BRACERS Notes

Record no. Notes, topics or text
64303

A thank-you note re Rosenfeld's support of his position about U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

64304

Oakes defends their editing of BR's letter about U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

Enclosures are photocopies of BR's letter of 28 March 1963 as printed in the New York Times and the editorial response.

64305

Letter to BR from the secretary of an organization for Afro-Asian People's Solidarity.

64306

A note enclosing a copy of letter from Nguyen-Huu-Tho, President of South Vietnam National Liberation Front (NLF).

64307

Letter of admiration for BR's position on the war in Vietnam.

Enclosure is a copy of Nel King's letter to the New York Times in support of BR's position.

64308

A thank-you letter for support of BR's position on the Vietnam war.

64309

Letter to New York Times critical of the newspaper's response to BR's letter dealing with the Vietnam war.

64310

A thank-you letter for a letter to the New York Times in support of BR.

64311

Letter to BR expressing the discrimination of the press and its catering to "big business".

Letter is wrongly dated 1962.

An unsent pencil draft reply for BR is in C. Farley's hand in the top left corner.

64312

Letter stating an interest in the "discussion of the discrimination in the press with regard to American and British practice and that of Communists".

64313

Enclosed letter is a copy of a response sent by Weitzman to the New York Times dealing with the newspaper's response to BR's letter to the editor on the Vietnam war.

64314

A thank-you note in response to the letter addressed to the New York Times.

64315

Letter thanking BR for his stand on Vietnam.

64316

A thank-you letter to Pivowitz who expressed gratitude for BR's stand on U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

64317

Article titled "Bertrand Russell Brands U.S. Guilty in Vietnam" supports BR's position about American involvement in Vietnam and is critical of the editors of the New York Times.

Retyped from The Militant, 15 April 1963.

64318

A letter of admiration on the letterhead of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in response to BR's letter to the New York Times.

64319

A thank-you letter.

64320

Letter sent to New York Times that is critical of the paper's commentary on BR's article on U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

Handwritten note at foot of p. 2 remarks that BR is one of his gods. "What a pity that immortality has gone out of fashion!"

64321

A thank-you letter.

64322

Letter to the editor of New York Times in support of BR's position on the conflict in Vietnam.

64323

Thank-you for support of BR's position on the conflict in Vietnam.

64324

Letter of thanks to BR for expressing his views on the Vietnam conflict to the New York Times.

64325

A thank-you letter to Leibson for his letter to BR citing the second letter to the editor on Vietnam (in the New York Times).

64326

Letter to BR praising his second letter on Vietnam in the New York Times.

64327

A thank-you letter.

64328

Letter to the editor of the Guardian addressing its claim that BR had formed his position on chemical warfare and napalm "without evidence and without justification".

64329

Letter to the editor of the New York Times citing articles in the Nation and St. Louis Post-Dispatch that support BR's position. Enclosure is a typed card from Kent stating that the letter is not acceptable for printing.

Note in Edith Russell's hand on envelope: "Ask if he would permit publication of his letter in Minority of One."

64330

A letter to BR asking him not to be so harsh on the New York Times in response to their treatment of his article on Vietnam.

64331

A thank-you note to Martin in which BR questions her praise of the New York Times and cites the editorial attacks he has suffered.

64332

Telegram asking BR to send a statement to be read at the Peace Forum to be held May 11, 1963.

64333

Text for a cable praising the Student Peace Union's opposition to the conflict in Vietnam.

64334

Letter from BR containing "data on chemical warfare in South Vietnam". Letter urges the NYC Student Peace Union to publish the data.

64335

Letter to BR asking for explanation on one point of his article in the New York Times dealing with "ignoring the Communist push for domination".

64336

BR explains that the "... the purpose of American policy in conducting it [the war] do not have a great deal to do with a Communist push for domination".

64337

Letter to BR making reference to the enclosure of a copy of a letter sent to the New York Times in which Forster is critical of BR's position.

Enclosed copy of letter calls on BR to provide evidence of atrocities committed by the South Vietnamese government.

64338

BR cites evidence of the use of chemicals in Vietnam.

64339

Letter cites evidence by the South Vietnam Liberation Red Cross that the U.S. is involved in a war of atrocity.

64340

The letter outlines plans for a demonstration against U.S. policy in Vietnam, and the creation of a pamphlet including BR's letters to the New York Times.

Press release quotes BR.

64341

BR encloses further material on Vietnam and is encouraged by the upcoming demonstration. On correcting an error that might divert attention from a strong case.

64342

This letter to the editor of Liberation is critical of the New York Times for not publishing BR's evidence of chemical warfare in Vietnam.

The mailing list for copies of the letter includes I.F. Stone's Weekly, Frontier Magazine, Progressive Magazine, the Nation Magazine, The New Republic, The Reporter, and the Liberal Democrat.

64343

The letter states Deane has published BR's letter on U.S. use of chemical weapons in Vietnam in full. See Deane's The War in Vietnam (1963).

64344

A thank-you letter from BR for publishing his first letter on Vietnam.

64345

Letter asking for verification that the attached newspaper clipping is accurate and for permission to quote BR in Sanity.

Newspaper clipping refers to BR's listing of U.S. atrocities in Vietnam.

64346

Letter confirms that the information contained in the newspaper clipping is accurate and gives permission to quote BR in Sanity.

64347

Letter to BR explaining that his appeal on Vietnam was reprinted in a local paper, the Yakima Republic, from the Nation.

64348

A thank-you letter for having succeeded in getting BR's Vietnam appeal letter published in the Yakima Republic.

64349

Letter to BR explains that a copy of the pamphlet published by the NYC Student Peace Union has been mailed to BR, and that the demonstration against U.S. conduct in Vietnam received television coverage.

64350

Letter to BR from Ida Kirsch (Irving Kirsch's mother) encloses a copy of the pamphlet put out by the NYC Student Peace Union.

Mrs. Kirsch's letter contains drafts in Schoenman's hand of BR's reply to her, to I. Kirsch, and a note to Pamela Wood.

64351

Letter to BR outlining the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

64352

A thank-you letter for informing BR about the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

Another copy, TL(CAR).

64353

A letter to the editor of The Minority of One refers to a speech given by Ma Thi Chu during the Women's Conference in Moscow.

Enclosure is a copy of the speech in the Vietnam Bulletin, July 1963, published by the British-Vietnam Committee.

64354

Letter to the editor of the Washington Post refers to a speech given by Ma Thi Chu during the Women's Conference in Moscow.

64355

The Vietnamese paper Cuu Doc requests that BR issue a statement regarding the persecution of Buddhists in South Vietnam.

64356

BR provides a statement referencing the persecution of Buddhists in South Vietnam for Cuu Doc.

Another copy, TL(CAR).

64357

A thank-you note for help with information on Vietnam.

64358

Stetler is Chairman of the Student Peace Union of Haverford College and Bryn Mawr College.

The letter requests any information BR might have concerning military equipment in use in South Vietnam.

64359

BR makes reference to nerve-gas stockpiles for use in South Vietnam.

64360

A telegram from the President of the NLF on BR's 93rd birthday.

64361

Reference is made to the two recently formed Peace Foundations.

64362

A thank-you letter for a petition already sent to BR's wife from the Chairman of the British Delegation to the Congress.

64363

Xien is President of the Committee of Struggle Against U.S. Imperialists and Henchmen's Persecution of South Vietnamese Intellectuals.

Enclosed is a "Special Bulletin" from the Committee dated December 20, 1963.

64364
64365

Open letter appealing to the American public to stop the unjust and atrocious war in Vietnam.

64366

Letter to editor on the use of chemical poisons by U.S. and South Vietnamese government forces in Vietnam.

64367

Reference is made to the continuing use of chemical poisons by the U.S. in South Vietnam.

Enclosed statement is from the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the Co-Chairman of the 1954 Geneva Conference.

64368

BR refers to a statement by the Foreign Minister of North Vietnam.

64369

Letter to the editor making reference to the different chemicals and their effects as used by U.S. forces in Vietnam.

64370

Reference to defoliants, pesticides, and napalm used by U.S. forces in South Vietnam.

64371

Letter thanks BR for his efforts to persuade the U.S. to end the war in Vietnam.

64372

BR replies to the New York Times regarding the response to his article on the war in Vietnam.

64373

Madame Nguyen Huu Tho is President of the South Vietnam Liberation National Front Central Committee. She refers to BR's contribution to the Vietnam peace effort and the elimination of the nuclear threat.

64374

BR requests the names of scientists who are investigating the use of chemicals in Vietnam. The cable also makes reference to a possible United Nations force in Cyprus.

Reference is made to President Makarios and Vice President Kutshuk ofCcyprus, Prime Minister of Greece, and Prime Minister of Turkey.

64375

There is Bulgarian support for BR's proposal for an inquiry into the use of toxic chemicals in Vietnam by the U.S. and South Vietnamese authorities.

64376

An open letter with reference to de Gaulle's efforts to bring about peace in Vietnam.

The letter was also sent to the New York Herald Tribune, Washington Post, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Toronto Star Weekly, York Gazette and Daily, Vancouver Sun, and the Nation.

64377

BR refers to de Gaulle's efforts to bring about peace in Vietnam.

64378

Poison gas is used by units of the Egyptian Air Force in the Yemen.

64379

BR indicates he is making inquiries into the allegations of poison gas being used by the Egyptian Air Force in the Yemen.

64380

On the danger of nuclear war and the Berlin Crisis, statement signed by BR and Scott.

The Conference of Uncommitted Nations was held in Belgrade in 1961.

64381

Topics are suppression of intellectual freedom, imprisonment of Milovan Djilas, request for BR's signature on a petition to Tito.

The other signatories are Reinhold Niebuhr and Norman Thomas.

64382

There is reference to a booklet on social democracy and upcoming constitutional reforms in Yugoslavia, by M. Kardelj.

64383

BR mentions the inaugural statement of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.

64384

Zahir Shah is ruler of Afghanistan.

BR requests that he sponsor his Foundation.

64385

Hoxha is Prime Minister of Albania.

On opposition to U.S. imperialism, especially in Vietnam.

64386

Ben Bella is Prime Minister of Algeria.

Reference is made to the arms race in the Middle East between Israel and the Arab world.

Also present are a draft TL and its TL(CAR).

64387

Ben Bella is Prime Minister of Algeria.

Reference is made to the conference in Algiers and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

64388

Ben Bella is President of Algeria.

BR proposes a conference on de-nuclearisation of the Mediterranean.

64389

Boumedienne is President of Algeria.

BR mentions the murder of Mehdi Ben Barka of Morocco. BR hopes that the organization of African Unity will expel Morocco and cites evidence of the involvement of U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

64390

Gorbach is Chancellor of Austria.

An appeal for release of Iranian students.

64391

Broda is at the Austrian Ministry of Justice.

An appeal to grant Iranian students political asylum on humanitarian grounds.

64392

A contribution to BR's Peace Foundation is conveyed by the private secretary to the ruler of Bahrain.

64393

Shaikh Isa Bin Sulman al Khalifah is ruler of Bahrain. His name is more frequently rendered as "Salman".

A thank-you note for financial support of Peace Foundation and an inquiry about setting up an office in Bahrain.

64394

Shaikh Isa Bin Sulman al Khalifah is ruler of Bahrain. His name is more frequently rendered as "Salman".

Request for continued support and financial contribution to the Peace Foundation.

64395

Reference to the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.

64396

BR mentions the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.

Two copies.

 

64397

Reference is made to the persecution of Jews. Letter enclosed is addressed to Khrushchev on the treatment of Jews in the U.S.S.R. Signed by Queen Elisabeth.

Dated from the envelope in the Queen's hand.

64398

Re appeal to Premier Khrushchev.

64399

BR requests help with the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.

64400

Reports on accomplishments of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.

64401

Belgian sponsorship for the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation is withdrawn. It was pursuing aims other than those originally mentioned by BR.

64402

BR asks what aims of the Peace Foundation are found to be objectionable.