"Chris has asked me to send you the enclosed, with the request that you and as many of your colleagues as possible will agree to sign it."

Enclosed is a statement to the BBC General Talks (Radio) Department: "We, the undersigned, wish to record our sense of deep disappointment and dismay at the BBC broadcast 'The Passionate Involvement: Bertrand Russell and the 20th Century' of April 14. The programme was marked by superficiality, lack of research and by inaccuracies...."