Mrs. South, Frank's secretary, informs BR of his brother's death.

Buckland responds to BR's telegram from Marseilles. BR has identified Frank's body.

BR informs Rotblat of the unsatisfactory letter received from Glass. BR is therefore sending the enclosed letter to the Bulletin (see record 70907).

BR returned last night from Marseilles. He interviewed Miss Otter and Mrs. South (who typed Frank's last will) and the doctor.

BR realizes that there is to be no funeral but "some kind of formality of a wholly secular kind could be associated with the scattering of the ashes."

BR outlines the Pauling controversy and criticizes Bentley Glass's actions.

BR informs Rabinowitch of the unsatisfactory letter received from Glass and BR asks an enclosed letter to be published in the Bulletin in place of the one of Sept. 8, 1962 (record 58078).

Glass attempts a defence against the criticisms in BR's letter to the Bulletin on April 8, 1963.

BR explains his arguments against Glass in his letter to the Bulletin on April 8, 1963.

BR will be coming up to London on Thursday or Friday and will see Buckland. However, BR has various appointments to fit in and would appreciate a wire saying which day is preferable.

Miss Otter did not know she was Frank's beneficiary and Buckland will be acting for her.

Frank's ashes are not to come to the U.K. until Miss Otter sails on March 22.

Any ceremony to scatter Frank's ashes will be "very inconvenient" for BR after March 23. Miss Otter should authorize "us" to make arrangements.

Rabinowitch is disappointed that BR maintains his stand on the Pauling controversy. He makes editing suggestions to BR's letter to the Bulletin.

The text of the telegram appears in BR's secretary's hand at the top of his letter of 1931/03/11 to Buckland: "Miss Otter desires later date for ceremony I have suggested 30th. Russell".

BR cannot accept Rabinowitch's suggested changes to his letter and asks for two minor changes.

There are two TEL(TC) copies of this document.

BR addresses a number of points that Rabinowitch raises in his previous letter.

Another copy of this letter is attached and is marked: "Copy to Pauling 14/10/63".

Another copy is a draft; see record 70668.

Rabinowitch will make BR's requested changes and hopes BR will not mind omitting Glass's name in another section. He still regrets that BR insists on publishing the letter.

The telegram appears in BR's secretary's hand at the top of his letter of 1931/03/16 to Buckland. The wire was sent at 3:20 pm.

The cable is written on Rabinowitch's letter in response to his letter of 26 April 1963 (see record 70917). The cable is in Edith Russell's hand.

BR tells Buckland that Frank was opposed to mourning and disliked flowers at funerals with the exception of rosemary. He adds: "We should, of course, do whatever she desires."

BR adds a P.S. about Dickinson refusing to conduct a ceremony for Frank's ashes and about approaching Robertson.

BR tells Buckland that he is very busy and that he is behind in finishing a new book. In London he will stay at 38 Bernard St.

Buckland writes more about the arrival of the ashes and of Miss Otter and the question of a London ceremony.

Buckland has approached Robertson and encloses a draft announcement for the newspapers of a simple ceremony on the South Downs to scatter Frank's ashes.

BR is thanked for insisting that the Bulletin publish his letter. Pauling encloses a letter to Hans Bethe, Chairman of the Bulletin's Board of Sponsors, expressing that he cannot remain a member of the Board as long as Rabinowitch is editor.

Another indignant letter to Rabinowitch is enclosed, demanding an apology and a letter to be published in the Bulletin.

BR thanks Pauling for his letter and sympathizes with him. BR is awaiting a copy of the June 1963 issue of the Bulletin before taking further action.

Pauling informs BR that he has received no replies from Rabinowitch or Hans Bethe but does have an answer from Kalven. Pauling asks BR to write a letter to Rabinowitch after reading the June, 1963 issue of the Bulletin.

At the foot of the letter, in Edith Russell's hand, is a message from BR, probably to Schoenman: "Perhaps you would reply to Pauling that I am considering what I can effectively do further. What do you think can be done—or said? Please return the copy of the Bulletin to me and this letter."

BR wants to know what time the ceremony is on Monday (March 30), and who Buckland has found to officiate. Half of BR's domestic staff "are having mumps".

The enclosed list is of relatives and friends who have sent messages of sympathy (addresses omitted here): Mr. James Aird, A.C. Chatterjee, Rev. W.F. Geikie-Cobb/Marriage Law Reform League, the Hon. Mrs. Grant Duff, E.S.P. Haynes, Mrs. Jackson, C. Hope Johnstone, Wm. H. Massey, Dr. Moon, Herbert Morrison/Ministry of Transport, The Lady Pirrie, C.A. Watts/Rationalist Press Association, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Russell, the Hon. Mrs. Rollo Russell, The Lady Agatha Russell, The Rt. Rev. Bishop H. Russell Wakefield, India Office, of the Director Meteorological Office/Air Ministry.

Pauling encloses a letter to Rabinowitch accepting changes and suggesting an amendment to the last paragraph of a letter he wishes the Bulletin to publish.

Pauling feels he should resign from the Board if an apology is not published.

Sullivan must be the Vice-Consul referred to by BR in his letter of 1931/03/08 to Buckland.

Sullivan informs BR that Frank's remains were cremated that morning. He forwards an unopened telegram addressed to BR.

BR thanks Sullivan for his "very understanding kindness during the time that I was in Marseilles. It was necessarily a painful time, but you did everything that it was possible to do to minimise its painfulness."

Sullivan tells BR that the casket of ashes is on its way.

In the scattering of Frank's ashes, BR has "a certain repugnance to the complete absence of all ceremony". There is "no prayer-book to give guidance". Graham Wallace or John M. Robertson could officiate as "a rationalist priest".

BR's secretary wrote the text of his wire to Otter at the top of a letter of same date to her.
 

BR asks for the ceremony at the earliest possible moment after Otter's return to England.

Otter agrees that there should be a simple ceremony, would like Robertson to officiate, and suggests another ceremony in London for those who cannot get to the South Downs.

BR's feeling is that Frank "desired nothing beyond the scattering of the ashes and whatever that may entail."

In a p.s. BR relates that Dickinson has declined to officiate.

Otter attempts to make arrangements to bring the ashes to Telegraph House.

The letter is signed only "Secretary" but Harrington was secretary at this time. Dora will be glad to receive Otter on Saturday. Otter's London address is provided. In the previous letter Otter had used letterhead of the Ministry of Health, which may have been her place of employment.

Dora writes about hosting those attending the ceremony to scatter Frank's ashes.

Otter asks to dine with BR "to discuss further the things we talked of during our walk in Marseilles." It is not known what these things were but perhaps they concerned rental of Telegraph House and Beacon Hill School.

Signing himself only "B.", BR writes: "Otter can manage without me Saturday cannot come morning".

Dora relays to BR that Otter would like to meet BR at the Foreign Office when she picks up the ashes.

Adams encloses a galley of a recent communication from Pauling for interest's sake. She notes the recent establishment of the BRPF and asks if the BRPF would publish a letter or an ad in the Bulletin.

Schoenman drafts a reply on Adams' letter (see record 70943). He is pleased about Pauling's article. He is glad Adams mentions the BRPF and thinks a letter would be a good idea.

BR chastises Rabinowitch for his editorial note following the letter BR wrote to the Bulletin.

There are 3 other TL(CAR) copies of this letter. Copies were sent to Pauling, Glass, Bethe, Rotblat and Kalven.

"Unsent". BR chastises Rabinowitch for his editorial note following a letter BR had published in the Bulletin. The letter is shorter than the final draft and is marked "unsent" and signed "Russell".

This carbon is verbally slightly different from the unsent letter at record 70946. Whether it was sent is unknown.

"Unsent". BR explains why he chastised Rabinowitch for his editorial note following a letter BR had published in the Bulletin.

Rotblat, having just returned from Switzerland and read BR's letter of Aug. 8, 1963, says there must be some misunderstanding: "The arguments against publishing your original letter to the Bulletin were my own and not Rabinowitch's." He asks if he can meet with BR in London to discuss Pugwash.

A typed copy of the letter is attached.

BR recollects that Rotblat conveyed Rabinowitch's opinions during their conversation on March 24 and is sorry that this is not what Rotblat intended. BR would be glad to discuss Pugwash but will not be in London in the near future.

BR "was much touched by your kindness yesterday and by your wish to facilitate our problems", meaning with Beacon Hill School and its connection with Telegraph House. BR and Dora are going away tomorrow for a week's holiday.

BR thinks Lord Snell did well (at the ceremony to scatter Frank's ashes).

On the death of Frank Russell.

"I am very sorry to hear of your brother's death and offer you my deepest sympathy."

Fenn offers his and the Association's sympathy, and reminds BR of their meeting in 1916 at an N.C.F. conference in Manchester.

Chatterjee, to judge from the letterhead, is the High Commissioner for India.

BR thanks Chatterjee for his letter of condolence and refers to possible peace in India.

Young, who lives in S. Harting, nr. Petersfield, expresses her sympathy to BR over Frank's death.

"Personal and Confidential". Rotblat is upset over the disagreement with BR about what was said during their meeting on March 24 on the Pauling controversy.

He goes over the history of the affair.

BR tells Young that Frank had not seemed ill enough "to cause great anxiety".

BR is distressed at Rotblat's letter and says he had no intention of accusing Rotblat of lying. He apologizes: "I am very sorry that there was a misunderstanding and still more sorry that you felt that I had been unjust and unfriendly", but stands by his written statement in the Bulletin supporting Pauling.

Murray states his admiration for BR and encourages him to play a part in the House of Lords.

BR "shrinks from the thought of addressing so hostile an audience as the peers". He admires Murray's work for the League of Nations.

Pauling intends to write to Rotblat and encloses a copy of that letter. He is considering writing an article for The Minority of One about the whole experience with the Bulletin. In the enclosed letter to Rotblat, Pauling asks for an explanation of his statements.

In an enclosed letter to Hans Bethe, Pauling resigns from the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

BR is sorry that Pauling has resigned but sympathizes. He informs Pauling that Rotblat's reasons for BR not to publish his letter were not those of Rabinowitch.

A second TL(CAR) is present in the file.

Aird states: "His Lordship [Frank] has been my best friend since I entered his service at Broom Hall and when I parted from him at Dyke House last summer."

Harrington, who signs herself merely "Secretary", will inform Aird when the question of Frank's last rites has been decided.

Greenwood, who seems to know BR well, states: "It seems odd that you—so often rejected by the democracy—should be co-opted by heredity!"

Greenwood writes of his wife's being ill with tuberculosis.

Pauling asks BR about a letter dated March 25, 1963 in which BR asks Glass for the evidence behind his accusations against Pauling. Pauling wishes to know if BR received a reply and, if so, what Glass had to say. Pauling judges that Glass may soon resign from the Pugwash Committee and hopes that Rabinowitch will do likewise.

BR would find it a pleasure to see Greenwood if he should find himself in the neighbourhood.

BR sends Pauling his correspondence with the Bulletin, Glass and Rotblat. The Rotblat matter was a misunderstanding. He asks that Pauling not quote any of the enclosed, "since one at least was marked 'private and confidential', but I am so tired of the whole outrageous, as it seems to me, fuss that I should like to get it straight with you and leave it." He hopes Pauling got his telegram and congratulates him on the prize. [That was the Nobel Prize for Peace.]

A typed draft of this letter follows marked "Copy" and originally dated 8 October 1963.

Rotblat is dismayed to find that BR attributed a false statement to him in BR's book Unarmed Victory. BR wrote "Professor Rotblat found that his initiative was not responded to in the same measure by American scientists." Rotblat corrects BR, saying: "The response from the American scientists was as good as that from the Russians."

"Copy". BR apologizes for the error in his book Unarmed Victory and tells Rotblat he is writing to The Times, Penguin and for Allen and Unwin.

"Copy". BR informs The Times of the error in his book Unarmed Victory.

A photocopy of the letter as printed is attached.

"Copy". BR informs Pevsner of an error in his book Unarmed Victory and includes instructions for correction.

BR informs Unwin of an error in his book Unarmed Victory and includes instructions for correction.

BR thanks Clanson for Lord Irwin's kind message concerning Frank's death.

[Lord Irwin (Viscount Halifax) was Viceroy of India, 1925-31.]

Clanson (whose initials are conjectural) reports that the Secretary of State has received a telegram from Lord Irwin saying how sorry he is to hear of Frank's death.

Unwin is distressed to hear of Frank's death. He enjoyed Frank's visits to his office and hopes BR won't be taking over "all his directorships" in addition to his seat in the Lords.

BR won't be taking over Frank's directorships, finding "other forms of expenditure more agreeable".

Frank steered the Road Traffic Bill through the Lords. He understood the psychology of "that somewhat difficult Assembly".

Frank's death was a great shock to BR, for he had not known Frank was seriously ill.

BR replies in reference to being taboo on the BBC: "I am amused by what you say about the wireless."

Massey knew Frank "over 40 years ago". He even dates his letter "6.3.91".

Pauling thanks BR for his congratulations on the Nobel Peace Prize. Pauling has received the Rotblat correspondence and has decided to drop the matter.

Enclosed is a statement by Pauling on his new appointment at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

BR thanks Pauling for his letter and the generous statement that Pauling made upon his receiving the Nobel Prize. BR is glad that Pauling is dropping "the matter concerning all the Rotblat difficulties" but clears up one final misunderstanding regarding an alleged error in Unarmed Victory.

BR expresses his congratulations for Pauling winning the Nobel Peace Prize: "Public recognition of his courage and integrity is final answer to his critics and encourages entire International Peace Movement."

This undated document, 2 sides of 1 sheet, is a typed summary of the controversy with emphasis on Rotblat's and Schoenman's actions. Schoenman recounts driving Rotblat to Plas Penrhyn. Edith Russell records in her pocket diary a visit from them on 24 March 1963.

Record 70646 is said to concern a summary by Edith Russell of the misunderstanding between BR and Rotblat over the Pauling affair. It is said to be dated 1963/04*/. Schoenman's may be that early, too.

Frank "was a man of fine courage, which never faltered either in misfortune or in the face of death."

Watts writes: "His modesty ... was remarkable; and I have known few more genial and kinder-hearted men."

Bishop Wakefield writes a touching letter about Frank, although he says Frank didn't care much for Anglican Bishops as a class.

"Your kind words about myself have touched me deeply."

Hilda is the wife of Arthur Russell, the son of BR's Uncle Rollo. There was "a little difference of opinion with Arthur and my friendship with Frank just drifted."

BR asks Hilda "to look us up" if she's ever in the neighbourhood.

He has not seen her "for a very long time".

Grant Duff is a cousin of BR.

She writes about Frank lending Honor Golejewski £70 on her earrings. "I cannot tell you how grieved I am about his death."

BR tells Grant Duff that Frank left all his property to Amy Elizabeth Otter.

Since Kerr has been in recent correspondence with BR, he feels it right to express his sympathy with BR over Frank's death.

BR reveals more details of Frank's political life and his death.

A note in Harrington's hand on Kerr's letter summarizes BR's reply: "18/3/31 thanks kind letter—convey to P. & Comm. Sincere appreciation of sympathy."

Karni asks for BR's help in obtaining an exit visa for her brother Yakov Furman. She asks if he could pass this letter to Premier Khrushchev with a personal note "which I am sure, will carry great weight with him."

This is document 320.181606 retyped.

BR will raise the matter with the Soviet authorities and hopes for success.

There is another TL(CAR) copy of the letter attached.

BR asks Khrushchev to read the enclosed letter from Haviva Karni and hopes it will be possible to grant Karni's request.

There are 2 other TL(CAR) copies of this letter, documents .181610 and .181612.

Wood informs Karni that her letter has been passed on to the Soviet authorities. She hopes for success but cannot promise the outcome.

Wood is acknowledging document .181611, which is a retyping of .181606; see record 70999.