The contents are as follows. (i) Notes, chiefly on Russian schools and universities, made in connection with Christopher Murray Grieve’s “Hugh MacDiarmid's” visit to Russia in 1950 (folio 1); (ii) Diary of the first week of the visit to Russia, 1950 (folio 10); (iii) Quotations and miscellaneous notes on pages torn from a diary for 1948 (folio 14). They include brief notes on a visit to Berlin in 1951 (folio 24 verso).