Chang is Vice-President, Federation of United Kingdom and Eire Malaysian and Singapore Student Organizations. Lim is President, London Union of Malaysian and Singapore Students.

The statement is also signed by W.K. Wong, President, Malaysian and Singapore Students' Law Society.

Full title: "Joint Statement Condemning the Malicious Statement by the Prime Minister of Malaysia Accusing the President of the University of Malaya Student Union as Responsible for Obtaining the Licence for May 9th Labour Party Procession".

Enclosed is a letter from Seyed Hamid Ali to the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tengku A. Rahman Putra, and Rahman's reply.

Lamming asks how Patricia Russell feels about speaking with Richard Stokes at a meeting on Nov. 23. A replacement for Stokes, possibly Guy Clutton Brock, will be arranged. He mentions that "the attitude of the Roman Catholic clergy is, I think, absolutely inexcusable, but I must say I am not in the least surprised."

Chang is Vice-President, Federation of U.K. and Erie Malaysian Student Organizations.

Lim is President, London Union of Malaysian and Singapore Students.

Full title: "Joint Statement from Federation of U.K. and Eire Malaysian and Singaporean Student Organizations (FUEMSSO), London Union of Malaysian and Singaporean Students (LUMSS), Malaysian and Singaporean Student's Form (MASS Form), and Malaysian and Singaporean Students' Law Society in United Kingdom (Law Society) Protesting Against Police Brutality and Detention of Student Leaders."

The statement contains the reprinted text of four telegrams sent to:

Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Tun Ismaul, Malay Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The Chairman, University of Malaya Students' Union.
Persekutuan Kebangsaan, President, National Union of Malaysian Students.

Gollancz advises BR that on Oct. 25 Prime Minister Attlee will receive a deputation to discuss the resolutions reached at the Conway Hall meeting concerning the priority of the main points. Gollancz mentions that the telegram is at Attlee's request as he is anxious to meet the group before the debate on the question in the House of Commons. Gollancz hopes that BR will be able to attend the deputation as it may have an immediate effect on government decisions.

[Patricia went in BR's place.]

The document is a photocopy of two clippings from Straits Times, 22-23 January 1970. The clippings concern oppression under the Malaysian Internal Security Act. At the top of the page, in red ink: "Their policies are similar to MCP: Tekgku ban hints to Party Rakyat, Labour."

Keita is President of Mali.

BR, in regard to the BRPF, asks Keita if he would consider "... some form of public association with it and its objectives." BR encloses a brochure on the BRPF (not present).

Also present are two copies of the letter:

Document .179915, TL(CAR).
Document .179916, TLS. The copy is an earlier version dated 12 February 1964. The copy is typed on Plas Penrhyn letterhead, and has an imitation of BR's signature.

BR asks Keita to consider becoming a sponsor of the BRPF, and hopes Keita will be able to "receive in Bamako my representative, Mr. Schoenman."

Schoenman asks for Keita'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.

Also present is a copy of the letter, document .179919, TL(CAR,X).

BR would "be very glad if it were possible for you to see my personal representative", and informs Keita that he is "calling a World Conference", to discuss the involvement of the Western powers in the Congo.

The representative in question is likely Ralph Schoenman.

BR is "deeply shocked by the kidnapping and probable murder of Mehdi Ben Barka." He mentions that there is evidence of C.I.A. involvement.

Gollancz is glad to see BR's second letter to The Times. He offers information on the condition of Germans inside Czechoslovakia "(and, no doubt, inside Poland)". He encloses [not present] his letter that appeared in the Manchester Guardian in "mutilated form, with a quotation from Gedye cut out." Gollancz updates BR on all major developments including the results of the deputation with the "irritable" Prime Minister [on Oct. 27], the debate with Ben Smith, and a new deputation to Ben Smith that Gollancz hopes BR will attend. He mentions that he is arranging an all-party meeting for the Albert Hall on Nov. 26 to address the points of the Conway Hall meeting, and hopes BR and Patricia Russell will be on the platform. Gollancz encloses a memo from Roy Walker [not present], and a Reuter despatch [not present] concerning an alleged agreement between the governments to continue German deportations.

Gollancz will consider Lady Russell's idea of distributing Christmas cards with a political agenda. The first 10,000 "Save Europe Now" pamphlets were distributed at the Albert Hall meeting and to individual orders. He asks how many more Patricia will require. Gollancz mentions that he has had dinner with BR and discussed Patricia's organization of a meeting at Cambridge for which Gollancz offers his services. Gollancz closes the letter with "very many thanks for telling me what Adam Trott's widow wrote—that means a good deal to me."

Gollancz tells of a "small success" regarding the proposed doubling of food to the British Voluntary Relief Societies working abroad, the increased useful nature of the kinds of supplies sent, and the extension of these agencies into Central Europe.

Though Ben Smith has not replied and has ignored Gollancz's letter addressing the fact, he has accepted the proposals. Combined with the 90,000 tons of surplus military stores "we extracted from Sir Ben", it "shows that our efforts, though desperately disappointing, are not being altogether fruitless."

The agencies will want £100,000 "to take up the extra supplies of food", and Gollancz suggests appealing to the public at the "Save Europe Now" meetings for money. At the first executive meeting it was decided "to prepare a memorial".

The memorial will be taken care of immediately after Christmas, as cards are still coming in at the rate of a hundred a day. Gollancz believes that they might be able to "get the thing" to the Prime Minister on Dec. 28 and publish a letter the following Monday. An exclusive letter to The Times has been proposed, with the appeal in support of COBSRA [Council of British Societies for Relief Abroad] in the general press. The letter to The Times should be signed by the five sponsors, Gollancz and Eleanor Rathbone. He encloses a draft, and asks if BR will sign it, and if alterations are needed. Many other hundreds of signatories are needed and will be grouped by Gollancz into a dozen categories in a carefully considered layout.

For the memorial document, see record 68596.

Ely is Bishop of Ely.

Ely thanks Patricia Russell for asking him to chair the "Save Europe Now" meeting in Cambridge on the evening of Feb. 3. He cannot accept due to another engagement that night. He finishes by offering his "deep sympathy" for the aims of the meeting.

Gollancz is pleased at Patricia Russell becoming the Cambridge secretary of "Save Europe Now". BR wants an additional speaker for the meeting. Gollancz will ask Stokes, he being in Germany more recently than Gerald Gardiner. [Probably R.R. Stokes, M.P., later Minister of Works.]

Collections for "Save Europe Now" may only be for expenses, but the COBSRA Fund is registered under the War Charities Act and may collect for relief. A switch from Stokes would be improper as Gollancz asked him the previous day. Others are T.L. Horabin who has just been in Austria and F/Lt. Haire who has been in Hungary and is "very upset about conditions there ... on the ground that people think of Austrians, but not of Hungarians, as Germans!" Gollancz asks BR for his preference as to these men. He closes with "Best wishes for the New Year, such as it's going to be."

Gollancz has sent BR a note from Eleanor Rathbone [not present], and a letter to Lindsay from his son in Berlin [not present]. He adds that "both documents are, of course, confidential."

Gollancz has received Lady Russell's letter of Jan. 2 and remarks that he will "get into touch with Haire at once." Stokes may not be able to travel to Germany due to transport and weather difficulties, but "we can't ask him not to speak." If Stokes is unable to go, Gollancz inquires if he should ask Rees Williams.

Gollancz thanks Lady Russell for her offer of accommodation, but he has already made arrangements.

Haire, a Member of Parliament, will be "happy" to speak at Cambridge on Feb. 3 on the subject of conditions in Hungary and asks for details to be sent later.

Victor Gollancz has initialled the top of the note and written "Lady Russell" as well.

Gollancz thanks Patricia for the cheque, and mentions a receipt will be sent. Stokes will be just in time for the meeting. Gollancz feels that Storm Jameson will refuse, and calls Vera Brittain "too pacifist". Olaf Stapledon is mentioned as a "charming speaker", and that he has been in Holland recently. H.D. Walston has been in Poland and is an agricultural expert, and has written an article on Germany in this week's Spectator.

Walston may not be "very effective" as he feels that things aren't "too bad" in Poland. Gollancz mentions Margaret Lloyd from the Yugoslav Emergency Committee. He refers to the "extraordinary contrast" between Oxford and Cambridge in the Memorial. (Apparently the Memorial was now published.)

Sarma requests that BR send the League a message for publication in a brochure concerning the 18th anniversary of the "Malayan People's Armed Struggle for National Liberation." Sarma encloses a copy of the League's manifesto, a one page TS, document .179901.

Mintoff is Prime Minister of Malta.

BR writes that "my friend John Papworth, has acquainted me with your admirable efforts on behalf of the Maltese people." BR asks Mintoff if he "would be able to receive my representatives" with the purpose of discussing the "recently formed Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation and Atlantic Peace Foundation" and an international radio station for the BRPF.

Also present is a copy of the letter, document .179923, TL(CAR).

"Unsent". Mintoff is a former Prime Minister of Malta.

BR considers it "... the greatest pity that the Conservative government and the Catholic hierarchy have combined to prevent you from leading Malta to a sane, independent future." BR asks if Mintoff could visit Britain or receive BR's representatives in Malta with the purpose of discussing "ways in which we might work together in the future".

Also present are two copies of the letter, documents .179925 and .179926, both TL(CAR).

The letter is a revision of the unsent letter at record 68326. The reference to the "Conservative government and Catholic hierarchy" has been replaced with "entrenched interests".

Mintoff is leader, Malta Labour Party.

Mintoff thanks BR for his letter (see record 68327), and mentions that he "will probably visit London again before the spring [and] should this materialize, I will feel very honoured to meet with you and discuss ways in which we can work together."

Also present are two copies of the letter, documents .179928, TL(TC), and .179929, TL(CAR).

BR thanks Mintoff for his letter (see record 68328), and mentions that "it will be a great pleasure to meet you during your next visit to England."

Also present is a copy of the letter, document .179932, TL(CAR).

Armendáriz is Mexican Ambassador.

Armendáriz, on behalf of the Mexican Geographical and Statistical Society, invites BR to attend the First International Congress on the Sociology of Peace. The Congress is to be held 18-23 November 1963 in Mexico. "No" appears at the top of the page. At the foot of the page, in Schoenman's hand, is a draft of a response and "Answered". Apparently, the draft response was never sent as the actual reply differs in content; see record 68331.

Enclosed is a copy of the programme for the Congress. The programme is in Spanish, document .179934.

BR, responding to Armendáriz's letter (see record 68330), asks Armendáriz to "convey to the organizers of the First International Congress on the Sociology of Peace my thanks for their invitation and my profound regret that engagements in England make it impossible for me to come to Mexico in November."

"No" is written at the foot of the page.

Armendáriz, responding to BR's letter (see record 68331), mentions that the organizers of the Congress will be "deeply disappointed" that BR could not accept their invitation to travel to Mexico.

Armendáriz hopes "... that one day when you are in London, I shall have the pleasure of greeting you personally."

BR, responding to Armendáriz's letter (see record 68332), mentions that "I should be most pleased to see you at some future time if this should prove convenient to you." BR encloses some "literature concerning two recently formed Peace Foundations" (not present). The Foundations are the BRPF and the Atlantic Peace Foundation. "No" is written at the foot of the letter.

In Spanish. Jiménez is Srio. de Prensa de la Sociedad des Alumnos de la E.N.C.A.

The document is a signed invitation card from Jimenez. The card is dated from the postage mark on the envelope.

Lumbreras acknowledges "your wish for me to help you with Foundation [BRPF]", and mentions that he will keep BR "informed of the accomplishments."

In Spanish. The attached envelope contains subscription information for the Mexican publication Aurora Social.

At the top of the letter, in Schoenman's hand, is a draft of the letter found at record 68337. Schoenman has written "Heather: check past correspondence."

BR thanks Lumbreras for his letter (see record 68336), and mentions that "I shall seek to give attention to your efforts."

The BRPF header and address is typed at the top of the page.

Mateos is President of Mexico.

Schoenman asks for Mateos' 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.

In Spanish with an English translation.

Lumbreras states that he has "2,057 days in prison and 2,022 until I am free". Lumbreras encloses (not present) the first issue of Aurora Social, and asks BR for a message to be published in the next issue; see record 68340.

The enclosed handwritten translation is document .179944.

BR, responding to Lumbreras' letter (see record 68339), includes a message for publication in Aurora Social. In the message, BR comments that he hopes the publication "will be a force in opposing the drift to war."

Diaz Ordaz is President of Mexico.

BR appeals for the release of "Adolfo Gilly and other Mexican Trotskyists".

Adolfo Gilly's real name is "Adolfo Atilio Malvagni".

Suárez is Mexican Ambassador.

Suárez, responding to BR's letter to President Ordaz (see record 68341), comments that Adolfo Gilly's (Adolfo Atilio Malvagni) trial "strictly followed the ordinary penal legislation, and none of the civil liberties have been violated." Suárez notes that "in Mexico there is no political persecution".

Schoenman, responding to Suárez's letter (see record 68342), states, "I must renew Lord Russells' request that Señor Gilly and his associates should be released without further delay and Lord Russell will proceed to organize a public campaign if such an amnesty does not materialize in the near future."

In Spanish with an English translation.

Lumbreras requests that BR intervene on his behalf as he is eligible for parole. Lumbreras mentions that he would like to attend the IWCT.

The enclosed typed English translation has "brief translation" written at the top of the page.

BR, responding to Lumbreras' letter (see record 68344), states that he has "... taken immediate steps on your behalf and ardently hope that, at long last, you will be freed"; see BR's letter at record 68346.

BR appeals for the release of Alberto Lumbreras "on grounds of humanity".

"The recent arrest and imprisonment of Daniel Camejo Guache and thirteen others seem to contravene Mexico's long established traditions." BR suggests that "the charges brought against them should be examined scrupulously and impartially by an independent international commission."

In Spanish with an English translation. Luna is President, the International Front of Human Rights Branch of Mexico.

Luna notes that the "crime against Czechoslovakia [is] a crime against humanity and against peace".

The translation is document .179954. The translator has noted "they send us a lot of letters and not always interesting material".

In Spanish with an English translation.

Luna "denounces that the State Department has planned in Mexico a secret conference with the Cuban government trying to go into the Pacific coexistence." Luna notes that the Mexican police have "infiltrated among the students as trouble makers".

Enclosed is a statement, in Spanish, dated 3 August 1968. The statement is document .179957. The English translation is document .179956.

The National Strike Committee, composed of students, asks BR to "... expose the actions of the Mexican government and to protest against them, and to make known the just nature of the fight of the Mexican students." They refer to the Olympic Games.

In Spanish with an English translation.

Uribe is a Mexican lawyer.

The letter concerns the student struggle in Mexico. The translator (unknown) urges concern about this letter because it expresses a "different opinion" than the one received from the Director of the Branch of Human Rights in Mexico; see record 68349. Also present is a clipping from Excelsior concerning the student protests, document .179962. A four- page statement is also present, document .179963, TS(CAR).

The two-page English translation is document .179960.

BR and Sartre comment on the description of the "cold-blooded massacre of students and other ordinary Mexican citizens" during a peaceful rally. They state that "the Mexican government has behaved with a barbarity comparable only to the massacres carried out by occupying Nazi troops in Europe", and "if the Olympic Committee agrees to hold the games in Mexico, it stands guilty of complicity in this crime."

Attached is a copy, document .179964.

The document is a bulletin issued by the International Information Brigade concerning "the massacre of October 2nd in Tlatelolco, Mexico". The Bulletin suggests that the student movement was infiltrated by Campos Lemus on orders from the Mexican government.

Simpson, from Trinity College at Cambridge, declines Patricia's offer of a seat on the platform for the meeting of February 3, stating that participating in the platform implies "a general agreement with all that is said from the platform." He feels he cannot agree with all the other speakers. His other concern is that the "public presentation of a fair picture seems to me quite extraordinarily difficult so long as there are important and relevant facts which may not be alluded to in public." As well Simpson mentions that 6:30 on a Sunday evening "clashes" with the "least infrequented" services of "practically every" College Chapel and was considering declining the offer on those grounds alone, "but I thought it better to give my real reason!"

Keens, Assistant Honorary Secretary, confirms that Patricia has been elected to the Office of Vice-President, and encloses [not present] a leaflet "setting out our aims". £200 has been sent to the Council of British Societies for Relief Abroad [COBSRA]. The Council hopes "soon to have depots for clothing in every ward and to start weekly collections of money wherever possible." Patricia's support will "greatly help forward this cause", and the Council hopes that she will accept the Vice-Presidency.

This is an exact copy of the document at record 68355, but addressed to BR.

Handwritten notes accompany the front and verso of the letter, listing the names of schools and individuals.

Tansley will be glad to sit on the platform at the meeting on February 3, though he doubts the "practicality" of the idea allowing those who are able to allot some of their rations to relief in Europe. He has signed the postcard objecting to a ration increase as long as the situation in Europe exists.

Hollond will probably be in London on Feb. 3. He apologizes for not having visited the Russells.

Kanaar received BR's letter of December 15 this morning. [Yet BR's letter on answering Christie in Forward in the Kanaar papers, UCLA, is dated Dec. 23; Kanaar wrote on it that he received and answered it on Jan. 14, 1946.]

The letter had followed him from Berlin. Kanaar has been demobilized and is spending the last five weeks of his release leave in London writing a book about his experiences in Germany. "The chief aim of this book is to reveal what the Russians are like."

He is speaking publicly about conditions in Germany, and he hopes BR can help him in being able to speak to "more of the Lords". Kanaar has written at once to Forward requesting space for an answer to Tom Christie's article. Kanaar has written an article on land reform in East Germany, which has been accepted by The Nineteenth Century and After. Kanaar would like to meet with BR in London in the near future.

(An article by Bisley is not known, but one by Tim Christie is. It appeared on Dec. 5, 1945. Kanaar wrote a reply to it, mentioning Christie in the subtitle. See record 68422. Christie's article was in reply to BR's "The German Disaster". Kanaar no longer mentions Bisley.)

Pickthorn apologizes for not answering it sooner as he has been incapacitated by illness. Though he agrees with the aims of the platform, he cannot agree with all of Victor Gollancz's arguments and will not give general support to "a policy and proposals recommended by him, unless I have adequate opportunity of explaining reservations and modifications." If his terms can be accepted, Pickthorn will be "very glad" to "talk out" his line of argument and leaves means to reach him through his secretary.

Pickthorn is Conservative M.P. for Cambridge University.

Pickthorn feels he has been asked to support an organization "on whose composition and methods I have had no sort of influence, and I do not easily see how I should be able in a short speech to say what I really mean without sounding extremely ungracious or appearing to seek credit for adhering to a settlement of which I am rather dubious."

The signature is illegible.

Purclewis, from the University Chemical Laboratory in Cambridge, accepts an invitation to be on the platform for the meeting of February 3. He mentions that "the political flavour does not worry me in the least."

Gollancz thanks Patricia for her letter of January 16. Ten minutes' time is satisfactory but the subject leaves him "a little doubtful" and hopes to discuss it over the weekend. He asks if Canon Raven is on the platform, as he would attend if asked.

Gollancz is "grieved when people dislike me—spiritually when they dislike me because they know what I stand for, intellectually when they dislike me because they think I stand for something for which I don't, and emotionally always."

Simpson is unable to make the Save Europe Now meeting on Feb. 3.

Walston will be "very glad" to speak for twenty minutes at the February 3rd meeting, and will confine his talk to France and Poland. Having spoken to Wilson Harris, Walston reveals that Harris will be unable to be in Cambridge to attend the meeting.

Wood, from Emmanuel College in Cambridge, understands Patricia's desire to make the meeting "as representative as possible, and I have no wish to interpose at all unless you are quite satisfied that the intervention would be useful." Wood notes the list of speakers for the meeting is already "very long" and that the "patience of the audience might be somewhat tried by the addition of another!"

Austin cannot support the meeting or sit on the platform as he is returning to Scotland for that weekend to visit his family. He trusts that the meeting will "achieve its purposes and I am fully in agreement with 1. and 3." Austin asks to whom he can make a contribution.

Owst will be pleased to accept a platform ticket for the meeting in the Guild Hall on Sunday, February 3, at 8 pm. The letter is signed "Your Ladyship's most obedient servant".

Haire sends thanks to BR's secretary for booking him a room at Cambridge for February 3. As he was in France last week he was not able to reply to the previous letter, "but the arrangements suit me admirably."

The document is a bulletin addressed "To Public Opinion Throughout the World".

The bulletin outlines the topics discussed at the 14 October 1968 meeting of the National Strike Council.

Diaz Ordaz is President of Mexico.

BR asks Diaz Ordaz to "... declare an amnesty for all students and political dissenters who are now being held in Mexican gaols without trial." BR notes there is a particular case that concerns him, that of Jamie Goded Andreu.

Also present is a copy of the letter, document .179969, TL(CAR).

The signature is illegible.

The Subdirector General of the Direccion General de Gobierno, responding to BR's letter (see record 68371), tells BR "as you are not Mexican, you have no right to intervene in the internal affairs of our country." He provides BR with information on the detained students and political dissenters "which you [BR] certainly do not possess". BR should concern himself with matters in his own country and "apply the immortal maxim 'a good judge starts in his own house'."

The official English translation is document .179970.

The BRPF appeals to the Mexican government "for the immediate release of all political prisoners in Lecumberri Jail and for a governmental guarantee of their lives and safety."

Menendez is Director General and Negrete is President, Counsejo Nacional de la Publicidad.

Farley informs Menendez and Negrete that BR will not attend the First World Conference on Social Communication for Development as the guest of honour. Farley states that BR "has no intention of visiting Mexico as long as her citizens are arbitrarily imprisoned."

The BRPF comments on the mass hunger strike planned by the political prisoners in Mexico to "demand their immediate liberty and public recognition of their circumstances."

The BRPF notes that Luis Echeverria, a candidate for the presidency, claims that Mexico has "complete freedom of thought and expression", a claim denied by former President Lazaro Cardenas.

BR, commenting on Mexico's political prisoners, asks "... that all those who have been detained for so long be released and that in future anyone arrested for political offences be charged immediately and be allowed the right to defend himself adequately?".

Also present is a copy of the letter, document .179976, TL(CAR).

The BRPF comments on "the hunger strike of 95 political prisoners in Mexico City's Lecumberri Gaol." The BRPF notes that the hunger strike was broken by non-political prisoners influenced by the prison authorities.

The document is a list of outstanding Turkish personalities invited to attend the Middle East Conference.

The persons listed are:

Nadir Nadi, Sami Kucuk, Niyazi Agirnasli, Sukru Koc, Behice Boran, Nniyazi Berkes, Mehmet Ali Aybar, Melih Cevdet Anday, Sadun Aren, Prof. Aemaoglu, Bahri Savci, Osman Nuri Torun, Necat Erder, Cetin Ozek, Abdi Ipekci, Cetin Altan, Ilhan Selcuk, Sabahettin Eyuboglu, Vedat Gunyol, Sabri Esat Siyavusgil.

The document is a list of invitees to conference among Arab states. Typed on BRPF letterhead.

The invitees are listed as follows:

Mohammed Harabi, Said el Khayyal, Kamel Chaterji, Fouad al Rikabi, Hashim Jawad, Clovis Maksoud, Anwar Abdul Malik, Kamil Tuheiri, Mohammed Hadid, Faisal Samer, Sheik Abdullah Alayli, Abdul Rahman Shoukeir, Salah al Din Issa, M. Maxim Rodinson, Mohamed Hasanin Haykal, Ahmed Baha Eddin, Loutfi El-Kholy, Khalid Mohei el Din, Said el Khayyal (name crossed out), Said el Attar, Walid Khalidi, Majdalani (Aziz), Kamil Jumbalat, Louis Awad, Brutus Ghali, Ibrahim Amer, Kamil Riffat (very left, very important), George Henein.

On the verso is a handwritten itinerary.

Also present is a copy of the list, document .179978, TS(CAR). The copy has the names Murawah and Abdul Karim written on it, and a passage in Arabic.

Tabet is the ex-director of At-Tarik Review, the Cultural Monthly Organ of Peace Movement in Lebanon.

The document is a set of questions concerning BR's "efforts to preserve human civilization". The questions are handwritten on plain paper (document .179982), and then typed.

Ben Bella is President of Algeria.

BR informs Ben Bella that the BRPF "... is organizing a conference to be held on 1 November on denuclearization of the Middle East and the prospects of development." BR hopes Ben Bella "will find it possible to come to this conference as a delegate."

Haykal is editor of Al-Ahram, Cairo.

BR informs Haykal that the BRPF "... is organizing a conference to be held on 1 November on denuclearization of the Middle East and the prospects of development." BR hopes Haykal "will find it possible to come to this conference as a delegate."

Eddine is editor of Al-Akhbar.

BR informs Eddine that the BRPF "... is organizing a conference to be held on 1 November on denuclearization of the Middle East and the prospects of development." BR hopes Eddine "will find it possible to come to this conference as a delegate."

El-Kholy is a journalist for Al-Ahram.

BR informs El-Kholy that the BRPF "... is organizing a conference to be held on 1 November on denuclearization of the Middle East and the prospects of development." BR hopes El-Kholy "will find it possible to come to this conference as a delegate."

El-Din is Secretary, National Press Council, Cairo.

BR informs El-Din that the BRPF "... is organizing a conference to be held on 1 November on denuclearization of the Middle East and the prospects of development." BR hopes El-Din "will find it possible to come to this conference as a delegate."

El-Attar is an employee of National Bank, Yemen.

BR informs El-Attar that the BRPF "... is organizing a conference to be held on 1 November on denuclearization of the Middle East and the prospects of development." BR hopes El-Attar "will find it possible to come to this conference as a delegate."

Jumbalat is an M.P. in the Lebanese parliament.

BR informs Jumbalat that the BRPF "... is organizing a conference to be held on 1 November on denuclearization of the Middle East and the prospects of development." BR hopes Jumbalat "will find it possible to come to this conference as a delegate."

Khalidi is a professor at the University of Beirut.

BR informs Khalidi that the BRPF "... is organizing a conference to be held on 1 November on denuclearization of the Middle East and the prospects of development." BR hopes Khalidi "will find it possible to come to this conference as a delegate."

Abdel-Malek is a professor at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France.

Abdel-Malek thanks BR for his "explicit letter of the 11th", and mentions that he is "... therefore now agreeing to participate, in principle, being understood that there shall be a list of Arab participants from several countries."

Abdel-Malek also thanks BR "... for kindly accepting my suggestion to meet in England, should I be there in September."

Ghali is a writer for Al-Ahram, U.A.R. BR informs Ghali that the BRPF "... is organizing a conference to be held on 1st November on the denuclearization of the Middle East and the prospects of development." BR hopes Ghali "will find it possible to come to this conference as a delegate."

Riffat is Secretary, Arab Socialist Union, Cairo.

BR informs Riffat that the BRPF "... is organizing a conference to be held on 1st November on the denuclearization of the Middle East and the prospects of development." BR hopes Riffat "will find it possible to come to this conference as a delegate."

Awad is a professor at Cairo University, U.A.R.

BR informs Awad that the BRPF "... is organizing a conference to be held on 1st November on the denuclearization of the Middle East and the prospects of development." BR hopes Awad "will find it possible to come to this conference as a delegate."

Gollancz addresses the letter "Dear Patricia", using her given name for the first time ("May I, please? you've called me 'Mr. Gollancz' longer than anyone I can remember!"). There is an "awkward point". Stokes was not able to see much of Germany as the ban was "clamped down" just before he left and therefore he can only comment on Germany in a general sense. Gollancz asks whether a replacement for Stokes is alright, and mentions Rees-Williams and Gerald Gardiner. Gollancz also clarifies plans for a dinner with the Russells. A typed note closes the letter, "It wasn't a bit tactless of you! You were telling me nothing new: and it's not only stupid, but wicked, of me to be grieved—very egotistical!"

Tansley thanks Patricia for a letter and a handbill. He is glad that there are some "non-Labour" people on the platform. He sends a cheque along with the letter to "swell receipts in connection with the meeting."

Symonds is an M.P.

Symonds will meet Patricia at "Tom's as near 8 as I can—though I can tell you that the question of meal or no meal never worries me unduly!"

Stokes thanks Patricia for reserving him a room at the University Arms Hotel. The time of the meeting, 8 pm, and a twenty-minute limit to his speech, are agreeable to Stokes. He hopes to be able to discuss the "ground" for each speech to prevent repetition.

Wesley thanks Patricia for the letter and "directions regarding contributions" and asks for his enclosed contribution to be added to the collection.

Gollancz is "so very sorry to hear that Lady Russell is ill." He has "edged Stokes out without the slightest ill-feeling" and mentions he is trying to confirm Denis Kendall "who was in the last parliamentary deputation to Germany and, I am told, was greatly moved by what he saw." His second choice is Gerald Gardiner and then Rees-Williams. Gollancz is glad that dinner is on Saturday and not Sunday, and he doesn't think it matters much when he meets Symonds and the other speakers.

A donation receipt for £50 to the Food Relief Fund of the Council of British Societies for Relief Abroad is received from Patricia Russell. "From Master of Trinity" is written at the foot (i.e. G.M. Trevelyan).

Stalbridge is concerned that food and money from relief agencies such as "Save Europe Now" intended for Germany and Austria have been "poured into France, Holland, Belgium, etc." And the matter "ought" to be investigated.

Gollancz is "very sorry indeed to hear of Lady Russell's illness." If Kendall or Gardiner is unavailable "I shall have to deal with Germany." Lady Russell has told him about the ten minutes, and that is acceptable. Gollancz thinks it is a mistake to sell the Is It Nothing to You? photographs "of children deported from their homes in the East" because "things have improved in that direction now." Unless he hears differently he will assume that dinner with the Russells on Saturday night is "washed out".

Gollancz has asked Duff to tell Patricia that Gerald Gardiner will have to speak early at the meeting as he must catch a train back into town. Duff asks if a taxi can be arranged to pick Gardiner up at the Guild Hall in time to catch the train. She has promised Gardiner that she will arrange this.