Bhutto, writing from the Hotel George V in Paris, provides a letter of introduction to BR for J.A. Rahim; see record 69002, with which it was enclosed.

The document is a clipping from the 20 Aug. 1966 issue of The Economist. The headline reads "Ayub's Rival, Menon's Heir". The clipping concerns a meeting between Bhutto and a group of Pakistani students in London on 13 Aug. 1966. The "major target" of Bhutto's talk "was the moderation of President Ayub Khan."

BR, writing to The Economist, comments that the paper's "attack on Mr. Bhutto should be placed in context."

BR tells the editor, "The fate of national leaders who respond to the needs of their people is increasingly clear, unless they find the means to resist the pressures applied to them, in which case journals such as the Economist attach unpleasant labels to them"; see record 69004.

Yusuf is Pakistani Foreign Secretary.

BR tells Yusuf of his meeting with Zulfiqar Bhutto, and hopes that "there may be an opportunity for us to meet in the near future to discuss many matters." BR refers to Bhutto as "an old friend".

Also present is a copy of the letter, document .180484a, TL(CAR,X), first sheet only.

Jaffer thanks BR for his "kind and welcome cable", and "for the message of greetings, which I shall read before the inaugural meeting of the Pakistan Parliamentary Group for World Government." Jaffer mentions that he will place the issue of the IWCT "before the Parliamentarians meeting".

Jaffer has also traced and printed BR's message to the Association of World Federalists.

Ispahani is Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S.

BR tells Ispahani, " I have read your articles with great attention and interest and much appreciate your kind letter to me." BR mentions "I feel deeply the replacement of Mr. Bhutto."

BR must have signed this carbon copy inadvertently.

Rahim tells Schoenman "I cannot thank you enough for the help you have been to me"; see document .180483. Rahim mentions Joachim Joesten and Hugh Trevor-Roper in the letter, and that Rahim has visited BR.

Jaffer thanks BR for the "gracious message", and encloses news clippings concerning BR's message to the Parliamentary Group's meeting.

[The clippings do not report the text of BR's message.]

Document .180489, a clipping from the 20 Sept. 1966 issue of Dawn. The article mentions a cable from BR to the meeting.

Document .180490 is a two-page clipping from the 20 Sept. 1966 issue of the Evening Star. Page 2 is document .180491. The article refers to BR's cable to the meeting.

Bhutto tells BR "The war in Vietnam is causing the world very great anxiety." Bhutto, commenting on BR's request for him to participate in the IWCT, mentions that it would be "preferable if I continue to make my efforts from a different direction" due to his being "intimately involved in this tragic question from an entirely different vantage point."

The document is a Christmas card addressed to Farley from Bhutto and Kazi.

BR appeals "on grounds of humanity" for the release of Tofazzal Hossain, the former editor of Ittefaq.

Hossain was "charged with incitement to public demonstration and his newspaper has since been banned."

Jaffer congratulates BR on the publication of his Autobiography, and tells BR: "I have been fortunate in booking a copy of your Autobiography from my club R.A.C. Bookstall. May I hope that your Lordship will be good enough to autograph it for me...."

Jaffer passes on his "sincere greetings" to Schoenman.

Khan, responding to BR's letter (see document .180494), tells BR that "after reviewing the case, the East Pakistan government has decided to release Mr. Tofazzal Ali."

BR thanks Khan for his letter (see record 69015), and tells Khan that the decision to release Tofazzal Ali "is a wise and humane decision which will bring you credit."

Jaffer tells BR, "I am writing to convey to your Lordship our heartiest congratulations on your 95th birthday." Jaffer hopes he will be able to meet BR in London during July 1967.

Bhutto's wife and four children will be in London "in the first or second week of June". Bhutto tells Schoenman, "I have naturally asked my wife to contact you." Bhutto adds that he may also be in London "some time in July or August".

Bhutto thanks Schoenman for his letter of 30 May 1967: "I am immediately taking up the question raised in your letter with the competent authorities here as well as in one or two other countries including the Persian Gulf."

Bhutto hopes his wife will have the opportunity to visit with BR "when she visits London in the near future".

Tillard has made arrangements for a mailing, and BR is invited to a party.

Gittins is Secretary of the Leicester Branch of the N-C.F. She invites BR to speak publicly and privately to the branch.

John Conrad Russell's health report.

The writer, who identifies herself merely as the wife of an absolutist, thanks BR for his anti-war writings.

Boag, replying to BR's letter of 21 March 1917, reports on conditions at a logging camp for C.O.s in Bladnoch, via Wigtown, Wigtownshire.

Cox, who is Honorary Secretary of the N.W. Division Council, Manchester, writes about arrangements for BR's visit on June 9.

Copy also in file: TL(TC) and TL(TC,CAR), document .073254, record 75972.

BR tells Cox when he will arrive for the Divisional Conference. He will stay with Principal Graham.

Marten is secretary of the Men's Committee. He denies that there is any policy of "slacking".

Marten's brief covering note encloses a 4-sheet TD(CAR) on the Home Office scheme, with reference to slacking.

Stevens, secretary of the Hackney Branch of the N-C.F., reminds BR of his "half-promise" to visit the Branch again.

BR declines to visit the Hackney Branch "while there remain so many places where I have never been...."

Bell complains of inefficiency in the N.C.F., mentioning Catherine E. Marshall.

BR, in reply to Bell's letter (see record 69031), promises to investigate the reasons for delay in responding to Bell's correspondence. Reorganization of the office "is being considered, but—as in Russia—even the most beneficial revolution does not produce an immediate increase of fighting efficiency."

Wood thanks Bhutto for his "recent letters to Ralph Schoenman". Schoenman "... will be glad of an opportunity to meet your wife on his return to London...."

BR thanks Jaffer for his letter and birthday greetings; see document .180498. BR tells Jaffer, "Unfortunately I shall not be in London in July when you pass through, but I hope that you will be able to see Mr. Schoenman at our Peace Foundation."

BR tells Bhutto, "I urge you most strongly to accept firm offer from Oxford University Press to publish your memoires."

Mohammed is Secretary, Pakistan Council for World Government.

Mohammed encloses a booklet of international tributes to Ahmed E.H. Jaffer, a short biography, and an extract from the 24 Dec. 1954 issue of Dawn. Mohammed asks BR "to send me your comments with permission to include same in my second edition."

Enclosed are the following:

Document .180505, a booklet titled: International Tributes to Mr. Ahmed E.H. Jaffer.
Unnumbered document, an extract from Dawn, Karachi, 24 Dec. [1967], p. 54.
Unnumbered document, a short biography from Who's Who.

Mohammed encloses a booklet of international tributes to Ahmed E.H. Jaffer, a short biography, and an extract from the 24 Dec. 1954 issue of Dawn. Mohammed asks BR "to send me your comments with permission to include same in my second edition."

Enclosed are the following:

Document .180507, a booklet titled: International Tributes to Mr. Ahmed E.H. Jaffer.
Unnumbered document, an extract from Dawn, Karachi, 24 Dec. 1954.
Unnumbered document, a short biography from Who's Who.

Khan is Convener, Students' Front Against Aggression, Lahore.

Khan tells BR, "I have written to you at least 5 letters. It seems that the letters have not reached you." Khan asks BR to write something about Bhutto's role "against U.S. hegemony, and his role for Afro-Asian solidarity" for a book he is writing.

Khan mentions BR's letter to the editor on Bhutto, B&R C66.26a.

Farley tells Kazi that he has "spoken to Lord Russell about the possibility of Mr. Bhutto visiting him here". A meeting with BR will not be possible as "he is now in his 97th year and is anxious to reduce the number of visitors so that he can complete the work to which he is committed." Farley adds, "I look forward to seeing you on Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m."

Janjua tells Farley, "I am profoundly grateful and deeply moved by the autographed Portraits from Memory", and asks Farley to "convey my gratitude to Lord Russell."

Janjua comments, "I believe the ?? issue of the Bulletin is out. When you return we will discuss ways and means of widening the readership and circulation."

The letter refers to "... a hideous conspiracy which is going on in London under the guise of socialism." The letter mentions that "Tassaduq Ahmed with his henchmen and the backing of the Pakistan High Commission are in reality trying to disrupt the Left and to betray honest people."

Ahmed is Chairman of the Overseas League of Pakistan.

BR tells Bhutto, "I was very interested to hear from Mr. Farley of your meeting with him"; see document .180509.

BR encloses a copy of his Autobiography (not present), which he hopes "will be of interest" to Bhutto.

Farley thanks Janjua for his letter (see document .180510): "I cannot think what has happened to the antiuniversity. I have asked them again to send you a brochure and I hope it arrives very soon."

Bhutto thanks BR for his "kind letter and for the two volumes of your famous Autobiography and for your photograph"; see document .180512. Bhutto tells BR "I was looking forward to meeting you, but I understand perfectly well your reasons for not leaving Wales."

Farley, on behalf of BR, thanks Khan for his letter (see document .180508), mentions that BR "regrets that he is unable at present to write anything further about Mr. Bhutto, but he hopes to do so next year before the elections." Farley encloses the "definitive report" of the IWCT (not present).

Shamsuddoha is General Secretary of the East Pakistan Students' Union.

Shamsuddoha extends an invitation to BR to attend the "forthcoming Eleventh Provincial Conference scheduled to be held on the 10th, 11th, and 12th of November 1968 at Dacca, East Pakistan."

Huq is Chairman, National Awami Party of Pakistan, UK.

The statement refers to "... the arrests of some political leaders, including Mr. Z.A. Bhutto (former Foreign Minister) and also the repression of students who protested against political persecution." The statement calls on all Pakistanis "to demand the release of all political prisoners still detained without charge inside Pakistani jails."

The document is the front cover, back cover, and pages 316-20 of the winter 1968-69 issue of The Periodical. The pages contain Bhutto's article "Pakistan's Dilemma".

Farley tells Kazi, "Unfortunately I was in the United States when Mr. Bhutto was arrested, but I telephoned to Britain about it and Bertrand Russell made a public statement at the time, a copy of which I enclose"; see document .180573.

Haroon is Pakistani High Commissioner.

BR asks permission to send two members of the BRPF to Pakistan to visit Zulfikar Bhutto in prison. BR cites the purpose of the visit as seeing "... for ourselves the circumstances of Mr. Bhutto in prison and to ascertain the events leading up to his imprisonment."

Also present is a copy of the letter, document .180548, TL(CAR).

The BRPF offers "warmest congratulations on release and forthright campaign." Bhutto had been imprisoned for his political activities by the Pakistani authorities.

Farley offers some comments on Janjua's manuscript, and adds, "I should very much like to see you again some time to discuss the rest of the book and to consider your plans for possible publication."

The manuscript's content is unknown.

Khan notes that "Tasadduq Ahmed has been working in close co-operation with the Communist Party of Great Britain and the Movement for Colonial Freedom on one hand and Mr. Tariq Ali on the other." Khan asks the reader to "please investigate and find out the truth for yourself." Business dealings are detailed.

The document is a sympathy card on the occasion of BR's death.

Janjua tells Farley "I did so much want to see Bertrand Russell so much, once again, I feel terribly sad." Janjua mentions that he sent a telegram to Edith Russell.

BR is sorry that Bhutto was "unable to see my secretary, Mr. Farley, when you were in London recently."

BR encloses a copy of a letter (not present) he sent to The Times concerning Bhutto's recent detention.

Farley thanks Janjua for the sympathy card (see record 69054), and mentions, "It was very kind of you to send a telegram to [Edith] Lady Russell, and I know that it comforted her."

Farley tells Janjua, "Bertrand Russell's new journal The Spokesman is in the press and will appear in the very near future."

Hilaly is Pakistani High Commissioner.

Wood, on behalf of BR, encloses a letter from BR addressed to President Khan (not present).

Al is Pakistani High Commissioner.

The document is a New Year's card. It is assumed the card is addressed to BR.

Schoenman encloses a letter (not present) from BR to President Ayub Khan, and asks that the letter be sent by diplomatic bag.

Hilaly is misspelt "Hillaly".

Ahmad is Second Secretary to the High Commissioner.

Ahmed, on behalf of the High Commissioner, tells Schoenman that BR's letter has been forwarded by diplomatic bag; see record 69059.

Schoenman acknowledges the Audit and Accounts Office of the Commission's "cheque on behalf of the President of Pakistan for £3,750 (50,000 rupees). Enclosed is a copy of the claim cheque, document .180531.

BR thanks Hilaly for the "generous gift of the President" (see record 69061), and mentions, "If it is convenient to come to Wales, I should be glad of an opportunity to meet you."

Hilaly is misspelt "Hillaly".

Hilaly thanks BR for his letter (see record 69063): "I shall be delighted to meet you at any time convenient to you when you next visit London."

Wood encloses a copy of BR's statement of the Rann of Kutch dispute (not present).

Wood confirms that BR's "meeting with President Ayub Khan will take place at Claridges Hotel on Thursday, 24 June, at 8:00 p.m."

Hilaly thanks Schoenman for his letter "and the copy enclosed of the recent communication addressed by Lord Russell to President Ayub Khan."

Ali is an employee of the Information Division of the Commission.

Ali tells Schoenman, "I am directed to send herewith two photographs which were taken when Lord Russell met President Ayub and Z.A. Bhutto, Foreign Minister of Pakistan, at Claridge's last month" (not present).

The photo of BR with Bhutto is in the Russell Archives.

Schoenman thanks Ali for the photographs of BR; see record 69067.

Hilaly encloses "two articles by Tom Stacey in the Evening Standard that may be of interest to you."

Hilaly mentions that "I was happy to hear from Shah Nawaz that Lord Russell will be issuing a public statement within the next two or three days."

Enclosed are the following:

Document .180540, PD(X). The clipping is from the 14 Sept. 1965 issue of the Evening Standard. The article concerns the Kashmir dispute.
Document .180541, PD. The clipping is from the 7 Sept. 1965 issue of the Evening Standard. The article concerns Kashmir.

Schoenman, on behalf of BR, encloses "a statement which he would wish your government to use publicly at its own discretion" (not present).

Hilaly encloses a clipping along with an English translation of an article from the 18 March 1966 issue of Jung (not present). The clipping concerns the BRPF.

BR thanks Hilaly for the letter and enclosed clipping concerning the BRPF; see record 69071.

Schoenman tells Hilaly, "Lord Russell would be most grateful if you could forward the enclosed letter to President Soekarno." The letter is not present.

Iqbal is Pakistani Deputy High Commissioner.

Iqbal, regarding a proposed meeting with BR, comments "I shall be happy to meet him either in Wales or in London whichever is convenient to Lord Russell." Iqbal asks Schoenman "to fix an early appointment".

At the top of the page, in Schoenman's hand: "Pam: pending (I spoke to him and suggested end of May)".

Haroon, referring to BR's letter of 17 January 1969 (see document .180520), tells BR, "In view of the fact that Mr. Bhutto's case is sub judice you will appreciate that it will not be appropriate to follow the course suggested by you which may perhaps be construed as an attempt at interfering with the natural processes of law."

"Not sent".

BR, referring to his letter of 17 January 1969 (see document .180520), asks Haroon to "kindly inform me what steps you have taken in this matter, which is clearly one of great urgency?" The letter is typed on Plas Penrhyn letterhead.

Also present is a copy of the letter, document .180551, TL(CAR).

The document is a "with compliments" card from Jaffer.

Attached to the card is a clipping and a press release.

Document .180570, PD. A clipping from the 14 May 1967 issue of Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan. The headline reads "Bertrand Russell: Voltaire of Twentieth Century". BR is described as a "mathematician, philosopher, sociologist, historian and essayist ... an intellectual and an aristocrat, a very uncommon mixture which is taylor-made to cause worry, especially in Britain."

Document .180571, TS(MIM). A press release from the Pakistan Parliamentary Group for World Government, 27 April 1967.
Document .180572, TS(MIM). A copy of a speech delivered by Abdul Jabbar Khan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, 27 April 1967.

The document is a clipping from the March 23, 1966 issue of Morning News. The headline reads "Background to Tashkent", and in the article BR comments on the Tashkent declaration. Various copies of the clipping are present.

Document .180565 through document .180568, all PD.

BR calls the arrest of Zulfikar Bhutto "outrageous and in every sense unjustifiable". BR calls "upon all supporters of political liberty and civil rights to protest strongly to the Pakistani High Commissions and Embassies throughout the world."

In Urdu.

The document is a clipping from the 18 March 1966 issue of Jung. The attached two-page English translation comprises documents .189561-.189562. The clipping comments on the BRPF, and President Ayub Khan's contribution of £3,800 to the Foundation. The paper calls BR "a most eloquent spokesman of our times".

 The document is a copy of an article BR wrote for the Pakistan Morning News. The article was published 23 March 1966; see document .180564.

The document is pages, 2, 25, 26, and 27 of the February 1966 issue of Frontier. Pages 27 and 27 contain BR's article titled: "A Communication". The article concerns BR's "views of the CIA as a 'vast international agency of subversion'."

Chaudhuri is London correspondent of the Pakistan Times.

Schoenman encloses, at Chaudhuri's request, an article by BR "regarding Pakistan's foreign policy for your special Independence Day Supplement"; see record 69084.

BR comments on Pakistan's foreign policy, noting that it is "an immense source of hope for all of us concerned with world peace and social advance." This article is mentioned as an attachment at record 69083.

BR calls some of the reactions to the dispute "most distressing", and comments that "to take refuge in this sort of patriotism is to claim that disputed barren territory is worth more than the lives of one's fellow countrymen."

At the top of the page, in an unknown hand: "Sent to Triska Sundra, 8 June, 1965".

The BRPF refers to "the generous contribution of 50,000 rupees by President Ayub of Pakistan." The statement notes President Ayub Khan's "important initiatives" concerning the Malaysian-Indonesian dispute.

The statement is typed on BRPF letterhead.

Owais is the editor of The Statesman, Karachi.

BR thanks Owais for his letter, and includes a message within the body of the letter: "I hope The Statesman will use its influence to work for a policy in Pakistan which opposes the Cold War and endorses a neutral attitude towards both East and West."

BR comments on the danger of nuclear war, noting that "... a failure to distinguish a meteor from a bomber, a fit of temporary insanity in one single man, may cause a nuclear world war, which in all likelihood will put an end to man and to all higher animal life as we know it."

Written at the top of the page is "Morning News (Pakistan) August 14th, 1962".

BR comments on the Kashmir dispute and the Tashkent agreement.

BR states, "I earnestly hope that Mrs. Gandhi will show greater wisdom than her predecessors in office, and allow the people of Kashmir to determine their own future."

These are tear sheets from The Mission, a publication of the Pakistan Students Work Camp Association.

The document contains BR's article "Free World Barbarism: the War of Atrocity in Vietnam".

Written on the front cover of the booklet: "The Earl Russell, OM, FRS. The Countess Russell".

Chiari is President of Panama.

BR asks Chiari if he "... would consider receiving two of my representatives for the purpose of discussing the work of the recently formed Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation." BR refers to an enclosed brochure concerning the aims of the BRPF (not present).

Also present is a copy of the letter, document .180575, TL(CAR).

Ring is Chairman, Forum Committee, Militant Labor Forum, U.S.A.

BR thanks Ring for her letter and encloses a statement at Ring's request; see record 69093. The statement concerns the "imprisonment and possible execution of Hugo Blanco and others."

Blanco is a Peruvian union leader and member of the International Trotskyists.

BR calls Hugh Blanco a "great leader", noting that "it is not surprising that the government of Peru finds it necessary to imprison and, possibly, kill him."

The statement is referred to as an attachment at record 69092.

Cardricale is an Apostolic Delegate.

Cardricale, on behalf of Pope Paul VI, thanks BR for his "... telegram of April 17th requesting the intervention of the Holy Father with the President of Peru with a view to an amnesty for Hugo Blanco." Cardricale informs BR that "in light of all the circumstances it has not been possible to intervene in this particular case."

Hugo is misspelt "Hugh".

Terry is President of Peru.

BR urgently requests "amnesty for Enrique Amaya imprisoned in Kuzco."

The statement may be by Ralph Schoenman, but it is unsigned.

The author comments, "The dictators who rule Latin America derive their authority from a foreign power, the United States."

The author refers to Hugo Blanco and Enrique Amaya, both of whom are imprisoned in Peru. BR calls Peru's treatment of prisoners "infamous".

Norman is at the Dartmoor settlement, where there are 550 members of the N-C.F. He seeks answers to several questions, especially repudiation of the Home Office scheme.

BR responds to all four questions raised by Norman in document .073262, record 69097 especially repudiation of the Home Office scheme. BR praises a pamphlet by Hunter.

Hunter thanks BR for a cheque and will take responsibility for some unspecified research. A "little" dinner party of about 40 is being arranged for BR.

Warrant Officer McGrath, M.P., is returning to lead Australia and would take "a short article" from BR for publication in Australian Labour periodicals.

David Charles McGrath (1872–1934) was an Australian Labour politician. See https://prabook.com/web/charles.mcgrath/2535268.

The note in Edith Russell's hand identifies the author of the next letter (document .073266), Violet Tillard, as "the daughter of the Mayor of Cambridge".

Tillard requests a message for Mr. Gardiner in Wandsworth Prison.

According to Edith Russell's note (document .073266, record 69101), she was the daughter of the Mayor of Cambridge.