"Jánossy > > Rotblat".

"I am quite willing to be a Patron of your Council against bull fighting, but I shall not be able to give either time or money as I am entirely occupied with the attempt to avert a nuclear war."

"I am entirely willing that you should use the draft text that you enclose in any way you like."

BR is unable to meet with Simon. "I should much have liked a talk with you as the situation is perplexing."

"It is an especial pleasure to have good wishes from so old a friend."

"I am sorry that neither I nor my family have a bookplate and I therefore cannot contribute to your very interesting collection."

"Kate arr. July 2 Sat and we leave July 1 Fri and we arr. June 20".

Re Katharine Tait.

"I have decided that I must, in any case, be in London at the time when the Pugwash Committee meets—viz., June 21-3." BR enclosed letters from Weizsäcker and Purcell.

No nation would adopt Wynbourn's suggestion of "dumping" Americans and Russians into the others' countries.

"Warmest wishes for successful meeting June 10 and for prosperity in your most valuable campaign. Bertrand Russell"

"No > Gould—Birmingham".

BR is unable to attend the July 17 meeting, but would be grateful if Gardner gives his best wishes to Dr. Pauling.

"No > Khajanchi—Ahmedabad".

"I am sorry we cannot be in London any time in July as my daughter and her American family will be staying with us in Wales." "With love from us both."

"As for the absence of coming great men, I think that has always been the case. I remember the deaths of Darwin, Tennyson and Browning when everybody thought that the Age of Great Men had come to an end".

"It is amusing that Norman Cousins recited my History of the World at a Madison Square Garden Rally."

"As for prophesying my death, when I made the prophecy in 1937, 1962 seemed incredibly distant, but to please you I will abstain from further such predictions."

"I enclose herewith the article requested by The New York Times. I hope it is more or less what they wanted as I have tried to answer their questions one by one." BR requests permission to print it in England.

"I have now read the typescript by L.L. Whyte, but I am sorry to say that I am totally incapable of estimating its merits."

On British neutralism.

"I am much distressed about the mumps and sincerely hope none of the rest of you will catch it." BR suggests a visitor driving licence.

"Philip Noel-Baker, for whom I have a great respect, hopes that you will advocate a disarmament proposal of the kind proposed by the United Nations Association."

"I enclose a copy of a letter from Nehru and of my reply to it. I hope you do not mind my quoting you in the letter." BR asks for a meeting.

BR corrects a passage about his visit to Russia, presumably in Bertrand Russell Speaks His Mind.

"I should not worry too much if I were you about limited mathematical ability. Many most eminent physicists had no mathematical ability—e.g. Faraday and Rutherford." BR refers to "the rather peculiar kind of mathematics that stimulates philosophical imagination."

"I heartily endorse your wish for continued firm friendly relations between the UK and Pakistan."

"No > Brit. Comm. for Algeria".

"I am sorry that I cannot be in London on June 20 and therefore to my great regret it will be impossible for me to see Mr. Pace."

"I am in very complete agreement with the excellent "statement of conviction". I will try to get a signature for the second copy which you enclose." Huxley is trying "to preserve wild beasts in South Africa."

"... my favourite recipe is for 'Lord John Russell's Pudding' which used to occur in Mrs Beeton."

"Thomson > Rotblat".

"We are very sorry that other engagements make it impossible for us to accept your invitation but we hope the picture may have a great success." (This may refer to Stanley Kramer's Inherit the Wind.)

"I am sorry that I cannot do what you suggest owing to pressure of other work." BR deleted "I have so many dislikes.…"

"No > Bleat".

"I am sorry, though not surprised, that you find my La Rochefoucauld's maxims not suitable for your illustrations. I am afraid that 19 portraits of me would give a somewhat egotistic flavour to the whole." He would like to see her and Stefan.

"Thanks for book, not had time to read > Sarkar".

"I am sorry I cannot come to the dinner of the Society on June 25. Yours fraternally"

"You are right in thinking that there are some things in it with which I cannot agree, but, since you and I both care for the preservation of world peace, I have no inclination to emphasize points of disagreement."

BR answers 3 questions on Suez, Israel, and Algeria.

"I was glad to receive a little while ago £1500 of the money due from you. There is still a hundred pounds owing."

"Such letters are an encouragement and a help when one is endeavouring to uphold a minority opinion."

On McCarthy's thesis on freedom and determinism in BR's philosophy. "I find that your account of my opinions is almost always just, but, as you will of course appreciate, I cannot agree with your criticisms when they are based upon orthodox Catholic doctrine."

"I have had a reply from Mr. Nehru which is not unsympathetic but seems to demand some discussion of possibilities." BR asks for a meeting.

"Your remarks to the effect that Christians for the most part do not believe in the Bible do not seem to me quite valid." "I like your argument that even a personal theophany ought not to persuade me of the existence of God."

"I am quite willing that you should include in your collection the letter from Conrad that you write about on the understanding that your publishers will not object to its inclusion in my autobiography which is not to be published until after my death."

"I think that, at present, the most useful thing to do, if one wishes to support this kind of policy, is to write letters to the newspapers in support of it."

"Russian royalties > Child". There is an arrow pointing to the next letter concerning the Russian royalties. See record 126150.

"I have received from Moscow a cheque for £1647.18.0. I do not know what I have done to deserve this cheque...."

"I am sorry that you cannot go to the Pugwash Conference in Moscow." BR thanks Adrian for medical referrals re his swallowing difficulty.

"I am deeply apologetic for not being able to undertake to read your work on Science, Politics and Behavior.…"

"Thank you for your kind letter of June 15 and for the enclosed typescript which I propose to read at the earliest possible moment."

Thanks for translating BR's Ogonyek article.

"It was a pleasure to hear from you and to have your "Philosophical Reflections of an Economist" which I have read with much interest."

"UNESCO—thanks".

"Thank you for your letter and for the two off-prints that you kindly sent me ... but I have not had time to read them with close attention or to have a reasoned judgement as to what you say about Rousseau."

"The question you ask is one which is constantly put to me and I have a stock answer which I enclose." [Not present.]

"Thank you for your letter and the print of the photo that you took of me."

"Acknowl. > Lt. Col. Wheeler".

On Bevis' letter to The Guardian: "I am very much in agreement with what you say, but there are practical and, especially, financial obstacles to the plan of running candidates independent of each of the three major Parties."

"I am very sorry that, as I now live in a remote region of North Wales, I shall not be able to meet you and your friends at the American Embassy as you suggest."

"The distinction between knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description is quite simple whatever other people may have tried to make you think." BR gives examples.

"I am in entire agreement with you about the importance of the population problem, but I do not expect to come to America in any foreseeable future, and it will therefore not be possible for me to address an audience of business men in New York as you suggest."

"Wittgenstein objected to my saying that he was concerned with the idea of a logically perfect language.... <A>nybody who attributed any particular meaning to anything that Wittgenstein said incurred his wrath and consequently that of his disciples."

BR does not "possess copies of most of my early articles". "I think Denonn's bibliography is entirely reliable up to the year 1951, but of course there are many more recent items of which I believe Denonn has a record."

"You are altogether too kind in promising us your last Chinese treasure, the Sung bowl which you mention." On China.

"Unfortunately, I do not expect to be in London in July so that I am afraid a meeting will hardly be possible."

BR addressed the letter to Spencer Jones, but Spencer-Brown wrote the letter of May 27 (record 80639) to which BR replies. "The work <of> Zilinsky is quite unknown to me."

"I am sorry that your letter of May 2 has remained so long unanswered, and still more sorry that I do not see any present prospect of giving it the attention that it deserves."

"I am very sorry that I have not had time as yet to consider your solution of the Greek paradox and I am therefore returning it herewith."

On Osborn's Humanism and Moral Theory.

BR  would be glad to take the oath during the following week.

"I am disappointed and surprised by your first leader in your issue of June 25 on the subject of the new Labour statement on defence."

"I observe, however, on this occasion as on many previous ones, that practical politicians are too busy to know the facts on which their decisions ought to be based."

BR thanks Hepburn & Ross for their prompt action.

"I most certainly wish you to accept the offer for the two Penguins on my behalf." BR has received "pelf from Penguins".

"I am sorry that I cannot accept your invitation to a Conference, much as I sympathize with its purpose."

"I am sorry that I cannot undertake to give such a lecture as you suggest as I have already undertaken as much work as I can manage."

"I am sorry that I cannot be one of the sponsors proposing Fenner <Brockway> for the 1961 Nobel Peace Prize as I have already promised my support elsewhere."

"I am very glad indeed to hear that your thesis was so successful and grateful for your generous acknowledgement of the modest help I was able to give you." (A copy of the thesis is in the Russell Archives.)

"Thank you for your letter and for the accompanying pamphlet which I am glad to have and with which I am in very complete agreement."

"Pat Sloan—No—Brit-Sov Friendship statement".

"NO > Durham Union Soc."

"No > Glasgow Univ."

"I do not know whether you are glad or sorry to be done with Rathbone Books. In any case I hope you will soon find congenial employment." BR would like to have the suggested corrections soon for his History.

"I am very glad to give my name in support of your appeal to the people of the world."

"As you will see from the enclosures, I have received £1647.18.0 from Moscow as an ex gratia payment on books of mine that were pirated in Russia."

"No > Trinity, Dublin".

"The Pugwash Committee have decided, in principle, to appoint Wayland Young as Public Relations Officer." BR asks if Simon is still willing to pay the whole or part of Wayland Young's services.

BR calls Wilson's letter on Einstein and Heinsenberg "somewhat surprisingly querulous".

"The present policy of both major parties makes it not improbable that the whole population of Britain may be exterminated without bringing on a world war. I do not see how those of us who are impressed by this danger can be content with a policy which does nothing to diminish it."

"Russia could exterminate the population of Britain without bringing on a world war."

"I remembered after talking with you on the telephone that I have a public engagement here which makes August 3 in London impossible." Possibly BR will have a consultation with Dr. McMichael.

"Amaldi | Kybal | Wiesner | Simon | Sorm > Rotblat"

"I am very sorry that the multitude of engagements already accepted makes it impossible for me to take part in your television series."

"I enclose herewith an article which you may possibly find useful for Link." "[Enclose—Neutralist article]".

"What I have to say about the hydrogen bomb as a deterrent you will find in Chapter 1 of my little book, Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare. Supplementary to this are my recent letters to the New Statesman and The Guardian."

BR rejects an interview with Think Magazine since he finds interviews "unsatisfactory in various ways" and thus avoids them "as a means of expressing my opinions".

"I enclose an article which I hope may meet your wishes...." "[Enclose suggestion (sent to Nehru)]".

"Cheque > Child".

"My warm thanks for The Bitches' Brew which pleases me even more on a second reading."