“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”
“: 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”
“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”
“14-00000 / 6 Oct. 1950 An zot Hon many rieturog? Emx Tinea" b ook pago says THE PICIVER STORY or FRANIKZ.DN DELANO ROO EVIKLT by Gono Schoor, which will be issued Bov. 7 by Frederick Poll, will contain - 125 illustrations with 20,000 torda of toxtsoo par 6 This i”
“-00000 SECRET. Brilon a.max va files "STALIN" PHETO-BOCK eronET STS saw LISC in h’s, hotel 19 March 1951 lunsan said they are now planning in terms of a book of up to 220 mos, botusee, 1,000 and 1,500 jhstos" (com of which sight to tuo or four photos to a pugo. "It will ”
“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”
“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”
“’ P R A R -A H A L L g ** . ' SECRET ‘ Ni/au2240.ci8uG Re: KMFUNNY............ .and "STALIN" PHOTO-BOOKS SINS saw MUNSON in his hotel, Dec. 19, 1950 % Munson leaves for NY this evening. OK to leave messages for him to phone. Re KOKE-BOOK. He mentioned a contemplated po”
“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”
“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 ”
“Wgks A t ST ke erneoT VHT. M. < 12 Jan. 1951 QUESTION for. Punsons Ro the second photo-book: Stadvin Biography : Any dates or figures that could go in a progress report?4 Priss-April gold is " What does he e ctimate will be total number of photos? 150 Any tentativ”
“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 / Pi Fit COPY. September 2, 1950 o’ Roceivod from Robert y. Hoddley the sun of one hundred (100) dollars in as rirt payment for services in procuring photographs for f- the Stalin picture book project. W. J. Green —original given to. John Bischoff P 5 Se”
“(6) Publication to be in the US first, with a view to subsidization (if necoss^sy) of editions (possibly abridged) in Western Europe and elsewhere, ------ • . - • (9) Publisher. JBIII: "Duoll would be lousy, You’d get no advertising, Simon & Schuster would be excellent if you”
“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”
“= ) 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”
“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”
“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 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 ”
“eros' SECRET" cl0,D 16 apil 1951‘ DCAFT FOR QUARTS LY RS-GNYT. "STALIN" PIDTO-BOCK PROJECT: publication of a book of photos with text exposing the treacheries, brutality, ote,, of Stalin and his regins throughout' ear. a Suon Publishing Company will publish and is meeting ”
“510 West: 110 Street New York 25, New York March 22, 1951 Dear Sill: Picture book now in high, gear as layout is beginning to take shape. New pictures of both historical and photographic pricelessness still coming in e.g. a shot showing a wildly cheering crowd of Russian p”
“refers to the books by I. and Anders, t 4 * M..Photog. The NY Times, serialining Charchill, 9 Nov. 1950, had, if you are interested in irony or impudence or whatever, eruthor blurred photo. Preleaseds at the time by SOVFOTO,” which Sorfoto described as showing members of th”
“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 ”
“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”
“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”
“into shape for the printer in April or May. "99". N-nmi ad: When this is written up as a Project, it will be a Sub-project unders-9-"0" EMFUNNY. KMFUNNY, approved long ago, includes a Recommendation (para 5)—."—* ".. that the sune of $40,000 be appropriated for the development”
“14-00000 -2 (8) Publication to bo in tho US. first, with a viog to subsidisation (if nocdebary) of editions (possibly abridged) in Western Europe end eloowhoro. (9) Fublishor. JBIII:"Duoll would be lousy. You’d got no advertising. Simon & Sonustor would be excellent if yo”
“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 COMING TELEGRAM Department of Stale 5:0 250 Ttl&R.tfH BR.NCH 26 SECRET Aitic Centre: 11327 Rec’d: April 23, 1951 IE TOM: Frankfort 4:51 p.m. ( Ids TO: Secretary of State P ■GER No: : 8583 April 23, 8 p.m. OLI CIA DCR Recent discussions with Lunt, INP, pam”
“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 (.- 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”
“. 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”
“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 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”
“from a Russian ariend, and has sent to London for confirmation —seen nothing in the papers about it here— that there has been formed in London a BRITISH SOCIETY FOR A KS RUSSIA, with Ma jor Hilton (anthor and ex-military attache in Moscow) as president and the Duchess of Athol”
“NHHIATYH MEET 11:71790 / eCPTEi JVikl liov. 17, 1950 INSON PHONED FROM NY. , 10 b.m. .He will phone Shub now. Terhaps they can lunch together. Munson "definitely wints" the photo-book. Is agreeable to whatever w-size, etc., we think it should be.—Told him I had suggest”
“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”
“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 { ”
“w -/ / ' 3 Nev. ‘50 ,T "L"USS IN CONST UCTIte-, 912 Xn WSS wrote on cover sheet of date 30 Cct, ‘50, from I/IS: / "CF/IW/Sims would like to see material such as this, and if possible . would like to have a copy of "L’URSS en Construction". # 12, 1949 ■The latter is t”
“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”
“their files— the main remaining problem "will be: how to combine retention of high quality, ile, adequate reproduction OSMof as many photos as they need to tall the story the way they feel it should 3 edbe told, with quantity, i.e. sale at a low enough price to make possible p”
“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 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 ”
“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 To Shed 29 Ang. *50 1 IFrranS & TIkIsON 200 Madison Avenue See Kenneth Littauer so & SCHIST A published "The Baby 2 & "The Frenchman" & “Happy Holiday" DOUBLSDAY & CO, published the "Coo" books ‘ 1 Se x 196( address LONI Book "I am not crazy enuf to want a ”
“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 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 ”
“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 ”
“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 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”