“… given to the DCD Miami office by a contact (not identified) on 23 August who obtained it from Oscar FREELY. FREELY 1s writing a book on Frank STURGIS. ' . " 2. STURGIS is to appear on the Tomorrow Show at 2 a.m.s on 24 August, which is to be narrated by Tom Schnoidor. STURGIS just rece …”
“Inon,A 2101 Stanlay Tilln rive, Ton Anr ripa 13, Calfrnin. (A 1tocisientidna 4.2.10201-5239 •) In an envelope postmarked 16 September 1757 Philip STtVff'OS sends Subject a copy of a memorandum dated 14 Doptoaber 1959 which STEVECON hadasent to ly ANZEL. 5T..NVENSO2 is sending”
“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 1 1 15 Sept. 1950 To BoRis S80B. Just thinking out loud. If you care to call it thinking. Call it- "revolt in the provinces", "Trotskyist deviationism" if you like. But don’t let it upset your digestion. --This will be a wonderful book. Really woll done, it shou”
“14-00000 ■ 2 to LST, and there is or was a contract with Vanguard. " First, 1 was instructed to draw up a Frojact to subsidize David Shub to complete the biography. Later I was told the t Doris had boon sent to NC, with Dacruccione to complete it himself. IST, a few days”
“14-00000 .0 I know of no affiliations of STCART with foreign political parties of government. Hia attempts to get close to Fidel CASTRO in 1960 were motivated by a desire to exploit the journalistic advantages of an interview. His original interest in The Shark and the Sa”
“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 "I 1&93 32nd St., B. W. i nov. 9, 1950 Doar Boris. 4 1 We are very anxious to hevo the photo-bock finished as fast possible.: Handled ps ,you along eon do 1s, this book will be end of the most effective shots that can bo fired and we need 16 0 • due i yrtaj”
“14-00000 27 June ‘50 1 Ror “STALIN" FEOTO-BOK. Tergst Stalls. vl Daciothem: Stalin means E13, For publication ina to be suitable for publication in any country. France to start zith. Itegi B: "It should b so good that Stalin himself couldn’t answer it. Captions to be ”
“14-00000 P560 th SECRIS 17 April 1951 . eeng-T 1 FOR QUARTERLY RIPCRT 1 Ploaca change part on =STALIK= PHOTO COOK PROJECT as follomss a. Swon Publishing Company will publish and is mooting expanses. ' L Delete the rest of this para. - 1' o. Dock will consist of some 1”
“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”
“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”
“publisher 1(more or less) to finish it, before resuming work on the biography. - -v- deal with ..2 .- Since the photo-book and the biography have the same subject-matter, ---- — .I suppose there in a bare possibility that you could work on the photo-book during "office" hours”
“14-00000 #- 28 Aug. I950 BORIS Mrs. Poland is going to got the duplicates made just sa fast as sho can. She couldn’t give a time limit on it this a.A Incidentally, ro the 68 photos for which you got tho agonoios" bill of about $150 this morning, she says agonaion like t”
“And (b) in they usoji my photos from Life’s files, as mall as from agoncios. he will have to got permission for that too. should all be if Stab koops up his.cover as private citison. uss CCs hr. Winston Stalin" photo-book file. SECRET”
“14-00000 L 1.2. No Shmb & other SP work. JHIIL, a wookor two ago, was about then Shub about 809 job h wontod Nin to do. I suggested he leave him concentrate on the photo-bock. • 13. Ro Doris Stub’s & David Shmbie emogtzitr of ALI". I suemor, OLISTEAD bowing raised the ra”
“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”
“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”
“13-00000 Tim Stress SolieBb minor pout of possi Russ b le interest toAn M. St e vens in he novel etal, is info we had That draft / M ay. lette waofslifound (al l egedl y noleum coverin Saik ) under SlAlsoainstill boardquestion rather than a nug. of who may have w”
“14-00000 - SECRET 20 June 50. 20 joe is; sag- H.Jas WF.Ra1 0 get 8 (1) he "STALIN IS HITLER" PHOTO BOCK, suggested by you 16 June. (2) I have asked ISP to supply us with all available personality photos of Hitler & Stalin, 1.e. "photos in which they appear in close-up”
“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”
“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-”
“14-00000 [ 1- 25 Sept. 1950 [To St] Ko you probably man in yesterday’s "II. Y. Times Book Revlow",, 1 sucos & SCHUSTER will bo the. publishers this fall of "The Life of FI in Photo raphe and Toxt" (ale) Stefan Lorant, and of LIFete Picture History of Forld Her 11% ,Al”
“14-00000 ■ i 6, ■r LETTER TO BORIS SHUB Sopt. 11, 1950 Dick hopos to 000 you in poroon noct wookond. Voanshilo I entirely O to go ohood. The copyright should I all la your nomes Lay-cit assistant should bo offered only a fixed foe, —half domn. half on publication. Alo”
“14-00000 to 459 2 Re "Stalin'1 bio-Taphy and/or Stalln photo-book. inane That leaves’ the question whether you are supposed to be working on In completion of the "Stalin" biography or on the Stalin photo-book, or on both. That is your own proference? (1).■ On the on”
“When in the early part of ‘1955 it became obvious that my University cover was not only weak but also identified with my targets and thereby creating a. security dilemma, I began exploring the possibilities of utilizing my secondary cover which was "street photography". Finan”
“MR BRIAN- ■ 25 August 1950 MLORANOUL FOR RECORD SUBJECT Conference of JAIJ. SJaib ond ino. Sits, 25, ro "STALL" photo book. (1) Socio 20g /photos were examined, the best, about 67, obtained by Shub in NY, the othord furniahst W CIA Graphics, plus some magesino articles with”
“14-00000 / b Letter.from Shub to Sims, 2 Sect, 1950: "... On the picture book: I an following your idea of trying to get a working draft done myself, with a clear story and a tentative & arrangement of pictures, before calling in a collaborator. I am going to need many ”
“resuming work on the biography? If so, that might be an argument for completing the biography first. X SEsiisjM . . • , Please give me all relevant details as to the current status with Vang ard. : As far as, anyone here knows, you have only oral instructions to complete the”
“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 ”
“0 0 0 9 9 2 C 1 T 2 0 0 -9 - ZL May 1951 If you decide you really need any of these, ploane let me know promptly, citing the XYZmxber, so I can got the necessary permission. Colt shouldn’t be too difficult to got perminh, especially for M NW ***20 082, 3,6,47 There are ”
“' 2. to para, 4 of the above-mentioned agreement (16 Sept. 1950), according to which "You will be required to transfer the gross royalties to CIA..." (This agreement was also drafted by Ur. Kelley). There doesn’t seem to be any difficulties of substance there., There has be”
“14-00000 i 5 Sept. 1950 To Boris Shmub $10 W.no S% Thanks for rocoipt. —They expest to have the photos ready tomorrows tnother arrangements are proceeding apace and in the suplest ooner. teo Thought you’d like to coe tids editorials 1 ncn-matermark 1, I 1 { ”
“14-00000 -■ AIR. TysmTSoN 25 August I950 MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD SUBJECT; Confaronca of, JBHI, Stab and Sine, Aug, 25. ra "STALIN". photo book. (1) Some 202 photos were examined; the best, about 67, obtained by Shub in NY, the others furnished by CIA Graphics; plus some ”
“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 ”
“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”
“photos already on tag hand, etc. and (4) perhaps most important: it could be completed in loss *- time than would be required to complete the biography.‘ Pe ZJBINI: I wrote him yesterday, when sending him the Pocle paper, .74 to be particularly careful not to say anything a ”
“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”
“SRRet -Afe • Jan. 1951 LE. PISTON Re: "STALING PHOTO-SOCK# tie-in with Life. Mito DAILY DIAEY of Jan. 27. "Pfornio of rest rmbateg informed so that he understood that Who and Life absolutely did not; want any of their people connected with any intelligence organization and”
“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 Stoke July 6, 1964 LYLE STUART AREVALO "ANTIKOMUNISMO EN AMERICA LATINAY Early in the spring of 1962, here in Mexico, Arevalo told me that Stuart was prodding him about getting another of his books translated, to take ad- vantage of the publicity around "The Sh”
“the 4g " o ra l 4AtiM 4 ceat19* / SECRET - file "STALIN" FHOTO-BOOK a 2 3 * h > F i t MlkRatite4. • 20 Feb. 1951 Re SHUB and BRAINWAVE.* At request of lir. linston I phoned * Shub (AC-2-0164) to ask 3 5 about progress on the Photo-book, and what is the earliest date”
“14-00000 SECRET 3March 1951 STATUS OF W.S.S. PROJECTS /. "STALIN" PHOTO-DOOK PROJECT. /This has hot yet been formally written up as a project, because it has been being implemented, de facto, by our salaried contract agent HEADLEY, in conjunction with the publisher Swen”
“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”
“14-00000 SECRET -2 - United Stotos John Downy, hilosofhar 7 .: Joinhold Bloouhr, Theologian and Publicist Jitnoy Books, : hilooofbor and Gritor MOO the following Herbert itend- ' - haymond aron : Ko/Loure . Hendryk brugons Frode Jakobsolto David Billions. Irving ”
“14-00000 ,4 otulrul 30 Aug. 150 Gave SNUB Amson’s file of magasije articles on Stalin (which ho doesn’t went returned), and Cranksham article of 25-6-50 in Sunday ...... NY Times" magasino "AGAIN TI ATLE FOR LESIN’S UNrLzn, marked "Please return to WSS when & if you can ”
“14-00000 3 /2 it J. it would be simplest to have them in yours alone from the start (or he could assign his to you), so that arrangements for foreign publication / perhaps by Swon_/ could be made with the minimi delay muoxbiga over the legal and security aspects. If I g”
“SECRET 18 May 1951 RE "STAI.HOTHOTO TOOK W.09323 (also KMUaNY Communist Zoo) SDS saw LUNSON from 11 to 12.40 09B09 A the rough review of the whole set-up. Munson stressed two points: (1) "The book must be locked up by July 31." Otherwise it couldn’t be printed in Sep”
“Theatrical (Attaornent 14) and Litorary a) Letter from Dili, fatad 2h September 1959, is signed by Dr. Vojtoch ETokJ. Subject in requested to mend another copy of him-pley Knek PiL for the Slovak translation. b) Lotter fron Cilia, dated 29 September 1959, is eirned by "Barn”
“. 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”