Schoenman thanks Park for his letter and states that there have been no further developments regarding Mrs. Vaab's application. They will continue to pursue Mrs. Vaab's case with the Soviet authorities.

Armstrong urges BR on behalf of Een Verden to speak at a meeting of Danish M.P.s when BR visits Denmark April 19, 1960. BR is to receive the Sonning Prize.

A copy of the paper which the deputation from the Group discussed with the Foreign Secretary is enclosed.

Park thanks Schoenman for his letter and asks "... we should be grateful if you would write us whether the Soviets ever answered to your inquiries."

Wood, on behalf of Schoenman, thanks Park for his letter and informs him that they do not have any information on Mrs. Vaab's case. They will inform Park as soon as they have any information.

D'Egville outlines the formation and purpose of the British-American Parliamentary Group and invites BR to become a member.

D'Egville thanks BR for his subscription to the British-American Parliamentary Group.

Mallalieu reminds Group members of the next meeting on April 5, 1960 and encloses a copy of the minutes from the previous meeting.

McAllister outlines a tour of European capitals for members of the World Parliament Association to meet members of government and press to present "a statement of the Association's policy for permanent peace through world law".

Enclosed is an itinerary of the tour and a reply form.

Mallalieu informs members on 2 upcoming meetings: at the first J.A. Lauwerys will speak on "Education and World Understanding" and at the second, the P.G.W.G. will meet with the Group for principals and teacher training colleges. The dates of the meetings are May 11 and May 12, 1960, respectively.

Usdin seeks BR's help in obtaining an exit visa from Latvia for her sister and her family.

Wood, on behalf of BR, thanks Usdin for her letter and will do as much as they can for her family in Latvia.

Usborne's nephew, Peter, at Oxford is editing a new university magazine, Mesopotamia and wants to make "an attack on national sovereignty and support for world government" the theme of the issue. Usborne asks for BR to wait for Peter's letter and to perhaps write something for the magazine.

BR will wait for Peter's (Usborne's nephew) letter and will consider what he can do.

The letter is typed on the verso of Usborne's original letter (see record 70114).

Schoenman asks Usdin about her relatives' exact position in regards to their request for an exit visa from the Soviet Union.

The Russells are invited to tea to hear a discussion on: "Towards the Summit" on May 3, 1960. The invitation is also issued by Clement Attlee.

Usdin replies to Schoenman regarding her relatives' request for an exit visa from the Soviet Union. She states that her relatives' request, their third one, has been turned down by the Russian authorities.

Boyd Orr states the enclosure explains itself, but surely this telephone message, which is a hotel message of 21 Sept. 1958, is not the right enclosure.

For the hotel message see record 69969.

Schoenman thanks Usdin for her letter. The BRPF will do its best on behalf of her relatives.

Wechselblatt thanks BR for his letter and for what BR has done for him and his mother. Wechselblatt informs BR that a few months of reunion were granted to them and that now his mother is dead.

BR thanks Wechselblatt for his letter and writes "I am sorry to hear of the death of your mother but I am glad that you were able to see her while she was alive."

Dershowitz appeals to BR to intervene with the Soviet authorities to allow her brother to emigrate to Israel.

Wood, on behalf of BR, thanks Dershowitz for her letter. Wood informs her that BR will appeal to the Soviet authorities on behalf of Dershowitz's family but warns that successful results are not guaranteed.

Dershowitz thanks BR for appealing to the Soviet authorities on behalf of her brother's family in Latvia.

McAllister updates BR on the European tour and hopes that BR will be able to attend the Ninth World Conference in Venice.

The enclosure includes a reply card for the Ninth World Conference and a World article reprint about the conference.

Charles Porter is a member of the House of Representatives and friend of Gilbert McAllister. Porter thanks BR for materials sent.

The letter is in German and is addressed to BR. An English translation is also given.

Mary Tibaldi Chiesa sends her regrets that BR and Edith Russell cannot attend the conference in Venice.

Porter asks BR for comments on an enclosed prospectus for a proposed Conference of World Parliamentarians scheduled for the spring of the following year. BR is among those quoted as being in favour of the conference: "I think that such a conference as you envisage might be very useful." The quotation may come from BR's letter of July 18 to Porter.

Wood, on behalf of BR, thanks Semewass for her letter. Wood informs Semewass that BR will do his best to help Semewass reunite with her family.

Schoenman asks Semewass regarding her relatives' position in regards to obtaining the exit visa from the Soviet Union.

Semewass addresses the letter to BR in German. An English translation is attached on a separate page.

Mallalieu informs Group members of a meeting on Dec. 15, 1960, where Max Habicht will speak on "Russian Attitudes to a World Security Authority". Enclosed is a copy of minutes from a previous P.G.W.G. meeting where Max Habicht spoke on his visit to Russia.

Schoenman, on behalf of BR, thanks Semewass for her letter and tells her that they will take up her daughter's case with the Soviet authorities.

The document is a copy of P.G.W.G. minutes from a meeting on Dec. 15, 1960.

Gottesman seeks BR's help in obtaining an exit visa for her nephew and his family living in Latvia. A document in Russian is attached.

Mallalieu invites BR to a meeting Feb. 1, 1961 where the commitment of the Labour Party "publicly to world government as a specific objective of policy" will be discussed.

Schoenman, on behalf of BR, thanks Gottesman for her letter and tells Gottesman that they will certainly raise the case of her nephew with the Soviet authorities.

Mallalieu and Lords Attlee and Parkenham are drafting a statement on the "Fulfilment of the U.N." to be sent to the Labour Party. Mallalieu encloses the draft of this statement and asks BR to attend a meeting on Feb. 7, 1960 to discuss the statement.

Schoenman seeks Adzhubei's help regarding Adrian Sunshine's case with the Soviet authorities.

Attached is a "Happy New Year" greeting card signed by Sunshine, document .181251a.

Sunshine thanks Schoenman for approaching Adzhubei.

Price requests BR's renewal of subscription to the Parliamentary Group for World Government.

The minutes of a meeting of the P.G.W.G. held March 23, 1961.

BR thanks Khrushchev for his recent letter. BR addresses the issues of the Cold War and the harsh treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union and expresses his desire for peace between the United States and the Soviet Union.

The World Party is organizing a Conference for World Government to be held April 3-8, 1961.

BR, Pitman, John Collins and James Cameron had agreed to produce a pamphlet on world government from the view of a CND supporter. Cameron now cannot write the pamphlet. Pitman asks BR if he would write it.

Enclosed is a carbon copy letter to Collins and a draft of a P.G.W.G. policy statement.

BR's secretary writes on his behalf saying BR has been ill and unable to work. BR is not able to write the pamphlet but hopes Collins and the CND will help.

Pitman has heard that the CND shares "the view that a positive policy should be now considered and worked for" and is sorry to hear BR has been unwell.

Members of the P.G.W.G. are informed of the upcoming Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference on Sept. 25-30, 1961. Members are encouraged to "point out that a marriage of the Commonwealth with the idea of World Government might be greatly beneficial".

The enclosure is a statement by the Commonwealth Prime Ministers on world-wide disarmament.

Pitman suggests meeting times for executive members to "make its proposals for action following the communiqué of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers of March 17".

The enclosure is a copy of the minutes from the last meeting of the P.G.W.G., July 6, 1961.

The Russells are invited to the Tenth World Conference on Nov. 9, 1961.

The enclosure is a reply form to attend the conference.

Armstrong invites BR to a film premiere in Paris, Nov. 6, 1961 about "the responsibility of the scientist for atomic warfare". Armstrong hopes BR will be able to give a speech before the movie but if BR cannot attend, Armstrong asks if BR would write a message that could be read.

The enclosures include an invitation to the film premiere and an introduction to the film and director Leonide Moguy. Enclosures are written in French. The film is Les Hommes Veulent Vivre, directed by Leonide Moguy.

"Ans" is written in the upper-left corner in what appears to be BR's handwriting.

BR is asked if he has made arrangements to translate Has Man a Future? into French. If not, the leader of the Belgian movement of the P.G.W.G. would like to do so. BR is informed about the efforts of the Group to reach the education system. The P.G.W.G. held a competition to devise a syllabus for a course on "A Dual Perspective World as well as National" with poor success.

The enclosures include a pamphlet advertising the competition and a table of contents of P.G.W.G. education initiatives.

As regards a French edition of Has Man a Future?, BR advises Armstrong to contact his publishers. He expresses interest in the essay competition and hopes "next year it will meet with the success it deserves".

Gollancz suggests that BR not reply to Khrushchev, Premier of the U.S.S.R., until BR receives some important information from Gollancz.

BR thanks Jacobs for his letter: "I am most pleased to have the quotation from Marx on capital punishment. It will be useful."

Pitman and Mallalieu solicit Group members to support Grenville Clark and Louis Sohn, authors of World Peace through World Law, for the Nobel Peace Prize.

The enclosure is a card for supporting nominees for the prize.

Rappaport, representative of the Jewish Board of Deputies, asks Russell's secretary for a copy of the reply letter addressed by Khrushchev to Russell dated 21st February. Rappaport requests copies of other relevant correspondence between BR and the Soviet authorities.

Schoenman thanks Rappaport for his letter. He informs him that the letter Rappaport seeks has been published in the Jewish Chronicle and that he can obtain it there. Regarding the other correspondence between BR and the Soviet authorities, it is private and cannot be released.

Brotman, on behalf of Rappaport, thanks Schoenman for his letter.

BR thanks Litvinoff for his letter, a draft for Izvestia, and the book of extracts from Soviet journals on the subject of Jews. BR is deeply appalled after reading the book but hopes the task of assisting the Soviet Jews will be successful. He requests that Litvinoff keep him informed.

Creighton sends Yule translations of two Russian letters to BR along with the originals. Attached is a letter in Russian to BR (document .181292); see record 70289.

Ellis, on behalf of Schoenman, forwards some letters received from the Soviet Union to Litvinoff.

BR thanks Roback for a letter and informs Roback that he is forwarding his information to Emanuel Litvinoff, who directs the Council for Jews in Eastern Europe.

BR draws Snow's attention to a publication by the Ukrainian Academy of Science. The publication is titled Judaism Unembellished. BR asks Snow if he would speak out on this publication.

Dragoli thanks BR for his letter and photo portrait.

Attached to this postcard letter is the envelope it was mailed in.

The letter is unsigned but is presumed to be from Schoenman. He encloses an "extraordinary letter" which remains unidentified.

Usborne has just finished reading BR's book, Has Man a Future?, and was "delighted with it".

Enclosed are comments and amendments to a document submitted to the World Commission of Federal Union by J.A. Lake and B. Higgins and a draft of a "typical constitution for a non-nuclear nation's club".

BR is informed of a Group meeting on Feb. 7, 1962. They will discuss the enclosed, House of Commons, Early Day Motion on world security authority.

Pitman invites BR to a meeting on March 1, 1962, where the topic will be "the development of a world security authority".

Armstrong encloses a pamplet by the group on History Syllabuses and a World Perspective and asks for comments. He inquires about the possibility of a radio discussion "under some such title as 'Does Man's Survival Require the Abolition of History Teaching?'".

Also enclosed is an invitation to a party for the publication of the booklet and winners of the syllabus competition.

BR expresses interest in the pamphlet (see record 70172) but declines Armstrong's radio discussion offer: "I believe that the teaching of history is an occupation which seems to attract men without a sense of humour...."

Pitman invites BR to a discussion on "the creation of a world security authority" and asks what subject BR is most interested in "from the point of view of getting practical action started".

Enclosed is a list of subjects on creating a world security authority and a letter from Pitman to The Bath & Wilts Evening Chronicle on why CND ought to "add the positive of demanding a world peace-keeping organization (WPKO) to their protest".

BR is not able to attend the discussion Pitman was preparing as "I am caught up in preparations for mass demonstrations over the resumption of tests."

Price asks for BR's renewal of subscription to the Group.

Minutes of a P.G.W.G. meeting dated May 31, 1962.

McAllister solicits BR's support in the nomination of Josué de Castro for the Nobel Peace Prize, "because I know of your friendship and admiration for de Castro and his work."

Enclosed is a letter from McAllister to the Nobel Committee nominating de Castro and documents in support of the nomination.

Edith Russell, as secretary to BR, conveys BR's regrets at being unable to attend the meeting proposed in the letter at record 70151.

BR is invited to a debate in the House of Lords where Lord Ogmore is moving his motion on the formation of a UN security force.

BR is in agreement with Lord Ogmore's motion but "I am not certain that anything will come of raising the matter in the House of Lords."

BR is asked for his renewal of subscription to the Group.

The Russells are invited to a conference Oct. 18-21, 1963, on "Disarmament and World Hunger in the Nuclear Age".

The document is a receipt for BR's subscription to the Group.

Boyd Orr congratulates BR on his television announcement of the formation of the BRPF. Also mentioned is an appeal to Khrushchev.

BR is pleased with the press treatment and will "be making a further announcement to do with an exhibition of paintings at Woburn Abbey in support of the Foundation work."

Group members are asked for their renewal of subscription and notified of the dates of the next two meetings.

Boyd Orr writes on behalf of Alec Horsely to ask BR to speak in Trafalgar Square on Easter Monday "to make a united front against war". Martin Luther King has agreed to speak.

BR declines Boyd Orr's suggestion of meeting with Alec Horsley as "I have already made plans for a major public meeting not long after Easter and do not wish to play any role in the Easter meetings."

McAllister invites the Russells to a council and executive meeting in Monaco, May 22-25, 1964.

BR declines McAllister's invitation to the World Parliament Association meetings being "engaged for the end of May". BR declares that he is "still working for" world government.

Reeves informs BR of Gilbert McAllister's death in Monaco after the Conference of the World Parliament Association. Reeves asks for a donation for a memorial fund.

BR encloses a cheque for Gilbert McAllister's Memorial Fund and wishes it were larger "as a tribute to Gilbert McAllister and as a contribution to the work of the Association", but "all we can spare is already allocated to similar work."

Members are informed of meetings on April 29 and May 27, 1965.

Boyd Orr is relieved that BR is not attending the N.F.U. meeting in America since "you are too important to the world to risk your health at your age by such a long fatiguing flight." [N.F.U. is the National Farmers Union. See BR's correspondence with that body.]

Gammans asks BR for a renewal of subscription to the Group.

Members are informed of the next Group meeting, May 27, 1965 with minutes of the previous meeting enclosed (not present).

Schoenman asks Litvinoff for help and he hopes to Litvinoff. The letter is unsigned but is presumed to be from Ralph Schoenman.

Farley, on behalf of Schoenman, requests Litvinoff's help in translating an "important" letter. Schoenman is in Paris.

Hood tells BR that he read his letter in the Guardian regarding Jews in the Soviet Union. Hood requests the text of that letter and also of the one BR received earlier from Moscow. He informs BR that he is opposed to anti-Semitism.

BR thanks Hood for his letter. BR encloses the text of the requested letter to Sovietish Heimland.

Birnbaum introduces his organization to BR and expresses his thoughts on the state of Jews in the Soviet Union. "May we ask you to let us have a message, better still a recorded statement, which might contain an appeal to the Soviet rulers, an appeal for the wakening of public conscience, and a clarification of issues for the student."

Attached is a statement titled "The Tragedy of Russian Jewry". Edith Russell has annotated the letter with BR's responses to its requests.