![EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter (a draft, unsigned) to 'S[ehr] G[eehrter] H[enry] U[sborne]', n.p., n.d. [1 September 1948] (the recipient and date identified by a pencilled annotation on verso), in German, the body of the letter in seven numbered paragraphs, one page, 4to, numbered '319' in blue pencil (staple holes to top left corner).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2007/CKS/2007_CKS_07399_0081_000(021230).jpg?w=1)
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EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter (a draft, unsigned) to 'S[ehr] G[eehrter] H[enry] U[sborne]', n.p., n.d. [1 September 1948] (the recipient and date identified by a pencilled annotation on verso), in German, the body of the letter in seven numbered paragraphs, one page, 4to, numbered '319' in blue pencil (staple holes to top left corner).
ON WORLD GOVERNMENT. Einstein's writes quickly in response to a letter from Usborne, discussing proposals put forward by [?Robert] Vansittard and Bernard Baruch [who in June 1946 proposed international control of atomic energy], on whose plan he comments 'One cannot abolish an individual weapon but only war as a whole; but this can only be achieved by World Government', commenting on the Russian rejection of the Baruch Plan that their 'counter-offer about a general disarmament without international control cannot be taken seriously ... the Russians will reject ... any kind of limitation on their sovereignty'; the key question, in Einstein's view, is how 'W.G.' can be achieved without becoming 'an anti-Russian coalition', adding his own belief that if World Government is constructed in 'in the right way (not the clumsy Trumanian way [words in English in the original]), Russia will cooperate as soon as it realises that the creation of an efficient W.G. can't be prevented'. The letter concludes with a suggestion that pressure from Europe could be helpful in persuading the US government.
Einstein was much identified with the concept of 'World Government' (the setting up of international legal bodies) in the post-war years. The recipient, Henry Usborne, was a British MP for 14 years from 1945, and founded the All-Party Parliamentary Group for World Government in 1947.
ON WORLD GOVERNMENT. Einstein's writes quickly in response to a letter from Usborne, discussing proposals put forward by [?Robert] Vansittard and Bernard Baruch [who in June 1946 proposed international control of atomic energy], on whose plan he comments 'One cannot abolish an individual weapon but only war as a whole; but this can only be achieved by World Government', commenting on the Russian rejection of the Baruch Plan that their 'counter-offer about a general disarmament without international control cannot be taken seriously ... the Russians will reject ... any kind of limitation on their sovereignty'; the key question, in Einstein's view, is how 'W.G.' can be achieved without becoming 'an anti-Russian coalition', adding his own belief that if World Government is constructed in 'in the right way (not the clumsy Trumanian way [words in English in the original]), Russia will cooperate as soon as it realises that the creation of an efficient W.G. can't be prevented'. The letter concludes with a suggestion that pressure from Europe could be helpful in persuading the US government.
Einstein was much identified with the concept of 'World Government' (the setting up of international legal bodies) in the post-war years. The recipient, Henry Usborne, was a British MP for 14 years from 1945, and founded the All-Party Parliamentary Group for World Government in 1947.
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