Eaton writes, "As you undoubtedly know, Professors Rabinowitch, Glass and Brown recently took occasion to issue a statement disavowing any association with me. Professors Doty and Wiesner were active collaborators, although their names did not appear. The statement took the form of a letter to the editors of the New York Herald Tribune and the Washington Post, and purported to speak for all of the Pugwash scientists."

Eaton has not issued a statement and felt it was important to write to BR about the matter so he "... will know that I have not been a party to the mis-statements of which the five American scientists have irresponsibly accused me."