Prokofiev."

Gray had written a book on modern Russian art and had met Prokofiev while doing research in Russia.

Written in ink in the top left-hand corner: "Sent direct and also taken by hand to the Soviet Embassy in London".

Weisman is an American citizen who is writing to BR "upon a suggestion" of her friend, Ben-Zvi, who is the President of Israel.

Weisman appeals for BR to use his influence to save her brother, Yania Fux, who has been condemned to death in Russia for crimes against the State.

BR appeals for Khrushchev to "... exercise clemency and not to extract the death penalty" for the crimes Yania Fux supposedly carried out against the Soviet State.

The appeal is on behalf of Fux's sister, Zena Weisman; see record 65346.

Also present is a copy of the letter, TL(CAR).

Izvestia is a Russian daily newspaper.

BR, writing to the editor of Izvestia, is "pleased" that his letter to Khrushchev concerning Soviet Jews has been published. BR hopes "... that the Jews would be permitted full cultural lives, religious freedom and the rights of a national group, in practice as well as law."

Also present is a two-page copy of the letter, TL(CAR).

On the verso of both pages of the two-page copy are partially typed paragraphs of the letter.

BR hopes Soviet authorities will grant permission for Dr. Isidore Siferstein and his wife to spend a year in Russia studying "Soviet methods in psychiatry".

Also present is a copy of the letter, TL(CAR).

BR is "distressed" that the Soviet government is no longer willing to assist the work of the United Nations through financial contributions.

BR also appreciates "... the extent to which Western powers attempt to use the United Nations to pursue Cold War interests"; nevertheless, BR hopes the Soviet Union can express its reservations "without endangering the effectiveness of the organization".

Also present are two copies of the letter, TL(CAR).

BR tells Weisman that he has written to Khrushchev about her brother.

In Russian with an English translation.

Khrushchev, in response to BR's telegram expressing concern over the Cuban Missile Crisis, states "... that the Soviet government will not take any reckless decisions, [and] will not permit itself to be provoked by the unwarranted actions of the United States of America...."

Khrushchev also comments that "as long as rocket nuclear weapons are not put into play it is still possible to avert war."

Also present are various copies of the letter: a TL(TC) in Russian, two TL(CAR), three TL(CAR,X), and two TL(TC).

BR follows up on his appeal to Khrushchev to permit Miss Camilla Gray a visa, "... so that she may come to the Soviet Union and marry Mr. Prokofiev."

Also present is a copy of the letter, TL(CAR,X).

Fisher is the editor of Playboy magazine.

Fisher requests that BR communicate to Khrushchev a request for an interview with Playboy magazine, to be conducted by "... the eminent English journalist Kenneth Tynan."

Also present are copies: two one-page TL(CAR), and a one-page TL(CAR,X), misspelling the editor's name as "Fischer".

[No interview with Khrushchev appeared in Playboy.]

BR congratulates Khrushchev upon the signing of the Test Ban Treaty but is concerned about the "Western refusal to involve China".

BR also makes reference to Playboy magazine's request for an interview (see record 65354), stating "I can not judge whether this magazine is the best medium for such an interview but the suggestion itself seems to me excellent and calculated to do good."

Also present is a TL(CAR), and a TL(CAR,X).

Full title: "Statement on the Test Ban Treaty for the Soviet Embassy Press Agency".

BR comments on the importance of the Test Ban Treaty "... since continued hostility would threaten the existence of man."

BR also hopes that the Treaty will "be an obstacle" to projects, such as Herman Kahn's proposed "Doomsday weapon". (Khan is a an American theorist who deals with the effects of nuclear war.)

Above the statement at the top of the page: "Statement on the Test Ban Treaty for the Soviet Embassy Press Agency (Attention Mrs. Smith) 3 Rosary Gardens, London S.W.7. (Freemantle 7350) 15/8/63 Plas Penrhyn by Bertrand Russell c. 341 words".

Also present are four two-page copies of the statement, TL(CAR), dated 16 August 1963.

Letter is a typed version of an oral reply to BR's letter of 9 August 1963.

The Soviet Embassy tells BR that Khrushchev is thankful for the congratulations offered in light of the signing of the Test Ban Treaty.

The Embassy also mentions "... that it is highly unlikely that Mr. Khrushchev would be in a position to grant an interview to the American magazine Playboy...."

The date is written in ink at the top of the page. Also present are a TL(CAR) and a TL(CAR,X).

BR offers his "support and encouragement" on Khrushchev's efforts to "liquidate the dangers of the Cold War".

BR is also "... greatly disturbed by the rapid deterioration of relations between your [the Soviet] government and that of China", and asks Khrushchev to "be patient with further Chinese provocation".

Also present are two copies of the letter, TL(CAR).

Buber is a Jewish theologian and philosopher.

BR tells Buber he is shocked and is writing to Khrushchev [on Soviet anti-Semitism].

BR informs Khrushchev of his plans for two Peace Foundations and encloses (not present) the text of the "inaugural statement concerning the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation and the Atlantic Peace Foundation."

BR also pleads for the release of Bernard Koten, a friend of Mr. Leonard Boudin. Boudin is the General Counsel of the Emergency Civil Liberties Union and the Counsel for Cuban National Airlines.

The letter deals with the persecution of Jews in the Soviet Union.

The signatories of the letter comment that they hope "... the Jews will be permitted full cultural lives, religious freedom and the rights of a national group, in practice as well as in law."

Those that have signed the letter include: BR, Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians, Max Born, BR. Martin Buber, Ricardo Lombardi, François Mauriac, Otto Nathan (Trustee, Estate of Albert Einstein), Lord Boyd Orr, Linus Pauling, Albert Schweitzer, Norman Thomas, and Giuseppe Ungaretti.

Soldatov is the Soviet Ambassador.

Soldatov informs BR that Khrushchev will be unable to meet with BR's representatives due to "heavy engagements"; however, if BR still wished to send representatives they could be received by the organizers of the Soviet Peace Fund.

BR is "grateful" to be allowed to send his representative, Schoenman, to Moscow.

BR is "... certain that the Peace Foundations can play a greatly important role in this struggle [against militarism and Cold War attitudes and policies]." BR refers to Schoenman "who carries this letter".

Also present are five copies of the letter, TL(TC,CAR), some with "Plas Penhryn" in simulation of the PP letterhead.

On the verso of one of the TL(CAR) are various notes in connection with the BRPF. They are in Schoenman's hand and concern relations with the U.S.S.R. and several other matters.

There are also names of artists and others—perhaps to be employed in fundraising roles.

In Russian with an English translation.

Voroshilov is a former chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the U.S.S.R.

Voroshilov is responding to BR's letter of 12 December 1963, in which BR had asked if the "... London agreement is binding on both German states and whether it applied to German war criminals now holding responsible positions in governmental and judicial places."

Voroshilov states he has consulted with lawyers and has concluded that the London agreement is indeed binding.

Also present is a ten-page translation in an unknown hand, AL, and a two-page TL(CAR).

Voroshilov is President of the Supreme Soviet.

BR appeals for a Russian citizen to be allowed to join his parents, who reside in Israel. The citizen in question is Joseph Cwietkowicz.

BR is "concerned" about developments in Cuba and refers to an enclosed letter (not present) that he has sent to President Johnson and another (not present) being sent to newspapers (B&R C64.34).

BR hopes Khrushchev will continue to seek "... full accommodation with the West on all outstanding issues."

Also present is a TL(CAR,X).

BR asks if it would be possible for Mrs. Becker to join her family in Israel.

In Russian with an English translation.

Khrushchev fully understands BR's "... concern over the renewed activity of the Cuban counter-revolutionary emigrées during the recent weeks."

Khrushchev also notes the "extremely dangerous nature" of U.S. Intelligence gathering flights over Cuba.

Also present is a TC of the letter in Russian.

BR asks Soldatov to pass a list of people wishing to emigrate to the "relevant authorities".

The people listed are as follows: Mali Rennert Nachmanova, Blanka Eufrosi Lemelova, Shely Eufrosi Simonova, M.N. Sirota, and Mrs. Mollie Block.

BR comments on his "deep anxiety" about the death of President Kennedy and mentions that the unofficial investigation of Mark lane is indicating that someone other than Lee Harvey Oswald murdered Kennedy.

BR requests the Soviet file on Oswald as he must have access to all the "relevant material" before releasing his "very significant information concerning the circumstances of the death of the President." BR refers to enclosed documents (not present) which include his article "16 Questions on the Assassination".

Also present is a copy of the letter, TL(CAR).

Tikhonov is the Chairman of the Soviet Peace Committee. Tikhonov shares BR's concern over developments in South-East Asia, Laos, and South Vietnam.

Tikhonov agrees with BR that "... the convening of a conference of the nations who met at Geneva ... would promote a decrease of the danger of a broad military conflict there [South Vietnam]."

The two-page English translation is on the Soviet Peace Committee letterhead and is signed.

BR expresses his "gratitude" after the Supreme Soviet lifted the death sentence imposed upon Mr. Ruza; however, since Ruza is in a poor state of health BR appeals on "grounds of humanity" for his release from prison.

BR encloses a copy of a letter he sent Khrushchev (see record 65371) and asks Soldatov to "convey the contents to his [Khrushchev's] office".

Also present is a copy of the letter, TL(CAR).

BR requests Soldatov's assistance in finding the address of Mrs. Mollie Block and her husband, American citizens living in the U.S.S.R., who wish to return to the U.S.A.

BR's previous letter to Mrs. Block was returned to him.

Mikoyan is President of the Soviet Union.

BR asks if it would be possible to grant amnesty to Aron Noehovici Menialai, who has been sentenced to death for "economic offences".

In reference to BR's letter of 27 July 1964 (see record 65376), Soldatov informs BR that Mr. and Mrs. Block had "... both left the Soviet Union as far back as June."

A thank-you letter.

BR refers to an enclosed letter (not present) and hopes it will be possible to "grant the request made".

Zhukov is head of the Soviet Peace Fund. Zhukov regrets not being able to meet Schoenman in Moscow and outlines "... concrete questions concerning the co-operation between your Foundation [BRPF] and the Soviet Peace Fund...."

Zhukov refers to the World Congress for Peace and International Cooperation to be held in Delhi 14 November 1964, and tells BR that "... it would be very important for your and our delegates to participate in it."

Khrushchev thanks BR for his letter of 24 August 1964.

Khrushchev outlines the main principles of Soviet foreign policy and comments that he shares BR's "concern for the future of the world".

Also present is a copy of the letter in Russian, TLS(TC), a TL(CAR), and a TL(CAR,X).

BR appeals to Soldatov to grant an exit visa for the Soviet fiancée of Crane Robinson.

"Personal and confidential".

BR informs Khrushchev that the Soviet Ambassador in London, Soldatov, has suggested that publishing both BR's letter and Khrushchev's could help "the cause of peace".

BR also states that he is not "... in favour of communism any more than of capitalism as at present practised." BR thinks that publication would diminish his own influence in the West.

On 14 October 1964 Khrushchev "retired".

Also present is a copy of the letter, TL(CAR). His letter exists also in dictated form (RA1 750), record 7656.
 

Dated only from its place in the file.

BR pleads for the life of David Skarisky and comments that "clemency would be warmly received in the West as a humanitarian and statesmanlike act." Skarisky has been condemned to death by Soviet courts.

"Confidential".

Letter is the "text of oral message conveyed through Ambassador from Mr. Khrushchev. The file relating to the admission and temporary residence in the U.S.S.R. of the American citizen".

This document probably concerns the document at record 65371 (22 July 1964) and Oswald's residency in the U.S.S.R. Khrushchev hopes BR will "... correctly understand the motives which force me under present circumstances to refrain from meeting your request." Khrushchev also states that he is "... fearful to compromise good relations with the United States."

On the same page is a memo outlining a conversation with Soviet Ambassador Soldatov; see record 65387.

Also present are four copies of the document, 3 TL(CAR) and one TL(CAR,X).

BR has been asked "... to note that every word of this letter (see record 65386) was chosen carefully and that those parts underlined are underlined with a purpose."

The letter also implies "... that the Russians are very apprehensive about jeopardizing their relations with the Americans...."

Soldatov's memo follows Khrushchev's oral message at the top of the first sheet.

Also present are four copies of the document, 3 TL(CAR) and one TL(CAR,X).

BR appeals for clemency for Mrs. Ivinskaya, who is seriously ill and has already served half of her eight-year prison sentence.

Kosygin is Premier of the Soviet Union. Brezhnev is Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

BR has "not been satisfied" with the responses to his and "many others'" questions regarding anti-Semitism in the U.S.S.R.

BR is deeply disturbed by the "... prevalence of literature, often in publications of the Communist Party of the U.S.S.R., which can only be described as anti-Semitic...."

Mayer is a participant at the Conference on the Status of Soviet Jews being held in France in 1964.

BR writes that "... the treatment of the Jews in the Soviet Union is a matter for the gravest concern." BR compares the anti-Semitic material being published in the U.S.S.R. to that found in the Nazi publication Der Stürmer.

BR is "... increasingly concerned about the situation of Soviet Jews."

BR refers to an enclosed "confidential memorandum", likely the one found at record 65392, and a list (not present) of families who have been separated "by circumstances outside their control". BR requests a brief meeting with Kosygin.

Title of memorandum: "Confidential Memorandum for Prime Minister Kosygin on the Vietnam Crisis".

BR lists eight points in the memorandum dealing with the Vietnam conflict, among them being the call "... for the immediate convening of the Geneva Conference."

At the top left-hand corner, written in ink, in Edith Russell's hand, is "Date? 17/2/65".

Also present is an undated TL(CAR).

BR encloses a copy of the letter and confidential memorandum he had written to Premier Kosygin (see records 65391 and 65392), and asks Solatov to forward the documents to Kosygin via diplomatic bag.

The document states that Kosygin has received BR's letter on the Vietnamese problem (see record 65392), and states that "the United States flagrantly violated the Geneva Agreements of 1954 and on unleashing a war in Indo-China have created dangerous tension in this region."

Also mentioned is that "the Soviet people regret that the British government uphold in fact the aggressive policy of the U.S.A. in this region."

The letter has been edited in blue ink. Written on the letter: "Documents left for Lord Russell 2 members of the Russian Embassy—4/5/65".

The enclosed copy of the Soviet News is dated 20 April 1965. The title of the headline is "Alexei Kosygin Warns United States of Danger of Aggression in Vietnam".

BR, in a follow-up to his letter of 11 August 1964, once again appeals for amnesty for Aron Noehovici Menialai. Menialai was condemned to death for economic crimes.

A copy of this letter is referred to as an attachment at record 65397.

BR refers to an enclosed copy of a letter (see record 65397) he has sent to Mikoyan.

BR refers to a copy of an enclosed letter (see record 65399) he has sent Premier Kosygin.

A copy of this letter is referred to as an attachment at record 65398.

BR is "... disturbed not to have had any acknowledgement of [his letters of] 21 October 1964 and 23 March 1965."

BR encloses a list of individuals who wish to leave the U.S.S.R.

The individuals mentioned are: Mrs. Batya Reznitsky, Mr. and Mrs Boris Taubin and two children and Mrs. Noemija Iosifovna Taubin, Mrs. Herta Werbizky and two children, Pierre Armand Lucien Migneau, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Smolar and two children, and Mr. and Mrs. Izu Krumbein and Leonora Krumbein.

Kostenko is a staff member of the Soviet Embassy.

Schoenman refers to an enclosed copy (see record 65401) of BR's press statement concerning the Conference on Solidarity with Cuba.