The National Liberation Front in Bahrain brings attention to the hundreds of Saudi people who face slow death in the abhorrent prisons in Saudi Arabia. They feel that if BR makes a resolution condemning their imprisonment and demands their release, progress can be achieved.

In file are TL copies, documents .186623, .186630 and .186637.

The International Conference on General Amnesty for Iraqi Political Prisoners appeals to President Nasser about the continued imprisonment of 10,000 people in Iraq. They hope that the President will use his power to help these prisoners.

In file are TL copies, documents .186593 and .186594, .186628 and .186635. Also in file are TL(CAR) copies, documents .186595-.186598.

The International Association of Democratic Lawyers wishes the BRPF success with their conference so that a general amnesty for the Iraqi political prisoners can be granted.

In file are TL copies, documents .186600, .186622, .186629, and .186636.

Couteau states that the International Federation of Leagues of Human Rights is working to restore peace in Iraq through the traditional procedure.

In file are TL copies, documents .186602, .186603 .186620, .186626 and .186633.

Also in file is the French version in TL(CAR) and TL form, documents .186604-.186606.

The International Conference on General Amnesty for Iraqi Political Prisoners informs those who are imprisoned that they are going to develop a campaign to show the true circumstances of the political prisoners in Iraq.

In file are TL copies, documents .186608 and .186609.

This is a speech that BR made to the International Conference on General Amnesty for Iraqi Political Prisoners. In this speech BR expresses his thoughts on peace in the nuclear age.

In file is a TD and TD(CAR) copy, documents .186631 and .186639, the latter with handwritten revisions though not by BR.

This is an open letter from the League for the Defence of the Rights of Iraqi Women. It addresses the torture that Iraqi women face while being imprisoned for having committed no crime. The League would like the conference to protest and demand their release.

Dewhurst sends a letter of protest to President Aref and encloses a donation of $10.00 towards the expenses of the conference.

Burhop informs Schoenman that he supports the activities of the conference.

Mannin informs Zaki that she is about to leave town and that she has still not received the letter which is to go to Nasser. She states that it will be difficult to get an appointment with Nasser without the letter, but she will still try.

Gutierrez wishes BR success with the conference and would like to publish the documents from the conference in Guatemala.

Schoenman thanks Gutierrez for his support and informs him that they are still in the process of preparing the documents relating to the conference. Once completed, they will be sent.

BR on behalf of the conference would like Shah's support so that Iraqi prisoners may be released.

In file is another TL(CAR), document .186661. There is also a draft of this letter, document .186691.

In French, on letterhead of Ligue Française pour la Defense des Droits.

Enclosed is a form which enables Zaki to become a member of the International Continuing Committee for the Release of Iraqi Political Prisoners; document .186686.

Document .186687 is the English translation in which BR and Schoenman are sent their best wishes, and they thank Zaki for his account of the international conference. They mention that the telegram will be sent to Aref.

In French. Enclosed is their letter to General Aref of Iraq.

In French. Nordmann appeals for the release of political prisoners.

BR was interested to read the letter Bouvier-Ajam's Association sent to President Aref regarding political prisoners in Iraq.

This is a draft press statement about the upcoming international conference which deals with the political prisoners of Iraq. It includes a statement by BR.

BR makes clear that the purpose of his last letter was to demand the release of men who are unjustly treated. He is going to make an international protest on behalf of Señor Gilly's political persecution.

In file are TL(CAR) copies, documents .186983 and .186984.

BR complains to the Sub-Director of Prisons concerning the conditions of political prisoners in Mexico and the inhumane treatment inflicted on them.

This is a statement by BR about how Mexico should not persecute Daniel Camejo Guache and others for their political views. He feels that Mexico should not go against its traditions.

Ne Win is Prime Minister of Burma.

BR, on behalf of the Conference on Iraqi Political Prisoners, would like Win's support so that Iraqi prisoners may be released.

In file is another TL(CAR), document .186663.

BR on behalf of the conference would like Bandaranaike's support so that Iraqi prisoners may be released.

In file is another TL(CAR), document .186665.

BR on behalf of the conference would like Massamba-Debat's support so that Iraqi prisoners may be released. Massamba-Debat was the President of the Republic of the Congo.

In file is another TL(CAR), document .186667.

BR on behalf of the conference would like Castro's support so that Iraqi prisoners may be released.

In file is another TL(CAR), document .186669.

BR on behalf of the conference would like Nkrumah's support so that Iraqi prisoners may be released.

In file is another TL(CAR), document .186671.

BR on behalf of the conference would like Toure's support so that Iraqi prisoners may be released.

In file is another TL(CAR), document .186673.

BR on behalf of the conference would like Shastri's support so that Iraqi prisoners may be released.

In file is another TL(CAR), document .186675.

BR on behalf of the conference would like Sukarno's support so that Iraqi prisoners may be released.

BR on behalf of the conference would like Keita's support so that Iraqi prisoners may be released.

In file is another TL(CAR), document .186678.

BR on behalf of the conference would like Nyerere's support so that Iraqi prisoners may be released.

In file is another TL(CAR), document .186680.

BR on behalf of the conference would like Tito's support so that Iraqi prisoners may be released.

In file is another TL(CAR), document .186682.

BR on behalf of the conference would like Kaunda's support so that Iraqi prisoners may be released.

In file is another TL(CAR), document .186684.

BR finds Bowle's Adapt or Perish admirable and wishes he had known of it sooner.

On Edith Russell's anaemia and BR's recent birthday.

Boyd responds to BR's queries regarding new psychiatric drugs, which might be used by John Conrad Russell.

Boyd makes a contribution to the Committee of 100 and hopes that BR will not do anything to ruin his health in a protest. At the foot of the letter states: "Dictated by Dr. Boyd and signed in his absence."

BR's response is on the verso.

"Dr. J. Lister Boyd (BR and ER's doctor in London) Cove-Smith is his locum."

BR is having throat problems. He has excess wind that is relieved only by "extravagant" belching.

BR encloses an article from The New Scientist on new methods of treatment for John Conrad Russell's illness.

BR reschedules an appointment with Boyd and wishes a consultation with Dr. McMichael.

Boyd's medical statement along with one from another doctor resulted in BR and his wife's prison sentences being reduced from 2 months to a week.

BR congratulates Boyd on his recent marriage.

Braby thanks BR for the book he sent, The Good Citizen's Alphabet.

12 Federal District prisoners applaud BR's firm activities for the defence of Vietnam and for all the victims of imperialism's aggression. They want BR to form an international and independent commission so that a full investigation can be held into the charges against them.

In file are the Spanish versions. One is in TL form and the other in ALS; documents .186987 and .186988, respectively; and PD, .186992.

Luna gives thanks for understanding their activities and situation. They state that they do not buy information from prisoners and that they do not pay for information either.

In Spanish. See document .186889 for a rough translation.

BR informs Licona that he will help him as much as he can and that he will write to the President of Mexico. He sends a copy of that letter to Licona (not present). He has also sent a personal representative to Mexico City in hope that Licona can give him what is required.

Davis gives Wood information about imprisoned Mexican Trotskyists in hope the BRPF will write a statement about their imprisonment and, on behalf of the committee, denounce the sentences.

Eli de Gortari seeks BR's aid. He is imprisoned in a Mexican prison for 13 crimes he did not commit. During his stay his health has deteriorated and his family has been harassed. He mentions that there are others like him and that he very much needs help from BR and other scientists.

He himself is a published logician.

Garza urges friends to read the press release and to protest against the attacks on political prisoners in Mexico.

In file is the enclosed press release, document .187006.

Braby asks BR to be a reference for him on his employment application for the BBC.

BR is going to have an operation. Braby sends a series of quotes that he found in a book of quotations by Herbert Samuel including one from BR and one from BR's grandfather.

BR has invited Braby for a visit and he has told Braby that he has had a Hegelian nightmare.

Braby has suggestions for further Nightmares.

Thompson asks BR to guarantee her bank account for £500.

Thompson says that over the 10 years that she has known BR, she has never seen him look as well and credits Edith.

She is also known as Mrs. Lee Thompson. (She is married to the film director, J. Lee Thompson.)

Thompson worries that BR is working too hard. If he insists on continuing that way, she will "have to take back my 'considered opinion' that you are 'immortal'".

Thompson enjoyed BR's talk on television "last night". The film she refers to was apparently released in 1958.

Thompson writes, "It seems about a hundred years since I saw you."

Thompson invites BR and Edith Russell for "a drink after dinner tomorrow night".

Part of this letter is holograph.

Thompson tells BR about her play involving homosexuality.

Thompson is considering getting a divorce. Her mother (Grace Forester, BR's first cousin) is linked to Augustus John.

Thompson comments that on television no one comes across as well as BR.

Thompson has been back from Beverly Hills for 3 weeks.

BR agrees to help Thompson with her financial difficulties by guaranteeing her bank loan. Thus she can pay her income tax. BR had to sell all of his capital 2 years before for income tax.

BR cannot make it to the opening night for one of Thompson's plays. He and Edith are very full of business engagements.

Thompson's letter did not reach the Russells while they were in London. BR signed the letter "Dumpus".

The envelope is addressed to BR in H.M.P. Brixton.

This is a transcription of document .047538, record 230. Also in the file: a carbon copy of this transcription. They are corrected by BR.