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survive. Not the Kennedys. Urged byRussell, who should have gotten the Nobel Peace Prize -- both of them, they should have shared it, I think. And Russell wanted that prize, badly, for that intervention.

Bertrand Ruseell who -- it was Bertrand Russell who persuaded Khrushchev that the future of mankind was even more important than his own personal destiny.

Q:

When you say Bertrand Russell shared that correspondence with you, you mean his correspondence with Khrushchev?

Clark:

Yes. Mamie and I evisited him in Wales, in the summer of 1963. One of the most -- it was a day that I'll never forget. I mean, it was one of -- one of these days, I should talk about that day.

Q:

I'll put it on the check list.

Clark:

But he wrote the comment, on my DARK GHETTO, --

Q:

-- all right, we have that subject, and your further details on --

Clark:

-- APA --

Q:

-- your presidency, and perhaps your relationship with Gunnar Myrdal, your collaborating on the sequel to AMERICAN DILEMMA.

Clark:

Which we're no longer doing.

Q:

oh, you're no longer doing it?





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