"The bombing of the dams in North Vietnam is felt by people throughout the intellectual community in Britain to be a barbarous act against the civilian population, which calls for public condemnation by the British Government. I am writing to ask if you could receive urgently in the Isles of Scilly a delegation of approximately 10 people...."

On the verso is the list of names who wish to "express their dismay about this latest American action." The names of those who "accept to be on delegation" and also agree to sign the letter about Vietnamese visas are: Lord Silkin, Dr. Ralph Miliband, Dr. Ruth Glass, Prof K.W. Wedderburn, Miss Iris Murdoch, Dr. David Glass, Archbishop Roberts, Kingsley Martin and Sir Claude Auchinleck (in principle). The names of those who only agree to sign the letter are: Prof Asa Briggs (support) and Bishop Stockwell, Bishop of Southwark.