Letter from Linus Pauling to Nikita S. Khrushchev. February 19, 1963. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Article: “U.S. Holds Soviet Stalls on Accord for a Testing Ban,” The New York Times. [Filed under LP Peace: Pauling Peace Research Notes: Box #6.012, Folder #12.3]
• Bank Statement from First Western Bank to LP and AHP RE: “Statement of Account.” Total of $13,384.30. [Check from AHP to Monthly Review December 22, 1962, Check from LP to Department of Motor Vehicles December 31, 1962, Check from AHP to Santa Anita Pools and Maintenance January 12, 1963, Check from AHP to Sunset Magazine January 12, 1963, Check from AHP to Southwest Museum January 12, 1963, Check from AHP to A.C.L.U. S. California Branch January 14, 1963, Check from AHP to J.W. Robinson January 15, 1963, Check from LP to U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service January 22, 1963, Check from LP to Mrs. Joan Harris January 23, 1963, Check from LP to American Academy of Neurology January 23, 1963, Check from LP to American Humanist Association January 23, 1963, Check from LP to Miracle Offset January 23, 1963, Check from AHP to Jiro Sugita January 25, 1963, Check from LP to Bennett Travel Agency January 31, 1963, Check from LP to Robert H. Shutan January 31, 1963, Check from LP to Fantasy and Science Fiction January 31, 1963, Check from LP to Mrs. Linda Hopkins January 31, 1963, Check from LP to R.C. LaForce February 1, 1963, Check from LP to C.I.T. Bookstore February 1, 1963, Check from AHP to Brown and Welin February 2, 1963, Check from AHP to Pantorium February 3, 1963, Check from AHP to Soco Western February 3, 1963, Check from AHP to Texaco, Inc. February 3, 1963, Check from AHP to Athenaeum February 3, 1963, Check from AHP to Sunset Magazine February 3, 1963, Check from AHP to Scientific America February 3, 1963, Check from AHP to Santa Anita Pools and Maintenance February 3, 1963, Check from AHP to Nelson Gordon Ranch February 4, 1963, Check from AHP to F.D.R. Club February 4, 1963, Check from AP to Humanist Council of Southern California February 4, 1963, Check from LP to Fred A. Stewart Inc. February 13, 1963, Check from LP to Heron Teak February 13, 1963, Check from LP to Yourselves February 18, 1963] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.027, Folder #27.2]
• Check from AHP to Jiro Sugita RE: $20.00.  [Bank Statement from First Western Bank to LP and AHP March 19, 1963] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.027, Folder #27.2]
• Check from AHP to the Democratic Women’s Club of Pasadena RE: $3.00.  [Bank Statement from First Western Bank to LP and AHP March 19, 1963] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.027, Folder #27.2]
• Invoice from C.I.T bookstore to LP: “Copy. Nobel: Man and His Prizes.” for $16.74. [Filed under LP Biographical: Materials re: Correspondence, Memoranda: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, C.I.T., 1957-1964: Box #1.022, Folder #22.2] 
• Letter from Aaron Ganz, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, National Institutes of Science, RE: Sends a duplicate of his letter sent to LP on December 5, 1963 in which he requested LP’s evaluation of Oleg Jardetzky.  Requests LP’s reply to the letter. [Letter from Ganz to LP December 18, 1962, Letter from LP to Ganz March 4, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence:(Jardetzky, Oleg and Christine) #188.3]
• Letter from Alan S. Wingrove, University of California, to LP. RE: Invites him to deliver the annual Phi Lambda Upsilon Lecture on May 8 or 15. [Letter from Hopkins February 21, 1963] [Filed under LP Speeches: Speeches by LP, 1963: Box #1963s Folder #1963s.16]  
• Letter from Edward W. Hughes, Acta Crystallographica, to A. Hordvik, Hailie Sellassie I University, cc: LP, RE: Explains that Dr. Stanford’s manuscript has not been accepted for publication by Acta Crystallographica.  Requests that Hordvik provide details about his research on the subject for use in deciding how much of Stanford’s manuscript to publish. [Letter from Hordvik to Wilson February 8, 1963, Letter from LP to Hordvik February 19, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence:(H: Correspondence, 1963) #169.1]
• Letter from LP to A.E. Rule, Santa Anita Pools & Maintenance, RE: Thanks Rule for the motor bid and authorizes him to proceed with the installation of a new motor. [Letter from Rule to LP February 18, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1962-1963), #382.2] 
• Letter from LP to Asbjorn Hordvik, Haile Sellassie I University, RE: Explains his opinion of the situation between Dr. Stanford and Hordvik over the publication of Stanford’s paper in Acta Crystallographica.  Says he believes Stanford has behaved in a proper manner. [Letter from Hughes to Hordvik February 19, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence:(H: Correspondence, 1963) #169.1]
• Letter from LP to Chairman Nikita Khrushchev. [Letter from LP to Ziferstein February 19, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Z: Individual Correspondence (Zachariasen- Ziferstein)) #464.8]  

  19 February 1963

  Chairman Nikita Khrushchev

  Moscow, U.S.S.R.

  Dear Chairman Khrushchev:

  In 1961 I had the honor to receive a letter from you, in answer to my communications to you.

  I am writing now to ask your assistance in connection with the application that has been made by my friend Dr. Isidore Ziferstein for a visa to permit him and his wife to spend a year in the Soviet Union, from April 1963 to April 1964, in order to carry out a study of the dynamic psychotherapy that is practiced in the Soviet Union.

  During recent years I have become interested in mental disease, and I have professional reasons for hoping that Dr. Ziferstein will succeed in carrying out his plan. I feel that it should constitute a significant contribution to science and medicine.

  My principal reason for writing to you is to tell you that I vouch completely for Dr. Ziferstein's honesty and integrity. He has been a close friend of mine for several years. He is, among all the people in Southern California, one of the most outstanding workers for peace and International cooperation. I can give you the strongest possible personal assurance about the integrity and honesty of Dr. Ziferstein. I believe that a significant service to peace and international cooperation, as well as to science and medicine, would be rendered by their spending a year in the Soviet Union and working in cooperation with Soviet psychiatrists.

  For personal reasons Dr. Ziferstein and Mrs. Ziferstein are eager to arrive in the Soviet Union before the middle of April 1963, and then to return to the United States before the beginning of April 1964. I accordingly ask that you take whatever action you can to achieve the issuing of a Soviet visa to them for this period of time.

  I have also written to Academician Keldysh, President of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., and to Academician Blokhin, President of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Details about the program of work that Dr. Ziferstein plans to carry out, with the assistance of Mrs. Ziferstein, are contained in the letters to them.

  Respectfully yours,

  Linus Pauling:lh

• Letter from LP to Dr. Isidore Ziferstein RE: LP informs Ziferstein that he has sent his materials to Keldysh and Blokhin and encloses copies of those letters.  He also sent a letter to Chairman Khrushchev, of which a copy is enclosed as well. [Letter from Ziferstein to LP February 14, 196363, Letter from LP to N. Blokhin February 19, 196363, Letter from LP to M. Keldysh February 19, 196363, Letter from LP to Chairman Nikita Khrushchev February 19, 196363, Letter from LP to Canon L. John Collins March 5, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Z: Individual Correspondence (Zachariasen- Ziferstein)) #464.8]
• Letter from LP to M. Keldysh RE:  LP recommends that Isidore Ziferstein be allowed to live in the Soviet Union in order to complete some psychiatric research. [Letter from LP to Ziferstein February 19, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Z: Individual Correspondence (Zachariasen- Ziferstein)) #464.8]
• Letter from LP to N. Blokhin RE: LP recommends that Isidore Ziferstein be allowed to live in the Soviet Union in order to complete some psychiatric research. [Letter from LP to Ziferstein February 19, 196363, Letter from Blokhin to LP April 4, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Z: Individual Correspondence (Zachariasen- Ziferstein)) #464.8]  
• Letter from LP to Professor Simeon E. Leland, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Northwestern University, RE: In response to Leland’s request of LP’s opinion on Albert L Allred. LP says that he hasn’t had much contact with Allred, outside of his publications. However, his papers are well written and he is an original investigator, and thus the promotion from assistant professor to associate professor should be granted. [Letter from Leland to LP February 13, 1963, Letter from Leland to LP March 4, 1963]  
• Letter from Michael Levi Matar, Counsellor at Law, to LP RE: Discusses preparation in the trials against the Hearst Corporation and against the National Review, mentions settlement preparations and the need for a list of character witnesses. [Letter from LP to Matar, February 13, 1963, Letter from LP to Matar, March 5, 1963] [LP Biographical: Legal: Pauling v. National Review, Buckley, et al., 1961-1969: Box #3.016, Folder #16.1]
• Letter from Peter Pauling to LP. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal and Family, Box 5.044, Folder 44.5]

  19/2/63

  Dear Daddy,

  Sorry to delay. I lost the [?]

  Dacre and Davies are advised [?] me as pretty good. Likely to get good degrees. Dacre has higher marks. Both attended tutorials well and took an interest.

  Babunmi is a biochemist, failed 1st year last year and is repeating; likely to fail again. Very nice, sweet boy.

  Love,

  Peter