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.