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SV INT.. RUSSELL THROUGH HALL AND LOOKS AT BUST OF HIMSELF
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2.
CU BUST
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3.
SV RUSSELL AND WIFE ENTER LOUNGE, SIT DOWN
0.26

4.
SCU RUSSELL SPEAKS TO WIFE
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5.
FULL CU.. RUSSELL
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6.
SCU S.O.F. STARTS: "I SHOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO EXPRESS MY PROFOUND ADMIRATION..." S.O.F ENDS : "I... ALL LIVE IN A HAPPY, AND NOT A DISMAL, FUTURE."
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IN HIS TRIBUTE, EARL RUSSELL SAID:



"I SHOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO EXPRESS MY PROFOUND ADMIRATION TO THE SKILL THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN IN THESE TWO MANNED SATELLITES WHICH, AFTER CIRCLING THE EARTH FOR A NUMBER OF TIMES, WERE LANDED WITHIN SIX MINUTES OF EACH OTHER IN A CHOSEN SPOT. I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING FEATS OF SKILL, AND IT DESERVES CONGRATULATION FROM THE WHOLE WORLD."



"I SHOULD LIKE TO ADD JUST THIS: THAT NOW WHILE THE U.S.S.R. IS DEFINITELY ON TOP - THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT MAY REMAIN - NOW IS THE MOMENT WHEN GENEROSITY IN THE PURSUIT OF PEACE COULD BE SHOWN WITHOUT ANYBODY SUPPOSING THAT IT IS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS, AND I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL BE TAKEN BY THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT IN ORDER THAT WE CAN ALL LIVE IN A HAPPY, AND NOT A DISMAL, FUTURE."




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Background: BRITISH PHILOSOPHER LORD BERTRAND RUSSELL PAID TRIBUTE YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) TO THE FEATS OF SOVIET COSMONAUTS MAJOR ANDRIAN NIKOLAYEV AND LIEUT. COL. PAVEL POPOVICH ON COMPLETION OF THEIR EPIC SPACE FLIGHTS.

EARL RUSSELL, FILMED AT HIS HOME IN NORTH WALES, HAILED THE SPACE SHOTS AS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT OF SKILL, DESERVING GLOBAL CONGRATULATIONS. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT SINCE THE SOVIET UNION NOW APPEARED TO HAVE GAINED SUPREMACY IN MANNED SPACE SATELLITES, SHE COULD AFFORD TO SHOW "GENEROUSITY IN THE PURSUIT OF PEACE" WITHOUT SUPPOSING IT WAS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS.