This is a condensed transcription of the last part of the original letter, document .200337, record 19348—the part of the letter written sideways at the foot of page 2, beginning "Thursday mg."

The remainder of the transcription is of the original letter, document .200338, record 19349.

The transcription contains page numbers 43 and 44 written in pencil. The notation "LET" has been modified by "(Parts)" and lines mark off the text to be included with the notation "Include".

There is another transcription, document .201137, record 116373, which matches only the second part, i.e. the part described as "the remainder" above.

The text of these varies from the original in the same way: the words "Sinn Fein" do not appear; "unrestrained sexual competition" is changed to "unrestrained freedom" and several words after that change are omitted.

A transcription of document .200339, record 19350, although some sentences have been added and others deleted.

Someone has written page numbers in pencil, 45-7.

There is another transcription, a different typing although the text matches, document .201138, record 116281. There the change from "Portland" to "Portman" is skilfully done—here it is done by pencil.

There is also a literary version: ribbon copy, document .201162, record 116280; carbon, document .052399, record 99865.

A transcription of the original letter, document .200340, record 19351. The page is numbered 48 in pencil.

There is also another transcription, document .201139, record 116374.

Both of these transcriptions have "Blackpool time" changed to "bad time" and both are missing a few sentences—however, document .201139 has slightly more text omitted than this transcription.

A transcription of the original letter, document .200341, record 19352. Two sentences have been omitted. Pages have been numbered in pencil 49-51.

This transcription is similar to document .201140, record 116051, except that document .201140 also contains the text of the first paragraph of document .200343, record 19354.

There are also two literary versions of this letter: carbon, document .052401, record 99867; ribbon copy, document .201164, record 116052.

"Thursday. 29th". A transcription of the first paragraph of original letter, document .200343, record 19354. The page is been numbered 52 in pencil.

There is one other transcription, which covers both the Thursday and Friday parts of the letter, document .201141, record 116323. It lacks some sentences in the Friday section of the letter. The other related documents contain only the Friday section of the letter. Document .052441, record 9914 (lacks the same sentences).

A literary version is taken from the Friday section: ribbon copy, document .201165, record 116322; carbon copy, document .052402, record 99868.

"Friday". A transcription of the Friday section of the original letter, document .200343, record 19354, with some sentences lacking. The pages are numbered in pencil, 53-5.

There is also another transcription that includes both the Thursday and Friday sections of the original letter, document .201141, record 116323. It lacks the same sentences. There is also a literary version taken from the Friday section: ribbon copy, document .201165, record 116322; carbon copy, document .052402, record 99868.

A transcription of original letter, document .200344, record 19355. Pages are numbered in pencil 57-8.

There is one other transcription, document .201145, record 116134.

There is also a literary version: document .201166 (ribbon copy), record 116133 (ribbon copy); document .052403, record 99869 (carbon).

A transcription of the original letter, document .200345, record 19356. The page has been numbered 59 in pencil.

There is another transcription, document .201146, record 116375.

In both transcriptions the last sentence of the penultimate paragraph is omitted, and "Gladys" is changed to "Miss Rinder".

A transcription of the original letter, document .200346, record 19357. Page number "60" has been written in pencil.

There is another transcription, document .201147, record 11376.

A partial transcription of original letter, document .200347, record 19358.

The first two paragraphs have been transcribed. The page number 61 has been written on the transcription in pencil.

There is another transcription of this part of the letter, document .201148, record 116377. The remainder of the letter has been transcribed in two more sets of transcriptions—see record 19358 for the details.

A partial transcription of the original letter, document .200347, record 19358.

The fourth and fifth paragraphs are transcribed as a separate letter with a date one day later than document .200347. Page "62" has been written on this transcript in pencil.

There is also another transcription of these paragraphs, document .201149, record 116378. Both of these transcriptions are missing the phrase "To amuse you".

There are two other sets of transcriptions which cover the other parts of the letter. See record 19358 for the details.

A partial transcription of the original letter, document .200347, record 19358. The transcription contains the last part of the original letter. Page "63" has been written on it in pencil. It is dated two days later than the original.

There is another transcription of this part of the letter, document .201150, record 116379. The first part of the letter has been transcribed in two sets of transcriptions. See record 19358 for the details.

A transcription of the original letter, document .200348, record 19359. Pages have been numbered "64" and "65". The original has two holes in it. The missing text from the top side of the sheet cannot be obtained as the sentences have been re-worked. The text on the reverse side is available in this transcription.

There is also another transcription, document .201151, record 116380.

Some sentences have been omitted.

A transcription of the original letter, document .200349, record 19360 and a condensed transcription of original letter .200349a, record 19373 written on the same piece of paper but sideways on the following day. The transcription is numbered in pencil "66" and "67".

There is also another transcription, document .201152, record 116381.

A condensed transcription of the original letter, document .200350, record 19361, paginated in pencil, 68-70. Several sentences have been omitted from the main body of the letter. The sentences written the next morning, a Thursday, were not transcribed.

There is also another transcription, document .201153, record 116384.

Colette copied out some extracts from this letter and sent them to Clifford Allen. See record 19361 for further details.

A transcription of the original letter, document .200351, record 19362. The pages of the transcript have been numbered in pencil 71 and 72. The phrase "my new work" has been changed to "emphatic particulars".

There is another transcription, document .201154, record 116385; its second page is missing.

"My dear, the day of my departure draws near...."

The date is typed as April 24 1920. It was actually written after Russell's return from Russia on 30 June 1920. In the last sentence the word "not" is added by hand.

This is a transcription of document .200662, record 19660.

There are three other transcriptions:

— ribbon copy, document .200648, record 19653
— carbon copy, document .052462, record 99948

(This carbon (.052454) is from a different typing; its ribbon copy is not extant.)

— Autobiography, document .0070050f2, pp. 148-9, record 116388.

"You have gone to Russia: Red Russia." It is dated "May Day, 1920". The letter is paginated 3-4. It is initialled "M", Colette's pseudonym. The ribbon copy of this letter is not present. However, there is another typed copy of this letter, from a different typing, document .052463, record 99949. There are versions of this letter in Malleson's "Mummer's Journal".

"Where were you yesterday?" The letter is paginated 5-7. It is initialled "M", Colette's pseudonym. The ribbon copy of this letter is not present. However there is another typed copy of this letter—it is from a different typing, document .052464, record 99950.

This letter is dated 3 May part way through. Document .052464 has only one date, 2 May.

There are versions of this letter in Malleson's "Mummer's Journal".

"Yesterday was our 'first night'". This letter is paginated 8-9 and initialled "M", Colette's pseudonym. It is numbered "4".

The ribbon copy of this letter is not present. There is another typescript of this letter (a different typing), document .052465, record 99951.

There are other versions of this letter in Malleson's "Mummer's Journal".

"I am here at last, in this city which has filled the world with history, which has inspired the most deadly hatreds and the most poignant hopes." This is number 5 in a sequence of eight Russia letters. In the Autobiography, however, it becomes number 2 as the letters that Colette wrote are not published there. The letter is paginated 10-11. It is initialled "L", BR's pseudonym. The city he is referring to is Petrograd, Soviet Russia, although the letter was not written there or on the date written on the letter. It was written after his return from Russia at the end of June.

The original letter ended up in the possession of Ottoline Morrell. It is number 1563 in the letters to her (document .001563, record 18770).

There are three other transcriptions of this letter: document .052467, record 99953 (ribbon copy); document .200649, record 19654 (carbon copy); document .007050f2, record 116401 (Autobiography).

"My dear this is a strange world into which I have come, a world of dying beauty and harsh life."

This was number 6 in a sequence of eight Russia letters. In the Autobiography it became number 3 as the letters that Colette wrote are not published there. Pages of this letter is paginated 12-14. It is initialled "L", BR's pseudonym.

The strange world he is referring to is Petrograd, Soviet Russia, although the letter was not written there or on the date written on the letter. It was written after his return from Russia at the end of June.

The original letter ended up in the possession of Ottoline Morrell. It is number 1564 in the letters to her (document .001564, record 18771).

There are three other transcriptions of the letter: document .052468, record 99954 (ribbon copy); document .200650, record 19655 (carbon copy); document .007050f2, pp. 150-1, record 116402 (Autobiography).

"All this day has been yours."

This letter is paginated 15-16 and initialled "M", Colette's pseudonym.

There is another transcription of the letter, document .052466, record 99952. Other versions of the letter are in Colette's "Mummer's Journal".

"On the Volga. Our boat travels on, day after day, through an unknown and mysterious land."

This typed carbon copy is paginated 17-19. It is initialled "L", BR's pseudonym. The number "8" is typed on it. This was number 8 in a sequence of eight Russia letters. In the Autobiography it became number 4 as the letters that Colette wrote are not published there.

This letter was not written from the Volga or on the date written on the letter. It was written after BR's return from Russia at the end of June.

The original letter is number 1565 in the letters to Ottoline Morrell (document .001565, record 18772). It somehow ended up in her possession. In the Autobiography Russell writes that this and the other letters were "antedated letters to Colette".

There are four other transcriptions of the letter: document .200651, record 99939 (ribbon copy of this letter); document .052469, record 99955 (ribbon copy); document .200652, record 19657 (carbon copy of .052469); Autobiography chapter "Russia", document .007050f2, pp. 151-2, record 116403.

There is also a handwritten version of the letter with the tense changed in The Problem of China at the end of Chapter 1 (ms., Rec. Acq. 1027, box 7, pp. 13-16; record 116404).

"My Dear, The day of my departure draws near...." The date is written as April 1920 in BR's hand. He has also written on it: "Letter to Colette about Russia, I, London". It was actually written after Russell's return from Russia on 30 June 1920. This is a transcription of document .200662, record 19660. The word "notable" is written by hand. There are three other transcriptions:

Ribbon copy of this transcription, document .200648, record 19653;
Document .052454, record 99930;
different typing Autobiography, document .0070050f2, pp. 148-9, record 116388.

Some of these transcriptions use the date of 24 April 1920 and that is the date used in the Autobiography; thus it is used here as well.

"You have gone to Russia: Red Russia." It is dated "May Day, 1920". The number "2" does not appear on it.

There is another typed copy of this letter—from a different typing, document .052463, record 99949. There are versions of this letter in Malleson's "Mummer's Journal".

"Where were you yesterday?" The letter is paginated 2-4. "From Colette" is written in ink on the top. The word "deep" has been added by hand in ink; there are some corrections.

It is initialled "M", Colette's pseudonym. There is another typed copy of this letter—from a different typing, document .052465, record 99932, and the word "deep" is typed.

There are versions of this letter in Malleson's "Mummer's Journal".

"Yesterday was our 'first night'". It is paginated 1-2. The number 4 does not appear on the letter. There is another typed version, document .052457, record 99933, which is numbered 4.

There are other versions of the letter in Malleson's "Mummer's Journal".

"All this day has been yours."

This letter is paginated 1-2. There is a handwritten addition in this version which is typed in the other transcription, document .052460, record 99937. Other versions of the letter are in Colette's "Mummer's Journal".

"I am here at last, in this city which has filled the world with history, which has inspired the most deadly hatreds and the most poignant hopes." This was number 5 in a sequence of eight Russia letters. In the Autobiography it became number 2 as the letters that Colette wrote are not published there.

The city he is referring to is Petrograd, Soviet Russia, although the letter was not written there or on the date written on the letter. It was written after his return from Russia at the end of June.

The number "5" does not appear on this transcription; it has been taken from other versions.

The original letter ended up in the possession of Ottoline Morrell (document .001563, record 18770).

There are three other transcriptions of the letter: document .200649, record 19654 (carbon of this transcription); document .052458, record 99934 (different typing); Autobiography chapter "Russia", document .007050f2, pp. 149-50, record 116401.

"My dear this is a strange world into which I have come, a world of dying beauty and harsh life."

This was number 6 in a sequence of eight Russia letters. In the Autobiography however it becomes number 3 as the letters that Colette wrote are not published there.

The "strange world" he is referring to is Petrograd, Soviet Russia, although the actual letter was not written there or on the date written on the letter. It was written after BR's return from Russia on 30 June 1920.

The number 6 does not appear on this transcription; it has been taken from other versions. This transcription is paginated 3-4. The original letter ended up in the possession of Lady Ottoline Morrell. It is number 1564 in the numbered sequence of letters to Ottoline (document .001564, record 18771.)

There are three other transcriptions of this letter:

Document .200650, record 19655 (carbon of this transcription);
Document .052459, record 99935 (different typing);
Autobiography chapter "Russia", document .007050F2, pp. 149-50, record 116402.

"On the Volga. Our boat travels on, day after day, through an unknown and mysterious land." This typed carbon is paginated 5-7. No number is typed on it; the number is taken from other transcriptions.

This was number 8 in a sequence of eight Russia letters. In the Autobiography, however, it becomes number 4 as the letters that Colette wrote are not published there. This letter was not written from the Volga or on the date written on the letter. It was written after his return from Russia at the end of June.

The original letter is in the letters to Ottoline Morrell (document .001565, record 18772). It somehow ended up in her possession. In the Autobiography Russell writes that this and the other letters were "antedated letters to Colette", i.e. Constance Malleson.

There are four other transcriptions of the letter: document .200651, record 99939 (ribbon copy); document .052461, record 99939 (carbon of .200651); document .200652, record 19657 (carbon copy of the present document); Autobiography chapter "Russia", document .007050f2, pp. 151-2, record 116403.

There is a handwritten version of the letter with the tense changed in The Problem of China at the end of Chapter 1 (ms., Rec. Acq. 1027, box 7, pp. 13-16; record 116404).

This typed note sets out her thinking about three pages of text which were "freshly typed (19.7.1949)". She is attempting to decide whether the three pages are complete or fragmentary.

This note is typed on an envelope; it is not known which three pages she was attempting to clarify.

Also in file: a second TL(CAR), document .155890.

Also in file: a second TL(CAR), document .155930.

Also in file: a second TL(CAR), document .155939.

In Hebrew. Material for translation is at document .155953.

In Hebrew. Translation at document .155955.

Nair sends two statements by BR on the Middle East crisis (not enclosed).