“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 / 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 ”
“RZITFS KAYA, Foreign Commission of Union of Soviet Nciterd, 52 Ulitse Yorovakogo, Moscow, us neo 4 - below/ Kiss Denta adonx, Liternturnaya Oazeta, Zvotnoi Tulrar 3, Moscow, ISA b) In another letter dated 23 September 1259, and addressed to Me. Bulary : RAN TN [Y, Victor Co”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“publication in Jeutnh Currents an article or travel letter about any one of Ua countries he visited recently. 0) Letter fron Ceienne & Society, 30 East 20th Street, Nov York 3, D.Xe, dated 2d September 1959 and signed by T. E. 11.TOP, recrotary. { wolfsh press cuttings will ”
“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 ”
“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”
“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”
“investigate. PRICE. "I could be 100% wrong on this estimate," but: it should cost a- minimum of $1.25 to print, and, if wo want to make 25, net $2.95 or $3.00 would be the minimum at which Brentano could retail it. / I i11 bet it will come too more than this. ASS.e.7-. Shub'”
“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”
“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”
“is) for recruitment in 1952. I submitted the complete Section I of the PRR on him and we had a tentative arrangement that sometime in the future, whereever he might be, if approached by the organisation, he would work or cooperate with a temporary project, what ever the case ”
“. 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”
“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”
“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 -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”
“by Costa Amie, 1962, financed by Als Radical Revolucionario de El Salvador) was doing the translation into English. Early in 1963, AREVALO told me that the translation hadn’t been satisfactory and therefore STUART had obtained a re- translation, by Charleton DEALS. When STUA”
“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 ”
“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 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”
“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”
“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”
“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 $”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“UL Cl: 62’0 Nov. 19 Mansion Plioard fin N.Y. (hemin). He hoda Ero 1 conversation with shub that pomigand 1 Lesson Nov. 21. They loth secin to wand de Bosk. 1 Nov. 20 Simo suer Munson at hotel. Munson expertsto see Shub timoioer. Suren is going to do the book. the D”
“***** 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”
“' 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”
“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”
“October 1959 Subject posos to FRENKEL a series of questions concerning the Pagannah leaders and Irpun morbers. Subject indicates that "Otto" /probably 98ct 27 was in Mexico the previous week, working with Subject on the story. "Ctto* will bo arriving at the Hotel Dan between”
“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”
“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”
“aison and External Operations Branch SUBJECT Manuscript: Give Us This Day Author: Edward J. Hamilton A letter from Tom Wallace of Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, Inc. book publishere dated July 9, 9, 1968 and addressed to Bill Buckley of the National Review discusses subject publica”
“A l l whone ahs 4AA SECRET 30 March 1951 h "WSAAXTM N in g SIMs phoned SHUB, 1200 To ask him to see Jack Morgan (IA) (on an LA job). Samb said he will be in town both Tuesday and Wed., and that Morgan can always reach him in the mornings, anytime.” 97 . ir 0.3 gy - -— ”
“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”
“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”
“son and External Operations Branch SUBJECT : Manuscript: Give Us This Day Author: Edward J. Hamilton A letter from Tom Wallace of Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, Inc. book publishers dated July 9, 1968 and addressed to Bill Buckley of the National Review discusses subject publicatio”
“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 ”
“3 as they exceed his annual salary, I asked "What portion?" and Lyle said "oh, perhaps . or 1/3," which, if the excess were $12,000 —a figure Lyle - suggested as possible— would bring him in an extra $4 or $6,000. ’Shub's contract with CIA expires 31 Dec. 1951. His contract ”
“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”
“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 ”
“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”
“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”
“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”