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Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers relating to a meeting of Nobel Prize winners and Pope John Paul II

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Correspondence, draft speeches, notes and press cuttings relating to a meeting of Nobel Prize winners and Pope John Paul II, Rome, Dec 1980, organised by international humanitarian organisation Nova Spes, including: correspondence between Wilkins and Cardinal Franz Konig, founder of Nova Spes; attendance list, with biographical notes (in Italian); text of John Paul II’s speech, ‘Need for scientists and theologians to develop a constructive dialogue’; text of the resolution of the Nobel Prize winners; typescript drafts of Wilkins’ speech, ‘The problem of nuclear weapons’; text of speech by Hans Krebs, ‘Biological and medical aspects of juvenile delinquency’; press cuttings (in English and Italian). Original file title ‘Nova spes’.

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Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers relating to a meeting of Nobel Prize winners and Pope John Paul II

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