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Correspondence with William Gallacher, 1941-1949 |
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CP/IND/MONT/6/1. This correspondence predominantly consists of an uncorrected copy of a script sent to Gallacher by Montagu and a transcript version of the same. This script is for a short propaganda film where a man who impregnantes a woman and abandons her is shot. The communist characters in the house all provide alibis for each other and a lot of sympathy for Communism is expressed. The film concludes with the policeman departing the scene with the communists to deliver communist propaganda despite the murder remaining unsolved. |
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Correspondence with Nora Hellgren, Stockholm, 1942-1950 |
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CP/IND/MONT/6/2. Commencing with transatlantic comparisons of war-time rationing and its effects; this correspondence then discusses the health of Montagu's wife, the struggle to establish a 'Progressive Party' in the United States during the 1940's and Swedish attitudes towards the Swedish Communist party. |
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Correspondence with Ivan Maisky, 1943-1965 |
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CP/IND/MONT/6/3. These items include an article titled 'Meetings with George Bernard Shaw' and an account of 'Days of Trial: From the Memoirs of an Ambassador' which describes the invasion of Russia from Saturday June 21 1941, the evening before the invasion, to the end of the Moscow Conference in December 1943. Other related correspondence is also included. |
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Correspondence with Joseph Needham regarding publication of Needham's Two Minute Talks |
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CP/IND/MONT/6/4. The Two Minute Talks are prefaced by advertisements for literature opposing nuclear armament and by correspondence of a similar nature, 1981-1982. The 'Two-Minute Talks' by Dr. Joseph Needham F.R.S., as given over the air 19.4.82 to 5.4.82 in the Late Night series of Thames T.V. titled "Sit Up & Listen", are included here. These typescript and printed versions of Joseph Needham's seven 'Two-Minute Talks' cover the following subjects: I. Nuclear armament, II. The role of justice in politics, III. The role of systemic and natural evolution in societal development, IV. The inevitability of social truths recurring throughout history, V. Mechanisation and the inevitable increase in wages for reduced working hours, VI. How the evolution of learning in public health can save lives, and VII. The requirement of the social element in religious and scientific learning. |
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Correspondence with Sean O'Casey, re the film of Juno and the Paycock |
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CP/IND/MONT/6/5. Correspondence with Sean O'Casey, mainly 1928-30 regarding the film of Juno and the Paycock, directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1930; also one letter from O'Casey regarding Bernard Shaw 9.12.55. |
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Letters from Harry Pollitt incl Pollitt's review of Montagu's book 'The Traitor Class' |
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CP/IND/MONT/6/6. Letters from Harry Pollitt including Pollitt's review of Montagu's book 'The Traitor Class' mid-1940 (review apparently not published); also correspondence relating to Pollitt's general election broadcasts 1945 and 1950 with a copy of Pollitt's 1945 general election broadcast. |
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Correspondence with Denis Noel and Mollie Pritt, with copy of Montagu's oration at DNP's funeral |
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CP/IND/MONT/6/7. Correspondence with Denis Noel and Mollie Pritt on the subjects of print publications and travel to Eastern Europe, with a copy of Montagu's oration at DNP's funeral, 1944-1979. |
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Correspondence with Mary R. Richardson of the Redeemism movement, 1956 |
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CP/IND/MONT/6/8. In this correspondence Richardson requests the use of an address near Marble Arch where her campaign can be based for legal reasons, an address which can be printed on her Redeemism leaflets and which needs to be established prior to her speech in Hyde Park. These items also include a publication of the goals of Redeemism followed by a manuscript and a typescript copy of her 'article' on the necessity of Redeemism 'To-Day - To-Morrow - The Day After'. |
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Correspondence with Andrew Rothstein, 1953-1978 |
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CP/IND/MONT/6/9. These articles of correspondence contain views on Montagu's existing works, requests for Montagu to write further works, commentary on resources relating to Communism that were produced by other authors, and discussion of resource acquisition and distribution. |
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Correspondence with Professor Robert A. Rupen regarding Mongolian Politics, 1958-1959 |
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CP/IND/MONT/6/10. These items feature Montagu's detailed comments upon Rupen's 'Conclusions' which were to form a part of a revised article titled 'Mongolian Nationalism'; this article was to appear in the April and October 1958 issues of the Royal Central Asian Journal. Montagu's commentary discusses geography, politics, Mongolian national identity, demographics, Mongolia's relationship with China, Mongolia's desire to join the United Nations and various over such subjects. |
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