BR appeals to the French Minister of Justice not to deport to Iran Mehdi Asgari, as his life would be in danger.

Gros, in a signed mimeographed letter for the Fédération pour le Respect de l'Homme et de Humanité, sends BR two documents on technological change.

They are not present.

BR, in an unsigned statement, compares the treatment of whole populations, but especially that of the Vietnamese, to the Nazis' concentration camps.

Present is document .177995, TS(CAR).

BR protests the proposed imprisonment of Maurice Girodias for publishing in France literary but obscene works in English.

Pompidou, the French Prime Minister, replies to BR that the government cannot interfere in the judicial process regarding the prosecution for obscenity of Maurice Girodias.

Frey is the French Minister of the Interior.

BR urges reconsideration of the deportation of Mehdi Askeri Zarif on the grounds that deportation would be "tantamount to political murder".

BR urges reconsideration of the deportation of Mehdi Askeri Zarif on the grounds that deportation back to Iran would put Zarif in "grave danger".

On the kidnapping and probably murder of Mehdi Ben Barka, which follows the murders of Dr. Moumie, Pio Gama da Pinto and Malcolm X.

On the kidnapping and probably murder of Mehdi Ben Barka and on de Gaulle's positive role regarding Morocco.

An acknowledgement of BR's letter to President de Gaulle, who is aware of the issue that BR has addressed.

The sender's signature is illegible.

BR provides the conditions for sending a man to the moon, even if he might not return.

BR, who approves Mauriac's recent statement about the role of the C.I.A. in the Ben Barka affair, would value his opinion on recent letters of his on the subject (not present).

Tahri is an organizer of a meeting to investigate Ben Barka's death. Tahri is also a member of the General Secretariat of the Union Nationale des Forces Populaires. He asks for a message from BR.

BR provides a lengthy message for a meeting to investigate the Ben Barka affair. He notes that "at this stage, there is only circumstantial evidence to point to the guilt of the C.I.A. and like bodies."

Poli is the Consul Général.

Poli informs BR that a judicial document addressed to him from the Court of Justice of Paris is ready for pick-up at the Embassy.

The document is described in record 66216.

In French. The document is titled "Citation a Temoins". It is a mimeograph with sections of ts. carbon.

Jarrasse is Huissier de Justice, Paris.

 

BR congratulates de Gaulle on his speech on Vietnam and mentions that "you have made the voice of France the voice of reason in this cruel war."

De Gaulle spoke in Phnom Penh.

BR mentions that Janet Viney, employed by BR, "... is authorized to accept on my behalf the judicial document no. 743"; see record 66215.

The private secretary to President Charles de Gaulle thanks BR for his letter concerning de Gaulle's speech on Vietnam (see record 66217).

BR, writing as the Honorary President of the International War Crimes Tribunal, requests visas for witnesses who will appear before the Tribunal in Paris.

The document outlines "... the steps the French government has taken up to the beginning of August to intimidate and crush the left."

Included on the same page is the following: an article titled "A Group of Intellectuals including Sartre, Monod, Kastler and Schwartz Form a Committee Against Repression", Le Monde, 13 June 1968.

A plea for support from the American Defence Committee.

Hermes is Secretary, Committee to Defend the French Students.

Hermes encloses a copy of a letter (document .178016), and a sponsorship card (document .178017). Hermes refers to enclosed literature (not present), and asks BR to become a sponsor of the Committee.

Also present is a copy of the letter, document .178015, TL(CAR) and an unused envelope bearing postage.

BR informs Hermes that he will become a sponsor of the Committee to Defend the French Students (see record 66223).

Hermes thanks BR for becoming a sponsor of the Committee to Defend the French Students, and encloses a three-page news release from the Committee, document .178020, TS(MIM).

The news release is titled "De Gaulle Government Forced to Release Political Prisoners".

Letter is in French. The signature is illegible. Enclosed is a questionnaire, document .177987, TL(MIM).

Farley mentions that the BRPF are the distributors of Tricontinental in Britain, and that "we are very alarmed at the news that we have received of your own situation and we wonder whether there is anything further that can be done in or from Britain on your behalf."

M'Ba is President of the Republic of Gabon.

Schoenman asks for M'Ba's opinion on two enclosed articles (not present). The articles concern the true nature of Western aggression in the Congo, and the true nature of the war of atrocity in Vietnam.

Dales is Honorary Secretary, Defence Committee for Victims of Nazi Persecution.

The letter refers to an international protest meeting held in Florence 11, 12, and 13 October 1963. The protest meeting was in response to a planned European SS meeting in Hameln.

At the foot of the letter, in Dales' hand: "Thank you for your statement. E.D.".

Enclosed is a one-page appeal, document .178024, TS(MIM), and an eleven-page list of participants, document .178025, TL(MIM).

Dales is sorry she is unable to call on the BRPF office this week, and encloses a copy of the Christian News (not present).

Dales announces that the Committee is ".... inviting an international delegation, consisting of survivors of concentration camps and of the resistance movement to London." Dales asks the BRPF to send a representative to the meeting.

The letter refers to the meeting of the International Delegation to be held 9 March 1965 (see record 66231). Dales asks the BRPF to send delegates to the House of Commons for the March 9th meeting.

Also present is a copy of the letter, document .178029, TLS(CAR).

Dales refers to the meeting of the International Delegation to be held 9 March 1965 (see record 66232).

Enclosed are various documents:

Document .178032, TS(MIM). The document is titled "Why We in Britain Oppose the Time Limit on Nazi Crimes".
Document .178033, TL(CAR). Written in ink on the letter: "M.P.'s who signed petition to Erhard". A second copy of the letter is also present, document .178034, TL(CAR).
Document .178035, PD. The document is a booklet, Bonn Sanctions War Crimes. In ink on the front cover: "From Mrs. Dales. For further information this booklet may help".

Farley mentions that he has received Bolle's invitation to visit Brussels 6 and 7 March 1965.

Farley asks Bolle to advise him as to the particulars of a speech, and requests that Bolle cover the transportation costs of the visit. The topic would be the statute of limitations on the persecution of Nazis.

Bolle is spelled "Boll" in the letter.

Dales is known familiarly as "Liesl".

Dales requests BR to send a message on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the victory over German fascism.

Enclosed are various documents:

Document .178038, TS(MIM). The document is titled "Why the Doctors World Congress should Not Be Held in Munich".
Document .178039, TN. The note reads "with the compliments of the Defence Committee for Victims of Nazi Persecution".
Document .178040, TS(MIM). The document refers to extending the time limit on trials of Nazi criminals.

Volume 5, no. 6 of the Foreign Affairs Bulletin, 18 March 1965. Document .178041, PD.
Volume 5, no. 20 of the Foreign Affairs Bulletin, 19 July 1965. Document .178042, PD.
Volume 5, no. 24 of the Foreign Affairs Bulletin, 28 Aug. 1965. Document .178043, PD.
Volume 5, no. 28 of the Foreign Affairs Bulletin, 9 Oct. 1965.

A book review of Charles R. Allen Jr's Heusinger of the Fourth Reich, the Step-by-Step Resurgence of the German General Staff.

A book review of Charles R. Allen Jr's Heusinger of the Fourth Reich, the Step-by-Step Resurgence of the German General Staff.

A book review of Charles R. Allen Jr's Heusinger of the Fourth Reich, the Step-by-Step Resurgence of the German General Staff.

Lichtig asks Schoenman if he has had "any success in your quest for material?", and encloses two newspaper clippings.

The first clipping, document .178049, is titled "Hoecherl's Days in Bonn are Numbered". The clipping appeared in the Evening Standard, 10 Feb. 1964.

The second clipping, document .178050, is titled "The Chemist of Auschwitz". The clipping appeared in the Economist, 15 Feb. 1964.

Bertolini is Secretary of the International Federation of Resistance Movements.

The letter announces that a conference of the International Federation of Resistance Movements is to take place 13, 14 and 15 April 1965.

Toujas is General Secretary of the International Federation of Resistance Movements.

A reply card to sign for the Conference of the International Federation of Resistance Movements.

Bertolini refers to the Conference of the International Federation of Resistance Movements. The conference is to take place in Prague 13, 14 and 15 April 1965.

An envelope from the International Federation of Resistance Movements.

Questionnaire for those attending the Conference for the International Federation of Resistance Movements.

Another copy of the document found at record 66241.

Booklet outlining the Conference of the International Federation of Resistance Movements.

A reply card for attending the Conference for the International Federation of Resistance Movements.

Dales refers to enclosed articles (not present), and suggests Farley write the Observer.

The letter refers to the Conference of the International Federation of Resistance Movements to be held in Prague 13, 14 and 15 April 1965, and provides an outline of the conference.

The second page of the letter is document .178107.

Also present is a copy of the letter, TLS, document .178108 (the second page of the letter is document .178109).

Farley asks Wood to call Dales and inform her that the "... Vietnam crisis makes it absolutely impossible for me to go to Prague April 13-15."

In French.

Enclosed is a two-page list, document .178111, showing the countries attending the Conference of the International Federation of Resistance Movements.

In French.

Bertolini refers to the Conference of the International Federation of Resistance Movements, and encloses Farley's tickets to the conference, document .178113.

Various documents are enclosed:

Document .178117, TN. The note reads "With the compliments of the Defence Committee for Victims of Nazi Persecution".
Document .178115, TS(TC). Statement by delegates to "Statute of Limitations" protest.
Document .178116, TS(TC). A four-page statement from Poland.

Duplicate copy of the letter sent to BR; see record 66255.

Enclosed is a four-page statement from Poland, document .178119, TS(TC).

In French.

Report from the Conference of the International Federation of Resistance Movements by the Yugoslavian Delegation.

The report outlines the results of a questionnaire given to the participants at the conference. Also present are various reports from the countries attending the conference:

Unnumbered six-page document by Jacques de Launay, Secretary-General of the conference.
Document .178128, five-page document by Raphael Mahler, Israel.
Document .178127, five-page document by Charles Bossi, France.
Document .178126, four-page document by the Hungarian delegation.
Document .178125, seven-page document by Giuliana Limiti, Italy.
Document .178124, seven-page document by the Romanian delegation.
Document .178123, eight-page document by the Polish delegation.
Document .178122, three-page document by the Luxembourg delegation.
Document .178121, nine-page document by N. Gornenski, Bulgaria.

In German.

The title is at the top of the document, in blue ink.

The letter concerns West German participation in NATO, and refers to an enclosed letter addressed to Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of West Germany.

The enclosed twelve-page letter is an appeal to stop West German rearmament.

There are hundreds of signatures, of which Abendroth's is the first.

"Unofficial translation".

Malter is chairwoman of the Committee for the Protection of Human Rights of the GDR.

The document states that "the GDR Peace Movement knows full well that this policy accords with the demands of the World Peace Movement put forward in Helsinki."

The document outlines the New Women's and Mothers' proposed pilgrimage to Rome for peace. The pilgrimage is to take place September/October 1965.

A document titled "Symptoms" produced by the Information Service of the Peace Council of the German Democratic Republic.

The document is divided into nine sections: The Seeds of Violence, Disarmament Not Wanted, The Murderers of Yesterday and the Murderers of Tomorrow, SS Comradeship Encouraged by the State, Commissar Order, Selections, Murder Laws—All "Legal", from Auschwitz to "Atomic Risk", This Is Not the Way to Overcome the Past, and No Expiation for Auschwitz Crimes.

In French.

Griner is Secretary, Belgian Committee on Nazi Crimes.

In German.

The document refers to Major T. Kaozoro of the Polish War Crimes Liaison and the testimony of Willi Fiedler, 29 November 1945, at a prisoner of war camp.

In German. The document concerns Nazi war crimes.

The second page of the document is numbered .178139.

In German.

The document pertains to Battle Group Reinefarth, led by SS Brigade leader Heinz Reinefarth.

In German.

The document is a four-page SS report, documents .178141 through .178143 (the cover page being unnumbered).

In German.

The document is a three-page SS report, documents .178144 through .178146.

In German.

The document is a two-page logistics list of the equipment, weapons and vehicles, of various battle groups.

Page 2 is document .178148.

In German.

The document is a report of Battle Group Reinefarth, led by SS Brigade leader Heinz Reinefarth.

In German.

A photo of the cover of the booklet The Warsaw Rebellion 1944, and a photo of page 312, which refers to Battle Group Reinefarth, led by SS Brigade leader Heinz Reinefarth.

In German.

The document pertains to Nazi war crimes.

A Nazi report to Party Chief Martin Borman from SS Chief Himmler in which SS Brigade leader Heinz Reinefarth is mentioned.

A Nazi report to Party Chief Martin Borman from SS Chief Himmler in which SS Brigade leader Heinz Reinefarth is mentioned.

A report composed by SS Brigade leader Heinz Reinefarth titled "Suggestions for the Knights Cross and the Iron Cross".

The four-page report is numbered documents .178153 through .178156.

The Ostdeutscher Beobachter is a German newspaper issued in occupied Poznan.

Reinefarth is a SS General and a Lieutenant-General of the Nazi Police.

The second page of the article is document .178157.

A Nazi Police document.

A Nazi document labelled "Orientation".

A diagram showing the Nazi chain of command from Hitler down to Brigade groups.

A list of Polish books.

Pilichowski is the Director of the Central Commission for the Prosecution of War Crimes in Poland.

Full title: "Investigation and Documents in Evidence of Heinz Reinefarth's Crimes". Reinefarth was an SS Brigade leader and General in the Nazi Police.

Also present are various reports:

Document .178164, a five-page TS(CAR). The document is a biography of Heinz Reinefarth.
Document .178165, a seven-page TS(CAR). The document is a statement by Helena Klesewicz concerning war crimes.
Document .178166, a seven-page TS(CAR). The document is a statement by Manda Felieja Lurie concerning war crimes.
Document .178167, a five-page TS(CAR). The document is a statement by Father Bernard Filipiuk concerning war crimes.
Document .178168, a six-page TS(CAR). The document is a statement by Franciszek Zasada concerning war crimes.
Document .178169, a two-page TS(CAR). The document is a statement by Wkadyskaw Peo concerning war crimes.
Document .178170, a two-page TS(CAR). The document is a statement by Zofia Staworzynska concerning war crimes.

In German.

Immer is a pastor in Leer, Germany.

Linke is a pastor in Friedberg, Germany.

The letter concerns the present activities of the SS in West Germany, and refers to an upcoming meeting of former SS members in Baden, Germany.

Enclosed is a five-page TLS; document .178173.

The report is from the Committee for the Protection of Human Rights, and is signed by Friedel Malter, Chairman of the Committee.

Dales writes "With the complements of the Defence Committee", although no attached documents are present.

Toujas is the General Secretary of the International Federation of Resistance Movements.

Toujas provides details of an upcoming meeting and symposium in Florence, Italy.

Enclosed is a two-page invitation form, document .178176, and a one-page hotel list, document .178178.

A thank-you letter in which BR mentions that he is enclosing a message; see record 66288.

At the top of the letter, in blue ink: "Medway 51372".

BR appeals for the freedom of "political dissidents" in West Germany.

Klara Fladung, Johannes Fladung, and Grete Hoffmann are on trial in a West German political court. Tonge is the secretary of the Fladung Defence Committee.

The document is a copy of the statements given by Klara Fladung and Grete Hoffmann during their trial.

Document .178182, a four-page TS(MIM). The document is a statement by Johannes Fladung.
Document .178183, a three-page TS(MIM). The document is a copy of excerpts from the indictment against Johannes Fladung.

Schoenman requests that Morris forward to him "... any material you are able to supply concerning former members of the S.A., S.S. and Nazi Party who now have high posts in the judiciary and legislature in Western Germany."

Schoenman requests "... reliable information concerning Nazis in government, legal, military and diplomatic positions in Germany."

Schoenman requests "... reliable information concerning Nazis in government, legal, military and diplomatic positions in Germany."

The mimeo is titled: "Astonishing News from the Federal Republic of Germany". It concerns former SS members visiting France on a "memorial journey".

Crautzfeldt is a professor at the German Institute for Psychiatry.

A thank-you letter.

Halker is Secretary, Peace Council, German Democratic Republic.

In German. In the left-hand margin, in pencil: "Useful but wd like Eng lang material".

In French.

Also present are two copies of the article, an unnumbered document and document .178191.

At the top right-hand corner, in blue ink in Schoenman's hand: "Full support for your efforts on behalf of peace and against resurgent militarism greetings Russell know".

Werner is a minister of religion.

Russell sends him a message of greetings, possibly for a meeting.

Other writing on the page includes a German address.

In German.

A thank-you letter in which Schoenman requests English language material "... on Nazis in the West German military, legal, diplomatic and political establishments...."

Schoenman asks if Lichtig would be willing to take on the task of publishing a study of "the whereabouts of Nazis since 1945" as a research document.

The letter has no signature, but it is assumed to come from Schoenman.

Schoenman asks if Wighton would be interested in a project involving the tracing of Nazis since 1945.

Also present is a copy of the letter, document .178196, TL(CAR).