BRACERS Notes

Record no. Notes, topics or text
62903

A carbon copy of the letter with a message. The letter was originally handwritten at the top of the received letter.
 

62904

Re Heinz Brandt.
 

62905

Re BR becoming an honorary member of the West German I.D.K. [Internationale der Kriegsdienstgegner], a war resisters' group.

Written on the verso of a printed invitation to an art exhibition sponsored by the Duke of Bedford in aid of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.
 

62906
62907

On verso of the document at record 63032.
 

62908

Written at the foot of received letter, record 62906.
 

62909
62910

Included in the body of the letter is a message.
 

62911
62912

"We shall pay Mr. Russell for his articles here because he wishes to have American money, and I will send him on or soon after the first of April about $250 or $200 on account. Kindly let me know how much we owe him."

62913

The reply contains a message from BR.
 

62914

Not a letter but a ts. possibly by BR, titled "Extension of Deadline on War Crimes". Attached is an incomplete carbon copy.
 

62915
62916

Not a letter but a ts. titled "Statement on the German Peace Union".
 

62917

Not a letter but a ts. titled "Statement on Emergency Legislation".
 

62918


 

62919

A message is included in the body of the letter.

62920

A letter to the editor.

Another ts. carbon of this letter is filed as 220.026741, West Germany, F-23b, record 92837.

62921
62922

Enclosed mimeo is a series of press releases consisting of messages sent to the group by prominent individuals. BR's message is the first of the series, to the Student's Congress Against Atomic Weapons, Meeting in Berlin, Germany, on 3-4 Jan. 1959.
 

62923

Stamped on the letter is "World Cultural Council".
 

62924
62925

BR expands on what he wrote in B&R C60.13.
 

62926
62927
62928
62929
62930
62931
62932
62933
62934
62935
62936
62937
62938
62939
62940
62941

"I have had an application from a French lady to translate Russell's article on Bergson into French. I said that she might do so without fee on condition that full acknowledgement was made to the Monist. I think that it will be worth while to do this, for it appears that Russell's article is being very widely read. I am told that the reprint from the Monist is exhausted already."

62942
62943

Not a letter but a ts. titled "Press Statement" re Ghanaian President Dr. Nkrumah's commutation of death sentences.

62944

Also enclosed is a pamphlet titled L'Affaire Manolis Glezos.
 

62945

Attached mimeo is an open letter dated Athens, 27 June 1959. Re Manolis Glezos.

62946

On the verso of Pym's letter to BR, dated 6 July 1959, described at record 62943.
 

62947

An open form letter with an appeal at the foot for the release of Manolis Glezos. The appeal has been cut off and a note at the top of the mimeo reads: "Signed and sent 21 Oct '60".
 

62948
62949

The correspondent writes on behalf of "The Interned Greek Political Prisoners", seeking the abolition of concentration camps, a general amnesty, and the release of Manolis Glezos.
 

62950

Also sent together "The Political Prisoners in the Concentration Camp, Agios Efstratios, Greece".
 

62951
62952

Copy of letter enclosed in BR's letter to Pym of the same date.
 

62953
62954

Frangos notes he read BR's letter to the editor of Avgi. Avgi, or Avghi as Frangos spells it, was a Greek communist newspaper.
 

62955
62956
62957
62958
62959
62960

Not a letter but a mimeo appeal titled "Appeal for a Conference for an Amnesty for Greek Political Prisoners and for a Return to a Normal Democratic Life".

At the foot is a permission form to allow the signator's name to be used as a sponsor for the proposed conference. This form has been cut off and "Ok" penned beside the request.
 

62961

A form letter.

At the foot of the letter is a form for indicating whether the recipient intended to attend the West European Conference for an Amnesty for Greek Political Prisoners. "No" is penned beside the form.
 

62962
62963
62964
62965

Letter is in Greek, with a translation attached.
 

62966

On the letterhead of the League for Democracy in Greece.

Intended as a press release, headed "For Immediate Publication". BR's letter is dated 26 April 1962, of which a carbon is found earlier in this file.

62967
62968

Not a letter but a ts. titled "Statement Concerning Deportation of My Secretary from Greece". Re Pat Pottle. Attached are two carbon copies of the statement.
 

62969

Attached are three carbon copies of the statement.
 

62970
62971

Ms. by BR with corrections, in Edith Russell's hand, of a statement re Greek political prisoners.

Attached is a typed draft of the statement and a typed carbon copy marked "Unused". The ms. version is headed "Statement 7/5/63 Given to Press".

Following are three carbons which appear to be copies of the final corrected version of the statement.
 

62972

Not a letter but a statement to the press re the resignation of the Karamanlis government. Three carbon copies.
 

62973

A form letter re Greek political prisoners.
 

62974

Not a letter but a press statement titled "Statement by Bertrand Russell on Greek Demonstrations". Two copies.
 

62975
62976
62977

Enclosed receipt is for £4 donated by BR and Edith Russell.

62978
62979
62980

Four copies.
 

62981
62982

Enclosed newsletter is titled "Barnardiana", Barnard College, Columbia University, with an item on the visit of the Queen of Greece to New York.
 

62983

A handwritten draft of this letter appears at the top of Studdert-Kennedy's letter to BR, dated 11 Nov. 1963, described at record 62982.
 

62984

Letter is in Greek; a translation is attached.

The correspondents are prisoners at Heraklion Prison.
 

62985


 

62986
62987

Also together "The Tubercular Political Detainees of the Prison Prevantorium Amfissa". Postcard is in Greek; a translation is attached.
 

62988
62989


 

62990
62991

Written on the same sheet as Betty Ambatielos' letter to BR, dated 7 May 1964, described at record 62990.
 

62992

A handwritten draft of this letter appears at the top of Betty Ambatielos' letter to BR, dated 7 May 1964, described at record 62990.
 

62993

A form letter about a march, the letter being titled "Greek Marathon to Athens Easter March".
 

62994

A signed press statement re an amnesty for political prisoners in Greece.

Attached are 4 carbon copies.
 

62995

A press statement re a base in Crete. Two copies.
 

62996

Not a letter but a ts. titled "Message to Marathon Peace March, May 22nd 1965".

Attached is a draft of the message in Edith Russell's hand, and a typed carbon copy.
 

62997
62998

An Easter greeting card.
 

62999

A greeting card from 14 women political detainees on their appreciation to those who helped them; on the occasion of the general amnesty. Two identical unsigned cards with a printed greeting.
 

63000

Also signed by 25 others. The original is in Greek; a translation is attached.

An open letter titled "To All People of Goodwill in Greece and Throughout the World". Re trials before the permanent military court in Athens.
 

63001

Enclosed newsclip is of a an article by Karl Jaspers, taken from Die Welt, 30 Sept. 1958.
 

63002