“CONTACTS IK ■PAPERBACK BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY# * When I realized that with very little "padding" such as contacts with paperback book publishers in addition to my —legitimate correspondence with magazines, thla writing career could be very adequate cover, I made the recommend”
“TO BE COMPILED BY willianso, in conjunction ti th SP. Williamson to be paid his fully daily rate, to enable him to neglect his fers regular work.q Force Curiere (The Cast Us the (6) BOOK TO BE SIGNED BY? Howard Hunt suggests, in France, some organization such aa the Polish”
“. 2 - is a mador wor -a co-plete pictorial Hist y not only of the i, atb >n setting that produced his, Ie international ratifications at are 60 much a part or h life, is intriji-s ions. Zoxexzxoamkiexexen :dxxxx But what is even .t tures i ODC rijoins, we are reacting: e s”
“14-00000 DR-A-P-T y/00waS D 7 Nov. 1950 To SHCB M F.T D-R-A c/0 LITTAUrR, who can keep this and subsequent letters in his safe, filed under HEADLEY, for Sizib to 4consult from time to time, if necessary. Sterilized letters, dealing with details of his work, I can ex”
“13-00000 H MAR 18 ‘97 06:59PM 4/3/78 HARDWAY P.14 Summais 0 of QKOPERA/L ERBLESS file 7/1/61 -8/28/04 on isThe Company Praege concerned r Publist I 2. A memo fry du as W. Beck "CA/PRop"dated 8/21/6) deals En the publication problems and.royalty of Milova Ch”
“boon bald by up not only by the above, 2 but —toing painfully human— by a lingering cosiro to koop TIE CHOICE e from being embalmed in the Donothing, Sloth & Pierde Funoral Parlors. I’ve now given it about all I’vo got and sill do ty darnodost he not to allce it - to causedi”
“e added that he already had conceived three plots that he felt would be suitable in this connection. 7. The writer, as mentioned above, encouraged Mr. Kennedy but stated he could make no substantial commitment, but that he would like to discuss these proposals with Chief, SRS and”
“14-00000 * oOuti - SErorr 0 5 S3pt 1950 wo RE: AGRSSHETT TO BE RADR BETWEEN OPC and ROBERT M, HEADLEY (pseud,) in ro publication of a book. (1) Beadley 1a i covort CPC coployso. He is either a staff agent one a contract employee; Mr. Willard (or-2798) can verify which”
“book that Molotov & Stalin would squirm when they read it, . and have no answer to. Then it will be good for publication anywhere," (1) Shub to move to NYC September 1.- W.SS. (V) Shmub to pay NYC associates $100.2 w.S.S.o for the photos they have already obtained,, plus $”
“14-00000 CONFIDENTIAL 30 Oct. 150 geoncy: 0209-2- IR, THOMPSON (1) X just phoned Shmub and asked him to got in touch mith you at the Biltmore around 9 a.n. Thursday, in re having lunch with you.• '(2) His phone in ACadony 2-0164, 510 Gest 110th St. N(3) To "STALL" PH”
“progress, you have pado to date." "*.. "Again lot co onphasiso the great enthusiasm so have for the ,. s-photo-book, and our complete confidence that it will have your own “brilliant, informed and incisive touch when completed." 28 Peer PANE: 30 5. Simb replied eweetor 110.57 ”
“2 or 3 days and work with Shub onit. NB: He said that, later, it might be possible for Shub to introduce ma . to his collaborator as an informal consultant whom he’d called in. In other and Security words, in attempting to sell our views of it to Shub, wo have also the prob”
“14-00000 - — Io-O-R-A-F-T Av.. 6 Nov. 1950 TO SNUB a vla HY,00, hand-carriod; who can keep this and any later letters for Slub to consult from time to time if necessary/ 4 lie can transmit periodic reports of progress via KY/O. sterilized ones direct Doar Boris, 8”
“***** u.st-3"AludwsVPrsis bone %8 OCErI-rAl. nr ne C T 12 Jon. 1951 Stull 1NOJEX REs Aepoonpet (16 Sept. 1950) botzocn CIA Fe e You will recall that in tho agreement, which you droa up and which too signed 16 Sopt. 1950 by lr. Eohols end POB:IT I. ECDLSY, it in provide”
“13-00000 3 TER 5: inerts dee-, secerns. PANTHEON BOOKS MADISON AVENUE/ NEW YORK 0012 A BEVISION OF RANIVUM HOUS , IN Pcdla 3 Banoeire 427 M PANTHEON AD Miss Margaret Randell ISO try. 9 Apartado Postal 13-546 NA Mexico 13, D.F. V H685W EN GET O”
“14-00000 -2 Biltroro recently / with IST_/. But your letter of November 8, 1950 had thite footnotes ‘Ploaco be sure not to say anything at all to anyone about the mutin frinn who won contioped at lunch / Dupson_/s very Ampor Lante ho’ll explain shy when and if ho sees you”
“: I. A-4 ankod if we had access to the rest of the book. I answered that to my knowledge these were the only tworcee chapters available at the moment. I conjectured that perhaps they were beng proofread, re written, etc., chapter by chapter And that these were the first two w”
“captions. We should make a book that Molotov & Stalin would squirm when they road 16, and have no answer to. Then it will to good for publication enythero,” - (11) Slmb to move to ITYC Septoober 1.' WSS W.S.S. (12) Shub to pay inC associates $100 for the photos they havo ”
“/ Warch 3, 1951 Dear Bill: Good to hear fro. you, even though your letter, as usual, too brierefor aty. a petite. Frod "our mutual . I do about jours.1 [a top Life lay-out man] C.fend willida" you owtore about activities than COP joratora *dcelgAl a fad 1te the as, i”
“to the birthday purse listed above: - t) Personal letter dated 21, October 1959 from Hax and Helm SHLAFROCX, 118-09 Bixlay Street, Rosedale 22, lew Yorke 28. Letters from Albert MATTE. (Attaement 13)1 a) In a lotter dated 23 September 1959 to rr. John K. Caldor, IMessrs, Joh”
“or classified. EYES ONLY رہو NW 65924 Docld:32400624 Page-3 -2- SECRET C SECRET EVES ONLY UNRelated 6. The writer indicated that the idea had merit and that possibly. he could be given some technical support on a covert basis. The writer wanted to know who would publish this, or ”
“this opportunity to send you my book, "Medical Psycho- logy", in three volumes of which this is Vol. I. I think I have covered everything of interest to you. Hoping to hear , from you soon, and with best wishes, I am. JAB/el enc. DJJES”
“Our ' friend will f 111 you in on the rests what remains to be done, how-to do it, etc. xitacx Of onia thing you , may be sure: If my collaborator stays with the project and if no act of God intervenes, the final product, wi11 be.the picture. boox of all time. He wants to see”
“satirical captions, in many languages_/ be approved in principle and a sum of $40,000 be appropriated for the development and distribution of. Bird!ar photobooks, a t the discretion of Chief. SP." L Anyhow, let’s get on with the book and, if noces sary, amend KMFUNNY or write”
“13-00000 P. 17 18 ‘97 07:00PM WUs/ HUNTSUMMARY files rev4 iew ed Hardway 4/7/78 ECPOEN -WURABBIT) folder 7, Box 2 Correspondence 2 (WICIRABBIT) Termination Folder I; Box 1 3. MPS Project file (WUPUNDITe) apo. included in 64 1 ANY INC (condui Ce Instit ND * 99 ”
“14-00000 asio 4FA9 07 File STALIN FHOTO BOOK uuuup. From CPU’s LOG, 2. May 1951 Bill Kintner has suggested that Mr. Burris Meyer consult with’lir Boris Shub in New York tomorrow on themes for black PT against the USSR, rinky and I see no objection to this meeting, and I”
“an quite a letter, but I an confident that if will be read xikxx--and even core important-- looked at, with absorbed interest this year, next and tends years from note That is more inportant, it will make cinvincing, I am certain, what no words, written or spoken, can ever m”
“14 (.- 1 Bill: Thi want Shubto be told that aw to complete his picture book hear that he is merelym promoting Choice. What are the fact $? When the picture book be finished? I also you to devise a system whereby we can check: Shub’s progress. Lastly, we Id never allo”
“54-00000 Doo, 18,1950 Dear Boring. Swolst - - I’ve phoned our friend and will be seeing him tomorrow corning. _—I do hope senothing or other may bring so to How York —though-fe 8& there‘a noimodiate proapoot - of it— as it: would be grout fun to foregather, 3/1 — Incide”
“14-00000 fey QUARYTLY REPORT ------ 6 Oct. ‘50 SECEt. KMFUR:IY: This project la to prodico a book of animal photon with satirical anti-Comunist captions for publication in Franco, It in boing developed with the assistance of Clarence A. Barnes, author of the best- celling ”
“that Robs. If. FEADLSY,tuxx contract agent, has instructions from IST, eftor finishing • the "Stalin" photo-book, to nouploto a biography of Stalin, for publication e in the U.S. under his con nono; with the expectation of foreign editions to A Nolic. HSS SECBES <”
“14-00000 CORATNUED- 9CONTROL - b). Subject’s check payable to Larry Edenindo Bookshop Is one losed in an envelope addrozeod to the bookshop and . postmarked 3 October 1952. Also oneloood La the letter listed above, on whion TULT2 has aided his comments, noting that S has”
“14-00000 9000 C-0-P-Y CrePET 4:E6 • 1739 N St Nf Nov. 13, 1950 Dear Boris, Many thanks for your excellent letter of the 13th, which I got this evening, and all the good news about "The Choice", which I’ll .share •"I’ll try to clarify about our mutual friend /lnson_/ j”
“Although Camilla (Kras Joan) PRM, of b Francis Avermo, Cambridge, P’assackumotts, writes on 11 October 1959 she would be hrpgy to translate oho of Subject’s novels, she must first be certain a publisher wants it. She does not want to repeat the unfortunate experience of Fleck”
“14-00000 SECRET/NOFORN CNTNUED CONTROL -10• 15. Correspor tonee pidtrosni to Subject at Yarto 14, San Angel, a) Letter from Kindler Vorlog, Lucile-drain-Ctrarse 37, Munich 8, Derany, dated 15 September 1959 and signed by Dr. 7. 3. RAIRATZ. IMVDT acknowledges receipt of ”
“4-00000 . 31 January 1967 4 Dear Sir: I as the Italian journalist Luigi Do Marchi who had, the honor of a brief interview with you on the 13th of January. - I have tried, up to now without .success , to get together with K.L . you again to continue our conversation. I ”
“= ) ERL Oay PIC 1 URB w—4 JI 1 HISTORY OFWORII 1 WAR 11 16oct 50 THE fused talents of Life’s entire photo- graphic and editorial staff have gone. into this superb new kind of history book. It contains nearly 1000 photographs, paint- ings, maps, many in color, an”
“CIA. He "has seen" it; i.e., presumably has seen "the sterilized notes Shub made of it, —since Shub retained no copy ol-e • . LUNSON understands that SITSN will own all rights to the book. I.e., SRN will simply step into theplace of CIA in the above agreement." I.e., SEI, .on”
“COrIDHTiAl 15 Jemary 1951 oEABET IN. THOIPSON SUBJECT, OLictiLB Shub’s work for SP. 15 Jan. 151 3. Ho is a covert "contract agent", contract expiring Ast Dec, 1951,. 2, As for os I know, he ie working only on the stal.mePHOTO-Boox, : a book of probably some 150 photos-”
“over to the undersigned a sample of his translation efforts —see the attached book. In response to my query. Subject admitted that his work again was of such * nature that he was a free agent, cane and went as he pleased, and generally was responsible to no one. Apparently in”
“14-00000 3 simplest to have the actual copyright in your name alone (ho could acsieh his share to you), 30 that are arrongerzents for foreign rublieation could be made with the minimum delay over the legal and security aspects. If I got it right, as of July 31 you had a”
“approved in principle and a sum of $40,000 bo appropriated for the development and distribution of "similar photobooks a t the discretion of Chief, SP." LAnyhow, let’a got cm with the bool end, if noceo sary, amend RHFUNSI/Y or write up a new project, lator /. IA (5). Took to b”
“09% SECRET/RGFORN CONTINUED CONTROL .P : -h- b) Another letter from RAISER U dated 1 Ootobor 1959 acknowledges receipt of the UN "Sc Survey Or LA 1957 and a registered package containing clippings. he Correspondence concerning Soven Shares in a Gold Mine.. (Attheaxentb”
“for Spies Willoughby, Shanghai Pinto. Spycatcher Philbrick. d Three Lives Murray. Spiedfor Stalin Fischer. t Opposition to Stalin Leites. Ope: 1or the Politburo Selznick. 0 reapon is entrust is 02 The official to Vo O' a 2:51 to SECRET om it concerns tth”
“1-00000 LGKCI/NUPUSN JONTEiGED CONTROL .5- a) A letter from Victor Jllanes Ltd., signed by Hilary RUB 57 1N and dated 29 September, is in answer to an order placed by Subject’s wife. a) A letter fron nilie, Czechoslovak Theatrical and Literary Arency, Prague, dated 26 S”
“14-00000 • . V8ss* CONTINUE# CONTROL 0. d) An envelope addressed to Dr. Eberhard PRUNING, Englisobod Dititut - Der Universitat Loipaig, Univorsitatatr. 3 - 5, Leipsif, C 1, oneloson a document in the Coman language. The document concerns an anand ont to a publishers’ ag”
“1 4-00000 bis” AM "SM"RCK CAM 3PROJECT (for Monthly Report, 27 April's.) Publloation of a book of photos with text exposing ovila of Stalin and this rogino throughout him career. *.* ex Croat progress has boon aide in cooctiling the bock, by BOB.PS I. HADLEY ard a collabo”
“14-00000 (@what‘s relationship of Spanish edition tq has - fats some of the an Wil s Said to have copies in Brussels. I haven't seen. Brussels is used as , European MOEC MM0€C_- a headquarters for Western Europe. People going through either to China copyright problems?" ”
“I it lifo, one of those $25,000 por onrum mon. For the present ho doesn’t want hi association alth the picture book known to his employer for bovural good and coxpolling rodoons. (Including the , fear th t they would plagiarizo the idea). But in the final stages he’ll have ”
“1 3 March 1951 DIMITROV signed a memorandum certifying that he had received three hundred dollars from Lawrence F. MacBRIDE, literary agent, representing a sum paid for a complete and unabridged option on the use and possible publica- « tion of three books written by me a”