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By Courier.
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Hill. Donovan
Luce Clan- 9109.
November 14, 1942
Office of Strategic Services
Rughington, DC.
Fer Colonel:
You may have heard already clout ars. buce pumpuign
of political arfere in rospect of the British Empire, 11B So.
Interesting and so relevent to
os that I anazing chance
on boring you with a repetition:
ECO
then rs Luce went to the olet one ti
she had an intervier with Auchinleck, among others, dobne from
him some extremely portant and previously confidential information.
According to eno account, she even lened the dite or ach the
British cffensive In North rica is due to begin. Sheo this
Information down in her notclocks so inserited her coinion
of Auchinleck and of the British Administration in that part of the
world and slser here, all of this in extremely uncomplimentary terms.
Previous to her return to Amèrica, she persuaded
Moncton to put her notes under some kind of on official British ceel
with the idea that this would clear them without inspection through
any British posts she might be passing on her way home. In cauit on
to these notes wider soul, rs. Luce also had further notes in her
possession which she wrote after the earlier material sealed.
When she arrived at the British censorship in Trinidad a Eritish
official looked through her wiraled papers and found on them the
notes in a she had expressed herself with consideredle feeling
on the British. The official was moved testscovery to breck
the seal which Moncton ha placed on the earlier material, and se: d
that too. Mrs. Duce felt very strongly bout this action, a pro-
tested with great feeling, but the official at Trinidad es not
deterred
So grove view was taken in Trifland of rs. Luce
notes, and most particularly of the information she na obtained
from Auchinleck, that all the papers were sent to London. Lecording
to one version, they ever went to Mr. Churchill higself. They were
then sent to Washington-parently to the thite House. It was only
after these several examinations that were returned to Irs. Luce.
*This story 19 supposed to explain the disciplinary
rction taken it both onion and Auchinleck some time ago, end
it's firmly believed, în at least some rters that Luce's exper.
ience as not altogether unconnected with the "Open Letter"
British people recently published in Life Mussine.
to
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Shortly after Krs. Lucy's to this pentry,
iconing of the Over Club
shinton about her travels to a very strongly Enti-British-
ition. Theming more informal, nd the at-
friend to her, so there seems to be person to sup-
pore tighe sprovoked Inteying anything she did not really
mion. Among other things, she said at this meeting that the Suez
Carl should be turned over to the Egyptians.
"Then do you think this should be done?" she vac
Hɛked.
Does that to
that ought to be given kick to Pe
coked.
the Pin Canal too--o you think
another correspondent present
Luce replied. It goes for
cimot cumintee this account of the latest
16. Luce's political career, but it comes from extremely rel
informed and sober minded persons who tre rithout prejuice.
Hope to see you d¸ain soon..
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Please have your people read the attached mem-
orandum from Fr. Mason. What I am interested in is the
suggestion from Perry Jester that we might win over var-
ious Vichy agents in Africa. I would like to have your
views as to whether Jester should be talked with and that
suggestion of his explored.
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SUBJECT
J.I.C. Sub-Committee Meeting, May 12, 1942 (7.7. Hostow attending)
The Sub-Committee is undertaking three new papers:
German Manpower Losses
French Capabilities as an Active Ads Ally
Russian Capabilities.
Responsibility
The first paper is assigned to COI for preparation.
for the preparation on Russian Capabilities is also assigned to this
office, it being understood that the military section on the Western
front will be undertaken with the cooperation of Colonel Montague and
that the military aspects of the Siberian area will be, covered, by
Commander Kennoy. A.Sub-Committee consisting of Commander Foskett,
Dr. Hornbeck, Col. Meloy and Col. Fortier will undertake the preparation
of the paper on French Capabilities as an Active Ads Ally.
Mrs. Clare Luce then addressed the meeting and a report of her
remarks is appended.
cc with enc.
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Major Bruce
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J.1.C.meeting, May 12, 1942 Statement of urs. Claro Luce
I Backround
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rs. Lace travelled to the idle and Fast via the Trans-african
She had extensive oppor
ferry route, visiting Dung, India, and the East.
tunities for formal and infernal conversation with the major military and
political figures, as well as various operating airzen, soldiers, and
correspondents. Sho carefully distinguished the quality of her sources,
indicating where her views were based on observed facts, official statements,
or gossip.
II Hung and Ching
rs. Lice arrived at Lashio at the time of the visit of Chiang and
adamy Chiang. Their intervention was required not only to facilitate
cooperation between the British and General Stillwell's Chineze forces,
bus also to enforce discipline on the Chinese generals nominally inder
Stillwell. It was rumored that a major cortunity to sefest the Japanese
was lost at Fongou do to the unwillingness of the Chinese generals to obey
Stillwell and attack. The arrival of the Chians was inediately known to
the Japanese who bombed the headquarters area for the first time in force.
Malay, which rs. Luce saw immediately after the main bombing attack
carly in April, was leveled and deserted, with two to five thousand dead.
left in the ruins.
a
In a Jon-conversation with Gadane Chieng great bitterness was expressed
against the British. Madame Chiang went back to Hong Kong, the Treaty Forts,
and the piumar ending up with avell's failure to accept Chineso assist-
ance in Burn. Madam Chiang indicated, however, that she would not accept
negotiated neuce under any circumstances with the Japanese, recalling the
Japanese occupation of Ranking. Under questioning irs. Luce stated that.
phe did not believe these would move in force against China.
All
Intelligence sources in Chunking believe that the Jaunese will move against
Russia before June of this year. as for india rs. Luce stated that
fledged invasion by land forces seemed unlikely in the immediate future,
but that bombing attacks on the Calcutta aroa were very likely -- these
designed to exploit the political instability there and the concentration
of Indian industrial strength.
full-
In general rs. Luce believes that the British in Burma fought as well
as their resources permitted. The R.A.F. was bombed out of lingus early,
leaving the main operations without air protection. The British claim that
their radio directional finders were sabotaged by the Burmese Fifth Column;
elsewhere gossip stated that the finders had been tharam prior to the
Japanese attack. The one hundred British tanks proved ineffective as the
main higmay, on which they could operate, was flanked by forests through
which the Japanese filtered. The presence of American technicians in the
Burma oil fields probably guaranteed thorough destruction. Elsewhere there
was "no earth worth scorching". The British General Alexander expressed
the general belief that the failure in our wes, in the long run, uñ-
important; that after the defeat of Hitler the Japanese, could easily be
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driven out. This blandness seened to characterize the view of almost
all Britishers in the Far East, although the viceroy of India expressed
regret that, for the sake of the Indians, British control in India would
"not survive another fifty years".
Mrs. Luce visited the headquarters of the A... She expressed the
hope that they would not be kept alive as a unit, but that their experience
in fighting Japanese planes would be transferred to rican pilots in
training, especially at Karachi. She felt that neither the A.V.G. nor General
Stillwell should return to China, despite their obvious value in maintaining
and American link and american prestige. General Stillwell has apparently
dis nguished himself, under nost trying circumstaces, by his comradeship.
with the Chinese and his willingness to share front-line cancers and hard-
ships. At a time when the Chinese are extremely sensitive, General Still-
well's attitude and action were of great importance.
III India
Indian morale is extremely low, lower in fact than before the Cripps
Mission. The net result of the Mission appears nerely to have strengthened
Gandhi and the policy of passive resistance. Mrs. Luce believes, however,
that, in a short run at least, there is nothing wrong with the morale of
the Indians and the Chinese that could not be corrected by a couple of
substantial victories. Tavell, in a letter to rs. Luce expressed himself
as more concerned about Indian morale and possible military consequences'
of that situation, than with the strictly military aspects of defense.
Hrs. Luce spoke very highly of General Brereton as a member of that new
race, the air man". It is Brereton's view that no important action should
be taken by the air force under his command until they are in a position
of local superiority; he did, however, "leak a little", by bombing the Andaman
Islands and Kangoon. Mrs. Luce believes that a first-line air force main-
tained at 300 planes in India could defeat the Japanese in any move in thet
direction.
IV Middle Past
General Maxwell is reported to be extremely popular in the Middle
East; while General Adler was unpopular, possibly cue to his forthrightness
in criticising the British methods. rs. Luce visited the most advanced
tank station in the British controlled desert area
area
. She found numerous
complaints, not specified, about American equipment.sert, however,
she holds that the British have done a good job in the
The British in Cairo have had extensive and chronic difficulties with
: their various allies. A Jugoslav revolution alnost took place in Cairo
while she was there. The Poles, Jugoslavs and French appear to
enter British air units but hold out for independent air
The
6
one hundred thousand Foles, "dunged across the border Russia" were
reported by gossip to have been turned down by navell and Auchinlech,
successively, and then shipped to Britain. Mrs. Luce stated that the
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British have been theyped by their own propenia on behalf of their
minor allies; and that the allies now overestimate their contribution
to the wareffort and steadily make trouble.
The biggest problem, however, throughout Africa and the Middle East,
is that of inducing a shorter turn-around for shipping. At every port the
complaint is the same, the blaze bein distributed between British administra-
tors and the American Maritime Unions. The flow of planes over the Trans-
She
African route was, at the time of rs. Luce's passage, very thin.
reported heavy fighter plane losses by crack-ip; and a total lack of
preparedness against air attack (in Liberia, Takorodi, Lagos, Fort Lamy,
Netc.).
Ars, Luce passed along a statement from a Free French Administrator
in Lagos that extensive air presarations are under way in morocco; and she
quoted Purry Jester, American Consul at Lagos, now in the United States, as
believing that it would still be possible to win over various Vichy agents
and territories in West Africa.
1. Rostow.
THANKS TOTEL
SCARP
R. Boulton
Maj. David Bruce
Report by Mr. Jester, Consul at Lacos
May 5, 1942
In the early part of April the attached
abstract of file 1896 (accessioned about April 1).
was prepared at the request or Mr. Shapiro. There
subsequently came to the attention of the African
Section the attached memorandum to Colonel Donovan
from-bel on the same subject. It culd appear
that (1) Colonel Cenovan must have seen 1-bel's
memorandum of March 12 already and (2) that the
present abstract of file 1596 is now possibly in-
appropriate.
Lest this very important matter may have
become sidetracked or mislaid through some accident
of routine, I send you herewith all the pertinent
data of which I have knowledge.
R. B.
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ABSTRACT OF FILM 1896
Subjects Report of Perry N. Jester re.Organization of Consular
Service in West Africa
Tos
Frank Nauran
Mr. Nauman believes that "American activities (TO-
sumably all activities besides shipping) must be coordinated.
2. Hr. Jestèr believes his reports and recommendations
the State Department are filed without adecuate tudy.”
3. Hr. Jestor remarks that "one of our most important.
and urgent needs....is a better set up of our consular
sentation (in host Africa)". He is "firly convi ced"
a. The Lagos office should be a Consulate-General.
Է. That other consular representatives in British
West Aprica should report through and coordinate with the
Lagos office.
That independently reporting consuls at other
posts in British West Africa should not be appointed.
d. That the Consul General should be a ranking
Foreign Service Officer (or Class 4) middle-aged and experienced.
That the U. 5. Consular organization in Gest
Africa should be set up in accord with, the controlling economic
and political factors on the const.
That the best organization would be as follows:
Laos Consul General (to be concerned with
"lar or issues of our over-all policy, our trade policy, our
relations with est Aerican governments, the effect of British
Colonial policy on our interests and the relations (in cooperation
with an independent American Consuk atar) of British and
French colonies and policies.
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Two Consular officers (to de concerned with
Nigerian problems alone.)
Accra The Consul (to be conceded with
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Gold Coast problems, Accra being the military center of P..A.
and of importance principally for the shipment of diuxite,
mahogany and man anese).
Freetown
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One Consular Agent (because of he
Naval importance of Freetown).
Lathuast - One Consuin: cent (because of the
importance of this point to air communications). His would
be welcomed by the Governor of Cambia.
Mese recommendations and opinions and the irregular
metliou used of bringing them to attention are serived int. from
consideration of the following points:
a. Nr. Jester has no personal interest since his
tour of West Africa is almost finished.
b. Lagos is the political and economic center of
British west Africa with a larger territory, larger population,
and larger commerce then any other colony..
.c. Lagos is the seat of the British West African
Governor's Conference and this arranse after the war is
believed certain to continte anddto develop into a Governor
Generalship of British: West Africa.
d.
The headquarters of the principal oil, shipping
and trading companies is it Lägos.
e.
Lagos was the site of headcasters of the Franck
Economic. Mission.
f. Not only nor but after the west Africa ill be
of increasing importance to the U.S. since itin discrimination
against U.S. trade will nevitably decline and development of our
Opportunities could now e implemented by strong and efficient
consular representation.
4. "The official US activities in the Cole Const are in an
uncoordinated mess", as a result overlapping of unction and ac-
tivities and division of authority of the
U.S. Was hippin Administration
2.
U.S. Miliary bserver
3.
U.S. Fer Command
4.
Barber Wet African Line
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conversation with shub that form, and hotos
in berson Nov. 21. they both sec to want
the book.
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If you decide you really need any of these, please let me know
promptly, citing the XYZ mmber, so I can get the necessary permission,
It shouldn't be too difficult to get permish, especially for
##2, 3, 6, and 7.
There are some dozen other 1941 lithuania photos, but
blurred; (b) they aren't dated nor located more closely tha
Prictims of NKVD Lithmania 1941", 1.0, it might be corpses or torture
chambers anywhere. So you don't want then do you?
An searching for the other items you asked for on the phone.
Bill
Sending photos ##XYZ-1 to 7 to Shub this afternoon.
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file "STALIN-PHOTO-FOOK
RE: Reproductions of CIA Graphics photos, given to ASS by DCS 17 May 1951.
DCS requested them from Graphics several weeks before. Sent to him with a covering
note from Dick Cornish, saying that Graphics forgot to onit the CLA captions.
Cornish cut out the CIA murbers, but left the captions.
I have filed most of these in my folder PHOTOS.
The following I am sending to Shub, having cut out the CIA-typed captions
and written sane, in sterilized form, with the XYZ mumbering, on the back,
KARNIA
I am raminding Shub that they can't be used without clearance by Graphics.
XZ—1...USSR. Asiatic RSFSR Primorsk Region PLADIVOSTOK 3 43 08 N 131 54 B
SECOND RIVER CONCENTRATION CAMP. 1946. CONFIDENTIAL.
XZ
..Germary, Brandenburg near Oranienburg 52 45 № 13 15 8.
Sachsenhausen, former Nazi centration Camp, now used by Soviets.
It is reported that there are 14,500 men and 1,500 women, mostly.
political prisoners, confined in this camp. June 1949. RESTRICTED.
XYZ-3...IATMAN SSR RIGA 56 56 N. 24 41 E
XYZ
Soviet Deportation Car. 1941. RESTRICTED.
4... Hungary Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun Budapest 47 30 N 19 02 E
Hangman loops strangling moose about neck of enemy of Communism
in courtyard of old Marko Jail. 1948. CONFIDENTIAL.
XYZ-5...Hungary Pest Pilis-Solt-Kiskun Budapest 47 30 N 19 02 B
ies of Communism are strangled in courtyard of old Marko Jail.
1948. CONFIDENTIAL.
XYZ
6... USSR Lithuanian SSR.
Corpse of the rector of Lankeliskai tortured to death by
the NKVD. 1941. RESTRICTED.
XYZ-7... USSR Lithiania SSR
Row of corpses of Lithuanian workers in sugar refinery murdered
by the D. 1941. RESTRICTED.
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17 Key 1951
PHONED SUB
Lou Scherer (1) phoned to say that he had to see Levitas, editor
of Hey Leader, in connection with a few project, and with several other matters,
Would like 
to see him for about an hour. C7 had suggested I ask Doris
Shub to arrange 
the appointment.
I phoned Boris Simb, and phoned Scherer back that Shub would meet his
at 10.50 a.m. tocorro in the bookstore belon (?) the it office at 7 E. 15 St.
Shib will 
introduce Scherer to Levitas at 11.
Re PILTO BOOK
Boris said there are 3 matters which we can liva githout, but it
would distinctly 
streng 
han the book if you would perhaps get them at the
Library of Congress."
(1) It is conceivable that there exist photos of crowds being fired
upon in Nov.-Jan. 1919-1913, in connection with rioting on the dissolution
of the Constituent Assembly. (Seo Shub's Lenin)..
(2) Fighting in Moscow, Nov. 1917 (There was no fighting in Petersburg).
(3) Collectivization. Soup think it is conceivable there cœcist
photos of peasants being snipped north to Siberia during Collectivization.
Cf. 
CIA Graphics?
Cf. Library of Congress.
Po RUSSIANS AS ALLIES:
$ garnal
maj
Boris has just hoard from a Pussian friend, and has sent to London for
confirmation-seen nothing in the papers about it horam that there has been
formed in London a HITS SOCIETY FOR RUSSIA, with 1n for Wilton (anthor
and ex-
military attache in Moscow) as president and the Duchess of Athell as:
view president. Encouraging, he thought.
He also mentioned the FREEDO!! UNION POR GERMAN PUSSIAN FRINDSHIP reported
in the Lay 11 HY Herald-Trib, with Layor Rautor and some Russians among the
members
.
Re PHOTO BOOK
LAY-CUT of the book received from lamson in SP/Při today.
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19 May 1951
DICK
Our can "can like ithout, but it would help greatly to tie the
book together,
1917
(1) Photos of crowds being fired upon during rioting, Nov., Jan. 1918,
in connection with the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly.
Page 282 of Lenin by David Shib says: "The Assembly was scheduled
to open on the morning of Jamia 18, 1918. In anticipation of the long-
awaited event, Lenin ordered a detachment of Lottish sharpshooters to
PET OG AD (St. Petersburg, now Leningrad; might be listed under any one
of these names in Graphics files?).
(2) - Fighting in Moscow, Nov. 1917. (There was no fighting in
Petrograd, he says).
(3) Photos of peasants being shipped north to Siberia during
Collectivization. Some think it "conceivable" they may exist.
That would be around 1932, 1931 I guess.
He suggests trying:
.
1. CIA Graphics, Bldg. 14. (Mr. Kessinger; used to be xx-2657
1. Beattie too).
2. LIBRARY OF CONGRES3.
You could ask Chuck Vetter whother he could arrange for you, without
too much trouble to get into the place and borrow any photos they have,
in the name of CIA, for a month or a couple of weeks (longar, if possible of
course) for our man to malo copies of.
I think it really would improve the book if you could get #(1)
for them.
Many thanks,
WSS
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INCOMING TELEGRAM
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Department of Sta
TELEGRAPH BRANCH
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Contra: 11327
Rec'd: April 23, 1951
4:51 plm.
IE
FROM: Frankfort
life.
TO:
Secretary of State
P
GER
NO: 8583 April 23, 8 p.m.
OLI
CIA
DCR
Recent discussions with Lunt, INP, pamphlet with comic
Soviet combative possibilities proposed, with thought
giving publication attribution to local group to be
determined. Urge INP's publications branch dummy up
along following lines for production here: pocket size
format, eight pages. Cover to carry photograph Stalin
in friendly greeting with high-ranking, current party
boss in good standing from one satellite countries.
Title to reflect theme "St
Stalin's friends" Each page,
of inside book to carry photograph Stalin in friendly.
pose with such fallen, one time heroes or friends of
Sov Union as Trotsky, Hitler, Bucharin, Tito, Clementis.
or others dependent on existence pictures in archives.
Captions for pictures can be taken from one of two sources
or both. Either original photo caption or quotation from
that era when "friend" was in favor, or a later quote from
a denunciatory statement concerning the fallen man. Possi-
bly both quotes could be used, the former above, the latter
below the pictures. Suggest most careful research be made
for most succinct quote to carry off this idea.
reaction soonest.
Request
PAF: DES
MCCLOY
Copy for SP/PW
files.
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MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED
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18 May 1951
A thorough review of the whole set-up. Munson stressed two points:
(1) "The book must be locked up by July 21." Otherwise it couldn't be
printed in September. And in that case it might be 
necessary to wait till
about next March.
(2) "It must bex the sort of book that Doubleday might be nutting out."
Firstly, because if it is "too propagandistic" the retailers 
just won't, 
handle
it (of details re C,Zoo). Secondly, "Swen 
is still secure, stañas up woll 
under
Dun & Bradstreet examination, and has been a great 
success in the FB. It has
the NY réputation of a Far Eastern fira which 
does unusual things in the US.
Swen as a going concern is more important than 
any one book: the book shouldn't
be allowed to jeopanlize Swen by being too 
obviously propaganda,"、
_ I returned the layout to him. (He has not seen the text, wither, nor I think
the other 60-old pages). He doesn't plan to 
tell' Shub we've seen it. He
recommended that we give Shib another wook to 
continue on it. Then that
,
about Monday, May 28, Sims and/or Bryan go down 
to NY for 2 or 3 days and
work with Shub on it..
NB: He said that, later, it might be possible for Shub to introduce me
to his collaborator as an informal consultant 
whom he'd called in. In other
.
words, in attempting to sell our views of it to Shub, 
no have also the 
problem
of whether Shub could sell then in turn to his collaborator. and Security
.
We both gave our views of the book at length.
Lyle's views included: that with the text it may be botter than it looks;
that theress 66 pages to come; that it is better to get out 
something than
nothing; that we can always do a 2nd or revised 
version; that we mist face 
facts
and not put
He also, at the book which a high percentage of retailers simply non't, handle;
said something along the lines of what I regard as
Shubian erroneous doctrine: that we should show the responsibility that the
USA and Germany (Hitler?) had for the state of affairs in the USSR; I said all such
things might be sub-themes, if they could be 
tucked in without detracting from
the main themes, but that. I thought they were 
very dubious: 172 pages isn't 
enuf.
to show what a bad man and regime it is.
My views, agreeing mich he had said, included: that we ought to put out
something that the man arber-shop, anywhere 
in the world, would leaf
through and couldn't turn over more than 3 
or 4 Ronsecutive pages without 
beginning
to think: "This really must be bad man, killing 
that many of his own cabinet."
That we should not attempt either an exhaustive 
or even consecutive chronological
treatment of the 71 years since 1879 or even 
since 1905 or 1917. Just hammer home
main points, such as that they had a Constituent 
Assembly, until Lenin killed it
by force and fraud, etc.
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No
That the main themes should be such as:
He kills & kills & kills
He lies & lies & les
They defect & defect. & defect
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Citi chustianity
The worshippers return disillusioned, in droves
+ all other roy
The top CP men get liquidated as soon as Stalin takes over, in:
Bulgaria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia (Clementis trial coming up), eto oto
That what we should include is the things that differentiate them from us,
after everything that can be said against us has been said: The things they
DO DO, that we don't do..
That we are putting ourselves behind the S-ball, to invite interminable.
arguments in re diplomatic history. Historians are still arguing about whether
England, Austria or Russia was most responsible for WWI. It is folly to maste
space attacking Stalin because he fought the Finns in order to get better defenses
for Leningrad, as we might fight
to try too hard to pin WW II on his one who threatened the Panama Canal. Or ever
(It is still at least arguable that it wd
have taken place, in some form, even if Russia had still been Tsarist. After all,
there has been mich carnage long before Stalin was even boin.)
We should, to be sure, touch the nur and Peace theme, which means so much
the world over. But the way to do it is to establish beyond doubt that the
man is and always has been bad, ditto the regime; they both tolerate no
opposition: therefore they are, in "self-defense" dansionist. But let us do
this with broad, repetitive strokes, not get bogged down in the details of
Munich, the Finnish War, Pearl Harbor.
We agreed that the best we can do, in all the circe, is to px try onco
more to sell this view to Shub, and content ourselves with whatever result no
can get.
_ In view of past failures to sell Soris on the subject (at least on nany
points), I'm not too optimistic. I think wo should:
(1) Devil's advocate him on the pictures we think should be scrapped;
(2) Get a promise from him that he will give some space to certain topics
such as the SLAVE LADOR MAP and a display of, say, a dozen of the "11 Years
in Soviot Camps" type of authors; a display of the "Goo That Failed" men
I stressed that JBIII and self would be only too delighted if boris can
convince us it is better than we fear.
RE $90,000. I asked what about this figure, which I had heard mentioned.
yesterday. Lyle said that Swen's investment in it would be amounting to about
that. I asked if FE or SP would have to produce that sum. He said NO, Swen's,
budget is sufficient to cover it, as is.
RE ROYALTIES FOR SHUB. He said the collaborator would be getting 71%,
which he thought might bring him in $60,000. He thought it might be justifiable
_ "discuss it with Legal and Joe that Soris's contract should be amended so
that he would get a portion of the royalties that nominally come to him, insofar
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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 işle
suggested as possible mould bring him in an extra $4 or $6,000.
Shub's contract with CIA expires 31 Dec. 1951. His contract with 3men,
Lyle pointed out, would still be in effect after that. / But his contract with
Xx CIA would still no doubt obligato him to return royaltion to CIA, 1.e,
Swon, even after 31 Dec. 1951./
I said this mightn't be a bad idea, as Shib may tend to go somewhat
sour, seeing his collaborator getting his mich larger salary and 71% royalties.
on top of that
On second thoughts, however, it is doubtless a very poor
we could perhaps obtain and quote to Shub CIA Legal's opinion
prece prect that OPC employees should take royalties from commercial
to that
enterprises with which they happen to be connected.
I believe he is paid quite a generous figure, which ought to keep
a married man with no dependents ahead of the Collector of Internal Revenue.
If not, or if it is thought he is really worth more, the possibility of
suggesting to him a salary raise, when his contract as Agent comes up för
renewal, could be considered. At any rate, in the interests of keeping his
morale up during the final phases of work on the book, I suggest the whole
matter should be handled not too brusquely.
:
RE "COMUNIST 200", and refusal of many US retailers to handle it, see
attached Memo of Record of what Munson told mɔ,
Munson We have to face plain facts. My experience with "CZ" shows
that we have to mix in glasses of orange juice with the castor oil. "CZ"is
about as vicimus as the traffic will bear. If the "Stalin" photo-book smacks
too strongly of propaganda, a lot of retailers just won't even handle it.”
:
CONCLUSION.
We should stay in NY long enuf to
(a) Hear everything Shub can say in defense of his version;
(b) Do a strong debil's advocate job against the pages we think
he should delete
(c) Insist that, in the remaining 66 pages, certain topics must be
adequately dealt with: Slave Labor, Defections, Cultural Purges,
Purges of top Communists in Iron Curtain countries,
(d) Hope for the best and be prepared to accept what may be a not too.
satisfactory bargain, especially in view of what lyle says about
retailers, and about mintaining Smen's reputation.
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17 May 1951
PHONED SHUB
Lou Scherer (NE) phoned to say that he had to see Levitas, editor
of New Leader, in connection with a new project, and with several other matters.
Would like to see him for about an hour. CSP had suggested I ask Boris
Shub to arrange the appointment,
I phoned Boris Shub, and phoned Scherer back that Shub would meet him
at 10.50 a.m. tomorrow in the bookstore below (3) the NL office at 7 E. 15 St.
Shub will introduce Scherer to Levitas at 11.
Re PHOTO BOOK
Boris said thore are 3 matters which "we can live without, but it
would distinctly strengthen the book if you could perhaps get them at the
Library of Congress."
(1) It is conceivable that there exist photos of crowds being fired
upon in Nov.-Jan. 1918-1918, in connection with rioting on the dissolution
of the Constituent Assembly. (See Shab's Lenin).
(2) Fighting in Moscow, Nov. 1917 (There was no fighting in Petersburg).
"
(3) Collectivization. Some think it is conceivable there exist
photos of peasants being shipped north to Siberia during Collectivization.
Cf. CIA Graphics?
Cf. Library of Congress.
Re RUSSIANS AS ALLIES
Boris has just heard from a Russian friend, and has sent to London for
confirmation - seen nothing in the papers about it here that there has been
formed in London & FRITISH SOCIETY FOR A FREE RUSSIA, with Major Hilton (mthor
and ex-military attache in Moscow) as president and the Duchess of Atholl as
vice-president. Encouraging, he thought.
He also mentioned the FREEDOM UNION FOR GERMAN RUSSIAN FRIENDSHIP reported
in the May 11 NY Herald-Trib, with Mayor Reuter and some Russians among the
members.
Re PHOTO BOOK
LAY-OUT of the book received from Munson in SP/F today.
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re STALIN PHOTO-BOOK
From CFW13 Log for 17 May 1951
This morning I spent an hour and a half with Lyle Munson and
Vinsm
Mrs. Sherry? (FE), going over Boris Shub's narrative-in-pictures of the
_ career of Stalin. Lyle showed us 114, finished layouts / 1.e. 57 two-page
spreads / of an eventual 172 or 174 and told us that the remainder would be
finished in about 3 weeks. He also said that 60 pages of the text were now
finished, and the rest would be done in about 6 weeks. He has asked us to provide
him with the following material:
memorandum from Bob Winston about the Finnish Air Force's
60 to 1 preponderance in its war with Russia.
☑b.
✓c.
A memorandum from Harold Gosnell tracing US aid to Russia.
JBIT
Lyle.
Log. 18 May.
A set of photos of the Katyn Massacre and a copy of John Broderick's
summary
. 1 I sent Shub Katyn photos several weeks ago.
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From CPW's LOG, 2. May 1951
CIGEST
Bill Kintner has suggested that Mr. Burris Heyer consult with
Boris Shub in New York tomorrow on themes for black PW against the USSR.
Pinky and I see no objection to this meeting, and I have notified Shub
to expect a call from Burris libyer.
Shub told me that his Stalin picture-book now promises to run to
172 pages,
Page:
or about 80 double-xpos spreads, comprising some 500
photographs. He expects the layouts to be completed by 20 May, and the
text by mid-June. Its price will be $2 or thereabouts.
SEGRET
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Mailed to SHIB, May 3, 1951.
LITHUANIAN DAYS, Vol. 2, No. 2, March 1951, published at
9204 S. Broadway, Los Angeles 3, California. With note:
FYI, page 5 / rather blurred photos of Lithuanian resistance fighters
and bodies of Soviet victims and elsewhere as marked."
life there is no indication that aning of the material is
Page 191 "Lithuanian Genocide Show in Waterbury.
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copyrighted.
Two American newspapers, the MATERBURY SUNDAY REPUBLICAN and
the AMERICAN carried two long articles on Feb. 11 and 12 marking the
opening of a genocide exhibit organized by Waterbury, Conn., Lithuanians.
The exhibit, the first of its kind in the U. S., has on display
Soviet deportation orders, documents on confiscation of farms, actual photo-
graphs of atrocities committed by the Soviet Union in Lithuania, and other
evidence. We reprint here a portion of the article which appeared in the
WATERBURY AMERICAN."
Page 20: Poem, LITHUANIA CRUCICIFIED, by Nadas Rastenis; 6 verses
in English. _?
1865
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"SAYA MOJECT (for Monthly Report, 27 April's;).
Publigation of a book of photos with text exposing ovils of Stalin
his rogine throughout his career,
tɔ Groat pemuns het boen mide in coombling the boxing by
H. HEADLEY and a collabunter. They are planning on a book of 175–195 pages,
with sime 600 photos.
b. The piblianar in propning for a Soptember 10 press date, and has
lined up a Chicago press.
S. S
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April 1911
Concluding paragrard of Helvin J. Lasky's article "Did Hitler Halp
in the
NEW SADER, 25 Dec. 1948:
[ "Those bare inful and terrible years. Years of intrigio and
oing. Hitler and Stilin
betrayal and calculated ov
tors and products at this opnah.
om these new glimpoes into the
of their political affairs
once again Adolf Hitler
and Josef Stalin, ruthless, perhaps for a mon
in the and unsurviblo. (And what a dark sitohost/brow enorged from
this the Garmen ilitarists trained and equipped a Soviet Army thieb i
later to destroy then and anno a third of Germany the Soviet roa
Garvian military power which was later to lay waste to all of European
Russia."]
Rather vividly put, some such phrases alot be useful in your text?
Whole article, with which you're doubtless familiar, of interest in
the biography.
Best
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MUNSON sa Sins Smith, Loobs at its
CHEL 16 April 1951
Munson went through the complete book last Wednesday and Thursday evenings,
April 
11 and 12. He is sure 
it will be "one of the really important books
of 1951.
He has asked for 3 photostat proofs of the layout, which we can look at
down here 
Ho 
agrees with me that no useful purpèse would be served by my
going to NY to see it, 
as B. Shub had suggested. He thinks it inadvisable that
stream, of people 
should go to Shub's collaborator's apartment.
They are now aiming at a book of 175 to 195 pages, the pages to be of
Vogue size;
ise; 
which, on an average of 7 to 8 photos per double-page, will come
some 600 or more photos.
It is more than the personal career of Stalin; it could better be called
somethin 
like "The 
Rise and Rule of Stalinism
He is pressing for a SEPTEMBER 10th PRESS DATE. That may be too optimistic,
but he 
has located a 
Chicago press which prints either Vogue (Conde Nast) or
a Vogue-
size magazine, and which, if they stick to that format, can handle it
with dispatch
, Munson will be going to Chicago to investigate.
PRICEI could be 100% wrong on this estimate," but: it should cost a.
minimum 
of $1,25 
to print, and, if we want to make 25¢ not $2.95 or $3.00 would
be the minimum at which 
Brentano could retail it. / I'll bet it will come to
more than
Shub's collaborator, "absolutely wonderful; the book is now 75% nis”, will
get 7
% royalties. Shub's 
nominal royalties will revert to Swen,
Munson feels strongly that it is very bad policy to sell a book at
less than 
obvious 
cost. He says he is completely certain that this is true
in the Orient, and gave us LED a chapter-and-verse
example 
(which escapes me) to illustrate it.
By "obvious cost he means that it may be OK to count on the public's not
guousing 
how 
mich it may have cost you to pay a Barnes and to do, e.g.,
prints of some of the "C.2. photos but it is bad to price a book even
what the thysical comments must obviusly have cost,
He is dead sure this applies to the Orient, and strongly suspects that
would 
hold 
good for Western Europe also.
than
Pretty Dziell
Punt, Life, I lik
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Encouraging. Thanks.
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"STALIN"
SECELER
SEONEY
17 April 1951
FOR QUANTLY REPORT
Please change part on *STALIK PHOTO-BOOK PROJECT as follows:
a. Snon Publishing Company will publish and is meting expenses.
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0. Book
600 ho
one of
consist of some 175 to 195, Yome-aize pages,
with text, und several to have been it are certain it
books of 1951, a devastating acpose, suitable
Clans
The publishor is pressing for
lined up a Chicago press.
10 press date,
e. All rights in the book, and the royaltics nominally paid to
HEADLEY, will revert to CIA (Sman).
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16 april 1951
DRAFT FOR QUARTSILY RELAY
"SPALIN" PHOTO-BOOK PROJECT, publication of a book of photos with text
exposing the treacheries, beutality, etc., of Stalin and his regime throughout
his career.
Swen Publishing
1) publish and is meeting expenses;
done shortly
T
Great progress has been made
assembling the
ROBERT
on the photo
´àK-DLXT and a high-level layout collabora
national picture ragazine.
Book will consist of some 500 or more photos with text, and several
7 JKIII, and Munson / who have seen it are sure it will be a devastating
suitable for world-mide circulation.
The authors have estimated publication in August, 1951 as
possibility; but this may well prove over-optimistic.
All royalties and rights in the book will be turned
(Swan Publishing Company).
WSS
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SILS & MUNSON in his hotel 19 March 1953
In addition to the details which he gave about "Communist Zoo" and the
"Stalin photo-book, Munson said:
Re Swen. "Tell Jóe
Joe I need a man who knows the book publishing business, as
a "consultant" or part time helper. To be paid something like $300 to $
400 a.
month, for which he would gigo, say, a week of his time each 
month."
I asked if he would like to have any CIA man detailed to do liaison
with and be part-time helper of Spen; Munson said he didn't 
think a staff man'
would be very secure. He'd need to travel, deal with other publishers,
Swen offices are established in Taipal, Tokyo, Manila, Hong Kong,
Swem will reproduce material in any language
wants him to do a job,
them contact him.
angko
format. If anybody.
I asked how about getting material translated; he said you can always get it
done in New York.
The finished product would be cargoed out to the field.
Re ROCKPORT, the artist. Munson has been paying him ($350 a meath I think),
and now feels he has gotten about as much material out of him as he will need.
"Why not suggest to SCHILLER that The Challenge employ him on a regular basis?"
I said that the editors of The Challenge (all Russian-speaking) mist already
know him, since they have used his drawings. That when he finds himself unemployed
he can, and quite likely will, approach than anyway. Why not let them decide whether
they want to employ hin, rather than for us to complicate matters, through SCHILLER,
by forcing this extremely "difficult" men on them? Mmson agreed we should let
it ride.
If the editors themselves want to employ him, we can then decide whether and
how mich of the DTEXCISE funds should be used to pay him. As he is very difficult
and dilatory it might be better to stipulate that he be paid on a piece-work basis.
He "Great Swindle" and Swen's distribution problem in general.
Munson said that, while the photo-books should pay their own way, it was
contemplated that The Great Swindle would be
of such material is Swen's great problem.
commercial success. Distributever
SCHILLER wrote Munson that he (FTUC) couldn't use The Great Swindle. Munson
thinks professional jealousy entered into this. SCHILLER made some criticism to
the effect that the booklet bears no Trade Union logotype, whereas he should know
perfectly well that lithographed material never does.
SCHILLER should simply be told: "Put out so many copies of the Great Swindle,
Alternatively, the geographic Divisons should give indigenous Anti-Commist
groups $25,000 or $2,500 and say: "This is yours if you mail out umpteen thousand
copies of the booklet with it."
Re State Dept, and Great Swindle. Munson suggested my giving a copy of
the Great Swindle to Mrs. Crosswall or Col. Stubbs and asking them to recommend
it to MacKnight as something they had come across, with the auggestion that the
State Department buy copies of it for all their Reading Rooms.
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I asked whether Macknight or anyone in State knew of CIA's connection
with Swen. He said he did not know, though he dared say MacKnight might. He
salu bë soula ha silling to call on MacKnight to discuss State Dept. assistance.
in getting Sen stuff disseminated, representing himself merely as a private
citisan.
I said I hadn't and wouldn't make any mention of Swen to anyone at State.
Horace Eng is as
but, he said, Horace uch to
as anyone Munson's main CIA contact,
course doesn't have time to concern himself actively
with dissemination outside the FE area.
I told him about recent State publications, in their "gray" program, such
Glossaro
Terms", and pointed out that State and Swen are now
ting out suddar mat
I said I hoped some sort of set-up might
help disseminate some of Swen's publications
arranged whereby State
Sugrest that the initiative towards any such set-up has to come primarily
from Munson himself, but that it will be potentially an important matter requiring
careful working out by CPW, Col. Stubbs, Munson and State Dept.
cc- SP/Labor
SP/Brushin
Sims / Smen file
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ST MUNCH in his hotel 13 March
Munson said they are now planing in terms of a book at
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Ban
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sup to 220 pages, between 1,000 and 1,500 photos" (some of which might to
two or fair fixtos to a fuge,
will cost a lot of money.
that
have £40,000
ropriated under KFU Y for
"aludlar photo books
no need to spend the
yar's money!
iscretion of CSPs, but thrison asid there mas
ny as possible of those
should be made to pay their o
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I have just phoned Boris Shub, AC-2-0164. He will expect Jack
Horgan to get in touch with him. 510 Host 110th S., NY 25.
Shrub can he reached there any time any morning. In the evenings
is working in the apartment of a collaborator, and profora not bo
phoned there
ts to be in town both Tuesday and Wednesday.
YTSS.
Simb and his collaborator work all Sundays and Mondays at the latter's
apartment. Therefore if Horgan wants to phone him Monday he had botto catch
him at breakfast.
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SIMS phoned SHUB, 1200
To ask him to see Jack Morgan (LA) (on an LA job). Shub said he will
be in town both Tuesday and Wed., and that Horgan can always reach him in
mornings, anytime.
In the
he is working at his collaborator's apartment,
efers not to be phoned there.
I told him I would phone him on the 16th, so that we can get together.
He wants me to see the lay-out, which should be pretty complete at that time,
"mimus the final text. They were working on it till 4 a.m. last night;
evenings are the only time his collaborator can worl except Mondays which
has off; they work on it all day Sundays and Mondays.
They have locked over 6,000 photos.
I told him Danson and be sending him a couple of dozen photos.
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MEMORANDUM POR: File, STALIN PHOTO-BOOK
- SH&B, dr.
Sending Subj 12 photos captioned as follows:
1. Papers from body of Polish army chaplain.
3. One of the mass graves.
Before he was murdered his hands end his back...
Thousands of the corpses show the
wounds.
2. This is the certificate authroizing them to wear.
4.
5.
6.
Arch Deacon JASINSKI picks his way...
7.
former major.
8. 4. And this is SMCRAVINSKI again.
9. 3. This is his cigarette case.
10. Map showing location of Katyn.
12 layers of Polish officers.
This family photagraph survived.
11.
12.
This leaves just 8 photos remaining in our JBEXTRA files.
26 March 1951
Dear Boris,
Thanks for yours of the 22nd, reached a Saturday evening,
arossing mins of the 23rd to you.
mory
It is all wonderful news, and the more you think about it the
aming it is that nothing even remotely resembling it has ever been done
anywhere in the world", And I know what hell of a lot of work and wory
it is, and what relief it will be when it is safely done.
all at
You
this morning by registered mall. Those are sy
and than a great deal better than none. In fact,
you may think they are enough to do the trick, Reflect that no ons of
fakery in photo aving a long history since I can in itsalf cons
ate conclusive proof, now any photo that could be.
For that, your tot will carry more weight: the undisputed facts
of geography and chronology; the depositions; the TACIT ADMISSION OF GUILT
IN THE DANDIG FAILURE OF THE USSR TO RAISE THE HATTER AT LUREMBERG (here
sos Churchill's last volume, and pōrhaps quota a sentence or two from him;
Prames make news"} see also Mikolajosyk, from whom you may call a juicy
quote or two.
the
one
It seam that "about a dozen" photos were given to all who attended
21 Nov. 1949 press conference. So you may find Ep mnd/or the HL has
to more. But there is not much more, Just one or two others of
of corpses.
Your impact will coms from the skilfull addition of citation of facts
páx I'm sanding, don't you think?
On your second request I'll do what I can. But you know one of the
main reasons why it may not be much. My friend who will know returns from
out of town tomorrow.
"Baltic Review” has no pix. "Estonian Magazine "has only scone. However
I may be able to do something tomorrow.
Here again I suggest you consider capitalizing on the very absence
pictures, remembering that you have a great gift for the trenchant phrase
B.g., life in Riga pre-1939 was not too bad; nou, as you can quote from
press, there is deportation after deportation; partisans, exploitation;
universal hatred of the people's democration regins, Edmund Stevens in
This is R, Uncensored you'll recall said nothing so gave him the impression
of the living deth-under-Stalin as higs, which he revisited. Therefore,
Just show a RIGA PEOPLE IN MARKET SQUARE SCENE, PLUS UOTE FROM STEVENS, and
a bit of biting Shibian prose contrasting 1939 and 1949. Don't you think
there is a place for a for "peaceful" pictures of this sort? Fix of partisans
in action are few and far between, and often fussy, and there can anyway be,
as you were saying, sich a thing as too many atrocity pictures.
Pari passu, why not use some ordinary, peaceful UKRAINIAN soones, plus
RECENT UCTES FROM: PRAVDA, ropoat PRAVDA, OFFICIALLY ADMITTING ACTIVE PASIS-
TAICE THERE. can't give you said quotes, but you or some of your friends
very likely can lay hands on them.
After all, no "resistance" photo, what with fakery, will enrry conviction
to those who won't be convinced. But a PHOTO OF THE FACE OF PRAVDA, with the
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sentences underlined, must stake even the faithful.
On Labúanka I can't help. If the NY Times won't help, and there is nothing
in any 
agency files can this be?- I guess you've 
had 15. Here again you
night capitalize on the absences can they 
be ashamed of this historic edifice,
which plays so vital a role in the national life? E.g.
, Herblock today has a
"cartoon 
which has
a
head of La Prensa black border around a white space, with the mast-
Headless to say, it is eye-catching in the extrens,
Thy not do the same with Lubianka?
Almernatively, you might have a photo of 60 Andrassy Ut, and perhaps
combine 
23 with the above "omity space 
traitnant,
grant you that if this technique were carried to the extrans, you would
be making 
history with a photo-less
cartoon is a 100% atten
books 
but rest assured the Horblock
Couldn't agree
marked progres
n-catchar
with your last paragraphs, Ilonever,
I expect d.v., at long last to be absent from Friday the 30th till
ay the 16 and mis
Ita Jif need arises.
be forwarded. Therefore please
Sent
Special Delivery
Best regards,
Bill
(assimo)
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510 West 110 Street
New York 25, New York
March 22, 1951
Dear Bill:
Picture book now in high gear as layout is beginning to
take shape. New pictures of both historical and photographic
pricelessness still coming in le.g. a shot showing a wildly cheering
crowd of russian peasants greeting first German troops---before
latter went in for mass murder) This picture never used in this
country. Could multiply by many examples
come down and see for yourself. If you cou prefer to have you
be here about three
weeks com no, you could get a fairly good notion of what the
finished product will look like (although there will still be
a lot of polishing, caction writing and final checking to do).
I am now certain that the book will be a major political event.
othing even remotely resembling it has ever been done--anywhere
in the world.
Need help on two mid sectors promptly:
1.
ctures. Saw lots of them your
neck of the woods Please send them soonest, properly packed in
cardboard to prevent folding or cracking. This is a must, since
for some odd reason this is missing from the otherwise bottomless
archives which we'be unearthed..
2. Any decent shots of anti-Communist resistance behind the
Iron Curtain. We have a few of the East German things with the "F"
painted on walls. But Joe mentioned others. Cant have too much of
tais, since it constitutes an essential element in the closing part
of the story.
Will be difficult.
t 
to incorportate such stuff unless we
get it fast, because would mean dislocating the layout, which is
now designed to flow like a motion picture recording of the whole
big story. Hope this presents no obstacles. Joe thought your
end could send stuff to me. Rexxox xhxc regineix Registered
madi sufficient precaution, it seems to me
The Acheson lester in today's NY Times re friendship with
the Russian people a step in the right direction though still a long
way even from the speech delivered at Town Hall by McMahon day before
yesterday. But somehow, someone must teach Acheson to cut out this
of humbuging:
"If the men of the Kremlin could but conquer their inward
fears and resolve their contradictions, if they could but
bring themselves to the comity which is the foundation of
peace, great burdens would be lifted from the shoulders of
people everywhere."
What is the purpose of this rubbish? I know lots of professional
diplomats think this is very "cute" and arch stuff, really meant to
"embarrass" people like J.Stalin and G. Malenkov. Actually, the only
thing it can arouse, bothnamong the Kremlin war criminals and among
their victims is ---utter contempt. If anybody in Moscow takes that
drivel at face value, they conclude that the U.S. is still too frightpe
ened of the boogey man in the Kremlin to call a spade a spade. That
silly stuff must end! Please end it. The inward fears of Stalin-Hal-
enkov-Beria will only be resolved on the gallows. Best regards..
(MARCH 22,19517 Bous
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Puckett (s) phoned.
24 March 1951
"Estonian Mag
English
pablished in germing (available thru London)
29 Ashburn Policy London SW
have only one copy
has only some fix only scenery
"Baltic Review" has no pictures.
Tabard Inn
1739 N St., NY
Washington 6, DC
March 23, 1951
ailed
him
some four
Katya flotos.
Dear Boris,
Thanks for the clippings. All to the good.
Kill do what I can to help, but, for reasons that will ro-occur to you,
shouldn't bank on its being a great deal.
Suggest you right wall get excellent results by following the trail,
via phone and tad, of the AMERICAN CUTE FOR THE DIVESTIGATION OF THE
KATYN MASSACRE, DC., which was, at the time of its founding caros Nov. 1949,
Foam 1209, 470 Pourth Avenue, NY 16, 10-6-44ƐS.
Chairman, Arthur Hiss Lane, Tice-chairman MAX Eastman, Dorothy
rer: Montgo
Thy not contact
Trea
with their tarial
for Epstein? Why shouldn't the
th textual and photographie.
Green, Axsoutive Secretary: Julius Epstain. 200
Others listed as Committee Mahbors: Constantine Erow, G, Croal, 1; da
Donovan, A. W. Dalles, Farley, B. F. Gunther, Sol H. Lovitas,
Charles Rosarak, Sokolsky, V. S. Freedom, Jas, A. Walsh,
B. Ines,
New Leader, 30 Sept. 1950, had an article New Light on Kater Hapsaris.
"The Defense Dept.'s release of a top secret report on the nyatory throuded
Katyn massacre has shod new light.....The release of the Van Vliet report, written
by an American Lt. Col hold captive in Germany who reluctantly fled the guilt
on Insoon after a hand-sponsored visit to Katyn is the first major break in the
conspiracy of silence which has surrounded the affair ever since.
"In 1943..the AL carried an exclusive article by Kerensky, directly charging
thẻ Krumlin...Last year the ML published a special 4-page supplement on Katym
by Juling SPSTED. (See your local peons-boon....
It was only as a result of the Comittee's persistent efforts that the
long-suppressed an Vliet report was finally released..."
If you haven't you should glance at liikolajezyk's account in
The Rape f Poland. Because it contains a verbatim alleged adcount of "how
It came about by a shame-faced Pussian officer in London, which you might find
quotable. "So they asked "Father! (Stalin) and 'Father' said..etc..
Churchill in his latest volume, in an oddly restrained account, makes it
clear knows Stalin was responsible, and refers to the books by H. and Anders,
Photog. The MX rines, serializing Churchill, 9 Nov. 1950, had, if you are
interested in irony or impudence or whatever, a rather blurred photo, released
at the time by SOVFOTO, which Sovoto described as showing members of the
holding conrial services at "the common gravo the
Polish Carps of the USSR
Polish officers and gen brutally shot by the Germans.
Some of the corpses show marks made by the four-sided, peculiarly.
Rusadan bayonet, and others had hands tied with the MVD-type knot, Suraly Epstein
can help you here?
Please let me know how you make out with Epstein and/or others, and don't
besitate to ask me again. I Just think he's a better, quicker bet. I'll do mat
I can re the other pix and let you know. It sounds a masterpiece.
A. Stud
Sincerely,
Bill.
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1.
こ
I spent three hours with Forks Shub today, two of them in lookin
over his collection of photographs with his associate,
mint, of
Life. Boris and Quint hope to have their book ready for publication.
2ction to
by the cad of May, when they will have reduced their coll
500 photographs, which they estimate will fill about 200 pagos.
have no doubt that the book will be a commercial success; only
Boris asks our help in
wonder is why it has act benn dono bofore.
obtaining cortain photographs. (Bill Stas
lease note). He wants.
all procurable photos of the Katyn Massacre, all resistance photos
(Bill, Is there a magazine called the Estonian Review, which printa“
a good many of those?) and a cortain photo of Lubianka prison, in
Moscow. The New York Times had a photograph of Lubianka in its isme
Saturday, 12 November 1949, to illustrate installisent 7 of General
Smith's Memoire, and ECB should bō able to discover where the original
cap from Eoris has a letter from the Vanguard Prose expressing hope
that his biography of Stalin would be ready by 1.May; he will notify
Vanguard that it cannot possibly to ready for another seven months.
Finally, he told me that he was moeting Colonel Kintner on 20 March,
for several conferences on BRA RAVE. lie signed his secrecy
which I will coliver to John Shields on my return.
26
Corey Ford informed no that his story about General Smith
(originally written for Flair) had been rejected by both Look and
This took and is now awaiting a decision from Harper's. (I reported
No!
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kmson said that HZADLEY has finished
the
the
12 March 1951
part
of Staling ho has
in 2000 better qualified to salect
photos
do the layout
/ la socrity, the collaborator's employers told Minseo. “brutallya
firmly that while the collaboratoris maza can appear on the book (aláng
váth HEADLEY'S) and it will be repeated that that mine was the so
of the
platuros, înd thay my kolp "syndicate" it, Af it is blown that
Munson thinks the book will bo
bake till Angust to have it ready
but this
said that we have $40,000 still untouched in DFURY
which was
ropriated for “similar.
ocration CSP", and ong
gestod holping Swan out rith
that
money)
ught OFC me if anything too ready
aid he man's worried
spand the
money; that Sun's products should be able
pull their own weight.
night hayo to sell for $9.50 or more in the US j in Hong Kong it would
pay both HEADLEY
will be returned to Swen.
the collaborater repultion. HEALEY'S
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HSACLAY wrote in roomntly this the book mo now at a stage shore
spot of the works had to be done by his callaborator. Simo his nap is to
on it, I imgine ho will still have to put in quito a bit of tice
on is, from time to time. Ressam Bo is that also mer was pum 1. List
bard- doing "part-time" work on loan to HB in connection with BRADMAVE,
Conclusioni coops for tho abwu, ho do not cocupied, and Munson
we should give his mother job
cos Stalin' photo-book file,
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COMMENTS
Tion
Excellent news from Shib re the
photo-book on the career of
Stalin.
I have writer her for a offor
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March 3, 1951.
Dear Bill:
Good to hear you, even though your letter
as usual, too borite. From "our
felli
" you wore about activities than
I do about yours.
[atep Life lay-out man]
My collaborator is bring like a fiend, its
the as 
istance of a sub
-end (female) who is up pictures
by the hundreds (literally). 
Last night I orked with him
until 2 ocresine 
on (with a brief intermission
for a treize fight 
on his televisio set) In that long
stretol we went 
through over 100 pictures ich he had just
combed out of various lapis
. Out of this baten wer
discarded about one-
ird, tossed away a couple of lozen
ppor substitutes for the 
real thing which the new haul
corrected, filled the 
present 40-oda. chapter folders
(provision.1) 
with the crea of the crop.
as you will gather from the above paragraph, the
illustrated 
book on the man 
and his international network
--and the forces all over 
the world arrayed on his side and
against him--- ain't no 
ordinary picture album. It will be,
I am quite certain, a major 
work. Here is little point my
attempting to describe it in 
a letter, but I arquite
confident that it will 
be read xxx--and even ore important
looked at, with absorbed 
interest this year, next and ten
years from now. What 
is more important, it will make convincing,
i am certain, what no words, written or 
spoken, can ever make
completely convincing.
As far as the "date when it will be trained up".
I can only say that I an actie the role of the slave-river
and the speedus man right now
. It ic, oever, a ticklish role,
Michave undesirable 
results if overdone.
att Bot my main collaborator, who is certainly one of
the best me in the country in 
the field--and time best man for
this particular book, 
is Eiving it every free no ent;
his
fantastic research assistant. But a cood picture book--as
I told 
you inxc
OOK When we discussed the flea ori inally,
is as much of a job as ang 
pod book! I 
think we have broken the
bac of the job, and 
content that the product will excel
your fondest dreams. Sinpointin the 
date, I think I'll
be in a better position 
to that in about for weeks, when
te haul will be substatially in, 
txxx and when we will have
pared down our present mountainous 
collection to the essence.
I should imagine that end to
från his present,
Give him a fall
witterte
"actual inting job. The
at
returns [Smen]
Door and Will be able to
questions in connection witre
that point we'll have to settle
rest single question we see is this:
Price of bol versus
and lasting value.
that the book as now shapes up
What I mean i
1
is a major work--a complete pictorial
man, but of the setting that proluced him, the international
story not only of 
the
ranilica that are so much 
a part of his life, his intris
and his illinitions.
is eve ore intriguing, we are reaching the stage where the
But 
at™
estrating all 
this will e of ning pictorial
quality.
we do all this and
We are a Teel that to be a serious diserve fast
eilerity or essential elements of
tric no 
is to do all that and yet in
overall story. The
to sacrifice
out a book that, by
ans o another, will sell at a mice likely to make
a mass-circulation job.
plane and join me over a drink at
For further details, please coare First available trai.
I've already ut too much of this on a theiter. I wish you could
510 fest 10 Street Pernaas
have seen the pictures we worked 
on laste. You box would.
the realize that
rate stud by son.
original stuff you saw was so much fourth
°
(I uess the last two sentences are really intended as
allure. 
But I really would 
like to see on)
Best regards to the gang. will give you a more
exact timetable as soon as it is feasible.
dous.
:
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MEJA
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STATUS OF W.S.S. PROJECTS
8 March 1951
"STALIN" PHOTO-BOOK PROJECT.
This has not 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 Publishing Co., who has been meeting
the bill and will continue to do so.
Nevertheless I think it will shortly prove desirable for me to write it
up, since (a) it may prove desirable for SP (under FUNNY) to subsidize Swen
on it, in order to make possible a somewhat lower selling price, and
(b) it will be more convenient to have it wrapped up as a named project, which
can be referred to by name, and for which SP can have credit in its sta
reports.
HEADLEY has completed the text part of the book. He and a top-flight
Life lay-out man, of whom he has a very high opinion (and an assistant who
helps the Life man dig up photos) have been through a very large number of
photos. HEADLEY is confident that the book will be a first-class job.
If all continues to go well on the Life front, -i.e. if they make no
objection to the use of pictures from their files the main remaining probler
will be: how to combine retention of high quality, i.e. adequate reproduction
of as many photos as they need to tell the story the way they feel it should
be told, with quantity, i.e. sale at a low enough price to make possible
wide dissemination.
of
Too heavy a subsidy (by OFC) would blow the Government-inspiration
the boɔk. Perhaps, if the book proves to be as good as we feel it should,
the State Department's ILI Information Program or Book Translation Program
might get behind it in a big way?
We should go energetically into this problem of selling it at a low
enough price as soon as Swen's president returns. In the meantime HEADLEY
and I are of opinion that quality should not be sacrificed. if it is of really
first-class quality and Pl effectiveness, quantity can be achieved, sokshow,
by subsidy.
HEADLEY will appear overtly as the author. Possibly the A. F. of L.
might help give it world-wide distribution, as they have done in the case of
the maps of the Slave Labor Camps in the USSR.
If all continues to go well, it looks as though the book might be
getting into shape for the printer in April or May
When this is written up as a Project, it will be a Sub-project under
EMFUNNY. KUFUNNY, approved long ago, includes a Recommendation (para 5)
"...that...the sune of $40,000 be appropriated for the development and
distribution of similar photo-books at the discretion of Chief, SP."
The Sub-project requires only the signature of Chief, SP, as I understand.
EXPENSES. Small suns were paid to HEADELEY, sumer-1950, duly recorded in
Ray Willard's office, for payment in connection with photos obtained from New
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Yark agencies. These suas were charged either to Z KIFUNNY, or to OGHOUSE,
to be transferred to KUFUNNY when K¼FUNNY should be approved, or when
the "STALIN SUB-PROJECT under KMFUNNY should be written up and approved.
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Dear Boris
Delighted!
And I have circulated the good news
Yes, whân our pôl returns mhích I
Tabard Imm
1739 Ñ Street, N.
Washington 6,
March 6, 1951
round about har
ourselves in a big
will have
Loving both quality and
quantity. As time goes on, I imagine he will get better and better
cope with that problem, and I think he should be balped in a big way to
:
do so. In the mantine, I agree with what I'm sure is your view (your
letter is not at hand at the moment) that any conflicts betwɑm
should be
-in favor of quali
quantity can follow. (Build
the really quality mouse-trap, and sooner or later, preferably
world will bast the path).
Just a details you've undoubtedly rom the De Custine in the Marel
5-LIFE. Could you uses
• Live in the Krumlin is not to lives it
protect onselfi pression creates revolt; rovalt necessitates
cautions, precautions increase the danger and of this long sori
of actions and reactions is born a monster, despotian which has
built itsal se in Moscow the Kremlin!" (p. 124)
haven't
Ith you the thing as a whole is marred slightly by the
essentia aggressive nation.."
immediate plans to go to N. Y., but wo mist
foregtäher before long.
Best regards,
Bill
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Tabard Inn
1739 N Streep N\\
Washington 6, D. C.
Feb. 26, 1951
Dear Boris,
Glad to hear from leo-dee that you are still
And, especially, that there
best of your
down this
with
hear from our mutual friend William
to
you you hinŋ
How is your collaborator coming, and is be scared
his bosses? What is your best current guess as
date when it will be wrapped up?
generally overworked and came down with trip
three weeks or more to recuper
To have been or are laid
till somewhat under the w
Ivo though
lot
Drop a lino, and don't delay your visit to the Nation's
Capital too long.
Best regards,
Bill
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20 Feb. 1951
Re SHIB and BRAINWAVE
of dr. inston I phoned ± Shub (AC-2-0164)
about progress on the Photo-book, and what is the earliest date
which he may be thru with it. Ho answer.
RAW says Kintnor is aslong for him for BRAINWAVE. I
errupting him till he has finished the phe
RAW consulted
1ST, who said to say Shub might be made available on a part-time basis,
RAW understands he would do his work for BRAINWAVE in NY. I said this
seemed OK, if it were to be only part-time.
21 Feb. 1951
I phoned Kintner re Shub. He has recently seen Shub in NY.
Shub said he had reached the stage in his work (en photo-book) for us
where his collaborator wd hy to do most of the work for about a month.
Kintner said the work Shub wd do for him wd be, in NY, and only part
I said this all sounded OK. Shib not referred
the
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hypocrisy, unless its principle object is to explain to the masses the
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MR. HINSTOK:
Re: "STALIN PHOTO-SOCK, tie-in with Life.
DAILY DIAPY of Jan. 27: "Piornis of PEAL
that he understood that Time and
alutaly did not
any of their people connected with any intelligence organization
Allen Dallas had given instructions that na
question, Piernie gave up any attempt to utilise the san they hav
on Hifels staff and has sent mother men to cover the assignment instead.!
Shab, who is preparing a photo-book on Stalin's carcer for Swan,
is getting (or hopes he is getting) the help of
lay-out
at $35 per die
(only Shib imong his nazo; lamson didn't want to ask him who it is
Shub, of course, is doing the book estonsibly as a private citizen,
so if security is maintained it doom't seem to involve a life
boing "commected with any intelligence organization
As they got ready to publish (perhaps April),
to decide whether he wants his name to appear on
case
ollabor
will probably have to (a) get life's permission.
(b) if they use any photos from Life's files, Fell as
3 from agencies
he will have to
permission for that
It should all be OK if Skub koops up his
CC: Mr. Winston
"Stalin photo-book file,
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23 January 1951
Mr. Richards (Legal) phoned, on behalf of 15. Kelley, re the
contract between DIY CIA re disposition of royalties,
said 17. Kelley had referred it to him, with some such
to let it stand as it
as:
the records there /Swen? and if appropriate documenta
can
asked if doing the photo-book mas
activity. I said yes, for a month or two, after which he would have som
new assignment.
He said all the better.
I said the only problem had seemed to be whether there was any lega
objection to having Saen held the rights to the book instead of "the
Government and Swen receive back the royalties instead of "CIA".
Kr. Richards seemed to agree there was no ubstantial difficulty there,
and ended: C, Joe or I will let you know if there seems to be any diffi-
culty there or need to amend the contract", or words to much that effect.
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KM FUNNY = #2 = "STelin " photo-book for PRB 17;
17 Jan '57
Personnel = Manson (Swen) & Shirts & Life collaborator
Security = OK = Shab
Shub,
= OK = Shub = comert contract agent
Materials = ± 150 sterilized photos from Citt Graphics
± 75 photos obtained by Shub
more fastos will be got by Shit & Life
Spent = ± $1.72 for photos obtained by Slub
and for services in offaining them
Swen will meet exfines.
has advanced I to Shub for
has authorized Shub to pay Life
exfences
$35 for day.
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12 Jan. 1951
QUESTION for lunson:
Re the second photo-book:
Stafun Biography
progress report?q.
Any dates
figures that old go.
April
What does he estimate be
otal
mumber of photos? 150
Any tentativ
Cimate
the selb
price?
Has his collaborator gotten permission from his.
to use their files and/or to sign the book as collaborator? Unkow
Re first photo-book:
What is best estimate of date it should be on sala?
APRI
RW showed this to Munson Jan. 16
Munson wrote the above answers
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15 Jan. '51
Shub's work for SP.
Ha is a covart “contract agent", contract expiring lat Doa, 1951.
As far as I know, he a worlding only on
"STALDI" PHOTO-BOOK,
book of probably
150
on th
of Stalin exposing,
metly out of his own mouth,
duplicity and ruthle
colleagues
be published
Easter Deg
it should be good
publication
country.
3. "The Choice" was published October 29, and after giring hån
to recover from the coitements of first-tis mthorship (ho had a good
adio and TV interviews),
4. JEBB noodled hin Novem
We are very anxious to have the photo-bod finish
fast as possible, handled as you alone can do it,
be one of the most affective shots that can be rod and
it quick.
My understanding is that you are now engaged full time
on it. Is that also your understanding, If so, please let me know
(1) that the photo book is your first concern, and (2) what progress
you have made to dato.
"Again let ma omphasize the great enthusiasa
our complete confidence that it will have
and incisive touch when compl
5. Shub replied Novemb 231
quickly
(radio
and Pi
ang long
pictura
am amicus to get the picture book rolling
possible. The loose ends connected with THE C
ancos, sticking pins and needles into Denothin
tc.) while nerve-radiding, do not take razme
that I am in a position to devote my subl
"I'm partially styrded, howe by your cryptic suries of
notes and instructions regarding a publisher. Thought the thing was
pretty well settled when your note was given to me at the lunch at
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this footnotes
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*Please be sure not to say anything at all to anyone.
about the mitologia contened at Junch / Hupson / very
import he'll explain why when and if he save you, perhaps
within a week or two. This was just that lunson was anxious about
security for Swon__.
Without a final decision on type of publisher it is
exceedingly difficult to determine character, oise, tone and scope of
book. It would help m a great deal to know what's up on that scare
.
Sinon & Schuster presents one type of problem and migɛoste ano kind of
approach. The ritual friend, who I assup (thout being 100% mro) is
the publisher you referred to in the noto you sent to the Biltmoro
sugɛosts sansthing uito different:
moro outspokane
m this question
arrange for us to get together
perhaps much simpler and direct and
bo cla pled by.
Once this is out of
boan
ald up not on
to novo fast. I'd be four-lesbor and 1
mado
but
ogress until now I'v
to koop THE CHOICE
Stabl
being painfully human by a lingering
from being embalmed in the Docothing, Sloth & Morde Funeral Parlors. I've
non venit about all I'vo got and will do my darmodest is not to allow it
to cause no any further loss of aleep or diversion of energy from 
the job
on hand.."
6. Hinson had a long phone conversation with Shub November 17,
Sims's request, and planned to Beɑ him Novemba 21.
Love for 20 Lincon told Sans that
-7. A Contract between Shib and CIA san dram up by Joo Kalloy and
and aged Sept. 16, 1950, whereby the Government" will om all
stable to the book 
and may fal rotury the royalèles. "to CIA",
How that Swen is to bo the publisher, I havo asked Joo Kelley
uhothor it will be OK that the rights should be owned by Swen (a CIA-controll
corporation) and the royalties returned to Suent or whether he wants 
to amend
the contract
Progress on the back. Last suxer
from CIA Graphics, of which I sent him
also got 75 expellent coss
Lea York
time sent hin a lot of suggestions
anything done down hero ho will let
Shaib wrote me, Doce
241
"This is just a brist note
the picture front. I won't b
mitul friend inson
will give you all the dope.
you
be in flas
Suffice it to say that.
muthorized him to pay $35 par
ions,
give you the latest on
the dots because
arly next weak
Laborator / whom Suta ba
one of the top lay
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one those $25,000 por munum non. For the presont ho
With assosiation with the picture book known to his
doesn't
employer for sovural good and co-palling raisons. (Including the
fear that they would plagiarize the idea). Dit in the final
stages he'll have to tell them in order to got their cooperation
on digging into this files as well as their official permission
for the use of his name as a collaborator.
mloodless to say, all of the above is a doen dark secret,
but then what isn't these days? Lore important than all of the
above is the fact that the gentleman in question / moon purposely
didn't ask Shib no his collaborator in, in addition to being
top flight picture man, is doanly interested in the subject and
inly know great deal about it.
hayo nothing happens to make him
gut anybody nearly as qua
what remains
doim on his dealsdun.
Our friend will fill
done, how to do it,
Of one thing you may be sure: If my collaborator stays with
project and if no act of God intervenes, the final product will be
the picture book of all timo. 1o wants to see it sold on newsstanda
among other places..".
9. Munson told January 8 he had soon Shub about a week before,
and "ho should be ralling pretty som.
10. FLASHI Shib just phoned. He said I had proved correct on the
point that "aving the book all pictures, uithout words, is rubbish.
He has found it necessary to do a brief written Kife of Stalin, bringing in
hia najor misdoods, and looping it as simple & cloar-out as possible.
The US of that is now being typed. That was the hardest part
Now it should go fast, if the mochanics can be done fast.
Kup collaberater will got the extra
in the story.
Simub thinks it is really pretty good,
I asked if the
Namely
from the files needed
bo inn's name will appear on it. We both agro
no rosson why it shouldn't. It will depend on whether the Lio
it, and whether
thinks it would go down with his
I told Shib l'unson was plaming to be away 3 to 4 weeks from about
Jan. 28, possibly
Shub will contact Jamson before then. Me
an vdth Manson's inter in Manson's aber
give
hould be able
starti
with luck-
Depending on (a) how much time the
(5) how fast: Thinson
printing of
about 6 or 8
orn
x Animal photo
ho is just
the book should,
about Karah 25.
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12. Re Shub & other SP work. JHEI, a wosk or two ago, was about
to phone Shub about some job ha manted him to do. I suggested be leave him
to concentrate on the photo-bock,
19. Bo Boris Shibla & Day14 Shub's "EXOGRAPÍK, OF STALINI Inst
ORLSTAD having raised the matter,
was told to draw up
to give David Shib $3,000 for 6 months
complete the biography. This was killed boog b
instructed Shab to
it himsel
from his job,
was told, you had
Shab and his father had a contract with a publisher for this
biography, on which they were already overdue, When JHIII wrote to needle
the picture book, wanted to clear up the status of the
Simb
-how they stood with their publisher now that wo had instructed
Shab to rk on the photo-book instead. JBIII said, "Leave Shub to raise the
tor if he wants 101" this turned out fine, as Shub's cutimsiastic reply
of November 15, above, didn't mention the biography.
If there is nothing more prossing for him to do, perhape Shib
Again on the biography when he has trapped
might be asked to
the
photo-book. Or the project to subsidize his father for 3 or 6 months work
revived. Judging from the 18 Chaptors
it might
would be a very good bock, highly road
and fit
fallon-travellors and Stalinists,
3 Dec. 1951
He rever 
moll 
any.
quickie.
them 
ar since then Nov. 
29, 1989 he told
he 
told Vanguard 
he 
wasted to work
.
photo-book 
for 
Swan 
first, 
and 
that
photo
-
book 
would be
W.S.S.
by
Noted it interest
R. Winston, is Jan.
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MUNSCH has an appointment to see Shub in My torarron. I told
him Shrub had phoned yesterday, reporting progress
MUNSON said he doubted Shub would be fully ready for the printer
before Munson's return, and didn't want him to try to handle it with
the printer in lunson's absence.
LUNSON will try to see Bob Winston later this afternoon.
He will return fro
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RE
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Agremont (16 Sept. 1950) betroen CIA
and Hey yo production of photo-bool
12 Jan. 1951
You will recall that in the agreement, this you drum up and whi
signed 16 Sopt. 1950 by 1. Eohols and POBET V. ISDLY, it
that HEADLEY ll be required to transfor the gross royalties
Publishing
Doc. 19, sho
and has
the
the
of tx
odaction. It is lide
(6) Sun will, on paper, pay HEADLEY standard royalties, vách
HEADLEY will return to Sag, and this
(b) Stem will own all rights in the book (which will facilitate
Swon's pitting out foreign editions).
other words, it is l'unson's hope, and sáng, that, as bo put it, su
boing 
a wholly CIA
-controlled corporation,
mingly step in
Government and 'CIA' in tho
handling the
table?
handled in Sen's
Saby
no chiamia detalls would all to
the time of
When I mentioned the matter to John Bischoff, Jan. 5, he said he Shough
o should check with you whethe
(a) vo on simp
Let the 16 Sept. 1950
agrement should be amend
instead of
Government
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JB lunched Muuson.
Manson
going
on a trip.
("roughly 22 Jan. to 10 March).
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KM FUNNY.........and "STALIN" PHOTO-BOOK:
SINS saw MUNSON in his hotel, Dec. 19, 1950
Munson leaves for NY this evening. OK to leave messages for him to phone.
Re HOKE BOOK. He mentioned a contemplated pocket-size book, collecting
anti-CP jokes. I said I would contribute what we had in PB II and add from
time to time. For further details see my folder JOKES.
He gave me post-card (Su) by Rockport illustrating joke about
Who Owns the Automobiles". (He got this from a 13-yr-old boy-in Germany in
1947, and he and an Army man each put $20 of their own into having it xxx printed
and spread).
Re K
Barnes was to have met him Friday (Dec. 15), but had
out of tow to a funeral.
He expects to see Barnes tomorrow (Dec. 20), when Barnes is to deliver
about 60 of the photos with his own captions. Munson will then let-
CHAPPELL look it over for a couple of days. He will then bring it down here
"and ask Messrs. Bryan. Nadler and Sims look at it. (I told him not to besitate
to leave me out).
Barnes has been OK. I said I would check how his clearance is coming.
It was requested Nov. 2 and should be ready, says John Shields, about 3 months
from Nov. 2
Re "STALIN" PHOTO-FOR. See Shub's letter to Sims, Dec. 14, in file.
Munson also thinks it is coming well, and should be good, if the Life man
continues to prove a good collaborator.
Munson does not know the name of Shub's Life collaborator: he did not
encourage Shib to tell him. Munson says he is sure SWEN is still secure,
and there is no reason why it shouldn't continue to be, "if everyone in CIA will
keep their big mouths shit; too many know about it"). SWEN may be suspected
of Government-inspiration, but it should not be blown.]
Munson has advanced Shub money to pay expenses, and has authorized him
to pay his collaborator not more than $35 a day. The collaborator will
definitely be paid on a fixed fee basis, i.e. per diem, no royalties.
SWEN can pick up the tab for Shab's expenses in procuring photos,
That will appear in Swep's accounts, but, happily, there is no need for.
MFUNNY's files to be cluttered up with the details,
LUNSON knows of the agreement, re disposition of royalties, which
SHUB (HEADLEY) signed with CIA. He has seen" it; i.e., presumably has seen
the sterilized notes Shib made of it, since Shib retained no copy.
LUNSON understands that SHEN mill om all rights to the book. I.e.,
"SHEN will simply step into the place of CIA in the above agreement." I...,
STER, on paper, will be paying Shub standard royalties, but Shub will return.
them to SHEN,
I said that, as far as I could see, this sounded OK, SHEN being 100%.
a CIA corporation. Lunson said that Joe Kelley had helped draw up the
papers setting up SWEN, and was therefore fully cognizant of it and sympa-
thetic to it. Only an excessively legal-minded bureaucrat would quibble over,
having the royalties re-absorbed by SHEN, rather than disposed of accorting
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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 Kr. Kelley). There doesn't 
seem to
be any difficulties of substance there.
There has been no decision on the size, format, etc. of the book.
I mentioned that I had written Shub, mentioning that Simon & Schuster is
able to offer its $3.95 FOR & Pictorial History -"260 photos with commentary",
at only $1.50 in cloth.
I said Shib had written some time ago that it would be a help to
know the approximate number of photos as soon as possible, and Lyle said he
of course agreed. He thought Shub and his collaborator should have something
to show in, say, 30 days.
I mentioned that the "STALIN" PHOTO BOOK, when written up, which I
will do shortly, will merely be a sub-Project of KUFUNNY and 
will 
therefore
require only r. Thompson's signature. Lyle queried whether it was necessary
to make a formal project of it at all. I said that, for purposes of
Status Reports, etc., it would be more or less necessary to have 
a 
formal
title for it, and he agreed.
Shub has about 150 sterilized CIA Graphics photos, which we selected
last summer.
None of them could actually be printed, published
, without
a release from CIA Graphics. I therefore urged lunson to urge Shub to work.
up a good cover story about them, vis-a-vis his collaborator. 
Munson said 
he
would advise him not to use them at all. (They are run-of-the-mine
; they 
could
all be duplicated with ease from agencies).
I told 'unson that Mrs. Poland, of CIA Graphics (of whom he knows)
had personally made an arrangement with Roy Larsen, whereby he supplies them
with photos from Time-Life files, but not for publication. And that 
she had
told me she is particularly anxious to do nothing that would 
undermine her
relations with Time-Life.
We agreed that, if Shub's collaborator gets permission to use photos
from Life's files in the book, it will still be a book being 
prepared for 
the
overt STN Company, and that Life will not know the Government 
is involved.
linson thinks Shub is being very circumspect about all this.
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Dos. 18, 1953
Dear Boris,
Swall
I've phoned our friend and will be seeing him tomorrow
hope something or
mediate prospect of
aldontala
bring m to How
to foregath
the 4 days after
the benefit of the two Yonday holidays.
Incidentally also, resale on newsstands (which sounds fine)
did you notice that 565 are able to offer FDR, a Rictorial Biography,
which is 360 photos with captions and commentary, and is 89.95 in aloth,
only $1) in paper?
J mish pleased
Best regards,
Bill
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December 14, 1950
Dear Bill:
This is just a brief note to give you the latest
on the picture front. I won't fill you in on the details
because our mutual friend will be in Washington early next
week an d will give you all the dope. Suffice it to say
that my collaboraton is one of the top layout men on Life ;
one of those $25,000 per annum men. For the present
he doesn't want his association with the picture book known
to his employer for several good and compàaling reasons. (including
the fear that they would plagiarize the idea). But in the final
stages he'll have to tell then in order to get their cooperation
on digging into their files as well as their official permission
for the use of his name as a collaborator. Needless to say,
all of the above is a deep dark Becret, but then what 
isn'
these days? More important than all of the above is the fact that
the gentleman in question, in addition to being a top flight
picture man, is deeply interested in the subject and--miraculously-
actually knows a great deal about it. I hope nothing 
happens to
make him back down on his decision. Impossible to get anybody
nearly as qualified. Our friend will fill you in on the rest;
what remains to be done, how to do it, etc. xxxx of one thing you
may be sure: If my collaborator stays with the project and if
no act of God intervenes, the final product will be the picture.
book of all time. He wants to see it sold on newsstands among other
you planning to visit New York one of these days? If
you do, please let me know. Very anxious for a chance to chew the
fat in a leisurely fashion. Am losing touch with the mythical
world in which you live. Best regards to the gang.
Aces.
Are you
Bous
P.S. The $.35 adition of Lexin
is ready. Goes on sale officially
Aver
on Dec 22, but I police that
Columbia U. bookstore is already
pelling it. ("ment",
New
frican Library)
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MANSON PHONÉD, FROM NY. 10 5.m.
He will phone Shab now. Perhaps they can lunch together.
Munson "definitely sants" the photo-book. Is agreeable to whatever
we think it should be. Told him I had suggested to
size,
Shib that he proceed on an estimate of about 150 pages.
I forgot to mention Joe's suggestion that Simon & Schuster (which
Joe says would be better than Doubleday, probably) might do the book
in the US, with Sten to have the foreign rights. Will tell Lyle about
that this weekend.
Munson comes to Washington this afternoon or evening.
him the FUNNY pictures this weekend.
will give
See log-sheet, Nov. 17
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filed in folder CINE, THE CHOICE"
See copy of it, above, in
Memo
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251 to LST.
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1739 N St
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
I'll try to clarify about our mutual friend / Munson / just a
soon as I possibly can, Couldn't reach him all this evening. Maybe
I can get him tomorrow morning. urge him to see you at the
earliest and get it all clarified, as that will as you say— be a
great help. Meanwhile why not go ahead on an estimate of say 150 pp.
Hope he can see you by Tuesday or at earliest thereafter.
Good about "Lenin2 too.
And the Navy!
And the dual German edition!
and how right Matthew xiii, 57
as about prophets.
Best regards
hastily
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9 Nov. 1950
I queried Ray about how to send your letter to Shub, and he
ilized it and said it could go as sterilized. I will mail it
this evening. Rey changed no matters of substance. (But the sentence
are pressed for full weekly reports" had, to go out; the ste
zed version of it wouldn't do the trick).
communicating with Stub. Ray says there is no OPC man in
That NY/00 are not supposed to know
Later
AYUS. There may be one letter
SP details, and that, failing the CPC man there, the only means of
regular communication with Sirub are:
(1) fully sterilized letters thru ordinary mil
(letters via CO would equally have to be sterilized)
(2) hand-carried letters
(3) personal contact
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Nov. 9, 1950.
Doar Baris,
We are very andous to have the photo-book finished
es fast as possible. Handled as you along can do it, this book will
be eng of the most effective shots that can be fired and
need it
By understanding
now
សរ
know
that also your nderstanding? If so, please let
(1) that the photo-book is your first concern, and (2) that
you have made to date,
Again let me emphasise the great extimadas no hayo
and our complete confidence that it will have your
brilliant, informed and incisive touch when completed.
Joe left
(till evening
Bell
2th)
before I wild discuss this with hin. Please
note his new address es above
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Could this letter
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he sent thru the ordinary
mail? I imagine not.
Who should I see here
re arrangements for
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We are very anxious to inve the pot photo-book finished as fast as possible.
Handled as you alone can do it, this book will be one of the most mea
effective shots that campfiredan this comes the betting
may
that you are now engaged full time on
At just
Your
understanding is
preseit
arb with the corporation. Is that also your xxxxxx understanding?
If so, please let me know (1) that the photo-book is your first dern,
and (2) that progress you have mace to date.
and needs in ailation
is now un foot, rust ecluse
press to justify and contain th
Again
let me emphasize the great enthusiasm we have for pc, ani our
Complete
confidence that p
it will have
your own brilliant,xixe informed and incisive touch when completed.
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no DPC man in NY/00 now: trying to get one
1 Ray
Ray says only way to handle it is
(1) fully sterilized, as above,
OR
(2) hand-carry
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6 Nov. 1950
TO SHUB
via Y,00, hand-carried; who can keep this and any later
letters for Slub 
to consult from time to time
if necessary.
He can transmit periodic reports of progress
via KYNO. Surilized ones direct.
Doar Boris,
Re your book.
I wont filly into the questi
copies, and it is clear that it is not policy anywhere to do anything
official to promote the distribution of it. There is just nothing in
rter that would authorize officially promoting a book of that vory
wide scope, except for limited internal circulation.
That leaves it, as I imagine you gathered at lunch the other day
☐ with IST that you should work on it only during weekends and other
free hours.
That in turn leaves the question of the current status of the
"Stalin" biography and of the Stalin photo-book.
Re the photo-book. On the one hand, (1) Joe is very keen to get the
photo-bock finished as fast as possible, and (2) the friend who was mentioned
to you at lunch the other day unson ✅ is interested in it, and (3) we
have already got a good l of it done, the sone 225 photos already on
hand, etc. and (4) perhaps most important: it could be completed in less
time than would be required to complete the diography.
Ján: I wrote him yesterday, when sending him the focle papar,
to be certicularly careful not to say 
anything at 11 to anyone about
"the friend who was mentioned 
to you at lunch" (inson)/
/JBIII: Please note the security angle in what follows. Also, the
project to have one or both Shubs 
complete the "Stali" lography, in re
which I have the full file, 
has beer batted around from Clustond to 
elley.
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be the
pullister
to 1ST, and there is or was a contract with Vanguard.
First, I was instructed to draw up a Project to subsidize David
Shub to complete the biography
. Later I was told that Doris had boom
™
sent to f, with instruccions 
to complete it himself.
197, a few days ago, told no he was under the impression that you
had worked out arrangements with 
Scris in re the biography. But you 
haven't.
Neither Has Kolloy, nor 
Kramer. And Bill Rowland (to
referred mo).
brown of no one els in OIC from whom Shub should be receiving directives.
Therefore, let's take time to got it cleared up,
is the status of Shub porn et 
fils re "Stalin" /
on paper, what
Ro "Stalin" biography. On the other hand, we are not clear what is
the curront status of the biography, (1) do you have any written directives.
from us about it, and (2) what are your and your father's current obligations
to Vanguard as to completing it?
An important question is: if you complete the photo-book first,
are your obligations to Vanguard such that you would have security difficulty
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in explaining to them why, and on whose behalf, you mere delaying two months
(more or less) to finish it, before resuming work on the 
biography?
deal with
Since the photo-book and the biography have the same subject-matter,
I suppose there is a bare possibility that you could work on the photo-book
during "office" hours, while collaborating with your father on the biography
evenings and weekends. But that does not seen a happy arrangement
. We are
called on for weekly Progress Reports, and Vanguard would be wanting to know
what gives, and why. Much better to concentrate on one job at a time, 
and
be under obligations to only one crowd at a time.
Statue of the biography. As far as anyone here knows, you have only
oral instructions to complete it. According to my rough notes of a talk me
had July 31, you had a contract with Vanguard, July '49, calling for a 
book
"by David & Doris Shub" to be completed March 1, 1950. And as of June 
10,
your father had had a $900 advance on it.
Would the copyright be in your name, or both? I think it would be
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simplest to have the actual copyright in your name alone (ho could
assign his share to you), so that any arrangements for foreign publication
could be made with the minimum delay over the legal and security aspecte.
If I got it right, as of July 31 you had about 100 pages in pretty
much finished form, about 70-60 pages in rougher draft, plus Chapters IV & V
the typescript of which was circulated hore (and which I mailed back to you
Oct. 5). Anyway, you thought there would have been an absolute minimum
of 3 solid months more uk full-time work in it for your father. All in all
if you were working on it whole-time and your father part-time, would
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minimum of 3 and maximum of 8 be about the right estimate?
(It's so much better, and better reading, than the Doutscher, it
ought to come out as soon as possible. Incidentally, have you considored
that the "Atlantic" or "Harper's might print chapters of it in advance?
Chapters IV & V are certainly highly readable.)
Re completing photo-book.
time do you estimate it would take
you, whole-time, to do a photo-book worth doing. (Say between 100 and 200
photos?). should think an absolute minimum of a month, and mich more
likely 2 or 3 months in actual practico, wouldn't you?
You probably noted that "Life's WN II Picture History" occupied "the
fused talents of Life's entire photographic and editorial staff." m
But yours would be only 150 or 200 photos, and you have almost all the
caption material in your head or on your desk, so perhaps, with a coop
rative publisher and cooperative photo agencies, 2 or 3 months full-time
work would do it?
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make a
decision. You could leave your carbon with HY/CO for safe-keeping,
..
and arrange with them to consult it in when and if necessary.
Fully sterilized letters, about details of work-in-progress, we can
exchange direct.
The friend who was mentioned at lunch said he may be free to come
and see you in a week or two. But please be extremely careful about
mentioning him to anyone. He'll explain why that's important.
two carbons.
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Bill: This
Jant I
want Shub to be told that we are paying
to complete his picture book, but we
bear that 
he is merely promoting The
Choice. What are the facts? 
When 
will
the picture book be finished
? I also 
want
you to devise a system whereby 
we can'
check: Shub's progress. Lastly
, we 
could.
never allow a letter like 
this one to go.
through the mails. In the wrong 
hands, 
it
would be TNT.
JB3
What about
Stalin hography?
8 Nov '50.
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ny/00483.
c/O LITR, who can keep this and subsequent letters
in his safe, filed under HEADLEY, for Shab to
consult from time to time, if necessary.
Sterilized letters, dealing with details of
his work, I can exchange with him direct.
Dear Headley (proudonym)
Dear Boris,
7 Nov. 1950
D-R-A-F-T
Re The Choice". I hope the Overseas Press Club panel was a success.
Nothing in the "Y Times" about it, but they don't usually write up those
affairs. - I've seen nothing further in the "Post", xxx since the mention in
the ed I sent you; will send you anything I see..
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I have a complete file, "The Choice", here, with all the reviews, etc.
in it. I went fully into the question of ordering copies, and it is clear
that it is not policy anywhere to promote the distribution of it (or for that
matter, equally clearly, any other book). After all, if the head man himself
Bedell Smith had written "The Choice", there is nothing in his official
charter that would authorize him to promote it in his official capacity; on
the contrary. Nothing anywhere against you personally or the book; it's just
that there is no policy to promote any book of that wide scope.
Therefore, as I imagine you gathered at lunch the other day / with IST
work in connection with "The Choice" should be during weekends and other free
time
I hope winchell's mention of it, and the good "Y Times" review, etc., will
start
it will develop.
help sales, and that if it hasn't gotten off to a fest
as a "cre
por" "sleeper"
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Re "Stalin" biography and/or Stalin photo-book.
That leaves the question whether you are supposed to be working on
completion of the "Stalin" biography or on the Stalin photo-book, or on
both. What is your own preference?
(1)
On the one hand,/Joe is anxious to get the photo-book done, and
(2) the friend who was mentioned to you at lunch the other day / Munson/
is interested in it, and (3) we have already made a beginning on it, and,
perhaps most important, (4) it could be completed in less time than would be
required to complete the biography.
(Incidentally, please be particularly careful not to say anything
anybody about the publisher who was mentioned at lunch. /Smen. It could
raise a really first-class stink. / Winson thinks other publishers would
raise hell if they found out the Government had gone into competition with
them. Very important).
On the other hand, what are your and your father's current obligations
✯ to Vanguard, in re the Stalin biography, and would you have difficulty in
explaining to Vanguard why and on whose behalf you were taking two months (more
or less) to do the photo-book, before resuming work on the biography? If so,
that might be an argument for completing the biography first,
Please give me all relevant details as to the current status with Vanguard.
As far as anyone here knows, you have only oral instructions to complete the
biography. According to my rough notes of a talk we had July 31, you had a cone
tract with Vanguard, July '49, calling for a book "by David & Boris Shub" to bar
completed March 1, 1950. And as of June 10, 1950 your father had had a $900
advance on it.
The copyright would be in your name, or in your father's also. I think
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it
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
✓ perhape by Swen / could be made with the min delay go over the
legal and security aspects.
as of July 31st you had about 100 pages in pretty
If I got it right,
mich finished form, about 70-60 pages in rougher draft, plus Chapters IV & V
the typescript of which was circulated here (and which I mailed back to you
Oct. 5). Anyway, you thought there would have been an absolute minimum of
solid months more work in it for your father. All in all, assuming you wong
working on it whole-time, would a minimum of 3 and maximum of 8 months be
about right? (It's so much better, and so much better reading, than the
Deutscher, I think we ought to get it out as soon as possible. Incidentally,
have you considered that the "Atlantic" or "Harper's" might print chapters of
it in advance? Chapters IV & V are certainly highly readable).
What timê do y ou estimate it would take you, whole-time, to do a
photo-book worth doing? (Say between 100 and 200 photos?). I should think
an absolute minimum of a month, and much more likely 2 or 3 months in actual
practice, wouldn't you?) I have been keeping a file of everything done in the
to produce the 1,000 photos of
photo-book line, such as "Life's Picture History of World War II" and
"The Life of F.DR. in Pictures", and note that/the former occupied "the fused
talents of Life's entire photographic and editorial staff".
Yours would be
only 150 or 200 photos, and you have almost all the caption material in your
head or on your desk, so perhaps, with a cooperative publisher and cooperative
or 3 months hard work would do it?
photo agencies,
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I havegrition you care of Littauer, whom we have asked to keep
a file for you, of letters of this sort - and you could deposit carbons
of your replies if necessary with him which you could consult when and ir
necessary.
Sterilised letters, mambo
about details of work-in-progress, we can exchange direct.
The friend who was mentioned at lunch said he may be free to com
and see you in a week or two. But please be extremely careful about
mentioning him to anyone. He'll explain why that's important.
two carbons
Hao Litauer a safe
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Re: Boris Shab
6 liov. 1950.
(1) Bill Roland says that, as far as he knows, Shib
is not under the direction of anyone except CSP.
(2) Shub is a covert "contract agent". His contract runs.
until 1st Dec. 1951.
cc: Mr. Thompson
for file "Stalin photo-book"
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"L'URES EN COIST/UCTION", 712
WSS wrote on cover sheet of date 20 Oct. 150, from I,IS:
CF/TW/Sims would like to see material Such as this, and if possible
would like to have a copy of "L!URS" en Construction". #12, 1949.
The latter is the handsonely got out, printed in Moscow,
#12, 1949 issue, dealing with the 70ty bday of Stalin. A lot of
idealized paintings of Stalin with Lonin et al); the house where he was
born, his active in 1905, in Georgia; in 1917, etc.
(e ed live without it, however).
The mars were shipped to the Sov Legation in Havana. It may be
possible to get similar publications in the future. Request interest be
indicated. SP/IS also expressed interest.
Attachments must be returned to CSO by 17 Nov.
The other attachment is big mag "SOVIET UNION!"
#5, July 150.
Aapne woAGODA MA
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SEGREY
IR. THOMPSOUT
(1) I just phoned Shub and asked him to get in touch with you at the
Biltmore around 9 a.n. Thursday, in re having lunch 
with you
(2) His phone is Academy 2-0164, 510 Test 110th St,
I wrote him Cet. 181 "Please
Another very helpful possi-
(3) T "STALINª PHOTO-BOOK
pach any publishers until you hear
bility has co
Bo was understandably puzaled, and I couldn't explain it over
phans. Could you please explain to him it means Don't approach
Simon & Schuster or other publishers because SHEM PUBLICATIONS, INC.
is mich interested in doing the book.
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FONTSTILNA ALLenzará divi biex vids Artisan Subal
IFES
Books of The Times
By CHARLES POORE
of World War I
is detonated salves of interpretative
prose by Jones Buss, The Prospect
Before Us is a gag, deeply pondered
discussion of what's going on in the world and
what may loon, by Des Passes Our main
guide this morning this Mr. Dos Passos, as we
look at the embattled present future and past.
.Ia ordinary life,
when you are being
shown the spic
galleries, you
semetimes get so in-
terested that you lose
sight of your guide.
And much the same
sort of thing happens
with Mr. Dos Passca
is leading you through
Life's Picture His
tory of World War
There are fields
and towns and seas.
and beaches that may
interest you, for per-
sonal reasons, far
more than they can
ever interest many
other people. You stop
and look again and aga these, in the Medi-
erranean, the North Aase or the South Pa-
cific, say, and let the rest of the party, guided
by Mr. Dos. Passo go en
Joba Dos Pastos....
The whole book though is a magnificent and
impressive performance procably become
our day's equivalent the Brady Cil War
albums, unless someone ads a better way to
keep a planetary com in human scale. Hun-
dreds of black and whites are supplemented
with maps and color pates of photographs
and dozens of those mously immaculate, war
paintings
The seas churn, the satinents blaze, the new.
improved, economy-size perhomogenized Bikini
190ct.'50.
One of the most dramatic pictures in the book
shows half a page of a typewritten letter. Man
named Einstein is writing a man named Roose
velt. ca Aug 2. 1919. The letter begins: "Sir:"
Some recent work by E. Fermi and L. Sulard
which has been communicated to me in manu-
script, leads me to expect that the element ura-
nium may be turned into a new and more im-
portant source of energy in the immediate fu-
ture. The free world's immediate future".
has been "immeasurably lenghtened because
Einstein wrote that letter.
Winston Churchill, who is writing the greatest
continued story of our day, said in THE NEW
Yngk TIMES last Thursday that it is easier to
infuriats Americans than to cow them" He was
speaking of the havoc the U-boats made along
our coasts in 1942, when the war came very.
close to America as you can see by this book's
picture of an Amencan tanker torpedoed off the
Jersey shore. You can also apply. Churchill's
observation to many other pictures, particularly
those of the black days after Pearl Harbor. The
book's last shot shows a combat veteran who
might be in Korea today. The final text by Mr.
Dos Passos is: "The Pacific phase of the second.
of the world wars of the bloody twentieth cen-
tury had ended, but its ending brought no peace
In his own new book: The Prospect Before
which contains stuff he first wrote for Life and
for Harper's Magazine, Mr. Dos Passos exrands
on that. He takes us all over the wartime and
post-war map, to Akron and Argentina England
and Bran, Lima and Kansas City. He arranges
his bursting briefcases full of material into a
series of lectures complete with Recklers and
other askers of penetratingly trojfolesome ques-
tions, that become light-heavyweight bouts with.
the leading problems of the world. What shall
we do about capitalist cartels and Communist
trusta? How can the institutions of democracy
be safeguarded in a world where. security is in
short supply? What must we do to be saved?
Little man, little world, there's little time. The
bomb raises its canhower head: But the meas battle is still on.
ure of it all is man. The measure of it a
submariner reporting intercom from the
engine room. An Amereza citizen dead on a
Leipzig balcony where be fel covering the Sec-
ond Infantry's advance as a bridge. An Eng.
lishman called Tedder light to an Amer-
ican called Spaaz' A German called Rommel:
who hit our side soently, and so hard in
North Africa that we are apparently hell-bent;
on endowing him, posthumously, with
Fatural powers.
Pictures Not to Be Forgottea
There is a picture of the beaches of Namur
on Kwajalein atall that you won't soon forget
The air seems to be made of the substance of:
death. There is a meture of Nazi troops-gar
rison troops, at that-prose-stepping through
the. Are de Thomphe that you won't want to re
member. There are purtures of Japanese suicide
planes, late in the war, emming in on American
ships that should be mated with all articles
explaining how couple had beater the
enemy long before the a Cay sailed over
Hiroshima.
LIFE'S PICTEER MOTORLD WAR
11. Rested by th +
- Portreads.
Lessons at Hand Everywhere
If we want to get a notion of the price of
failure. Mr. Des Passhe says, "all we have to do
is to visit the ruins of Berlin or to imagine the
lives men live in Prague or Bucharest or
Moscow." If we want to get an inkling of the
cost of survival, all we have to do is to read Mr.
Dos Passos recollections & his wartime experi
ences in Britain. And now they've passed from
their ordeal by fire to what Mr. Dos Passos
calls their ordeal by government." At all points
he maintains his faith in man Free man.
All over the world he chat easily with men
and womed of all degrees There seems to be
a breezy and unconstrained flowering of Mr.
Dos Pass when he leaves New York. In Coon.
Rapids, Powa, he drops into a coffee shop and
finds, that "Bob Garst was sitting in his ac
customed corner laughing like he'd split about:
the difficulties of getting seed corn detasseled."
In Feri a puffing fellow says: "Arious thing
about/Lima • the only history that has e
mained in our minds is that candlet colonial
romance of the aged viceroy and the antreas La
Perr-ho."
That "candieht" romance, as a matter of fact,
hd much far-reaching influences that it ventur
ally led to the broadening of the Pulitzer Prize
complitions, the 1928 decoration could go 10.
Traton Wilder's novel about La Ferrhei
The Ridge of San Luis Rev"
tar Finare Reby Do Forms,
and other 5:^
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Please don't approach any publishers until you boar
Another vary hopaful possibility has come up. #
Adele is here and says to send you her love.
As D-day approaches we trout you are talding aspirin every hou
on the hour. Best regards and sympathy to Kibby.
Rice
Possibility that Swen publications will publish
the "Stalin" PHOTO Book, initially in the U.S.
and/or in the foreign editions.
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LIFE'S
PICTURE
HISTORY
OF WORLD
WAR II
16 Oct 50
HE fused talents of LIFE'S entire photo-
THE
staff have gone
graphic and editorial 
s
into this superb new kind of history book.
It
Contains nearly 1000 photographs, paint-
ings, maps, many in color, and 75,000 words
of brilliant narrative by John Dos Passos,
Robert Sherrod, and others. Foreword
Henry R. Luce.
by
The first printing of this monumental book is one
half million copies; the size 10" x 14"; the weight,
approximately 6 lbs. Each copy comes in its individual
••• carton. Price $10 a copy; deluxe edition $12. At all.
-ŜIMON AND SCHUSTER
bookstores.
L' PER HistoRT OF
WORLD
WAR I (Time. Inc. Simen de
Schuster, 30 delux. edition
$127. A thousand pictures and
80,000 words of
Mid Century, Edition, 1900)
1900-Year, Inc.
ard of fifty years. 2000 plo--
tures and 10 words.
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KHPUITNY: This project is to produce a book of animal photos with
satirical anti-Comunist captions for publication in France. It is being
devaloped with the assistance of Clarence A. Barnes, author of the best-
calling "Hams Sweet Zoo" and other photo books. Twenty-one captioned photos
have been submitted to a Franch publisher, who has indicated willingnons to
"
ha publish. These photos have been recalled, so that a final saleo-
tion may be made from among them and 59 further photos milk supplied by
Barnes. If the French edition is successful, editions in other areas
publishing this book, with
contamplated, $6,000 has been allotted
prodimitoly $600 obligated to date; and an adultional $40,000 has been sol
asido for publishing similar books. Earliest publishing date 6
wooks; latest estimated at Jan, 1, 1951. If there are editions in other
countries, this project will be active for more than one year, and it may
be necessary to subsidize the publishers in order to obtain the desired
distribution.
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This project, which will be a sub-project of MFIERY, has not bom
formally drafted, but is being devolopod. The project is to propuro and
publish in the U.S. a book of photos and text on the car or of 
Stalin, 
with
the exportation of vory widespread foreign distribution to fallor
, in Robert
M. Hoadley, CIA contract agent, is at work on the books more 
than 200 photos
have bem asssabled; a legal agreement concerning copyright and 
royalties
botmen CIA and floadley was signed Sept. 16. Cost of 150 photos 
at
$900; any profit t in the form of royalties will be returned to CIA.
-Shields
[Johns there has already been some expense for (a) travel by Snowden
down paym
to NY to take contract to Hoadley for aigning, and (b) about $150 
paid to
Headley's agents to pay the agencies for photos obtained, and (
o) £108/to
them for their services in obtaining. ↓
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As far as I know this is not, and probably nover till ba
technically a Project,
As far as I know Headlay is just under instrictions from IST,
-as soon as he has finished work on the Stalin photo-book to completo
his biography of Stalin.
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"STALI[" PHOTO-BOOK PROJECT (to be named KIKNOUT)
Is a project for preparation of a book of photographs-plus-text
on the career of Stalin,
Ehen formally witten up, it will be titled KLEONOUT, and will
bo a sub-project of SMFUMI, requiring only the approval of IST,
༧ཙཙཀ-ས་ཀ་ས་མ་
Sons photographs have been assembled, from CIA Graphics and from
agencies in N.Y., and a legal agreement has been drafted and signad,
CIA and
between/ind
Robert U. HEADLEY (pozudarym for B.S.), who will
prepare
the book for publication in the US. under his own name, retaining the copyright,
which (to other with royalties) he will assign to CIA.
Mr. Hoadley is now working on the book. It is plarmed that, after
publication in the US, there will be editions (some perhaps subsidised)
in many foreign areas,
Z
I assume you have the details on this.
ERADIO:
I am listed as responsible for this, but know nothing about it. (I am
going to look at the file today). Ray Millard and LST know about it.
STAL BIOGRAPHY
This, I believe, is not technically a project. But I understand that
Rob H. HEADLAY, contract agent, has instructions from IST, after finishing
”Stalin” photo-book, to complete a biography of Stalin, for publication
in the U.3. under his om nano; idth the expectation of foreign editions to
follow.
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Re PHOTO of a pañal of distinguished literary figures,
artists; musicians, etc., who have 
been 
banned
6 Oct. 1950
in US$, are siles, and/or because disillusioned
with the "Soviet experiment",
Dateline Berlin, Aug. 16, 150. The West Berlin "Volksblatt"
reports that the SED has forbiddon the works of the following to appear in
official entertainment programa cr in public libraries in the East Zone i
Andre GIDE; "an enemy of the Soviet Unim"
Ignace PADERENSKI; "a Polish reactionary chauvinist and eas
the Soviet Union
".
Igor STRAVINSKY, "implacable energy of the Soviet Union":
Abu
TOSCANINI; "rootless, with western tendencias“ (11)
R. M. RIIKE: whose work is "sterile and unpopular"
Stefan EEGE; "a decadent dreamer and champion of the Germanistic
infallibility myth"
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Musicians
To what cortent any or all of them left the USSR
reasons I don't know (do you), but taken in all, primarily political
the caption pointing
out "It can't be a coincidence that all these men preferred to get away from
and stay away from the USSR"
STRAVINSKI
HOROWITZ
ELMAN
HEYFETZ
vd make an impressive gallery:
RACHMANINOV
KOUS SEVIISKY
BARER
BRAILOWSKY
GOLSCHEIARE?(b.Paris) GARBOUSOVĀ
PIATIGORSKY SEVTIZEY STERN ZIUBALIST
KOSTELANETZ
KURTZ
MEDTHER (7)
HILSTEIN
MDISKIVICH
MTC. EFC.
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Photos of MVD officer
Photo: PIROGOV (as on the cover of his book; Duall, Sloan)
6 Jos. 1950
Ceptions a quote from him, such as (from the jacket of the book):
"The Soviet major and the American colonel personified two worlds,
two worlds between which I was to choose,
"Ons was my country where everything was infinitely dear to
met her breadth, her limitless abundance, her simple, kindly folk who can
sing in tims of sorrow as in times of ick.. Scores of friendly faces asabed
across my mind, scores of people I should never see again,
"But then all of
blanketed in mist and all. I saws
the gleek mask the Soviet major sitting across from us. The cold, rigid
features einrossed all I detested: artolty contempt for the sufferings of
are the fear and sham of everyday life, the cheerless toil, and the
perennial threat of tyranny..
"The alternative was an alien band Anorica where I should be a
strangar, but where I should at least be free,,
But I did know that I could no longer live in the land of my
conscious of my impotence to help then
birth live a place among slaves.
or myself...
this quote could of course be pruned, retaining little more
the underlined bits.
Bero is kert which, joined to a photo of a particularly repellent
HVD type, will do something to put across how the MWD is detested,
Sure, he's an ant stalinist, but that's Stalin's fauls, not ours,
You could add, if it seems necessary, as he and Ada Siegal point out, that
there are thousands like him, and the only reason we don't heer from them
is that it's a rare & lucky & plucky mán who has a plane handy for escape /
TOKSISMANTASTI
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* Oct. 1950
?? Photo of TROTSKY modie LEXON
Caption quote from Trotsky's letter to Chiosides, 1913, describing
Lenin as "this professional exploiter of all the backwardness
in the Russian working class movement, (BS nanuscript, p. 120).
Courant, sovoral photos and quotes of this sort to expose the myth
y-family among the Communists, whole-couled in their
adoration of Big Brother. A Trotsky quotë, such as the above could be used
in conjunction with the Stalin quote on the "ordinariness" of Lenin, and
the Lenin quote on the roughness" of Stalin. And tires in two er three
more and you have a striking (and armsing) little
Section on the Pratures Just a Band of Brot
among the Comunists; the Co (alroa 1924, anyway) a snak
backbitors and backstabbers
happy home life
-pit; band o
982 equals 6 photos wild give an exhibit of each of the three
Lenin, Stalin, Trotaky backbiting each of the others.
Then these could be fallowed with the photo of Trotsky s dead
after stabbing bt Stalin's assassin, which in turn could be followed
(or the shale preceded by) photo of Dostoevsly Edth the quote,
Brothers wil begin to cut each oth
hoads off in order to obtain brot
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Ccb. 1950
87. Photo of DOSTON SKY
Captions in apɑropriate quote from hin.
Osville Propoolt reviews #Fyodor Dostoruly" by R. Fulop/Subar
137 pp., 2., Scribners, in my Timos", Cet. 6, and quotess.
"
"Brothers will begin to
cach other's hoads off in
to obtain brotherh
It is madness to want to bring
about a nea Gars and
millies
nau humanity by sacrifining a hundred
He says there are many assing prophoades...of the tyranny of the
telaži varian statë."
I imagino you have read sort of Dustanoffsky, and would know other
quotes as gred as or better than the above,
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Oct. 1950
In 29 Hammany pictures?
"NY Times" book page says "THE PICTURE STORY OF FRANKLIN
DELANO ROOSEVELT" By Gene Schoor, which will be issued Nov. 7
by Frederick Fall, will contain
125
11histrations
Filth
20,000 words of
This is evidently a second FDR photo book, and will be compoting
with the SEIN & SCHUSTER (Simon Legree & Schuster) ons by Stefan Losent,
"The Life of FÖR in Photographs and Test".
SZELZS
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Letter from Shub to Sims 24 Sent, 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
I am going
arrangement of pictures, be calling in a collaborator
to need many more pictures them I now have to do a real job. Flease
continue to forward any suggestions you may have, as well as any picture
material you encounter.
SETRET
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Frie
Sander
by
A third volume of Rooseveltiana
will be published in a period of a
month when 'Pari qu will
us on Mask Theory
of ranibylane Booseya
Gang Schoor. It will contain 125
lllarations with 20.000 words of
On Sept. 29 Duel. Sloan
published Frank Kingdom's
*. b. R. Bald: A Treasury of
Speeches, Conversations and
With." Beacon Press issued on
Bept 127 "The Wit and. Wisdom of
Franklin D. Roosevelt." edited by
Maxwell Meyeraohn with the enf
laboration of Adelle Archer.
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Boris SHUB
28 Sept. 1950
Just FII
"Aa Russia Soon It". MARCH OF TIME, Aug. 1950
Prosents an analysis of the world situation today, from the
viespoin, of the Kraalin. It evaluates the opportunities for
conquest as Stalin and his brachom soe than, and shows why
Soviets chose to take act on now in Korea rather than elsonhare.
tho
It also shows how the U.S. ia meeting the challenge in Koroai
the mobilisation of manpower and industry; 
the reactivation of
planes, tanks, and ships laid up since 
the end of II and 
the actions
which the US is taking with other 
numbers of the UN to check permanently
the aggressions of Stalin and his 
Communist satollites.
Euming time about 22 minutes.
Of course through someone such as Jensen, Ting and/or Life
could provide stills from this,
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i
25 Sopt. 1950
[To Shub]
As you probably saw in yesterday's "H. Y. Times Book Review".
"
STLICH & SCHUSTER will be the publishers this fall of "The Life of
FUR in Photoraphs and Text" (aic) by Stefan Lorant, and of
"Wrzia Picture History of World War II"
Also Boris Shib has a book coming out on
and propaganda".
cold war
Are you sending complimentary copies to Drew Pearson and
to Bernard Baruch? The latter's recent article in "Look" had a
sentence or two faintly, but only faintly, along the lines of the
choice.
"
If you have a copy to spare, why not send one to Gen, Fodamayer
c/o Pentagon; he's the one who maintains the first gino qua non
have a political policy.
[Simio]
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F
19 Sept. $50.
Re. your S Pis in bed with some kind of foyer. He got Dick today
to take the S to Floyd McCaffery, chief of research for 
Republican let '
1
Clee, who will give it to the Cal. Fellers 
tho wrote the "How to Beat the
Russians" article 
in the current "Colliers"..
.
Elliston (Washington Foot) has hed the S, at any rate of the last
chapter. Prang Kay alle, his secly, to 
ask her to tell him it should
get all possible publicity.
Don't worry too mich (except in your capacity as a tax-payer, otc.1)
about the sales. Ons Elliston reading 
it means more than the thousands
reading the "Worlds in Collision" tripe, 
which even Churchill can't 
dis-
lodge from 1 on the Past Seller 
list.
Fe photo-book. Flease koop such screeds as I sent, for any possible
future cross-reference,
They are mainly grains of sand dropped in to contribute to the pro-
duction of the pearls. (That sinile seams 
better, the more you think of 
it,
don't you think?)."
Re Slave-labor: suggests possible-use, lacking photos, of drawings
such as the enclosed from Sept. 18 NY 
Times Book Review by Korolkov (Stalin
Prize Winner!) and said to be artist of 
very high calibre. Don't throw it
anay. Wait & seo. A number of his drawings 
appeared in Life a year or two
ago; I've seen them, but there is no clue 
to the date, so you'd have to
ask Life.
Important: J says "Ask Litter to tall Jenson about it". Of course
Littenor will know to what extent you 
can sound out two different publishers
simultaneously, should you already have 
approached Doubleday or another,
Jensen's still being on life ("lcave 
of absence") sounds fine, but
Littmer will know whether he (Picture 
Press) could handle production &
advertising as well as Doubleday?
Scratch my stuff about a possible fliss photo in my screed of Sept. 15;
had no time to proof-read it. -
Enclosed what look to mo offhand 3 or 4 highly possible quotes from
Karamoy & Zinoview, from frontispiece of Hurder in 
Ladoo.
Think that
keeping
the angles they orolkov idea to worth wooping in strid. You would play upse
2
and
rafuse all inspection our ittees, make survivors swear to say nothing
about the camps. It is Joe's fault there are no 
photos on this page, but this
gives an inkling of what it's like, etc.
Koralloy being a stalin prise-imer adds greatly, it seems to me.
Itam, Photo of SHOSTAKOVICH, namo fardliar in every country, with
Just as caption the three lines of his abject, 
comical recantation.
Bedall Smith's book, p. 298. You could also 
quoto PRCA FIEV.
Thanks for postcari. Best regards,
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Photo DUTRI SIDS FAROFACH
19 Sept. 150
Caption: "I know that the party is right, that the party wiahos no
will, and that I must search for and find creative paths which lead ma
to Soviet realistic popular art."
Mhy shouldn't there be photos also of PROKOFIEV and KHACHATURIAN
world names, much more living than Zinoview et al, with as captions quotes
from the incredible "resolution" by the Central Committee, comderning
the "degenerate formalistic, bourgeois" music, Bodell Smith pp.296-8,
materiál
If you were given complete loomse to invent anti-Sta
the fate of the Arts in the USSH; how could you better this?
Fill send brief suggested quotes from those pages shortly.
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Excerpts from murder in Mexico" by General Leandro A. Sanches Salazar,
Ex-Chief of Secret Service of the Moxican Police with the collaboration
of Jalan Dorkin, London, Secker Farburg, 1950.
• •
"To choose the victim, carefully prepare the blow, satisfy an
implacable vengeance, then go to bed. There isnothing sweeter
in the world."
(Stalin to Deerjinald and Kamenev in the course of a conversation
held in the spring of 1923.)
"Tou think that Stalin is worrying himself trying to find a
reply to your arguments? You are mistaken. He is only considering
in what manner he can suppresa ou without danger to himself.
(Kamenev to Trotsky in 1923.)
He would have got rid of you at any soient since 1724 17
had not feared reprisals from the youth section in the form of
terrorist activities. That is why Stalin has decided to start
destroying the framework of the opposition and then to kill you
afterwards, when he is sure of being able to do so with impunity.
(Zinovisy to Trotsky in 1925.)
"If we die suddenly, let it be known that it is the work of
Stalin,
(Zinoview and Kamenev in letters placed in safe keeping after their
rupture with Stalin in 1925.).
123
Lev Davidovitch invited Joe, who was near to me, to write
his notebook what was, I learned later, his farewell to life;
an sure of the triumph of the Fourth International. Forward!"
207
увага
working-class writer, Cilica, after having worked several
has called it "the country of the great lie."
GAZÁ
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1.6
Sept. 11, 1950-
"...interpretation of Stalin's personality, coctrinas and aims are
pregnant with tragic misunderstandings between Americana 
and the
Russia people- the best potential ally in the struggle for freedom.
"The Russian people were the first victims of the totalitarian
yoke. They dream not of expansionism but only of the restoration of
human freedom...is
Russian intere Stalin, he "82its" as Lania once said, on
world revolution.
because Russia mist merely be used as
base for
Stalin...and all his international henchmen fanatically believe
the capitalist system as a whole is already
fanatically believe aa Lanin
midwife of Revolution can scarcel
for revolution.
garated
Alexander Kerensky
I imagine the "spits" is a correct quote from Lenin, but referring
someone else (perhaps himself) rather than 
to Stalin. Jo
wondering.
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15 Sept. 2950
TO BORIS SHOB.
Just thinking out loud. If you care to call it thinking. Call it
"revolt in the provinces"; "Trotzivist deviationist if you like. But don't
let it upset your digestion,
This will be a wonderful book.
hundred thousands in the U.5. alone
700,000-plus. Even at $2.50 ar
job as it should be done for
in the US, alone.
Really poll done, it should sell several
(and Canada). At $1 the 3 "Zoo" books sold
1 could do
very much doubt that
is a crying
should have a big sale,
that there ham
sines been
(But then
no
the "London Illustrated News" until circa 1932). There is a great thirst for
really readable, believable information on what makes Stalin and the USSR
You are ideally set to fill it.
Just tell the story of "Stalin" (the biog) in pictures,
89 much
Ordin
as is necessary and no more. The sovereign virtue of photos is that people who
wouldn't crack a book of solid print will read a page or half page of print, it
need be, if there's a photo alongside it. (Cf. the book "The Photographs of
Lincoin", where I found myself reading the entire printed parts, which“ I wouldn't
have bught nor road without the photos). Letla add to your favorite mica,
"The Best Photograph tells its Om Story" the corollary "An
sting
will carry reader-interest for quite a bit of caption"
THIS STORY OF JOSEPH STALIN". Just tell the story. What he
is doing. Properly done, that will leave the reader with the feeling of revul
sion & distrust as to what he will do next; "ho sups with the devil must have
a long
story this is. As
reviewer of
success story
All the world loves a story. And wha
Deutscher said (the NY Times", I think) "After all, it's
of the 20th Century. From cobbler's cottage to the Kremlin where he is
SECRET
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still pulling the worl
of an aimed at 400 million signors of
a Potition in the name of "peace" (with the largest standing any in the world's
history) and mouthing "demoursay" (while holding down more than 15,000,000
alave laborers in his om country alone). And your readers won't learn (millions
don't lœềm) he has more than 15,000,000 alave laborors unless you tell
e. Not screa
at the top of your voice, but tell
And no ham in
than
if it proves convenient. Repsti
the figure 15,000,000
tion is no
In fact repetition
Witness
to the Bible, (a mighty repetitive book itself) Anderson's fairy tales.
is good, the tham gripping,
Plenty of repetition in them. If the
reader laps up the repetitions if the Wicked Unalo ja
to koɔp on saying (or, in your case, showing) it. And you
story, and the Unale
more than C
rtainly got
Lokad. Let's show it, by any and every truthful mana
that doesn't detract from readability.
Ro Repeition. I'm sure there is a lot in what J says. That when you are
writing for mass readership, you ought to use a good deal of repetition: "I am
going to tell you the story of how.......So here is the story.....So that was
the story.
time-tested fairy story technique,
After all,
the
best sellers
So why should
shy away from (a) repetition,
spade
aross
ade, dotting the 1's and ossing the
yourt's
pret
vigoronaly & regularly,
of woolly-minded readers are going to
breathing space in which to say: "Still, he had his dear old mother
and
to stay with him in the Kremlin, so there must be some good in
Byrnes (a Catholic) mites that he is undeniably a "likable' follow." Of course,
you will an ticipate & counteract that with photos of Big Brother accepting
bouquets from schoolgirls, juxtaposed with photos showing Big Brother in a
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AT NA INNQUELEN.
F
mich less hap light,
The Unclor wore Nickod, and Grimm said so. Stalin in history's greatest
Play-mater. Say so. It's not an adjective. It's a fact. Throw the book
at Idn, Dallin, Kruvchenko, Iirogov. Anything and/or everything that it
to ram pone the fact. If you can do it without Kravchenko or any other
owed anti-Stalinis 00 ruch the
oly agree. But let's do it.
Stalin keeps the 15,000,000 hidden, so we've got fon photos So
have
to use a photo of a few al
and caption that "there are millions
all this smolo, and
because
if you have to use the cumulative technique
thore. If it
of quoting a fer sentences from Ichornavin end Dallin and Kravchenko and any
others, let's do it. The fact of the slave-camps has got be
isn't made credible y ou haven't told the story.
For
read "Soods of Treason". Chambers says that what
scales fall from his eyes was "I SPEAK FOR THE SILENTY" by Tohornavin. (I'vo
never read it, and had forgotten its you'll do no harm if you mention it some
where. Of course Tchernavin is an anti-stalinist). If that was good emif for
Chambers, it should be good for other CP readors, even, too.
HEARBITRA
Let the motto bei
OK, He made the
Το
What I'm getting at is: K DON'T KEBUMENTS CRAP, YOU
RILY RULING OUT THE USE OF ANTI STARMIST WITIES S
ANY truthful means that toll's Stalin's
didn't. It's his fault if you have to say: Pirogoy was only one airman who
escaped, and a more lieutenant, but there are thousands liko hin,
PIROGOV. Just a randuz sug
but is seo no reason
principle why
you shouldn't have, says Photo
Stal
sounding off about the worker's
paradise, juxtaposed with Photo of Pirogov (a nice clown-out looding type,
smiling), and a quote from Pirogov (ho's definitely eloquent, as you su̸y)
:
to the effect that he didn't like to love his native land, but couldn't stick
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it living "as a olave among alaves". Cf. Adɛ Siegal, to the effect (in Proface)
that there are thousands like him ("The Choico") and be is unusual only is that
ho had few chose living relatives, and a plane, and entorniso.
If it mild be done without the Pirogovs & Kirumihenkos, fine. But I'm
sure you'll find when you chain yourself to your desk and start wating blood
over it that you just can't do justice to (a) SLYVT-LABOR and (b) KVD's
Difanon with just a photo of Berin, -oven if ho looked like
biby in
I just don't see how it can begin to do jus
wasn't any photo (though his first sight of Rykov in
flesh shook hia badly) that took the scales from Chambers eye
the Tchermavin story.
Also he was shaken by (a minor news item in the flow theses) the proof
that the Kremlin ware lara, bant a systematic, notty denigration of Trotaky.
that builds the
Anything-proferably out of their om mouths, as you say
THEY ARE LIES them is:
There is so much to choose from, and it seems to mo that repetition
so good and, probably, só necessary, that I should say, as you do, that a
$1 book couldn't do the job. "White Collar Zoo is 80 pages in all, of which
74 pages havă photos. 7h photos won't be enuf, by a long shot. The story is so
absorbing, properly told, that 150 or more motos wouldn't be a lidt too
f'
Ask & what about the commodes of "The Cardinal", where Simon & Schuster
out more than 400
of close print fær only 61, with parar
Perhaps
no could get by for $2,50, if they felt assured of a large sale. And why shouldn't
there be a large sale. You've got the real firt on Stalin, and the prestigo
Stalin in pictures, with the minimum vordago, but amf
Lenin". Give
bordage. It will make Deutscher (and Frof. Carr) looks like moral lepers,
The quote from femin, "any dodge, ruse, etc", should definitely be in
thore, and 1 should think offliund would to an excellent ons as a frantispiece,
Fight out of his own mouth.
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Just another offhand suggestions buy Why I Escaped" and ask 1. to re-
2
read it, and see if she doom't think there are some good briof anecdotal
quotes in it, I.o., you could have a photo of a couple of ordinary USSR ad-
men, sitting at rise-table, or what have you, and a few suntences of
the STS man tolls him hold botter informa
sation from Pirogov,
Peter Pirogov, "Why I socapod",
his pals, or else, with the subscript:
who
horo
pago so so. It wouldn't do my harm to Do Pirogove & Kraychonk
chornavins anyway all in the same good cause.
photo of Algor Hiss montaged (or al mgaido)
Ites: On the left-hand page
of Mrs. Hede Yassing (cf. her book) (sho's quite photogenic I think) sỉ th
caption quoting her on how Hiss & sho agreed, after squabbling good-natured
about interfering with each other's apparatusus, "ho're both worlding 
f'm 
the
same boss". Then on the right-hand pogo, a photo of Reesevalt, Stalin
, and
Hiss, with quote from "Seeds of Treason" on how, at Yalta, at one poist 
FDR
,
JV3, and Hias (and one interpreter) were clocated together in the same 
room.
(Recesvalt allegedly emerging saying, "I don't know how they persuaded no to
give in, but I did"). There is probably a Yulta photo showing Hise 
standing
behind some of the others, Just an idea, but when you stop to think 
what may
have been passing thru (a) Hiss's and (b) Stalin's mind at that little totora.
tote, it might make a dramatic set of photos. But perhaps wouldn't 
really
ttress any of the main
"VERDIER OF THREE DECADES"
I'm getting it toisy. There may
caption material in it.
NALUSTRIOUS DEFECTLES. No on
a photo. Dut how about devoting t
perhaps, is izportant emul
or three pages to photos of the
or 3 dosan most illustrious figures who have been adairers of the Soviet
syston & than becam disillusioned? Takin all together, they ought to mkoɔ
a pretty impressive gallory; Gida, Koestler, Main(77), allow, etc. 
etc. 
sto.,
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dou could have a quarter-page of caption giving a one-sentance quota
from each of than (..." sqy-ridden alevo-camp"....re totalitarian than
my Fitler"...etc), or a single caption to the offect admirers of
"The Light that Failed". After all, when one Cide "defects" it my not be
mel, but when they all do, sooner or later, it makes a pretty telling point,
and a point which will have a multi-national and racial appal (Silms,
Cine, Richard right, etc). Throw the book at the bastards. Don't miss sig
triar. If you have & good brick right at hand, why not throw it. ("Any stigna
is good emf to beat a doma", as someone orroneously said).
DIENING
wonderful book, and perfect for selling by the thousands to
photo-book
Karnoviches & Billitts & Bodell Smiths. But remember
aditions should total in the millions, for the ordinary render everywhero.
That's why, if I my herp on it, I think it should lean towards the tono &
style a Grim's fairy talos, where you don't read vony far bafore you know
the Uncle is coed, or strongly suspect it. Therefore the photo of Lenin with
the quote “use any dedge, ruso or deception" would be en excellent frontio
piece. Offhand I should say "YOU CAN NEVER AFFORD TO TRUST, BELLEYS THIS
MAN" is the main theme, with "The more people let this mn dupe them, the
slavery and
are this man means WAR" perhaps a close second. It's their propaganda you're
and if you can show the reader "HE'S NEARLY ALWAYS LYTTEG, and for
his sake not yours" you've just about done
story,
Re
STORY of Joseph Stalin". Oot to tell it. Ther
to be
Less chronological nurrative. But I don't see,
you, how
areas
can begin to tell the whole storyl there's too much of it; you could put
war against Finland in, or you leave it out, there are too ma
and episodes of that order to put than all in. At any rate not with photon; 1.8.,
if you decided to mention Finland at all, it right have to be just with literal-
ly 2 or 3 words sandwiched in somthere in a caption, whore (and if) they would
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highten the effect. 3.g., you right show photos of the taking over ("sol-
eaming back") of Latvia and/or Est. & lit., and then add that ",.since 1945.
the USSB has been expanding at the rate of 65 sq. miles (or whatever it is) por
day," (Since 1989, I think it is 65 sq. m per day. Can dig it up, — and let in
know any other research you might want to have done). Then juxtapose it with
Stacks - Stuto (2942) not wanting in inch of myone else's terri-
sory". and throw in "This is my last territorial comand of Hitler, if it
wouldn't clutter things up
Ites. Alongside the frontispiece quote from Lenin, re
deception
lamuath it you could put Hitler's famous quote about the "big lia³. Just
':
because the idea of inking the whole book a Hitler-Stalin parallel has boen
shalved, is no reason why you shouldn't draw the parallel wherever you see fit
if it heightens the effect.
More re: not telling the whole story, namely:
Troniem af the RIG FAME. Your telling the story of the laked
Uncle, and heaven knows this is an important "episode" in it, Hard to see
And yet to coal with it is a problem. It is
a leading me to think you've got to
how it could be cuitted entirely.
just the sort of problem that has
lean on Text to do part of the job. 1.0., the book in a FHUTO-book, and the
pictures are the piece de resistance. But the beauty of really effective
photos is that they heighten the affect, and carry you through patchos them,
unavoidably, no really arresting photo is available, which patches, I'd
say, you're going to have to be content with an ordinary photo and leam at that
point on your caption, Which doesn't worry no too much, because, after all,
anti-Stalinist literature (and your own malicious mind) are fit not laciding
in pitiy & simling texts, such as alme will make the given page readablə şni
mamorable. (5.g., to pick at randen a mediocre semple: "If the USS is a
democracy, ther Leavenworth Frison is a democracy"s nothing to write home about,
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but, sith brevity, it paints & picture, after a fashion.) After all, words
alons can paint pictures, and evole emotions, and as your basic aim is to
evoln an emotional response, there's no need to cramp your style with a self-
imposed restrictior banning the use of words, I should think the test would be s
12 the reader wants to stop reading it in the middle, the caption, however trus
is bad; if you've hold his intérest to a pitch where he really wants to read
and is painting pictures in his own mind as he reads, then it's OK.
B.g., if you have the photo
coctime in your
thres purgees Rykov, K., & Z.,
the tune there was a bullet in the back of the
head for I, and for I, and for 2 too" it will be, fæstò de mieux, CX if the
reader is already gripped to the point of picturing to himself all these Com-
zades, being ground thru the mill of "opposition"-dation arrast
fession
death.
B.g. also, I'd strongly recommand, offhand, inclusion of the striking
photo of landszenty, circles under his eyea, at the trial, and then you could
add to the affect that he is merely the highest-ranking of the..g., more than
12,000 Cathalis ulang, who have bean imprisoned in Czechoslovakda ainuə 1948,
(I hayə the figures),
Re 215 FALONE, to got back to it. The best I can suggest is that you could
mine scene
other
(a) no of the raro, acting at ail, photos, of
(b) a photo of a normal Village Scene, Harvest Scene, with the caption: It
could have been like this, but Big Brother wanted an ORGANIZED FARE,
most devastating quote you can get from the highest-ranking non
the
Stalinist
and/or plus brief 173 buman-interest quotes from Pirogov and/or
cheniss, thereby you translate into human-interest turns the cold statistics
several millian dying of fardne.
Mưa ra PALMI, It's a problem, how to do it justice, and I'd suggest
you have to at least two things: (a) nako it believable & bollowed, and
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(b) heighten the emotional effect. If you succeed in (a), it will automati-
cally help tiêu (b). And I should think it would help toward (a) to put in
"
the points you were mentioning. Namely, to make a flat, quiet, sober statement
the general effect; "At first glance it passes credibility that the rulers
of a great country would deliberately play the mso-starvation of several
millions of their fellow-citisons and potential arms boarers. But this is
exactly what they did, and they did it for two reasons (1) to break the poli
tical power of the peasants, and (b) to get grain for valuta for mat
The sam method would be good (I think alpst obligatory) in doing
Justice to SLAVE LABOR. 1.0., you just quietly state that,
too nightmarish that a regime could keep 15,000,000 slave-laborers s
like cattle, it's not the nightmarish product of an Orwall's imaginatim, it's
a fact, and it is done for the following conly thoughout reasons
quote, either in substance or, preferably, varbatin, from I Chago Justice, bottom
p. 238, share Kravchenko's NEVD school-mate gives the dressons for
segregating potential trouble-makers and worlding then to death to get thei
products for 1/5 the cost in the free market. A varbatin quote is by no mans
ossential (though I think quotation marks always liven a page) but I think
the EXPLANATION, unblusling proffered by you, the author of the photo-book
da an almost essential ingredient, when you explain how the FALONE and the
BOR do sense, to the Krumlin
ity, (b) gratified your reader, to than, in many cases,
of these things (the THIAIS,0.8) may for years have been a source of pusalo-
ment, and (c) heightened the horror and the national response,
Cf. how "1984" builds up to quite a pitch of nightmure, but it is only
quito
by dint of a good deal of explanation and repetition. (There is a great deal
more artistic economy in "Animal Farm", of course, and if you can makse
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use of it and/or its technique, more power to your elbow.) E.b., how
"Axhani ?urn", porto the best faté-Stalin literary affort (im't it?)
is just a fairy tale, and yet has a good deal of repetition in it.
ހ .
Sorry to go on at such length. Luckily the postman knocksth now.
Hope there is some value in it. Lot me know anything I can do to help.
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·W.S.S.
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ROBERT HHSADLEY
8 Sept. 1950
is
contract agent; the effective date
his contract with CIA is 1st Dec. 1949, for two years,
Frod Richards (CFD) says the agreement with
him re royalties, etc., should be signed by 15.3
contracting officer.
Eccles,
General Counsel's office informed
the
above today, on their inquiry.
4585.
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LETTER TO BORIS SHUB
Sept. 11, 1950
Dick hopes to see you in person next weekend. Meanwhile
entirely OK to go ahead. The copyright should be all in your name
Lay-out assistant should be offered only a fixed foe, -half down,
half on publication. Also credit line as collaborator if you think
be deserves it. Conmils Ken as to wist would te a reasonable fee
offer him
as possible publishers,
to order'
grafarence Doubledays Picture Proso (270 Park Avo., J. J. Thorndi
former me. of "Life" and Oliver Jansen, on leave of absonco fren
"Life"); Simon & Sobuster.
Best to Libby.
Letter to Boris Shub, 510 W. 110th.
non-watermark paper.
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223..Painting of Stalin & Red Army General Staff, in Red Army Ball,
Pyongyang, Koreg (1)
226.. East German People's Police mroh in Bed-sponsored torchlight parade
colobrating Stain's 70th b'day, 1949.
224..East Gorman People's Police in Lustgarten Sq. during CP youth damon
stration, 23/5/50
225..People's Palico, Lustgarten Sq., My Day 1950
2140
East German Police (left) & W.G. Palice as buffer on Berlin burdor 1950.
Feb. 1491-Sovist sour
24...tudents vote for Moscow People's Court,
55...Voting for lica con Pooj
Fob. 491 Soviet sour
Spenden Prison,
216..Russians (loft) take over guard duties from 13, 1949,
whare many former top Magis are serving sentences.
227. "Frankfurter Alles" in East Sector renamed "Stalin Alles", 70th b'day.
53...Army personal get ballot for election of Koscow People's Court,
Feb. 49 Soviet source.
229..Front page of anti-C underground paper, 1949.
228. Part of rev'y pamphlet from anti-0 u'ground press "somewhore in Russia”,
The "fork of freedom" is u'ground symbol, 1949.
141..general view of Moscow,
22...Stalin nocepts flowers from Russian kids, 70th b'day,
21...unty, students being examined in math.
104–5–6. Stalin, 1943.
98...Head of status of Stalin plsued on snapped of? light pole by German
soldiers, 1941.
M...Stalin; no date.
2.3..no data
1…..Opening of XI Olympdəd,
6...Mazi Party Day, Barlin, 1938.
19350
8…..Labor Day demonstration, Tempolhef Fiald, 1934.
7...Marching for Hitler, Adolf Hitler Plats, Borlin, Party Day 'SR.
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9... Opening of 1941-2 Far Hunter Relief Drive, Sportspalast, Berlin.
10...Hitler roviosding German Youth, 1939.
5……….Naži Party Rally, Balin, 1938; Hitler.
47.vallosnow, Fourth Kantanirovka Tank Division of Guards moonanised unit. 1349.
37...Red Army commandars stand review by Staling Hoscow, 1945.
35...
in Palace Square, Leningrad, May Day 1948.
36…..„Red Army in Red Square with Nani & wohrmacht flags, 1945.
May 1949, Moscow,
T-34 zodium tanks (freground) and SU-100 salf-propelled 100 sm gimi
moving up Gorky Street toward 
Red Square; 1949.
44…….Infantry at Hay Day parade, Moscow, 1949.
45...Red Army parading, Moscow, 1945.
40...Zhuulev gallops into Red Square, 1945
38...All Union Physical Culture parade in Dynam Stadium, 1947.
39... Students of Zhukovsky Military Aviation Academy passing thru Red Squar♥
during parade of Moscow Military 
Garrison, 1949.
30., Peter Kariera in Institute of Physical Probleme, Honoon; he is
director, at lart, 1945.
29...Depaties to the Suprano Soviet, 3 Heroes of the S.U., loto r.
Calanal of the Guards A. Poloryshidin
, Marshal G. Zhukovs Major 
of
Guards I. Kosmiub; in the 
Kremlin Palace. Acme Nowopics 805096
27...Hawkers celebrating 32nd anniv. of Rev., 1949. May it live a
and flourishm
united, independent, democratio peace-loving Germany"|| Moscow.
2h...FDJ moho march to Russian Far Memorial; Tropton, Berlin, '49.
23.d.Cal. Sorga Tulpenov, chief of Propaganda Dept of Sov till Adrán in Berlin,
addresses second 
annual Parteitag of the SED; calls "fascist" US Europe's 
foo
сте Newtures NYC, #BER 
(lin) 848674, 9-24-47
111..llos cor; anti-religious campaign catury-old bells crashed dom from
tower, to be malted for 
farm machinery.
107...Bognysviena Cathedral,
Hoscow.
128...Ribbentrop signing German-Russian pact, 1939.
177...no data
150...Stal, Hal, Kiis signing past, ing $39.
1%...Hel & Rib, Aug. 139; Moscow.
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17...Grave of S's wife Kedyeshis Alliinyova, Hoscom 137.
149,.Malmbry; Acme Fameplatures, NYC, 8/4/1,6; SOV300930
165..Yeshor, 138
147.ery Nikiforovich Kruglov, '47 ·
168..Low Zakharovich Makhlis, born 1889, liin of State Control; '47
79.. Mibrary, Hoscow Univ., 1942.
81...woman conductor, loscow streetcar; before 1935.
orkers on Hoscow Rostov raidsy.
omen cleaning loco of Northern Line after overhaul at Hoscow Depot; Oct. 132
Grocery store with home delivery service in Bamm 
district, Hoscout bef.:37
Chaplin, City Lights" Metropole theater, Hosson,
bas unloading sausages then truck for market.
nen selling food in city market; 1935
Collective farm girls with primitive implements;
83.
Soccer tean, Loscow, Pob. 49.
Lenin Institute, loscow.
58
Moscow obl
July 14,6
Red Army men inspect fagligh language books in Moscow shop. 1942.
85. Saldiers visit a farmer, Feb. 9, oscow
65.
oman readying tricks for bricklayers, Moscow,
77...Hoscea (State) Univ., 17.
69. Amarican been send being distributed to collective farmers.
District, Hoscom oblunt, 1945.
of Ystra
66...Homan carry ginker to job nenosú nootly by woung linscom $47.
866.9 data
96%..y drumers, Red Sq., 16; appears in Bodell Suitli's book,
69...Carla saluting Big Drother's burs 
in young pioneers Mouse 
of Children'
in Eastern sectar, Berid, 1950.
88...nills, lookding 3.0, across Moscon River, 1947.
92... "Children's Town" at Park of Culture and Rest, licscow; before 1939.
All Union Physical Culturo Oarale at 
Dynamo Stadion, 1947
95...Members of 11th Congress of lain Yourig Communist League greet
of Congress, Moscow, 1949.
120..Stalin muilen as Churchill takes out ciger; Yalta, Feb. 145.
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7. Sept. 1950
CIA GRAPHICS! NUMBERS FOR ABOUT 82 PHOTOS, OF WHICH STERILIZED DUPLICATES
ARE TO BE SENT TO SHUB 
SEPT. 8
223..CIA 36685 Confidential
226..CL 36892 Conf.
224..CIA 36751 Restr.
225..CL 36786 Restr.
214..CIA 36899 Conf..
54...CIA 30018 Secret.
Soviet source.
55...CIA 30002 Secret. Soviet source..
216..CIA 36897 Conf.
227..CIA 36893
Conf.
53...CIA 30023 Secret, Soviet source.
229..CIA 28023 Restricted.
228..CIA 28024
Restricted.
30 APT. 34.7289
21...CIA 28508 Conf.
22...CIA 32340 Restricted,
106..05S-P-11061 Press Assoc. Photo
105..OSS-P-11060 Press Assoc. Photo
104. 0SS-P-11062
97...CIA Not for release
98...CIA 28453 Conf.
2....no description; nothing on the back
3....same as 2
1....26586 82 (nothing else)
6....26586 82
8....26586 82
7....ditto
4....25090
0
9....26586 82
10...26586 82.
5....25090
0
47...CIA 28020 Restr.
37...CLA 27124 Conf.
35...CIA 27118 Conf.
35...CIA 27123 Conf.
41...CIA 30050 Secret
43...CIA 28021 Restr.
44...CIA 28022
Conf
45...CIA 27119 Conf.
40...CIA 25472
Conf
38...CIA 28792 Conf.
39...CIA 34475 Restr.
29...Acme news pictures, 8th Avenue, NYC
30...CIA 26005 Conf.
23...Acme News pictures, BER(lin) 848674, NY Burean
27...CIA 28018 Restr.
24...26586 82
107..27060 82
111..27060 82
128..CIA 28039 Restr.
127..CIA 28454
130..CIA 26946 Restr..
136..CIA 26947 Restr.
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-17...27986 82
169. Nopictures, 900750; NY Dareau; 8/2/46
165..CIA-P-2958
168..CIA-F-4010 Secret
167..CIA-P-4003 Secret
-79...CIA 25716 Conf.
81...OSS 77112.
84.
...OSS.969079
78...OSS 771093
76...OSS 771238.
71...OSS Pictorial Records Division; 473.23
B 915 USSR Moskva
22480
72 ...OSS Pict. Records Div. 473.23
1891
891 B 915 USSR; 22639
891; b 915 USSR 22505
74...OSS Pict. Records Div. £73.23
68...CIA 2506 Graphics Donor #6, Restr.
83. CIA 30047 Secret
14...CIA 25686 Conf.
58...CIA 28941 Conf.
85...CIA 30034 Secret
65...CIA 28797 Conf.
77...CIA 25717 Conf.
69...CIA 26017 Conf.
66...CIA 28789 Conf.
86...no description
-96...CIA 28441 Conf. (also in Bedell Smith's book).
89...CIA 32617
88...CIA 2166
Conf.
Restr. Graphics Donor #6
"92...OSS 771227
94...CIA 27996 Secret
95...CIA 17361 Restr.
120..OSS-P-11172 Signal Corps Photo.
8:2 total
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SECRET
SECRET
5 Sept. 1950
RE: AGREEMENT TO BE MADE BETWEEN OPC and ROBERT M, HEADLEY (pseud,)
in re publication of a book.
(1) Beadley is i covort CPC employee. He is either a staff agait or
contract employees. Mr. Hillard (e
-2798) can verify which,
(2) Headleyho is now engaged in preparing was
ublisher in his own name, and as a privato 
citizen.
is to approach
(3) Thi book to be published under Bounley's real name; with perhaps
add dition of in collaboration 
with Blank / dealloy's lay-out mom,
if Headley feals the 
lay-out pan deserves such credi
be sexected
Cop
Roy
held by leadley, both US and foreig
be received by Headley.
-(4) Headley to have dismotion in selecting a lay-out assistant,
offer to pay either
(s) a fixed fee, hálf down and half on publication, or
(b) the fixed fee, plus a parcentage 
of royalties; or
(6) a percentage of royalties.
Probably Headley will offer (a).
(5) The book to be published initially in the US. It is hoped that
there will later be editions in many foreign 
languages, possibly subsidized
,
(6) Royalties ovéř a given period will be either smaller or larger
than Headley a salary.
Headley is to turn over the gross royalties to CPC-submitting
the royalty statements or copied thereof
-less the difference between
Headley's income tax including royalties 
and the tax as it would have 
boan
if he had not received royalties.
Headley should subit also a copy of his Income Tax return(s).
(7) Copyright to be assigned by Headley to CPC.
(8) Arrangement re royalties to be term
time to dribble in for several you
connection with OPC.
blo. Royalties might con-
ileadley might have severed his
Therefore a claise is suggested to the effect: "at such time as the
obligation on the part of Headley
Government in its discretion may decide
, the o
to turn over royalties may be cancelled, and thereafter any royalties ahall
be received by Handley for his own 
use,
itanized
(9) Headley should submit/written statements of all expenses
chargeable to the project; receipts from 
his collaborator for 
payment
fired fos, eto,the contract with the publisher
(10) Headley to submit the final duary for approval by an OPC represen-
tative.
Saw Mr. Joe Kelly, 224 Admin.
about. this Sept. 6th. He will call Sept. 8.
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51327
To Boris Stab
510 W. 110th St
5 Sept. 1950
Thanks for receipt.
They expert to have the photo
ready temorz
Other
are proceeding apace and in the
simplest mynner,
Thought you'd like to s
this editorial.
ncn-watermark
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Mr. Eccles, Ray, was.
"Ray artist filed fee, or.
ff + regelties, ar.
45 royalties.
Ray Rigs suffer
smaller
5 Sept 50
5. Sept. 1950
'
larger
EE: there was sunlar book, published in US (OPC)
thinksy
REM: BS = 2 stoffagent we contruct employce
EE. * highly impit-
royalties
writer serigunt of eights (Copyright) to 05
Bs froms over gross and tax
Goo wercased
royalt
EE at such time as the Boot may decide
the obligation to pay ergelters may be termed "
dribs drabs
Tax returns with he identical
EE Tax.
fen mentes work
BB gung
certified copy of
his actual fax return of
statement of his royalties
..
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COPY
September 2, 1950.
Received from Robert M. Hoadley the sum of one hundred (100)
dollars in as rrt payment for services in procuring photographs for
the Stalin picture book project.
original given
John Bischoff
5 Sept. 50.
W. S. S.
W. J. Green
Stopy
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Re "STAIN" PHOTO
31 Ang
50
BS
31 Aug. '50.
NCFE must be used.
of
مة
coner,
make sure it
is spaced out that their
siple is confined merely
ronding for the comer
and that they have
story,
Say over the contents of thes
fork;
even
See
that they
it
don't
Г
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SEGRET
30 Aug. 150
Gare SHUB Amson's file of magazije articles on Stalin (which he
doesn't want returned), and Crankshaw article of 25-6-50 in Sunday.
"NY Times" magasine "AGAIN THE BATTLE FOR LEXIN'S 
MANTLE", marked
"Please return to WSS shen & if you can spare it".
1
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30 ang. 50
R. BRYAN
given to Jin Ruson,
FROM New York Time", Sunday, 25 June 1950:
"PICTURE PRESS" is the newest shingle on Publisher' Rom
hanging russ 270 Park Avers. Editors are Joseph J. Thorndike,
former managing editor of "Life", and Oliver Jensen, on leare of
abuence from the angasing. The firm will concentrate on serious,
-tax tooks with a general interest und num almbe
Incepened ve
6831
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+ 30
3. Aug 50
BS will send reft to me
B.,
far
$150 cash.
, to give to John
green
L
"see'd from RM Headley by "wifgun""""
composite
2 "N.L." friends,
for his
suppested
від двок

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COPI
30 August 1950
Received from W. S. Sims $100 cash, for services
in obtaining photographs to be used in a photo-book, under
project SGHOUSE, later to be charged to
FUNNY.
Chest M. Headly
Robert M. Headiey
1
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29 Aug
'50
Mr. Kessinger called. (x-2657).
They will try to get the 82 photos.
done within a week.
Will send the originals back
to me, for
to make a sterilized_
list.
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To Shub
↑
LITTAUER & WHENSCH
200. Madison Avenue
See Kength Littener
29 Ang. $50
SINCH & SCHUSTER published. "The Baby & The Frenchman" & "Happy Holiday”
DOUBLEDAY & CO. published the Zoo" books
2-
+ Bex 1901 address
OWI Book "I am not crazy emif to want a war
"STALIN'S PUBLIC INTERVIES AND STATEMENTS TO THE PRESS" 1936–48.
Sov Affairs Notes #35
"Sov. Imperialism Poland 1939-48" Soviff Notes #38
TwP'ta8
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The Sus
MR. BRYAN
Top espy
given to Mor. Thompson
Bill Excellent! Pick
for the project
(KMKNOUT?) fa
file purposes les
me know the T-
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MR. BRYAN.
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
August 1950
SUBJECT: Conference of U. Strip and stew. Aus, 25, 17 "STALDI" photo book
(1) Samo 202 photos were examined; the best, about 67, obtained by
Shub in NY, the othero furnished by CIA Graphics
; puis some nagusino 
artiales
with photos, supplied by Jim illison
.
(3) Sims is to do utmost to get clearance by CIA Graphics for mædrumm
use of their photos by Shuubi clearance, 
If possible, for Shib to take the
photos to li (probably not possible); 
and/or duplicates mimo CIA markdinge 
1
and/or lists of the sources from which 
CIA got them.
Failing thase, I can al descriptive list of the CIA photos.
It should not be difficult to duplicato most 
of than in NY agencies, and 
tho
Shub pictures are in any caso the jammal 
of the book //.
(3) Length of book. Not mich discussed. More important to set the
one and docide the main thins, Thirty-five 
pictures would amoet 
certainly
bo too few 150 might be 08.
(4) KUFUNNY? Sims to clear with Mr. Thompson and Hillant whether
the Stalin photo-book sculd be done under 
KHFUNNY, which reads:
5, b. That the purposes of this project / antmal photos, with
✓ satirical captions, in many languagoa bo 
approved in principio and a ca
of $40,000 bo appropriated for the 
devolopment and distribution of
sigilar photobooks at the discretion 
of Chief SP."
✓ Anyhow, let's get on with the book and, if necessary, amond
INFUNNY or write up a new project, lator.
(5) Book to be prepared by Shub, worlding in NY. Period of 6 months
work by Shalb, as co-mithor with David Shub of 
biography of Stalin, to 
begin
after completion of work a photobuels.
(6) Shub to approach, jublisher as privato oitism; to hold copyright,
take royalties, for transmission to the 
account of KHYUNNY presumably. Pre-
sumably CIA's legal eagles are 
equipped to handle the income-tax at angles
of this overt covert set-up/.
Book to be publishod under signature "Boris Shub",
(7) Collaborator for Stub in lay-ait, JHII will give Shub a list
of posuible halpors. 
Jade's mentioned Dick Wong "Seo Litwalory ask him 
for
a good layoja man the best in the 
New Yorker's man, but he doom't spocia
pa man,” they have better layout than
lise in photo media; you want a Life
Look
certain amount down, and the same
"Pay him on a one-shot basis, a fixed for. Tall him he gets a
again 
if the book is published.
Jim Williamson says he would be glad to halp on lay:nt,
there is difficulty getting anpune else
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(8) Fublication to bo in the US first, with a view to subsidisation
(if necessary) of editione (possibly abridged) in 
Western Europe, and
alsewhere.
(9) Publishor. JMIII: "Duell would be louny. You'd got no advertising.
Simon & Schuster would be excellent if you can get them to do 
it. Ask
Littuor to shop it around."
:
Sime mentioned Picture Fress, which ma described in the NY Times"
of 25 June 1950:
"PICTURE PRESS is the newest shingle on Publishers' Roa,
hanging from 270 Park Avenue, Editors are Joseph J. Thomdi, dr.,
formar managing editor of "Life", and Oliver Janson
, on leave of 
absence
from the magazinio. The firm will concentrate on 
sorious, inexpansive
photo-text books with a general interest and now slant,
”
JBIII to Shib: "Ask 1ST what be thinks about Jansan","
(10) mat type of book? Shub: It should be called "Joseph Stalin", and
the casual reader It should look, at first 
glanco, non-propagandistic.
Then, as you look more closely at it, you see the 
degeneration of the 
syste
in the faces, down to its present "tertiary phaso"
, -the ovalution from
the early revalutionary, dream of a 
better life for Russia to the present
monster regime. The lens captions in it the 
batter.
all
JAU The main thom should be here are they now?",
these individule and countries that he been outmannoverad 
and 
taken
over and liquidated Stalin.
.
When
you are writing for mass distribution, your technique
should be: "I will tell you this, I am telling you it, I have told you 18ª.
Sins: The thread running 
through it, starting with Lanin, could 
bes
Cunning, plus Tutlosmen" (one of Lenin's favorite 
words), plus compite
and constantly-being-purged
Intolerance of any opposition to a very 
narrow a
Kremlin
Bio Moral (1) flobody can trust these people", and (2) "Because
_ Crate no opposition, they mean War.
A possible title, or sub-title right be "Half slave, half free?"
the quotation from Lincoln, which would tie in with the 
campaign to apose
the USSR as the true "resetionary" and the US 
as the true "rovolutionary"
champion of freedom.
Sub: As far as possible, the photos, and the sequence in which
tell the story. C7I's war-time, 32
-page photobook
they're arranged, crazy enough to mant a war") ralies too much on captions.
an Hitler ("I am not
We should make a book that
and have no answer to.
t Molotov & Stalin would squirm when they road 16,
Then it will be good for publication anywhere."
(11) Shub to move to NYC September 1.
the serves in offriving.
(12) Shub to pay NYC associates $100.
for the photos they have already 
obtained,
publication of 
the book,
plus $200
1085
....
SCOREY
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'50'
✓ To Shab 29 Aug"
Cover of book:
photo of
STALIN
no in Room 2/12
on Deutscher.
Caption:
JOSEPH STALIN.
1917-1958
22-1-50
Comment: The #195?" (a) arcuses curiosity;
(b) suggests he, and to that extent the
Stalin regime will come to an end in the 1950's;
(c) carries the implication(?): Couldn't his
be overthrown?
regime
Alternative covers
+3
might be, tp put on the Sover whichever piloto
proved most tellings the male photo to 
bã
printed also in its proper sequelics in the book,
at which point its meaning will become 
alear; e.
the splendid photo of Stalin walking with, but apart
from, Rykov, Kamenev & Sukhafin, with its 
message
this man bides his time, the treacherously strikes
down all those 'comrades' who have cassed to 
be 
useful
to hims
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the weird photo of
LEVIN'S FIGURE SILHOUSED
OVER THE RUSSIAN LANDSCAPI
Captions
"The existence of the Soviet Republic side by side
with imperialist states for a long time is unthinkable
A series of frightful clashes between the Soviet Republic
and the bourgeois states is inevitable.
To which might be added (1) Stalin's statement, circa 1945 that
the bourgeois & Soviet states can co-exist, and
(2) Stalin's statement of 9 April 1947
Stassent Lenin is our teacher, and we Soviet people are
Lenin's disciples".
”
Comment: Somebody's lying,
Photo suggests the peaceful Russian landscape, dominated
by this founder (lenin) of a dictatorial olique, whose dogan tiem,
intolerance and ballicosity are
ated by auch words as
""unthinkable”, “inevitable", "frightful alashss",
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Captions
photo of LEIG:
Just any ordinary photo;
seated at his desk, or
in any inactive pose.
had...fancied Lenin as a giant, stately
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Page 11
"How great was by disappointment to see a most
ordinary looking man, below average in height, in
distinguishable from
way, literally in no m
ordinary mortals."
Stalin.
Comments Crankshaw says: "This Impression of a man sỡ great
that he could afford to appear ärdinary
was one thich Stalin found it necessary
to obliterate from the consciousness of
Soviet eltisens.
Therefore let's revive it.
This will tie in, of course, with Lenin's Testament: "find
way to remove this man..
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PLEKHANOV
(we haven't got; can be
obtained)
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Captions to the effect: "Geargl Flekhanov, me of Lenin's oldest
disciples and collaborators, of whom Lenin said in 192
'No one is a true Bolshevik who does
know Plakhanoy' (or words
to that effect which I've read somesherǝ), and who told his
into his house;
wife, when the Red Guards forced their
November 13, 192_
*How little you know these people!
They are capable of hiring an assassin to kill ma and
shedding crocodile tears after my death to arouse
people's emotions.
Coment
We want to
home the fact, unknown to most readers,
that Lenin mas bitterly opposed by some of his oldest collaborators;
that there sare (and are?) schisms even in the inner
fastened itself on the back of the Russian people was a elique that was
"capable" of all "ruthlessness";
would serve its main end: to remain in power.
care; that what
of anything that
The quotation also brings out Soviet procidils" hypocrisy.
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photo of KRONSTADT
-
(we haven't; can be got)
Captioni” to the effects this is the island fortress off Petrograd,
"
from which the Bolshevik's om trezo-de-la-cres marched against
Kerensky in July 1917; stormed the Hinter Palace in November
put Lenin in power.
Here, on
Bolshevik
1 March 1, 1921, 15,000/sailors and soldiers
revolted against Lenin's regime, and dispatched a radio message.
to the worlds
The first shot has thundered. But the entire world Knowa
of it. The bloody Field Marshal Trotsky 
who stands up to the
waist in the fraternal 
blood of the workers was the first to 
open
fire against revolutionary Kronstadt
, which rebelled against the
government of the Comunists 
in order to re-establish the real
power of the Soviets. He 
will rise or fall under the ruins of
Kronstadt, fighting for the 
bloodstained cause of the laboring
people. Long live the 
power of the Soviets! Long live the
world Socialist Refolution
!".
Harshal Tukhachevsky described the outcomes
"I was in the war for five years, but I cannot
refiember such a slighter. It was not a 
battle; it was an 
inferno..
The sailors fought like 
wild beasts. I cannot understand where
they found the might for 
tech rage. An entire company fought
fœ an hour to capture one 
house and when the house was captured
or three soldiers at a
it was find that it 
contained tho
mitching-gun. They seemed half-dead, but they snatched their
revolvers and gasped, 'Too 
little did me shoot at you
scoundrels.
Comment: shows it has been done;
revalt of 15,000, nearly four
years after Lenin came to poser.
The average reader knows nothing of the Badt this revalt
occurred, and should be 
reminded.
-
Tukhachevsky, incidentally, adds an item of "contimity"
the story, since further on 
there is a photo of him, as one
those executed,
Notes the above would admittedly make a lengthy caption; but a vista offe
and necessary, because 
there is no photo (presumably) in existence
of the actual revolt; 
and the fact it occurred should be driven 
home.
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Soviet Edlitarism.............l
Nazism,
Personalities.... 2.
Soviet Germany....... 3
Stalin alone......... 5
Lenin......
Stalin's inner circle.... 4.
Daily life........ 17
Religion..
Stalin & Churchill
Nagi Soviet pact etc.
Stalin's wife's grave.
Children: war or peace?.....
Big brother.....
Other "yes"!s.……………
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28 August 1950
Please retrun these 82 original photos, along with the
.
sterile duplicates of then, so that we can mise à storile list
of captions, and a list of the original CIA mumbers,
W. S. Sim/SP
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C
BORIS.
Mrs. Folnd is going to get the 82 duplicates made just
as fast as she can." She couldn't give a time lirit on it this a.a,
.
Incidentally, re the 68 photos for which you got the agunados®
bill of about $150 this morning, she says agoncios like those aften
sell you photos for a dollar or two for your own private use, but that
the usual fea for use for publication is $6 or more. So you'd better
:
makō sure shen on the point of publishing whether you've paid for the
publishing right
(The photo we were in doubt about is ono of CIA's)
Paul Breitusaiser is charging the $150-odd temporarily
against SCHOUSS
4
They
billed at $6.
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Simp
Mr. Thanks of
Shab is going to
NY: to start work
on this Sept. 1st
Do you
you want to
take up any points
with hing befape he
lennes
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MR. THOMPSON
25 August 1950
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
SUBJECT: "Conference of JBIII, Shub and Sing, Aug. 25, rẻ "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 magazine 
articles
with photos, supplied by Jim 
Williamson.
(2) Sims is to do utmost to get clearance by CIA Graphics for maximum
use of their photos by Shub: 
clearance, if possible, for Shub to take the
photos to HY (probably 
not possible); and/or duplicates mimis CIA markings
;
and/or lists of the sources 
from which CIA got them.
✓ Failing these, I can make descriptive list of the CIA photos.
It should not be difficult to duplicate 
most of them in NY agencies, and 
the
Slab pictures are in any case 
the kernel of the book //.
(3) Longth of book. Not mich discussed. More important to set the
tone and decide the main theme. 
Thirty-five pictures would most 
certainly
be too few; 150 might be OK.
(4) KMFUNNY? Sims to clear with Mr. Thompson and Millard whether
Stalin photo-book could be 
done under KMFUNNY, which reads:
*5, b. That the purposes of this project / animal photos, with
satirical captions, in many languages 
be approved in principle and a sum
of $40,000 be appropriated 
for the development and distribution of
similar photobooks at the 
discretion of Chief, SP."
✓ Anyhow, let's get on with the book and, if necessary, amend
AMFUNNY or write up a new project, 
later .
(5) Book to mopared by Shib, working in NY. Period of 6 months
work by Shub, -as co-author-
thalt Stub of biography of Stalin, to 
begin
after completion of work on 
photobook,
(6) Shub to approach publisher as private citizen; to hold copyright,
take royalties, for transmission 
to the account of FUNNY presumably. Pre-
sumably CIA's legal eagles 
are equipped to handle the income-tax mx angles
of this overt covert set-up
Book to bo published under signature "Boris Shub.
(7) Collaborator for Shub in lay-out. JBIHI will give Shub a list
of possible helpers. JBREI› 
montioned Dick Lyon; See Littmer; ask him 
for
a good layout man; the 
best is the New Yorker's man, but he doesn't specia-
in photo modia; you 
want à Le-type man, they have better 
layout than
Pay him on a one-shot basis, a fixed foo. Toll him he gets
and thos
certain amount down, 
and the 
same 
again if the book is published.
/ Jim Williamson says he would be glad to help on layout, if
there is difficulty getting anyone 
else.
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(6) Publication to be in the US first, with a view to subsidization
(if necessary) 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 can get them to do it. Ask
Littaner to shop it around."
Sims mentioned Picture Press, which was described in the "NY Times"
of 25 June 1950:
"PICTURE PRESS is the newest shingle on Publishers' Row,
hanging from 270 Park Avenue. Editors are Joseph J. Thorndike
, Jr.,
former managing editor of "Life", and 
Oliver Jensen, on leave of 
absence
from the magazine. The firm will 
concentrate on serious, inexpensive
photo-text books with a general interest 
and news slant."
JBIII to Sib: "Ask LST what he thinks about Jensen"
(10) What type of book? Shib: It should be called "Joseph Stalin", and
to the casual reader 1 should look, at first 
glance, non-propagandistic.
Thon
as you look more closely at it, you see the degeneration of the system,
in the faces, down to its present "
tertiary phase", - the evolution from
the early revolutionary dream 
of a better life for Russia to the present
monster regine, The less captions in 
it the better.
JBILL: The main theme should be "Where are they now?", -all
these individuals and countries that have been 
outmaneuvered and taken
over and liquidated by Stalin.
When you are writing for mass distribution, your technique
should be: "I will tell you this, I am telling you 
it, I have told you it".
Sims: The thread 
running through it, starting with Lenin, could 
be:
Cunning, plus "Ruthlessness" (one of Lenin's 
favorite words), plus complete
Intolerance of any opposition to 
a very narrow and constantly-being-purged
Kremlin clique. Moral: (1) "Nobody 
can trust these people", and (2) "
Because
they tolerate no opposition, they 
mean War"
✓ ✓ A possible title, or sub-title might be "Half slave, half free?",
the quotation from Lincoln, which would 
tie in with the campaign to expose
the USSR as the true "reactionary
" and the US as the true "revolutionary"
champion of freedom.
Shaib: As far as possible, the photos, and the sequence in which
they're arranged, should tell the story. 
Owl's war-time, 32-page photobook
on Hitler ("I am not crazy enough 
to want a sar") relies too much on captions
.
We should make a book that 
Molotov & Stalin would squirm when they read it,
and have no answer to. Then it will be 
good for publication anywhere."
(11) Shib to move to NYC September 1.
(12) Shib to pay NYC associates $100.
for the photos they have already obtained,
plus $100 on publication of the book
.
W.SS..
V.S.S.
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Re "stale" Photos.
Shub's returned to him
hi ghurt
#-#68
102 photos winnowed out for
return to CIA Monday.
CIA has sent
ws
202-68 shuts
134
25
+ ## 203-227
+## 228-235 Jud.
·Aug. 1, '50.
8
TOTAL
167
102
65
Returning.
should leave
Actually taking 83 "yes"´s to Mars. P. Monday
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Bet "STALIN" PHOTO-800K.
Target: Stall.
Fazio thon't Stalin means Hil.
For publication in: to be suitable for publication in any country.
France to start with.
Item RS: "It should be so good that Stalin himself couldn's ESET
Captions to be as far as possible gemine quotes from Marx, Lenin, Stalia,
Holotov, under photos showing undeniable facts such as the 
assassination 
of
Trotsky. Nothing phoney. If we have a book that no one in 
the Kremlin ean
pick holes in, it will be good for publication anywhere in the world
.”
Item: BS: Target is Stalin and his reglas. "It should not contain
lins that sould offend any non Orexmist Russian
"
Item: 16: Don't use any quotes from avowed anti-Stalinists such sa
Kraveber
Title? “Joseph Stelin", "This Man Wants 'Peace'", "This Han Talks Pense"
"Thirty-three Years of Peace", "The Trojan Dove
"..
BS: Don't Let's sorry about the title nod.
Items 88: K says there is a very striking contrast between photos of
the Politour leaders in the 20's and unretouched photos 
of them now, e.g.
in the official 20-cmite nose-real of May Day 1949 in Red 
Square, 
bloated
Pateaks. NS: It looks (28 June) as the this news-real, and 
stills from it,
F: If it's tednicolar, so much the 
better.
may be available.
•
Itsas Pictorial History of Russia" by John Stuart Martin
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CONTENTS, Brusted by BS:
(1) Photo of Tear & Kainer together.
•
Be-medalled.
(of them: "#1]?p_lick™” photos).
(2) Photo showing Devastation of World War I.
Corpses, refugees.
KS, preferably in what area? France?
(3) Photo: Lenin (genuinely) urging Peace.
Leirin on soap-box, with eroids carrying banners "Peace"
Caption indicating translation 
of Russian for "peace",
(4) Close-ups of Lenin & his Politburo in povèr,
Including one of Lenin 
& Trotsky (& Stalin?) 
together.
They wanted peace; what became 
of them? Pollowed by
(5) Trotsky reviewing troops
(6) Trotsky dead, with head bandaged.
Captions quotation from Stalin to the effect "He oned much in 1917-18
to the organising 
genius of Comrade Trotsky".
(7) / or (4)?/
-Landn a most ordinary-looking
literally
Caption: Stalin's 'How great was my disappointment to see a mosta
ordinary looking man, below 
average in height, in no way,
in no way, distinguishable 
from ordinary mortals." (From 
Cranicahay
article, The Battle for 
Lenin's Mantle", in NYTimes mag., 25/6/50
).
(7) Photo Stalin.
Title
Perhaps the unshaven one in Deutscher, or the ons from his/
Tsarist police dossier.
Caption: Lenin's 4 Jan. 1923 postscript to his testament:
Stakh is too rough...
Therefore I propose that the comrades 
find.
to remove Stalin
..." (Crans article).
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(8) Photo of USSR baing put on a war footing“.
1.9., photo of
? a collective farm?
photo of famine during the enforced collectivization?
photo of Himidated kilaks?
photo of a mass of tractors?
BB: the argument here to: The real purpose behind Collectivization
was (a) to break the peasants as a political fores, and (b) to
put the country on a war footing: to get the grain, in order to
get foreign exchange, in order to get war machinery.
ES: this will need a coment exption, to make the argument convincing.
(9) Photo of Tukhachevsky & generale shot in 137
1. Tukhachevaky
2. Gomarnik (had a beard)
3. Yakir
4. Yegero
Caption?
How does the fact Stalin shot then prove Stalin sese is
(10) Stalin with Ribbentrop, after signing Part 1939 (Aus).
Caption birthday greeting telegram from
"Our friendship is cemented in blood
(11) Enscon airdrome decorated with the Swastika,
to.
(12) Stalin & Katenoin together aft
signing neutrality past, April 'Al.
(13) Left pages Red Army marching into Poland, 1939
Right
1. Maxis marching into Poland, 1939
Captions with one blow the so-called State callipseda
(See quotations from Rape of Poland" by Mikolajegyk¿ES hæs
(14) Red Army Esoting Hasis at Leon, about Nov. 1939.
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(15) Some from Basso-Pinnish war.
emphasis on Russian soldiers dead,
Captions quote Stalin on Finnish independence, 1917; bo signed
the decreas
HS who has the text of the decres on hand? Doutecher"?
(16) Stalin makes war on his native Georging Feb. 1921
But any photo hard to come by?
Captions quote Lemini: "I am outraged by the arrogance of
Ordjonikidze and the commivance of 
Stalin and Deerahinakya
(Cramihan articls).
For photo: use shot of Stalin's birthplace, or of Tiflis,
something like that
?.
J has rend Chavchavadze's book,
(17) Photo of im
don of Russia June 1941.
Captions
IS; I eta taim this to good aso
(15) Stalin sith Charronill & Roosevelt, parding so one of the
champions of "Democracy".
"Captions BS "I have dilions of captions for this in
'Stalin's War-time 
Speechee**,
(19) Nesting on Eibe of USA & USSR soldiers,
Captions this time people thought pesce had really come (in murope)
(20) Red Army display of tanks & man in Red Square
from some Nov. 7 or 1st May photo.
(21) · Saria & Iblenkov looking Moathsome
Ception?
died stills from new-real of May 1, '49 in Red Square,
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(22) Hitler's Chooallery in ruins.
(23) Diembarg War Criminals lying in a re after being hangade
(24) Anti-CP peace-rally in W. Berlin
(5)
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Caption: "the people still mint posse".
Risenhower & Zhabov together (in uniform), 194 5
(26) Eisenhower as Columbia president (in edvilien clothes)
Captions Where is Zhukov ɲS?ª
Items Thay bungled their way into helping destroy the German
Republic and brining 
on Hitler. They raised up Hitler 
to
insade them." -BS.
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iron
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لام عربية
2) Don't have aus group known
40 be hostile to Por the
sponcois
③A Russian edition is
essential; therefore it should
Cobain holting chat will
offer Russian d
From Stalinist) Cl
I would purgest the new
aris - Concourt Wold
Trade Union Federation as
the sponsor - of
is needed.
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(Ⓒ Main jolitical objective
is not Stalin's 
cruelt
or his
He is
power,
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"Flattery will
get 
you extorywhere
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(1) He "STALAN IS HITLER" PHOTO BOCK, suggested by you 15 June,
(2) I have asked ISP to supply us with all wailable personality
photos of Hitler & Stalin, 1.8. "photos in which 
they appear in close
-up
- we might also have one of Red Square & 
Nurenbeg receiving bouquets
from little girls, visiting wounded soldiers
, voting, pinning medals
on generals, receiving visiting statesmen 
from dominated areas, 
with
chasis on photos showing the two 
dictators engaged in similar activities
."
I have my doubts as to whether 
they will come up with a large number
.
It will probably also be necessary to draw 
on the big New York photo agencies.
(3) THE PROJECT. The book to be published, first, in France; then
in other countries: Italy, Rest Germany, 
Holland, Belgium, Norway, 
Sweden, etc.
(4) OBJECT. Discredit Stalin. Reveal him as the ruthless master of
a "spybridden alave-camp. Show him as worse than Hitler. More dangerous,
because his poison is more exportable; more 
ruthless; more cunning.
Much more important to 
show, he is planning 
aggr
(5) BOOK TO BE COMPILED BY Williamson, in conjunction with SP.
Williamson to be paid his fully daily 
rate, to enable him to neglect 
his
regular work, q
(6) BOOK TO BE SIGNED BY? Howard Hunt suggests, in France, some
organization such as the Polish National Liberation Committee, or Federation
FORCE 
OUVRIÈRE (The Cast is 
the
of Iron Curtain Journalists; or NCFE? or
#Stefan Mueller"?
vert)
It might be signed with some pan-European pseudonym such as
-(7) IS AMERICAN INTEREST IN THE BOOK TO BE CONCEALED?
(8) TO BE PUBLISHED BY? In France, a French publisher.
An excellent literary agent might be Gerard Boitellear, Krav-
chenko's literary agent, described on page 
22 of "I Chose Justice".
(9) SUBSIDY. Estimates of production costs for this type of book have
been made in connection with KM FUNNY
. To insure widespread sale, a conside-
rable subsidy would be necessary.
Betwis no author
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(10) SIZE OF BOCK? A maximum of 75 pages of photos. This would give
some 36 or 37 two-page sets of Hitler-Stalin photos.
(11) CAPTIONS? I think we will need them, and should have them;
at least for a good many of the photos. (I think this will prove to be the
case when you come to make up any 
actual dummy).
(12) Something a good deal more eye-catching and forceful, as
& TITLE than the tentative "Stalin Is Hitler" should be forthcoming?
μα
"Your Leader?"
NO.
"Man of Steel, -and flood",
No
"Do you want this man?" "Slave master"
This Man Worts War!!
(13) CAN 36 SETS OF PHOTOS SHOWING PARALLELS BETWEEN H & S BE
PRODUCED? Undoubtedly yes. But:
(14) HOW MANY PARALLEL CLOSE UP PHOTOS CAN YOU SUGGEST?
I.c., we can have parallels showing each dictator receiving a
bouquet from an awe-struck child; parallels 
of each of them "voting”,
parallels of Hacha on the 
carpet
with suitably biting captions 
under each;
at Berchtesgaden, alongside some 
Satellite 
minister summoned to loscow.
But how, with any close-up photos of H & S can you deal with
For these, it seems 
to
such matters as Slave Labor, the Gestapo
, the MVD.
me it will be necessary to have 
non-close-up photos
, i.e., photos in which
Aumell.
But the parallel between the two regimes can be
Stoler and H & S do not appear.
emphasized (a) in the 
Captions, and (b) by some such 
typographic 
device as:
Beria
MVD
.✗
Constupo
parallel]
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(15) OVER-PRINT A SWASTIKA & HAMER-SICKLE in the upper corner/of
each set of non-close-up photos.
(16) TEXT? Captions, it seems to me,
will be found necessary, and
perhaps even some inter-leaved pages of parallel texts. E.G., you can have,
on a left-hand page, a photo of Witzleben (and/or some of the other
bomb-plot German Generals being executed in 1941 and on the right-hand
page photos of Tuchachevsky and the 6 other Red Army generals 
who were
executed along with him (with no photographers present) in 1937. 
But 
how
can any photo of Tuchachevsky et al. begin to do justice to the 
subject 
of
the Purge-as-a contimicus-features of Soviet-life-ever-since-1917
????
"The first & greatest misunderstanding about the Purges has to do with
their duration. To most Americans 
_ also Western Europeans, he says, else
where: Kravchenko, "I Chose 
Justice", p.145/, a Soviet purge is something
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exceptional, a violent phenomenon which they vaguely understand has happened
ence, or several times perhaps, but is then over and done with. This is a
basic error. Purges are part of the permanent machinery of the Soviet
regime. They are continuous and never-ending. There have been periods of
intensification.... But there has never been a period free of purging….."
How can we possibly do justice to Purges-under-Stalin, as described by
Kravchenko in the ten pages 15-155, with a few photos? (Even more so, how
do justice, with photos alone, to what it is like to live under a regime
where "one person in every 7" is an LVD informer"?)
Therefore why not something such as:
(17) BURGE PHOTOS PLUS TEXT?
foul to:
Milois
Have one or two good, gruesome gallows photos: plus photos (per-
haps a half-dozen or more to a page) of several dozen major figures who
have been killed: Tuchachevsky, 6 cut of 7 of the 192 (wa't it) Politburo
itself, the Jan. 1937 purgees ("all shot except Radek"), the Trial of the
Twenty-one (March 1938: "all shot except Rakovski"), etc etc., plus Kostov,
Rajk, etc.
Then, between pages of photos, have a page of text, to drive
the Purging-15-continuous point home.
We could, e.g., reprint the above-quoted paragraph from Kravchenko
(whose name every Franch reader would recognize), and some of the lists of
purgees he gives on p. 148-9.
which
Then the gruesome photo (available?) of Trotsky sprawled across his
desk after Stalin's assassin had been at him with the meat-cleaver,
would lead the reader on to perhaps one more page of text. And eye-catching
tart, not hard to read, in display forms
live pretitio
POLITBURO Pyatkov.....
Not
Neert 
vol
be gruesom
Much 
more
affective pretu
Mints 
- The 
corpse
with 
bandaged
head.
Rykov.....
Bukharin...
Trotsky.....
Kostor........
shot
.........shot-
shot
assassinated
..... "deviationist": shot.
"deviationist: shot,
?'
Rajk….......……………….
Dimitrov...………………………………………………
Vosnesansky.
Thorez...
(18) A "SPY-RIDDEN" REGIME.
?
...........
195?? ETC ETC ETC.
To put this point across, in photos, seems offhand difficult.
However, it might be possible simply to have an ordinary photo of an ordinary
citizen, looking somewhat apprehensive, with underneath it a Caption consisting
of a single sentence from, e.g., Kravchenko:
"....Finally Dorianko escaped. He found his wife and three children
living in the Doneta. Basin under a false name.
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called me uncle, and grew up without knowing that the man who boarded
in their house was in reality their own father.'" (I Chose Jubbite, 1.306).
(19) KATYN & OSIECI, otc. We can of course have parallel photos
here.
But a map of the USSR with a large black dot for each place
where there is a labor-carp, dth Caption underneath in very large type,
"15,000,000 and more!" might help to drive home the extent of slave
labor under Stalin. I can't see how any single photo of slave-laborers:
can make the point,
There is such a map of the labor-camp locations in Dalltu,
but it is typographically a very poor one, and it is devoutly to be hoped
that CIA Cartographic can come up with a better one.
(20) TUESDAY, June 27. WILLIAMSCS is making a trip to Washington,
and should be in the office early in the morning. Could you meet with
him then?
In proparing these photo books there seems to be nothing like
actually getting down to the preparation of a dummy. Could you prepare.
some sort of rough Dummy or List of Contents to submit to Williamson,
Themes
The indicating
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W. S. Sims
(191) My tentative view in re this Photo Book might be summed up
as the "Seydlitz powders theory. I.e., (1) a page of printed statistics
of purgess, alone, is no good; (2) a page with a gru
grugim
me gallows photo
alone is not good emuf, but (3) put the two together, and you have something
"graphic" to bring home to the reader what it would be really like to live
under Stalin.
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Congress for Cultural Freedom
Attached is an interim report. A considerable amount
of material, including American and foreign press cuttings,
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´a photographic exhibit and full text of speeches, will be
available within the next few days and can, at that time,
be made the subject of an additional report.
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CONGRESS FOR CULTURAL FREEDOM'
Berlin, Germany
26 to 30 June, 1950
1. Origin and Purpose
Early in 1950 a plan was conceived to gather together in.
Berlin, in the heart of Soviet Germany, a representative group of
:
the Western World's intellectual leaders and to provide them with
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an instrument to repudiate the totalitarian concept of intellec
tual subservience to the state. OFC planned to convene the Con-
gress of Cultural Freedom in June 1950 at a moment most advanta-
gecas to counteract the psychological effect of the Soviet-spɔnsored
Whitsuntide Youth Dally. The reetings and pronouncements of the
Congress were to be videly publicized by press, radio and printed
material not only to the Western World but by sustained clandestine
distribution in communist-controlled areas.
11. Development
To achieve maximum effect and credibility, it was apparent from
the outset that the actual sponsorship of such a convention should
not be permitted to appear. Accordingly, the Congress for Cultural
Freedom ostensibly sprang into being as the inspiration of a meet-
ing between Ernst Reuter, Lord Mayor of Berlin; Dr. Otto Suhr, Rector
....
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of the Berlin College of Political Science, and Dr. Pedalcb, Rector
of the Free University of Berlin. Melvin J. Lasky, HICOG editor of
the intellectual periodical, Der Monat, was introduced into the
formative committee and nominated Acting General Secretary to steer
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In the name of an international sponsoring committee ?) invita-
tions to the Congress were extended to prominent intellectual,
cultural and labor figures of the Western World or in exile from
The complicated task of
communist-dominated Eastern countries.
gathering together these widely-scattered individuals at the site
of the Congress required the closest coordination with and coopera-
tion of official and private United States agencies and individuals
of many nationalities. The delicate matter of covertly financing
the travel and expenses of delegates for example, had to be accom-
plished with the assistance of three American committees with estab-
An enormous amount of
-lished interests in international affairs.
organizational detail was handled in Berlin and elsewhere on the...
continent and in the U. S. under OFC sponsorship and direction.
Provision of interpreters, press and radio coverage, an elaborate
book display, accommodations for personal comfort and security of
the delegates and facilities for the official business of the
Congress, were among the problems which had to be solved.
OPC is particularly grateful to the State Department which,
through the office of Mr. Bruce Buttles, rendered exceptional and
sympathetic cooperation throughout the progress of negotiations and
arrangements. This cooperation extended to letters from the State
Department to invitees, backing up Committee invitations, a general
;
(1) The Committes included such names as:
Bertrand Russell, Arthur Koestler, Great Britain; Charles Plisnier,
Belgium; David Rousset, Andre Gide, and Andre Malarix
, France;
Haakon Lie, Norway; Ignasio Silone, Italy: John Dewey and Arthur
Schlesinger, U. S.; Carlo Schmid, Germany; Dennis 
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to de supported by funds of CIC and delegates were characterized að
In the U. 3., considerable
American police sples and war mongers.
coverage was given by the H. Y. Times, N. Y. Herald Tribune, Balti-
Additional coverage is
"Sun, Washington Star and other papers.
sore
expected in periodicals in the form of reviews and feature articles.
In recording the opening of the Congress, the Christian, Science
Monitor referred to the fact that it was being held just one month.
After the Communists had staged the greatest totalitarian youth
The Monitor went on to
tion.
ever held in Euro
There is as much difference between
gatherings
Be can to imagined. The one emphasized numbers and blind
The other will be composed of a
obodience to collectivism.
select company of noted public leaders and scholars from
the Western World and will stress the all-importance 
of
freedom
seion of expression and of human rights.”
In its deliberations, the cultural and intellectual slavery in-
posed by the Soviet Union and her satellite states was emphatically
and repeatedly denounced.. The attack by North Korea was immediately
seized upon by delegates and made the subject of vigorcus repudia
In this connection, it is significant that the delegates vero
2. (1) It was well known
not bound, 1limited, or instructed in any way
.
that ona delegate, Dr. Hans Thirring. Austrian atomic scientist, had
prepared a speech which contained a considerable amount of criticism
of the Western democracies. The speech had been printed and distri-
When the Korean news
buted to delegates in advance of the session.
(1)
While no control was exercised over papers and statements of
delegates, it was necessary that the general course of 
business 
and
tener of the Congress be held within the bounds of 
the original 
coñ-
cept. This was accomplished by an informal 
steering committee the
key member of which was a highly respected, internationally 
famous
delegate, who was also an OPC agent.
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broke, he stood before the Congress and, amidst cheere, ovenly re-
pudiated his prepared document, stating that in view of the cynical
Korean Aggression he would confine himself to a denunciation of
comunist despotism.
The Congress dolegates represented many divergent backgrounds
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and philosophies. They wore free to express any opinion.
no period during the five days of discussion, debate and oratory was
there any critism of the U. S. or of its policy in the Far East.
U. 5. policy was, in fect, vigorously defended by a number of dele-
gates, including Haakon Lie, noted Norwegian labor leader.
The Congress unanimously approved the following "Letter to the
message to writers, authors and scientists behind the fron
curtaini
The great conflict now raging in the world is not
a conflict between East and West. It is 
not a 
conflict
between peoples. We definitely reject the accusation
that we who have come together from many countries and
different parts of the world are hostile to the peoples.
of Russia and the countries subjected to the domination
of the Stalin dictatorship. Quite the reverse:
have amongst us representatives of those peoples.
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We are deeply convinced that the problem of the
freedom of the peoples who are today enslaved under.
the Stalin dictatorship and the problem of ensuring
freedom and ponce throughout the world are inseparably
linked.
"All those who fight for freedom against oppress-
ion can be assured of our unlimited solidarity.
"
Deliberations of the Congress.
festo (see ab A) in which the included with a unanimous mani-
gstes rejected the idea of new
trality in the struggle between freedom and tyramy and stated that
intellectuals should not stand silent on the sidelines but should
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dom.
(1)
Acting on a joint proposal of the Congress, cad the Assembly
of the City of Borlin, Lord Mayor Renter announced a resolation to.
establish a
Getablish a 
memorial in honor of all those who have fallen under
totalitarian tyranny, the monument to be erected in the British
sector near the Brandenborg gate. (?)
The final action of the Congress was self-perpetuation in the
form of a Standing Continuation Committee which in turn selected an
Executive Committee, consisting oft
Ignasio Silone
David Rousset
Arthur Koestler
Irving Brown
Carlo Schmid
Francois Bondy was elected Field Secretary of the Executive
Committee, which will maintain offices in Paris and Borlin..
(1) Among the supporting statements wore those oft
"Arthur Koestler: "The Congress has unified all intellec
tuals who are not communists around a
program for cultural freedom. We are
prepared to take the offensive."
Ignazio Silone:
Robert Montgomery:
*We men of the resistance propose to
form a new league of resistance to
totalitarianism everywhere."
"There is no neutral corner in the field
of freedom. If an artist
the fight for freedom he di
from
tvice. for
The dies as an artist before he dies as a
nan.
(2) The idea of a permanent monument was "suggested" to Mayor Renter
by one of the delegates. "Reuter, himself a victim of totalitarian
oppression, pushed it through enthusiastically.
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IV. Future Plane.
The first meeting of the Executive Committee, which will be con-
trolled by OPC, is scheduled for Paris, in September, at which time
arrangements will be made for future sessions of the Congress and
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the continued exploitation of its activities and the anti-communist
declarations of its members.
OPC plans for the exploitation of this operation called for
clandestine dissemination of the output of the Congress, especially
resolutions, speeches and manifestos, throughout East Germany
East Germany has alrea been covere
nd the Sovi
ites.
„-through a special edition of the Neue Zeitung and
carried by other papers which the OPC mission subsidizes and secretly
Soviet Germany
"
Plans are now being perfected for circulation, in a number of
languages, of millions of copies of the speeches, declarations and
resolutions of the Congress. Much of this material has already been
Since the Congrats
carried by the Voice of America and by Radio RIAS.
has determined to perpetuate itself through a Continuation Committee,
Orc will encourage additional statements and declarations by key por-
sons, these also to be distributed throughout the satellite area.
Many millions of people, some of them cut off from any news of resis-
tance to commanist tyranny over the thoughts of men, will be informed
that not only are the philosophers and scientists and cultural leaders
of the world outraged at the attempted obliteration of intellectual
freedom, but that they propose to “ight it.
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who are free to say what they think and this bring to those still
enslaved the message that they too car hope to be free.
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State telegram requesting priority cooperation of all Consular officers
in providing entry penalte for delegates, several cables expressing
overall interest and extraordinarily complete arrangements to cover
the Congress by VOA. To accomplish this latter mission, VOA's
special representative in Berlin mado elaborate arrangements for re-
broadcasting from New York.
III. The Sessions of the Congress.
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The Congress convened in Berlin on 26 June 1950 and consisted of
(1)
more than 100 representatives of 16 nations. It was officially
welcomed by the City of Berlin and was greeted with an outpouring of
publicity in the European and American press,
The impact of the Congress on the prese of Europe cannot be re-.
corded fully at this time. Clipnings and a complete operational re-
pert have not yet been received from the field. There are many known
indications, however, that it was furiously opposed by the communist
press. Soviet-sponsored papers and Radio Berlin denounced delegates
as the bounds of Wall Street and oven accused Congress members of
setting fire to the House of Soviet Culture. The Congress was said
*
(1) Among the leading delegates: Great Britain - R. H. S. Crossman,
MP. author, editor of New Statesman and Nation; Arthur Koestler, authe-4
Herbert Read, art critic, poet, novelist. France Henri Frenay, oditur;
Susanne Labin, author: Andre Malraux, author; Gabriel, Marcel, philosopher;
_ Andre Philip, professor of economics: Jules Romains, novelist. Germany
Frans Borkenau, historian and journalist: Anna Siamsen, educator, Carlo
Scheld, political scientist, educator. USA - Sidney Hook, educator and
philosopher; Irving Brown, labor leader; George Schuyler, editor; H. J.
Hueller Professor of Biology, Hobel prize winner: A. M. Schlesinger, Jr.,
Professor of History. Switzerland - Francois Bondy, editor; Wilhelm
Roepke, Sociologist and economist. Horway - Haakon Lie, labor leader.
Italy:
Russia
Ignazio Silone, Novelist; Franco Lombardi, philosopher.
* Nicolai Andreyer, literary critic, lecturer: Boris Nicolaeraky histor-
ian. Holland Hendryk Brugmans, Professor. Turkeylan Pimbare,
Journalist. Czechoslovakia - Karel Kupka, Professor. Sweden,- Ture
Nerman, poet and editor.
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of the city. Te encouraged him in this idea, since the performance
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culture surrounding the e central event allison, however, was faced
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hand 
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PERIPHERAL ACTIVITIES IN GERMANY OF BURIS IVANOVICH
NIKOLAŁYSKI.
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Enclosed is a memorandum describing the activities
of Boris Ivanovich Nikolaeveld, head of the socialist
League of New York, who has been in Germany for the past
six weeks. It will noted that Mr. Nikolaevski has
been endeavoring to establish a bloo of loft and contor
groupa, within the Russian emigration and that he is
hopeful of obtaining the support of the executive
Committee set up by the recent Congress for Cultural
Freedon in Berlin for a congress to be held in Paris
attended by re
representatives of so-called "democratio”
groups within the Russian amigration and by demo ora tie
figures from Western Europe and the United States.
It is resmended that the Department give serious
consideration to the position which it should take with
respect to Hikolaovski's proposal. If plans are
preceeding to greate a unified front within the Russian
anigration which would rencive Amarloan support in
accordance with the recommandations net forth in the
Halley report, it would appear inadvisable at this
stage to give any official one curagement to a e ogress
of Russian groups which would not be fully representa-
tive and would therefore tend to emphasize divergent
trends within the emigration rather than minimizing
differences and endeavoring to enlist bread apport
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Despatch 2.0, July 26, 1950
ACTIVITIES IN GERMANY OF BORIS IVANCVICH NIKOLAEVSKI
Boris Ivanovich Nikolaevski, the well-known Russian
historian and journalist and head of the New York socialist
League, has been in Germany for the past six weeks attempting
to line up support for a bloo of Russian groups 
of the left
and conter and to promote a congress of "demcoration elements
within the emigration which he hopes to convene 
in Paris in
the fall under the sponsorship of the executive 
committee
created at the recent Berlin Congress for 
Cultural Freedom
.
Nikolaevski is a man of great energy and of very con-
By
siderable stature among the Russian refugees in Germany.
virtue of his long-standing record as a social 
democrat 
he
has exnullent contacts th Goman scoial-
democratie and 
trade
union drolos and has been personally 
acquainted with many of
the present leaders of these organizations 
since his residence
He also enjoys 
wide
in Berlin in the early 30'☎.
among Huzaian refugees by virtue of the fact the confidence
was the
firat old Russian emigre of any stature to ome to Germany
aftor the war in an effort to give encouragement 
and 
assistance
to members of the new Russian emigration.
He
Nikolaevaki has divided his time between Munich, Berlia
and Frankfurt and has talked with a constant 
stream of 
visitors.
Ho has also made numerous side trips to seek out refugees in
whom he is interested. His principal objective 
has been to
unite as many of the progressive or, as he calls 
them,
"democratio" Russian groups as 
possible in an 
organization
which will emcentrate on the struggle 
against Communism.
has sus ceaded in establishing glose personal 
relations 
with
Boris Aleksandrovich Yakovlev head of SEONR 
(Fighting Union
for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia
), and has also
interested SVOD, the military twin of SBONR
, and the 
Solidarists.
(NTS) in his plan. As far as I have 
been able to discover,
however, no agreement has been reached between 
these groups
for the formation of a united 
organization, and NTS, 
following
its customary practice, has indicated a 
willingness to
cooperate but has not committed itself 
beyond that 
point.
Nikolaevski anticipates some opposition 
to his project 
from the
by virtue of the Vlasovite
left wing of the New York
antecedents of these organi, but feels that he can
eventually gain the support of his own organization. It is
presumed that final negotiations 
for the establishment of 
the
new organization will take 
place only after Nikolaevski
returns to New York and gains League endorsement of his activities
in Germany.
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After the Berlin Congress for Cultural Freedom, in which
Nikolaevski played a prominant and enthusiastic role, be
conceived a new projeot; lyonvocation of a conferanco
in Paris under the sponsorship of the permanent executive
committee created at the Berlin Congress, The Paris congress
would be attended by "democratio" Russian emigres, both old
and new, as well as by "democratio" leaders and intellectuals
from Western Europe and the United States, including a number
who attended the Berlin conference. The principal purpose of
the Paris congress would be propagandistic; it would, in
Nikolaevski's words, constitute a demonstration of the solidarity
of anti-Communist sentiment among the Russian emigration and
the democratic forces of the Western world.
Nikolaovski is a convinced and doctrinaire socialist and
is firmly opposed to
exposure to those groupsation with or apparantly even
within the enigration which are not
ideologically sympathetic to him. His particular antipathy is
directed toward the Supr rame Monarchist Council (VMS) and its
president, Turi Meyer, who, he claims, is manipulated by the
sinister behind-the-scenes figure of Colonel Baranovski. He
san pred use no evidence beyond rumor to support his allegations
regarding the role of Colonel Baranovaki who himself has perso
ally denied to me in the most emphatic terms that he plays any
political role whatsoever. It is a striking coincidence that
Colonel Neryanin, the head of SVOD, one of the organizations
which Nikelaevaki includes in his proposed union, is one of the
principal assistants in the intelligence network of Colonel
Baranovaki, who exprusses the highest regard for him.
I suggested to Nikolaevaki, and discussed with him at
considerable length, the desirability of broadening the prope sad…
Paris congress to include representatives of all the principal
groups represented in the emigration. I pointed out that the
propaganda value of a congress in which the prinsipal elements
in the emigration were represented would be substantially
greater than that of a meeting with caly fragmentary representa-
tion; that a meeting from which certain influential groups ware
excluded might result in a rival congress which would merely
underline the diversive trends within the emigration and tend
to crystallize them; that a congress meeting under the banner
démoɔraoy should be prepared to permit a democratic expression
of opinion; and that participation in a meeting of this kind
with rival groups would in no sense constitute endorsement or
approval of their programs. To these arguments Nikolaevski
turned a deaf ear. He stands fmly on the position that the
social demo arata, whom he consistently refers to as "democrats,"
cannot afford to compromise themselves or endanger their standing
with the Russian people by the slightest evidence of cooperation
with the right wing.
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Nikolaevaki is extremely amious to gain the blessing
of the United States Government for his Faris venture.
told him frankly that while I was in no position to express
an official opinion and could not venture a guess as to
Washington's' reaction, it seemed unlikely to me that the
Amarion Government could afford to take sides in the internal
political struggle within the Russian emigration, and that
until the emigre groups succeeded in reconciling their own
differences and were prepared to concentrate their efforts
against the Soviet regime rather than against each other, the
American Government would hardly be in a position to associate
itself in any way with them. Nikolaevaki replied that the
anti-Communist struggle itself was an inadequate program and
that something positive must be offered to the Russian people,
I agreed to this position but suggested that a united pregran
on which am gration could agree would probably have much
greater imnast than a variety of programs offered by can atẳng
groups, Nikolaevski, however, stuck to his ideological guns.
Hikolaevaki was considerably perturbed by nows he received
just before his departure from Frankfurt to the effect that
Yakovlev had been approached by Colonel Kromladi, who is
nominated in the Kelley memorandum as the leader of the united
emigre
front organization, to lend the support of SBOHR to an
congress to be convened in Munich. Yakovlev bad gained the
Impression that this project had American support, although
Kromladi bad apparantly made no explicit statement to this
effect. He had based his arguments on the broad concept of
united emigre effort against the Soviet regime and had indicated
that it would be a congress of Russian patriots rather than
of representatives of emigre organizations. This appeal had
obviously made a considerable impression on Yakovlev, whɔ is
much less ideologically minded than Nikolaevaki and much more
inclined to ally himself with any ectivity which he feels
can effectively bring pressure against the Soviets,
Nikolaevski, while expressing high personal regard for
Colonel Kromiadi, immediately attributed this project to the
machinations of Meyer and Baranovski and adopted a completely
I told him that I had had no
negative attitude toward it.
previous knowledge of the project and that I felt reasonably
sure that it did not enjoy American support.
Nikolaevski plans to proceed to France and attend the
first meeting of the executive committes established at the
Berlin Congress in an effort to interest them in his project
for a congress of Russian emigres.
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If Nikelaevad.in his intreagent position is supported
by his organisation, which I aesume will be the case, it
will present a serious otsteels to any plans for uniting the
forces of the Russian emigration in the anti-Communist
struggle. nikolaevski's ideological principles are so
firmly enrcoted that it earn unlikely that anything will
shake them or that he can be persuaded to cooperate with
groups whose political views diffar markedly from his own.
Nikolaevski's name and pon curry great influence among
Russian emigres and it is most desirable that they be utilized
to the utmost. It would be alter realistic nor practical,
however, te secept Nikolaevski's position and thereby eliminate
other influential groans within the amigrating. One solution
for this dilemma might be to ignore the extremist groups,
right and left, which refuse to perticipate in the osma
effort and concentrate primarily on the new emigration who
are more flexible in their polit bal 14sas and whose under-
standing of the Sorist regime is more resent and more profound.
The extremists will then be faced with the alternative of
carrying on aleas or of making peeva with their consolence and
joining the easi
caust.
Fra sß breas
Fransß
Francis B. Stevens
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The following views of LIGONO on the Berlin Congress have been
reported as of interest to the sponsors of the Congress.
The Forlin Congress is regarded in France as a movement
xclusively of the extreme left, of former Communists and
present non-limite Marxists. Observers regard with
disfarer the fact that the Congress was extremely mild in
stack against the Soviet regime. They point out that:
(a) The Soviet regime as such is not mentioned in
a single resolution, which limited themselves
to the condemning "totalitarian regines."
(b) The issuance of an anti-Franco resolution in
the absence of an anti-Stalin resolution is
significant,
(c) he refusal to recognize the representatives of
the Russian NTS group present at the Congress
as listed delegates" confims the extreme left-
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MEMORANKIN OF CONVERSATION
SUBJECT: Congress for Cultural Freedom
18 August 1950
1. On 15 August, I discussed the Berlin Cultural Congress
with Kenneth H. Earbley, with particular emphasis on the problem
of bringing the continuing Congress organisation under control
and. at the same time, expanding it into an effective anti-
communist weapon.
2. I expressed to Hambley our concern over the manner in
which Charles A. Skeggs had conducted himself during the Congress,
He said,
and Harbley replied that he had been equally concerned.
however, that while Skeggs Activities had caused an unfavorable
reaction on the part of a number of the delegates, that reaction
had been more directed against Skeggs personally than against him
as a representative of the government. Embley agreed with my
suggestion that two bits of silver lining could be found in the
Skeggs cloud, namely that he had taken most of the opposition
heat himself, thms sparing some of our other people, and that
he had conducted himself like anything but the "Polizeispitzel"
the
communist press of Germany made bin out to be. In fact,
said Hambler, Skeggs general attitude was such as to cause some
of the delegates to disremember that Skegge was attached to the
government in any fashion or presumably subject to any discipline
at all.
3. Hambley said that most of the delegates with whom he
had talked were perfectly willing to accept the explanation that
the Congress was smiled upon by the United States Government to
the extent that some official funds were supplied for the physical
staging of the meeting (as indeed they were) but that the rest
of the money came from somewhat vague unofficial sources in the
United States. Those who suspected something more, with the
exception of the Trevor-Roper group, ware generally happy that
the United States was doing something of this kind and were in
no mood to ask any embarrassing questions or raise any delicate
points.
I asked Hambley what he thought his future role in the
Congress should be. He replied that he was perfectly willing to
undertake any activities we asked him to undertake but personally
felt he should retire into the background as rapidly as possible.
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that we would expect him to contact himself in that fashion.
It was agreed that he should continue as a member of the Inter-
/ national Committee of Twenty-five but should take no active overt
part in organizational for policy matters and would operate behind
the scenes only when so directed.
5. I discussed with him the problem raised by the presence
of David Rousset and Ignazio Silone on the Executive Committee.
Hambley agreed that neither of these individuals could be con-,
sidered fully reliable but explained it had been impossible to
exclude them from the Committee because of their prominence and
the interests which they represented. He said he Need Rousset
as a person who considered himself basically on the American side
even though from time to time he had to make noises of a sort to
satisfy his leftist constituoats. He also described Rousset as
thought of
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a bit of a bluffer who could be handled by a combination of firmness
and tact, particularly so long as to continued to desire to be.
an American ally. Hambley described Silone as a more complex case-
a vain, egocentric person of strong intellect but weak will and
an inept politician who insisted on engaging in politics solely
to satisfy his ego. Eambley said Silone probably would have
been lost to the cause entirely had he not been given a prominent
role including a position on the Executive Committee but that,
as it was, he appeared on the surface now to be a convert, albeit
a dubious one. Humble expressed belief, however, that Silone
could be controlled if handled expertly and that, if worst care
to worst. he could be separated from the Committee without dis-
astrous effect. Hambley said that in his opinion Arthur Koestler
and Cario Schmid were altogether reliable politically and could
be depended upon to counterbalance Silone and Roussot even though
it would be unwise to take them fully into confidence as to the
nature of the Congress' backing. Irving Brown, of course, is
considered completely reliable.
6. Inasmuch as the Executive Committee is a creature of
the Committee of Twenty-five and draws its membership from that
Committee, the latter constitutes the real point of control in
the Congress organization. The Committee of Aventy-five, as
it stands, is reliable on balance. If necessary, it could be
weighted more heavily in our favor by exercise of the privilege
of co-opting additional members on whom we could depend, Hambley
Baid.
Ee suggested that it might be well to establish a principle
either of rotating members of the Executive Committee or of con-
ducting regular elections of the parent Committee of Twenty-
five
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probably preferably the latter. This mechanism would provide
means whereby obstreperous Executive Committee members 
might
be sidetracked. Humbley agreed that this might prove a workable
scheme.
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MEMORANDUM FOR L. PRECKIHRIDGE
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Kelvin Lasky.
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1. I continue to be very disturbed about the manner in which this
entire matter has been conducted, including the non-observance of my
original memorandum of 7 April 1950, in which I approved this project,
subject to the condition that Lasky would not be permitted to figure
publicly in this operation. The memorandum of Kr. Glaser and the con-
versations which I have had with Messrs. Lindsay and-Laker have done
very little to reliste my apprehension on the score that no effective
action to exclude Lasky from continuing to play a blatantly conspicuous
role either has or will be taken by us.
2. I submit that paragraph six of the reference memorandum, in
both tone and content, is entirely unsatisfactory for the following
reasons:'
a. It fails to reveal any appropriate acknowledgment or
comprehension of the damage which has resulted from Mr. Lasky's
conduct. This was a major blunder, has been branded as such by.
our best friends in the State Department, has been revealed as
such by the publicity which is analyzed in the reference memoran-
dum itself, and must be acknowledged by the responsible members.
of our staff both here and in Germany.
b. It betrays an unfortunate tendency, apparently more
deeprooted than I had suspected, to succumb to the temptation
of convenience (doing things the easy way) and irrespective of
security and other technical considerations of the utmost.
importance.
3. I have stated to Mr. Lindsay orally and I want to make myself
completely clear on this point that unless means can be found to sand-
tice this operation by the removal of Lasky, Burnham and other persons
of known or traceable official significance from overt roles in the
proposed continuing organization, then I am unwilling to have CPC
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the field as an instruction and that it be so 
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within this headquarters. I do not wish to create the 
impression that
I am in any way opposed to the continuation of the operation
, provided
it can be sanitized and handled with a greater 
degree of sophistica-
tion and technical export-ease than has characterized our performance
up to date. However, I do not wish to be associated 
with any 
repetition.
of what we have seen thus far.
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Magruder that he showed our report on this Congress 
to Secretary 
Johnson,
together with his own very complimentary appraisal 
of the operation..
Secretary Johnson was so favorably impressed 
with this report and 
General
Magruder's comment that he took the papers 
over and showed them to the
President, who expressed himself as being very pell 
pleased. I can 
only
hope that the very rough edges which have 
recently appeared are not
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brought too sharply to the attention of these 
lofty officials.
case this development underscores in red everything 
which I 
have said
about the necessity for tidying up this operation 
and eliminating all-
of the "Irish pennants".
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1. In the first of a series of talks with Mr. Burnham, follow-
ing his return from Europe, a broad coverage of the Cultural Congress
was splored as well as post-Contrics plans and proceedings.
2. I went into very little detail with Mr. Burnham as to the
eventual setup of the Congress as a permanent institution except to
suggest that it had very broad and far-reaching implications and would
be carefully studied and pursued within the next few weeks. Mr. Burn-
ham, however, expressed his point of view (which is to be further ex-
plored in other reetings this week) as follows:
3. The continuation of the Congress as a going concern of /
intended permanence is now a fact. (We know that there is an
executive committee, an operating committee and that the instit-
ution of a Paris Office has been authorized.) Overtly, a perm-
anent Congress for Cultural Freedom can vastly improve the climate
of opinion throughout Eurore, at least, to the extent that it may
considerably counter Soviet propaganda and may very well affect
large groups of people far beyond the point of neutrality, per-.
haps to resistance. Also overtly, the Congress can utilize its
participants in various forms of writing, speaking, and political.
action. Covertly, the Congress can perform a number of useful
functions, including maintenance of contact with various resis-
tance. ours, forwarding money to such groups, spreading of clan-
de summe propaganda and other purposes. No great pretentions are
necessary in connection with the establishment of the Congress
as a permanent institution, though a small office in Paris and
another in Serlin are indicated. The sponsorship of a French..
Intellectual Periodical seems to be one of the most pressing and
one of the best ideas, and Aron is enthusiastic about it and is
willing to work for such a magazine as editor. Other members of
the Congress, Yakeview, for instance, are willing to work on Con-
ress publications and both Koestler and Euber-Neunan are very
anxious to take part in the literary and political activities.
Sondy is a very useful man, apparently entirely reliable and a
good writer and organizer; he knows languages and knows Europear
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The impact of the Congress on Berlin was terrific and
Reuter's part magnificent. The whole city was very eager and
receptive and paid an extraordinary amount of attention to all
of the Congress activities. The book display at the Congress.
itself was only fairly effective, but was extremely telling in
the book stores throughout Western sectors, which made special
displays of the books and photographs of the authors. Broad-
casting by radic PLAS seems to have been more or less nominal,
Walthough FIS ares of all of the Conness speeches, but the
Voice of America team did a first-class and absolutely outstanding
job. The Congress was given big coverage by YCA in several lan-
guages. In addition to the records of European publicity that
are on hand, a considerable additional amount was produced. For
instance, there was daily broadcasting of a French radio station
and sporadic broadcasting coverage by other stitions. There was
a large amount of ublicity in France and England and a substan-
tial amount in Italy, Sweden and other countries. Special art-
icles are still appearing in the European press and periodicals.
The influence of the Congress on a number of important literary
and political leaders appears to be very significant. This was
especially true in the case of Frenay and Silone; both of whom
under-went an apparent conversion due to the operations of the
Congress. On the other hand, the composition of the Congress
was unbalanced nationally and also because it was too leftist,
too radical.
C. The irritation caused by the Trevor-Roper article in the
Manchester Guardian was a reflection of the attitude of three
members of the British delegation, Trevor-Roper, ayer, and Peter.
de Rendelssohn. etually, Hendelssohn (an old buddy of Lasky's)
was the cause of the trouble. He is a second-rate writer, a
neurotic, frustrated intellectual, who had a chip on his shoulder
and unquestionably inspired Trevor-Roper and yer with his spirit
of antagonism. Another complication was the fact that Ayer and
Koestler Lave been intellectual rivals and bitterly dislike each
other. Ver mas infuriated by Koestler's prominence and commu
nicated this antagonism to Trevor-Ropor. The letter is an exces-
sively conceitedman (Burnham added at this point that almost all
intellectuals are excessively conceited) and was openly annoyed
because he did no figure in the proceedings with sufficient prom-
inence. (Incidentally," says Burnham, "Trevor-Roper's description
of Koestler as rootless European' follows Pravda, which uses
that term as a general description for Jews.") The annoyance felt
by Trevor-Roper and yer at their relegation to minor roles in
comparison to Hoestler found its outlet in articles which both of
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these men have written, (Note: We have only seen the one by
Trevor-Roper.) and the situation was complicated by the desire
of Trevor-Roper to maintain a high and academic objectivity in
relation to world affairs, whereas the delegates to the Congrass
insisted on making it a realistic denunciation of the Communist
strangle-hold on culture and intellectual freedom. Koestler
epitomizes the lofty philosophical viewpoint by saying, "Do you
want partial liberty or total slavery?" Lasky has written a
reply, over his name, to Trevor-Roper.
d. Melvin Lasky is granted the qualities of ability, courage,
hard work and political intuition but he is, at the same time,
the most vain and egocentric individual imaginable. In addition.
to which, he is an intellectual snob, and a publicity hound. Also,
he definitely is not reliable, cannot be counted upon to do things
that he should do unless they work in with his own ideas. He has
the Russian Menshevik point of view which is simply that of useless
intrique for the sake of intrigue. His intellectual snobbery was
indicated in his process of meeting delegates. If they were very
important, he ment to meet them with his personal car and driver--
along with newspaper photographers. If they were reasonably import-
ant, a private car es sent for them. If they were ordinary dele-
gates, they was given transportation on a bus. At least one dole-
Eate was contacted by Burnham and arrangements were made with Lasky
to invite him, but no invitation was sent. In the case of Hax Yergin,
Lasky succeeded in miniliating him and in the case of Yakevlew,
Lasky ut first refused to print his name on the program at all.
Lasky has done a wonderful job with Der Monet and there is no ques-
tion as to his natural ability and capacity for hard work but it
is difficult to see how he can be used in any outstanding position
in connection with a continuation of the Congress unless it is in
an advisory capacity, possibly in charge of the Berlin office and
with a strong hand subdue his self-advertising proclivities.
3% The above represents Burnham's general views, in some cases
expressed spontaneously, in others drawn out by questions, and it is
new proposed to have a further meeting and ask him to talk about the
development potentialities and techniques.
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1. Pursuant to your oral request of this morning, there are
set forth below the elements of subject organization. As you are
avare subject is in a fluid stage but, as of 7 July 1950, the
following steps had been taken (except that the action described
under "a" was taken at the end of the month of July):
a. A mall Paris office was opened with N. Louis Gibarti
as Secretary, on trial for a two-month period.
D. Letters had been sent out to the honorary Chairmen
requesting them to continue to serve in that capacity. These
chairmen are: Croce, Dowey, Maritain, Jaspers, and Russoll.
This action was taken by the Congress in session.
c. An Executive Committee of five had been nominated.
This committee consists of Ignazio Silone, David Rousset,
Arthur Koestler, Irving Brown and Carlo Schmid.
was likewise taken by the Congress in session.
This action
d. Also at the Berlin session of the Congress an Inter-
"national Committee of twenty-five was nominated. All but the
last five of these were also confirmed. The last five and
not been confirmed as of 7 July 1950. The names of these
twenty-five individuals follows:
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✓ Ignacio Silons
✓ David Rousset
Arthur Roestler
Carl Schmid
Irving Brown
Julian Amery
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James Burnham
Sidney Hook
Nicolas Nabokov
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Theodor Plievier
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Denis de Rougemont
Lionello Venturi
Boris Nicolaevsky.
Karel Kupka
Josef Czanski.
Margarete Buber-Neumann
Andre Philip
Richard Cross
Francois Mauriac
Pablo Casals
Thornton Wilder:
Oskar Pollak
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1. In the first of a series of talks with Ar. Burnham, follow
ing his return from Europe, a broad coverage of the 
Cultural Congress
who explod as wall as post-Congress 
plans and proceedings.
2. I went into very little detail with Mr. Burnham as to the
eventual estup of the Congress on a permanent 
institution except 
to
succept that it had very broad and 
far-reaching implications and 
would
Mr. Burna
be carefully studied and puram within 
the next few weeks.
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view (which is to be 
further ex-
plored in other mootings this week
) as follows:
B o The continuation of the Congress an à going concern of
intended permanence is now a foot. (We 
know that there is an
executive committee, an operating cassitton 
and that the 
instit-
ution of a Paris Office has been authorized
.) Overbly, a per-
amont Congress for Cultural Freedom can vastly 
improve the 
climate
of opinion throughout Europe, at least, to 
the extent that it may
considerably scunter Soviot propaganda 
and may very wall affect
large groups of people for boyand the 
point of neutrality, par-
haps to resistance. Also overtly the 
Congress can utilizo its
participants in various forms of writing
, speaking, and political
nction. Covertly, the Congress can porform 
a number of useful
functions, including sintenance 
of contact with various resis
»
tarse groups, forwarding money to such groups
, spreading of 
elne
destimo propaganda and other purposes. 
No great protantions aro
necessary in connection with the 
establishment of the Congress
as a permanent institution, though a small 
office in Paris and
The 
sponsorship of a Fronch
another in Forlin are indicated,
Intellectual Periodical seces to bo one of the most pressing and
one of the best ideas, and Aron is enthusiastic 
about it and is
willing to work for such a magazine 
as editor. Other members 
of.
the Congress, Yakovlew, for instance, are 
willing to work on con
gress publications and both Koestler 
and Buber-Hounare vorg
anidous to tain part in the literary 
and political activities.
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entirely reliable and a
good writer and organizer; he knows 
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The impact of the Congress on Berlin was terrific and
Renter's part magnificent. The whole city was vory sager and
receptive and paid en extraordinary amount of attention to all
of the Congress activities. The book display at the Congress
itself was only fairly effective, but was extremely talking in
the book stores throughout western sectors, which made 
special
Broad
displays of the books and photographs of the authors.
carting by radio HI-S soams to have been more or losa rosinal,
although RI Sout tance of all of the Congress speeches, but the
Voice of Arion team did a first-class and absolutely outstanding
job. The Congress is given big coverage by VON in several lan-
guages. In addition to the records of European publicity that
are on hand, a considerable additional amount was produced
. 
Por
instance, there was daily broadcasting of a Preach radio 
station
and sporadic broadcasting coverage by other stations. There was
a large amount of ublicity in France and Eyland and a substan-
tial amount in Italy, Sweden and other countrios. Special art-
icles are still' appearing in the European press and periodicals.
The influence of the Congress on a number of important 
literary
and political leaders appears to be very significant. This was
especially true in the case of Frenay and Silona, both of whom
under-went an apparent conversion due to the operations of the
Congress. On the other hand, the composition of the Congress
was unbalanced nationally and also because it mo too leftist,
too radical.
0. The irritation caused by the Trevor-Roper article in the
Manchester Guardian was a reflection of the attitude of three
members of the British delegation, Trevor-Roper, Ayer, and Potap
de Mandelssohn. tually, Wendalssohn (an old buddy of Lasky's
)
Ho is a second-rate writer, a
was the cause of the trouble:
nourotic, frustrated intellectual, who had a chip on his shoulder
and unquestionably inspired Trevor-Ropor and Aver with 
his spirit
of antagonism. Another complication was the fact that 
yor and
Kesutler have been intellectual rivals and bitterly dislike each
other. Ayer was infuriated by Koestler's prominence and 
com
nicated this antugoniam to Trevor-Roper. The latter is an exes-
sively conceited man (Burnham added at this point that 
almost all
intellectuals are excessivaly conceited) and was openly annoyed
because he did figure in the proceedings with sufficient prom
nonce. (Incidentally," 
says Burnham, Trevor-Roper's description
of Koestler as a 'rootless European' follows Pravda, which uses
that term as a general description for lows.") The annoyance felt.
by Trevor-Roper and Ayor at their relegation to minor roles 
in
comparison to Koestler found its outlet in artialos which 
both 
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these men have writton, (Note: De have only on the one dy
Trovar-loper.) and the situation was complianted by the desire
of vor-Roper to maintain a high and sondenia objectivity in
relation to world affair, was the delegates to the Congress
insisted on making it a realistic Conciation of the Comunist
stringle-hold on culture and intellectual readon. Roostlar
opitomizes the lofty allosophical viewpoint by saying, "Do you
mat partial liberty or total slivery? Lasky has written a
reply, over his nano, to D
d. Molvin Insky is granted the qualition of ability, courus,
Aard work and political intuition but he is, at the same,
most vain and pantric individual inginable. Inqiition
to which, ho is an intellectual sob and publicity hound. so,
ha definitely is not reliable, oarnot be counted upon to do things:
that he should do malas they work in with his own ideas. He has
the nistan enshevik point of view which is simply that of useless
intrigue for the site of intrigio. His intellectual snobbery whis
indicated in his process of mosting delegates. If they were very
important, ho want to meet them with his personal our and driver
along with newspaper photographers. If they waro reason bly import-
ant, a private car was sent for thon. If they were ordinary dale
gates, they was given transportation on a bus. At least a dals-
Ento wis contacted by Durban and arrangements wore ande with Lacky
to invite him but no invitation sont. In the case of lax Yargin,
Lasky succeeded in buailiating him and in the ours of Yaberlow,
Lasky at first fed to print his name on the program at all.
Lasky has done a wonderful job with Dor Monet and there is no quede
tion as to his natural ability and capacity for hard work but it
is difficult to see how he can be used in any outstanding position
in connection with a continuation of the Congress unless it la in
an advisory deprsity, possibly in charge of the Herlin office and
with a strong hand to subdue his self-advertising proclivitios.
3. The above representa Brynhau's general views, in some cases
expressed spontaneously, in others dream out by questions, and it is
now proposed to have a further making and ask him to talk about the
development potentialities and techniques.
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MR. SCHREYER, 3.
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4 August 1950
May 1958
Activities of Mr. Melvin Lasky in connection-with
Congress for Cultural Freedom (Project PDQUICK)
ده به
1. This is in response to your request that we examine our files and
submit a statement concerning the undue prominence given to Mr. Melvin
Lasky in connection with the Cultural Congress.
2. Lasky was publicly identified, early in the preparations for the
Congress, as the spark plug and leading light. This unsatisfactory position
was anticipated by Mr. Wisner, who, in his approval of Project PDQUICK,
cautioned against emphasis on Lasky's participation. (Attachment A).
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3. From the beginning, the home office was cognizant of the danger of
a spotlight being thrown on any evert U. S. employee, and, in addition to.
previous warnings, on 7 April cabled specific instructions for the retire-
ment of Lasky to the background. This and other admonitions, from the home
office and the OPC German Mission chief, will be found at attachment B.
4.
However, a review of the publicity which the Congress received
shows an unfortunate amount of concentration on Lasky. In Berlin, for in-
stance, where the Congress received its greatest publicity output, out of
180 newspaper clippings which are available, approximately 15 specifically
featured Lasky, pome of them photographically. Of the U. S. and British
press clippings which were available, several featured Lasky prominently.
In 
a 
feature article in the New Leader, the subject of which was the
Cultural Congress, Lasky was referred to as the initiator of the Congress
and he was featured in at least two of the formal press releases which were
given out in Berlin. Of the 73 photographs which covered the Congress and
which were 
released for press and historical purposes, Lasky is prominently
featured in 
6. (a large amount of this publicity material, including
photographs, press cuttings and press releases, is available in our files.)
While 
Lasky's part as General Secretary was over-emphasized in a number of.
newspapers and periodicals, the most damaging article appeared as a review
of the 
Congress in the Manchester Guardian, written by the prominent his-
torian, Mr. H. R. Trevor-Roper in which Lasky was described as connected
with 
American Information Services and the organizer of the Congress.. The
statement was unfortunate because this was the only critical article of
the Congress known to have appeared in the Western press. It passing, it
Hight be 
mentioned that the London Economist also picked up Lasky's appoint-
ment 
as General Secretary, as suggesting U. S. sponsorship. Its review,
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however, was laudatory and pointed up the sincerity and usefulness of the
gathering. The holding of the Congress in Berlin was described as "a
gesture of defiance"; the meeting was called an event of "considerable sig-
nificance (strong words for the London Economist) and it was referred to
as marking, or at least reflecting "a turning point of the western counter-
attack in the cold war." "Korea," said the Economist, made the fortune
of the Congress and crystallized the real issue before the delegates."
Trevor-Ecper, in a letter to the Economist, commenting on its article, was
ruch more temperate than in his article in the Guardian. For example,
in the Economist he declared, "We were almost all united against Communism
from 
the start.
5. At this point, it should be specified that from the time the Con-
gress was first discussed, it was recognized that the Communist presse
would indict it as a fascist, war mongering, propaganda group operating under
the intelligence auspices of the C. S. and that this accusation would be.
broadcast by the Communist machine (as it was) whether or not, in fact the
Congress had been under any external controls. It was also recognised that
the 
General Secretary of the Congress would inevitably receive a certain
amount of attention from the press. It seems to be clear, however, that this
amount 
of attention was unnecessarily large.
6.
Notwithstanding the undue personal publicity achieved by Mr. Lasky,
it is significant that:
a. He played a most important role in the conception, develop-
ment, organization and control of the Congress. Without his active
interest and support the launching of the Congress would have been
most difficult.
b. The Congress was a highly successful operation. In its stand
against intellectual neutrality in the struggle against Communism,
its Letter to the East," its final "Kanifesto," and its deliberations
and intellectual discussions, the Congress has proven its propaganda
value which will be extended and expanded to a greater degree in the
future.
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MEMORANIUM FOR MESSRS. FRANK
SUBJECT:
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Project PEQUICK
7 April 1950
1. With reference to my conversation with Mr. Baker concern-
ing the project outline covering the subject project, I have approved
this project subject to the following condition. It makes no sense
to me that we should state in paragraph 6 under the heading of security
that all practicable reasures will be taken to disguise the official
U. S. interest, financial and otherwise; and at the same time to pro-
vide that one of the two active sponsors will be Mr. Melvin J. Lasky,
editor of the overt HICOG monthly magazine "Der Monat.". I understand
that Mr. Lasky is needed as one of the principal organizers and opera-
tives but I think it quite unnecessary for his name to be flourished
abcut as a sponsor. After all, he is officially employed by HICOG--
he is, therefore, an acknowledged member of the U. S. apparatus in
Germany. Why then should his name be used? Reuter is an excellent
sponsor and surely it will be possible to find one or more others--
non-American or at least non-official American--to serve as sponsors.
2. Generally in the same connection I assume that our con-
sultant, Mr. Burnham, will operate in the wings and that his name
will not be too prominently displayed. As the result of his recent
book and the furer of communist commentary, he is a "sitting duck"
for hostile propagania in my opinion. I am entirely in favor of his
participating extensively in the arrangements, but the more his par-
ticipation can be in the form of "off-stage shispers" the better.
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Ref. PD 
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The decision on this is not up to me. -
opportunity to discuss it with you.
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I will appreciate
My point of view is that ALL of this current PDQUICK stuff
is premature and a case of a lot of hungry actors smelling
easy money and wanting to get into the act and get the show on
the road.
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_ We have no budget for PDQUICK for this period and literally.
are living on borrowed funds. We can't make up a budget because
we have no accounting from the field, do not know where we stand.
Here are some other questions in my mind:
What wore the publicity accomplishments of the relatively
expensive NY office?.
What happened to the Berlin news coverage by US correspondents?
What happened to the bright and sanguinary forecasts of
tremendous amounts of publicity, special magazine articles, radio
broadcasts, etc. which were to emanate from the attendance at the
Congress of Messrs. Montgomery and Conant - a little matter
which cost the US about two thousand piecos of Ettuse ? (It seems
clear that their attendance was absolutely worthless otherwise.)
What happened to their efforts to obtain delegates from
the Middle East?
Why did Lasky proceed with a dozen last minite invitations
to innoonous persons (these were supposed to be a few' and to:
extremely important people) including several wives.
A cablegram was sent urging that a press conference be arranged
for Franz Mehring? Did it take place?
There were no photographs of the book displays.
display was an expensive item. Did it take place?
This book
Now with all these questions in my mind, adding up to a
realisation that if the Congress was a suocess, it was only a
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suocess as far as it went, and it has a long way to go to completely
justify itself the next steps NOT being spending a lot of dough for
the support of deserving intellectuals who have no other source of ihoone;
but in getting a distribution of a million pieces of literature, and
other publicity, in Satellite areas - I would hesitate (which is
"
a euphemism for blankly object) to blandly appropriating an extra
ten thousand bucks to support an innocuous group of Russian exiles who
want to air their grievances, NOT under our control.
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MEMORANDUM POR: CAT 3
SUBJECT:
229, Special Report on PIQUICK
0 July 1950
Ülaser and roller have discussed the attached paper and are
agreed as follows:
a. We think that in the preparation of the paper, Jossel-
son was acting as a reporter rather than fundamentally express-
ing his own ideas.
8. In our opinion, the whole scheme, as described in the
special report, is much too gramilose, ambitious and cumber-
BODO.
C. We agree that the Congress should continue in existence
but vo do not think that it has to have any legal establishment.
d. de see the functioning of a continuing organisation as
providing the basis for future Congress meetings, providing mon-
bere with a focus of interest, providing a logical source of
information." pronacanta, publications, and publicity, and as a
cover for certain F operations.
6.
We think the organisation of the Congress could follow'
the outlins in paragraph 4 of the Reference down to, and in-
'cluding, the General Secretary, with the addition of an Execu
tive Assistant, a stonographer, and a typist, and elimination
of the rest of the suggested personnal.
we think it advisable that the Congress have one office.
possibly, though not necessarily, in fario, and that its other
offices (which in actuality nood be little more than letter.
drops) would require no personnel and no administrative machinery
except arrangements for the forwarding of mall. "Any other
sporadic use to be made of much offices," such as localised
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press releases, for instance, could be accomplished through
in resident member of either the Executive Committee or the
International Committee.
B₁ we think that it need not cost more than $25,000 for
the next year to maintain the Congress organization, pay for
administration, traveling expenses, including the salaries of
personnel, which would assume a General Secretary who would
be an agent. (This latter concept may not be absolutely
necessary; but if not, then provision should be made for OFC
contact some other way.) In addition to the $25,000. speci-
fied above, 
there should be an allotment of $50,000 for the
holding of the next Congress. Another $25,000 should be
added for special purposes largely connected with publicity.
The major part of the expenditures for the next year for
collection, printing, and dissemination of Congress material
and which could conceivably amount to as much as $250,000 as
a top figure, would be provided, it is hoped, by RCA funds.
h. The activities mentioned in Part II of subject report
could very well be handled under the setup outlined above
with certain exceptions which seem to be too broad in scope
to 
be 
justified at all..
CERALD ROLLER
LOUIS GLASER..
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SPECIAL REPORT: Situation and Perspectives..
I ORGANIZATION
3.
At the conclusion of the Ferlin sessions of the CONGRESS POR
CULTURAL THEO, the basis for continuing work was created by the
Some confusion and unscrtaiaty reigned
appointment of several comittess.
The following is suggested:
at this period; these need to be clarified.
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Honorary Chairman: Letters will go out this week to the Five
requesting
Philosophers
Croce, Davey, Maritain, Jaspers, and Russell -
then to honor the CONGRESS by continuing to serve with the permanent
camission.
Sponsorst A great many distinguished men in the field of art
and science had given their support to the Berlin Congress, although they
were unable to come. Their names would be most useful in the Congress'
continuing notivities. If, as seems only appropriate, the final International
Committee of 28 should consist only of "active members", than some of 
the
nominations originally included should be transferred by the working Executive
Committed to this special list of Sponsors. These (before the Congress)
iraluded -- and permission here will also be requested -- Andre Gide,
Ralph Bunche (importent, for no Negro was nominated in Berlin), Carl
Anakmayer, Salvador do Madaring......unong many others.
International Committes of 25: At the Berlin sessions the
following were nominated (1) Ignazio Silone; (2) David Rouset
(3) arthur Koestler; (4) Carlo schmid; (5) Irving Brown; (6) Julian Amery;
(7) Haakon Lie; (P) Janos Burnham; (9) Sidney Look; (10) Nicolas Nabokow;
(11) Eugen Kogon; (12) Theodor liovier; (13) Herbert Road; (14) Denis
da Rougemont; (15) Lionello Venturi; (16) Boris Mooinovsky; (17) Karol Kupke;
(18) Josef Czapaki; (19) Margarete Buber-Neumann; (20) Andre Philip.....
These were all present and are confirmed. The following were nominated and
still have to be informed, and confirmed; (21) Richard Crossman; (22) Francois
Mauriac; (25) Pablo Casals (for the "Sponsors 27); (24) Thornton Wildar;
(25) Oskar Pollak; and (26) Salvador de Madering (Sonsor"?).
d. Exxecutive Committee of 5: This consists of the first five named.
Silane, Housset, Roestler, Brown, and Sohmid (who has definitely
accepted, and thus taken the place of Kogon).
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2. It was decided to hold the first meeting of the CONGRESS Executive
Committes during the first weak in September in feris. 
It will probably be
desirable to hold several informal meetings before than in order to work.
out the outline and details of a functioning CONGRESS plan.
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3. Urgent problem facing the CONGRESS by September in the working out
of a legal or constitutional basis of the permanent CONGRESS organization.
who are "members"? How is the International Committee to be maintained; how
are additions, substractions, changes in this and the Executive Committes to
be made? Who invites to the next Congress, and who "votes"? A number of
proposals should be considered before a final Momorandum is presented.
should be done in conjunction with the man who will probably be Ceneral-
Secretary and/or Executive Director of the CONGRESS.
This
4. It is suggested that the original title be kept and made permanent
namely, CONGRESS FOR CULTURAL FRANDOL/KONGRESS FUER KULTURȚILE FRIDEIT/
CONGRESS POUR LA LIBUNTE DE LA CULTURA. The use of the word "CONGRESS" IB
such connection has its parallel both with the CIO (Congress of Industrial
Organizations) in the US, and with the Congress Party in India.
lan for the
5. Atrovisional plan for the organization of the CONCARAS should be.
worked out, less in the expectation that it will be immediately set up than
in the hope that within the next six months it can be more and more realized.
The following sketch is submitted:
CONGRESS FOR CULTURAL FREEDOM
Honorary Chairman
Sponsors
International Committee of 23
Executive Committed of. 5
General
Secretary
Executive
Director
Editorial
Director
Research
Director
Paris Bureau
Director
EXOC.
Agent.
Edit.
Asent.
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Stenographer
Berlin Bureau
Director
Research
A sent.
Translator
Typist
In the light of this table of organization, several provisional appointments
could be made in order to get CONCSS activitios working immediatoly, oig.
appointment of Frau Buber-Neumann as executive of the borlin bureau; appoint-
ment of Francois Bondy as Editorial Director; appointment of somebody like
✓ Richard Lowenthal Research Director. The urgencies will become clearer
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1.
Publications Project: the immediate silting of a voluin on the
Noat of the material is already available in
founding Berlin CNGEN.
This will be completed in
three languages: French, English, and Comman
the next month by the transitional CONGRESS Jure in Barlin. Norbert Mälen.
is assisting in putting out the special double number of "Der 
Monats on the
Francois Bondy is
Congress, hich may be a kind of experimental nodol
".
returning to work out a table of contents and an editorial approach to the
Congress value.
8. Fablet Project: the immediate operation and publication in many
languages of a simple straight forward brochure (12-24) pages on "that 
is
the Congress for Cultural Freedom?" It should be illustrated; should tell the
story of the Berlin sersions; mould print 
the Manifesto of intellectual Liberty
(and possibly a revised improved Hessage to the East); should 
outline a plan
of Congress work to be followed and point to the future. This 
is essential
for CONGRESS sympathizers, for the press, for the public in general
. The
Editorial Director (Hardy) can be accigned to prepare a draft 
for 
revision and
approval in September.
roject:
3. Investigation
the first of a series of White Book reports
on the situation of cultural freedom. Silene has recommended, and the CONGRESS
has announced, a documented account of the writer, Artist, and Scientist 
in
the countries. behind the Iron Curtain (an account which the WC
, because
of its governmental connections, cannot do). an immediate beginning should
to made with the appointment of a Research Chief for this project
, 
responsible
for working cat an editorial plan, contacting sources for information; 
this
project chief should have the sociological and journalistio qualifications of
men-like Lowenthal and Muhlen (and reter de Handelssohn).
4. Protest Project: the CONGRESS child, with the specific signatures of..
its loading supportara, keep in the forefront of public attention by taking
up via the presa, open meetings, debates, otc., cases of fingrunt violations
of the principles of the COPOGRESS as stated in the Manifesto 
and other
documents. The CONGRESS cannot, to bo surs, become an international civil-
11barties union, but it ean speak out on special issues (purge of a University,
liquidation of a scientist, arrest of a writer, oto.).
5. Break-way Aroject: the CONGRESS should by means both of information
and agitation keep alive the difference between those who are 
choosing froodan
and these who are willingly or wing-ingly supporting totalitariania 
and
its deceptions. The dramatic defection of Frof, ledober 
during the
Congres Berlin session from the Soviet-controlled loademy 
of Solence is 
an
example of what can be done; this specific Germacal movement is gathering
strongth; there have been another half-dozen resignations, and the 
news 
in
spreading in Eastern Germany. This has also involved the world
-famous
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Charite hospital in Eastern Berlin, almost 3/4 of the distinguished medical
specialists are ready to break awny, and we are now hoping to roach wa
constructive arrangement by which they can maintain thonsalves in Host
Borlin. This type of activity - ranging from walconing prominent individuals
from the East, to sheitoring groups and institutions, and beginning with
initial privets contact - can transform the cong from a group of spokos-.
men for the libertarian ideal into "activists for freedon”.
60 Radio-Broadcasting Project: inaugurating a special sories of radio
programs to be prepared by the CONGRESS. Liaison should be established with
RIS, the Free Europe network, the French, Austrian, German and ritish
stations, including the voice of morics. Plans have been started for the
first series - namely, "Dialogues cross the Curtain"; a dozen open-letters-
Konstler to Seghers and recht, other to Feeber, Eisler, Luknos, Lysenko,
Tarle, threnburg, et. al. -- personalized mossages of five-minutos (lese in
hateful opposition, more in open-boerted pity). This would be a practical
follow-up to the CONGRE essage to the East". These could be published
in various newspapers; later in all book-forme
7. Annual Prize-winct. the CONGRESS should award each year a
number of CONGRESS prices to various porsonalities for distinctive services
and contributions to the cause of Cultural Freedom. This could be given on
the basis of a new book, a career, or some special activitios. Two types can
be distinguished: the Nobel-Prize model, and the University Stipend. The
latter would enable the recipient (an merican, a Frenchman) to spend four
weeks in Berlin, giving a series of 5 CONGRESS Lectures at the Free University,
later to be printed as a special CONGRESS volume, (This is equally true of
en English recipient at Heidelberg, a Carmen at the Now School in N.Y.C., a
Fronchman at the London School of Economics, oto.)
if
8. Publishing-House Project: this could to a modestly-conceived annex
to the CONGRES Ferlin-ureau, which would actually bring out the CORRESS
volumes (indicated above). It would also publish the panchlets and brochures
mentioned. It would consider the popular cultural-politioal library (the
Birkenfeld proposal). It could be the house to which "Der Kont" would go,
and when this monthly becomes completely independent. It would gradually
build up its own list of there from unong prominent a writers
(Koestler, et. al.) The ublishing-house could be started from the existing
transitional CONGRESS bureau no functioning in Berlin; the resu-Director,
or the Executive Assistant, could be charged with the responsibilities of a
normal international Publisher in Germany (incorporation as aˆm.bH., and
the like).
9.
News-Letter Project: imediate plans for a fortnightly communication
to all cous sympathizers, the press, etc. should be started, commented.
A 2-4 paĉo mimeographed information-ballistic will koe alive CONCESS
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III SOME LARGE-SCTE LONG-RANGE PROPOCALS
1. All proposal: a pories of cos documentary film, possibly
produced in condition with other organizations. Deception for a first
film: a full-longth feiture on orld-Communism, a script for which
(The Hammer & The Sickle") hea boon outlined by M.J. Tacky and
Start Schulberg (ons of the leading .. documentary Ankers, who would
most probably be available in Europe for it. These could have normal
commerical distribution, special soliools, and universities distribution.
2. Lecture Tour Proposals building up a circuit throughout western-
Europe, the United States, and alsowhere, for political and cultural CONGRESS
Speakers.
3. has cearch-Inuititute Promosal: this could be a nemal and logical out-
It would 
mean the 
establish-
(rowth of the first CONGRESS research activitios.
ment of a "Chathan Ecuso" on an international busis for sorious studies of the
cultural-political problems of our day. Scholars, and journalists, on the
basis of upecific assignments and awards, could be associated with CONGRESS
activities. This would be linked with the Paris and Berlin burnus of the
CONGRESS, with such international reviews as are affiliated with the CONGRESS
(Der Monst", etc.), and with the CONGRES Publishing House.
4. University Proposal: a centre for Eastern exile professor and
students, either in the form of an independent scademic institution (the
Czapeki resolution) -- or perhaps in the more practical form of scholarships
- both is.
for the exiled students, and university chairs for the scholars.
oxisting uropean and morican meadopic institutions (Berlin Free University,
Sorbonne, Zurich, Oxford, Cambridge, Harward, etc.).
5. School-for-Procoposal; the organization, at first on a very
modest sursor-school-type basis, of a "George Orwell School for Freedom"
(Hochschule for Friheit), in which social and ears in the
political and cultural problems of our day could be given. Stuarts could
be invited and thus give the youth some monsure of intellectual training):
loading publicists and officials could participate. This could be associated
with the search Institute one resorthers besos to her and participants
in the School Sessions), and with the University oject. "Congress cadres
could be developed here.
6. Pombal for Other National Bureau oxpanding into other European
capital cities - M Stockholm for Landinavia, Vienna for the pans, Home for
the Mediterranean, New York and Havana for North and South America. It will,
in any case, probably become imperative to establish sub-box in low York
City for the next period, so that American public opinion is not noglóctod.
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MEMORANDUM FOR MESSPS. LINDSAY
SUBJECT:
BANER
Berlin Congress of intellectuals (Congress for
Cultural Freedom).
1. Thank you for obtaining the attached copy of General
Magruder's estimate of the above mentioned operation which I note
was given in a memorandum of transmittal to Secretary Johnson. I-
have furnished a copy of this estimate to Mr. Joyce who I under-
stand will show it to certain significant people in the State
Department.
2. I think that all persons concerned with this operation
are entitled to the heartiest congratuations and if you have
not already done so, I should appreciate your passing on the
"substance of General Magruder's appraisal to the field. I am
sending a copy of this memorandum to Mr. Thompson, who I assume
will pass on the word to the members of his staff who played a
role in this operation.
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This is an Onerational Report of an actual
accomplishment. It is a subtle covert operation
carried out on the highest intellectual level. It
is unconventional warfare at its best in which the
objectives are man's minds. It is the opening
operation of a continuing campaign.
The origin and purposes are stated in Section I.
The details in organizing a delicato oporation of
this nature are only hinted in this report, but
enough is expressed to arouse admiration for the
principal operatives..
The report is already too condensed for brief-
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6. Dunsted, Stribling, and Ragsdalo
Charles Olmatead
Confidential Report Received By Schiller on
Berlin Congress for Cultural Froodon
1. When Mr. Stribling's shop requested me, at the behest of
a cable request of Mr. Hambley, to attempt to appease Schiller in
connection with his indignation for the manner in which Max Yergin,
the American Negro, had been handled in Berlin, Schiller reacted in
the manner described in my earlier memorandum on this subject, which
was on the whole satisfactory. He has since received a complete re-
port from a reliable and competent observer at the Berlin Congress
which I am quoting below!
"On the shole, the Congress has achieved some useful results.
In my opinion, the best thing about the Congress was that it wan
held in Berlin. A Congress in Paris, in Switzerland or in any
other place would have had neither the same political significance
nor would it have received the same publicity. For the Berliners,
the fact that Berlin was chosen as the meeting place was reneved
proof of Western solidarity with their resistance against the
Russians. They noad such pront again and again, especially in
view of the fact that they have a definite and justified impression
that the Bonn Government is not inclined to manifest any particular
fervor as far as help for the Berlin pepulation is concerned.
The Congress, moreover, has been a success inasmuch as it
showed the determination of an important group of intellectuals,
scholars, and artistato leave no longer unchallenged Communist
attempts to dominate the scene through their various "cultural"
front organisations. The permanent machinery established by the
Congress for the purpose of continuing its work may be of great
importance provided that certain conditions are observed in its
activities.
!
"The following critical remarks regarding certain phases and
features of the work of the Congress should not be construed as an
attempt to deny the fact that the Congress has achieved a useful
ристове. Nor de this criticis made from a perfectionist point of
viev.
However, while it is admitted that in a gathering of artists,
scholars, and writers, many of whom tend to display prima-donna
attitudes and a spirit of coterie, a certain amount of friction
is inevitable, it cannot be said that everything was done to reduce
such frictions to a minimum. As a result, many delegates when I
had an opportunity to ask for their impressions of the Congress,
left Berlin with mixed feelings, some of them not without a certain
amount of disappointment.
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"While the organisation of the Congress was excellent no far.
As the technical side was concerned, (hotele, public motings,
receptions, press interviews, etc.), the debates of the Congress
took place under conditions which shoved a considerable lack of
imagination and ignorance of carliamentary procedure on the part
of those responsible for the way in which the business of the
Congress was transacted. Skegza. Muhlen, and Hondy are certainly
nice follows with the best intentions. However, they seem to
have had no previous experience at all how to run a conference.
"All delegates had been asked to prepare papers on various
subjects. It was obviously impossible to have all those papers
read in the public meetings of the Congress (they were mimeographed
and will be distributed). It van necessary to make a selection of
topics and speakers. The best method would have been to appoint a
steering committee which would have made this necessary selection
with the maximum of objectivity. Unfortunately, this was not done.
Instead, the question of who was to speak ard how long was decided
by Skegge and his associates who did it in a rather arbitrary and
haphazard manner. To explain what I mean let me cite a few examples;
First, the case of our friend, Max Yergin. Together with Max we
worked rather hard on his paper (one night we had no more than two
hours aleep). The final product received rather favorable comments
from Hambley and Arthur Schlesinger. I tried to make Skegge under-
stand the importance of having Communist propaganda regarding the
Eegro problem answered and refuted by a competent person who is a
Negro himself. Skegge first promised me that Yergie would have
fifteen minutos speaking time. When we arrived at the meeting where
Max was scheduled to speak, he was told that he would not get more
than ten minutes. We went to work again, and deleted some passagus
so as to have a ten-minute text. However, when Max was about to
take the floor, he was informed by Bondy that he should not speak
longer than five minutes. As a result, Max got confused and delivered
a completely inadequate version of what he originally wanted to say. __
Similarly, Sascha Schwars was prevented from making a report on the
situation of the working class in Russia. Nor did the delegate from
Spain and the one and only representative of Latin-America to the
Congress have a chance to speak.
"On the other hand, Koestler spoke four or five times and there
was generally a marked tendency to build him up as a kind of praeceptor
gundi. He seems to have enjoyed himself in the role of a tank-master
censoring and lecturing the delegates. As far as I gathered from a
conversation with Skeggs, Koestler was given this prominent place
because, due to the fact that as a well-known writer, his pronounce<
ments were supposed to attract public attention in a greater measure
than speeches by other delegates. The same consideration was evidently
applied in the case of Silone. However, Silone seemed to be anxious
to be as non-committal as possible, quite in line with his ambiguous
political attitude. While Skeggs preoccupation with problems of
publicity is understandable. I do not think that the method of treating
authore according to the sales of their books is apt to promote a
lasting cooperation among writers, scholars, etc. For once, scholars.
will never be able to sell as many copies of their books as Koestler.
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"At a certain moment, the debates took a very unfortunate
turn. On one of the frequent occasions, when Koestler was given
the floor, ho read a paper wherein he attacked Socialism in
general and the British Labor Government in particular. Considering
1) that about 70% of the delegates vero people who professed
socialist opinions; 2) that the purpose of the Congress required
that a unity of all democratic intellectuals, both socialists and
non-socialists in the struggle against totalitarianism be emphasized
and 3) that the chairman of the Congrows was met Reuter, head of
the social-democratic city government of Berlin -- Koestler's attack
was absolutely out of place and should not have been made regardless
of whether he was right or not. As a matter of fact, the paper in
question proved that Koestler is mistaken in assuming that a brilliant
journalist and a successful novelist is so ipso qualified to play the
role of a philosopher, historian and sociologist. In addition,
mistaken statements by British Labor regarding the problem of
European unity do not festify in my opinion the kind of vitriolic
all-out attack against the British Labor Government which was made
by Koestler who seems to have forgotten, that, regardless, what one
may think of some of its policies, British Labor is today one of the
principal pillars of the world democratic front.
"Evidently Kcentler's attack provoked immediate reaction on the
part of the Socialist Congress delegates, beginning with Reuter who
was in the chair. In my opinion, this entire discussion was completoly
unnecessary. The British conservative N. P., Amery, showed much
better judgment than Koestler by studiedly avoiding in his pronounce-
ments, any criticism of the Labor Government. If an attitudo oimilar
to that of Koestler would have been adopted in the trade union field,
the I.C.F.F.U. could not have been created. As in the labor movement,
the organization of intellectuals for the defense of democracy cannot
be successful unless it is understood that democratic socialism is a
powerful influence among the best intellectuals of Europe and Asia
and that, therefore, everything should be done to secure cooperation
of all democratic forces in spite of all ideological differences. I
was rather astonished to find that Irving seemed to like Koestler's
discourse on socialism. I spoke with quite a number of delegates and
found that they didn't like it at all.
"Instead of appointing on the first and second days of the Congress
a resolution Committee which would have been able to work seriously
on any draft resolutions, proposals and suggestions made by the
delegates, a draft manifesto and draft resolution were submitted to a
plenary meeting which had to decide on them within a few hours. That
meeting appointed some committees who had exactly one hour's time to
amend the resolutions. Of course, no serious work of re-writing and
completing the resolutions could be done under such circumstances.
You will notice that the manifesto treats the question of cultural
freedom principally from the point of view of the Journalist and less
from that of the scholar and the artists. At least this is my opinion.
A draft appeal to the intellectuals behind the Iron Curtain, which was
submitted by Skeggs, evoked an immediate sharp criticism on the part of
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the Folish and Eusalan delegates.
The committee on which they
vere represented, amended it. However, later on not the amended
text which was adopted by the Congress but the original draft was
released to the press, thus creating additional resentment.
.
"Yergin was not in a happy scod when he left. A public
meeting had been arranged for his and Schyler where they read their
papers in full. However, they did not like the way they were
treated insofar as speaking time at the Congress meetings was
concerned and Mex made remarks to the effect that now the Communiste
will say they had been jin-croved since they had to present their
case in a special mosting. They also resented the fact that the
permanent committee elected by the Congress does not contain any
representative of the colored race. It would, of course, have been
difficult to appoint one of them to the committee since the representa-
tion of the United States was limited on purpose so as to to create
the impression of American domination. However, the right of cooptation
granted by the Congress to the permanent committee should be used to
introduce as soon as possible in the committee intellectuals from
India, Japan and other non-white areas.
Some of the papers read at the Congress were excellent, for
Instance those of Prof. Muller (Schiller's men) and Arthur Schlesinger
to name only a few. As far as the future work of the movercht
initiated by the Congress is concerned, certain things should be
taken into account to make possible the full use of existing possibili
ties which are quite favorable. 1) Representatives of Asia and
possibly Africa should-be drawn into the work of the committee.
2) All due respect for literary fame, the organs of the new movement
should not become a platform for the peculiar ambitions of certain
individuals whatever their gifts and talents. 3') While among the
intellectuals it will probably be impossible to avoid discussion
of so-called ideological problems, the purpose of such discussions
should not be the struggle of rival ideologice, but the finding out
of the points and areas where advocates of different ideologies may
meet for cooperation in the defense of democracy against totalitar-
ianiam. 4) Establishment of contacts with other movements engaged
In the struggle against totalitarianism, especially in the labor
movement. 5) Eetter organization of the work of future congresses
and conferences.
"The Congress undoubtedly reflected the progress made during the
last year as for as the attitude of European intellectuals in concerned..
There is no trace of neutralistic attitudes in the resolutions of the
Congress. The same cannot be said of all the speeches. However, no
openly neutralistic speech was made at the Congress. The only paper
advocating a neutrallet attitude was withdrawn by its author, the
Austrian physicist, Thyrring, when he heard of the Russian attack on
Southern Korea. Iwouldn't say that people like Rousset and especially
Silone are quite clear about the present world situation, particularly
o far in military defense against tussjanja concerned, hatever they
wheely refrained from any openly neutralistic statements.
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that ends well. The criticism onde above is not intended to
contradict this general favorable impression.⚫
2. I find on reading and rereading this criticism, that it is, in
I should like to request that particular
general, sound and sensible.
attention be mid to the latter part of the memorandum in which five
recommendations are made with regard to the future work of the movement
initiated by the Berlin Congress. I should also like to draw particular
attention to the reaction to the behavior of David Rousset and Ignasio
Silone. This is one further indication for justification that
Rousset must be constantly and thoroughly watched with a critical eye.
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MEMORANDOM FOR: Kess-s. Thompson and Glazer
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Charles Olmstead D.
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Berlin Intellectual Congress
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1. I wish to refer to Mr. Glaser's informal menorundum with
regard to the mishandling of the American Negro, Max Iergin, at
the Berlin Intellectual Congress..
2. When I informed Schiller that I wished to discuss this
matter with him he proceeded to read to me a letter which he had
just received from Berlin giving a rather full report on the .
Berlin Congress and watch contained a great deal of information.
Among the items reported on therein was the incident regarding
Max Yergin. I explained to Scallier that it was a most difficult.
task to control the group of assorted Europeans who attended the
Berlin Congress and sufficient time was not given, therefore, to
United States delegates, but that Yergin's excellent speech, which
had been cut off the radio at the microphone, was being widely
used in press, radio, bock and pamphlet form
3. Schiller accepted this explanation, but in closing our
discussion of this subject, wise-cracked that our boys in Berlin
did not include Yergin on any social doings and closed his remarks
with the statement that Reven intellectuals like Furnnas, don't like
to sit down and eat with Negroes." I cnided him briefly and there
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Can you communicato this information to C.0. as soon
a3 practicablo? (I will do so, if you profor.)
A cablo from Jim Burnham, states that act Yorgin was
not satisfied with the way ho was handled at the Cultural Con 2033
in Dorlin.
His complaints:
His spooch
described as "oxcollont"
off at tho microphone.
was cut
Ho did not, apparently, receive the kind of
attention he thought was due him.
He is expected to make an adverse report to
Schiller.
Burnham would like offio to apronse Schiller by assuring him
that the staff of the Congress had their hands full trying to
control the bunch of apported wopeans thero, and could
not give sufficient me and attention to delegates.
And that they intend to us Yorgin's excellent material in
press, radio, book and pamphlet form, giving it wido
distribution. In comparison to this, Eunham considers
the actual promulgation at the sessions of the Congress
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Congrès pour la liberté de la culture
International Committee:
BENEDETTO CROCE
JOHN DEWEY
KARL JASPERS
JACQUES MARITAIN
BERTRAND RUSSELL
“Kongress für Kulturelle Freiheit
Berlin, Germany-June 26-30, 1950
June 29, 1950
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ENERAL SECRETARY:
Melvin J. Lasky
Hotel am Steinplatz,
Berlin-Charlottenberg.
Germany
PUBLIC RELATIONS:
Arnold Beichman.
20 West 40th St., New York City
Chickering 4-3060
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Colonel Louis Glaser
3051 Idaho Avenue MY
Washington, D.C.
Dear Colonel Glaser:
statement to date.
I am enclosing a copy of our financial
Thanks for the testimonial.
You will note that our expenses, exclusive of the
books, were $917.05. However, this does not include our June telephone.
bill for phone calls and cables. I am skipping tom tomorrow 
before 
the
laurel wreath turns into a brickbat.
The files and left-over stationery are being stored at Freedom House
Mr. Belchman 
has the check 
book
pending our decision on future activities.
and will pay the telephone bill and refund the balance when Jim returns.
By summer address will be 115 East Chester Street, Long Beach, L.I.
Jim may want to contact me. I hope somebody will send me copies 
of the
resolutions passed at the Congress. Will you please 
remind Jim for me?
Sincerely,
Pearl
Pearl Kluger
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Kelvin J. Lasky
James Burnham
$200.00
5/25
$500.00
6/8
500.00
6/12
228.36
4.82
6/20
300.00
1,523.18
Total Income
$1,723.18
Expenses
Clipping Service
30.60
Printing
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stationery
42.33
Rant - Freedom flouse
150.00
Salary
100.00
Books - Undversity Pl. Bookshop
263.53
(Parcel Post) *
128.00
391.53
Pearl Klugor
11.82
(Parcel Fost
11.70
19.52
411.05
Miltigraphing and Mimeographing
40.80
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Telephone hine 1 bill
20.75
Telegrams and Cables (paid in Cash)
To Newspapers for press conference.
To Lasky
38.00
2.87
40:87
Military Permits
11.00
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Postage (incl. mailing photographs, clippings,
ato. to Berlin).
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Balance in Bank.
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"I talked with Allen Souls who stated that he knew nothing of this
man's 
executive 
ability, that he does not know of any position he has
held where that might 
have been exerted and added that he might be wrong
on this factor. 
Stated further that he knew him as a very brilliant
writer. With 
reference to his political idealism, epistated that
he believed he was a 
Socialist and a little to the left; however, this
factor was temperate 
with the statement that with regard to Fascist
or Communist, he was definitely anti-Nazi and he believed that he was
anti-Communist. 
He continued by saying that he was a man of high
character 
and that he personally liked him but that he would not consider
him for an executive secretary's 
position. With further reference to
the last 
point, he mentioned that he was basing this on the fact that
he did not know 
of any executive position that the individual had held. "
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Congress for Cultural Freedom
Congrès pour la liberté de la culture.
International Committee:
Kongress für Kulturelle Freiheit
Berlin, Germany-June 26-30, 1950
June 27, 1950
BENEDETTO Croce
JOHN DEWEY
KARL JASPERS
JACQUES MARITAIN
BERTRAND RUSSELL
680
GENERAL SECRETARY:
Melvin J. Lasky
Hotel am Steinplatz,
Berlin-Charlottenberg,
Germany
PUBLIC RELATIONS:
Arnold Beichman
20 West 40th St., New York City
CHickering 4-3060
Longacre 5-3344
Colonel Louis Glaser
3051 Idaho Avenue N
Washington, D.C.
Dear Colonel Glaser:
Walter Hehring finally got off last night. There was no room on
Saturday's plane for which he stood by, but he was scheduled to take a
Sunday morning plane. Due to some mechanical difficulty, that plane did
not leave until last night. The American Express Co. was unofficially
informed that as a result of President Truman's intervention all other
planes were chartered for the stranded students. I even spoke to lr.
Buttles about getting Mr. Mehring on one of the chartered planes if
the scheduled flight did not get off last night. If Mehring, too, did
not turn up our counter-Grosz campaign would have looked bad. I therefore
felt that he mistleave even if it meant being present at only part of the
.Congress.
I received a letter from George Grosz which I requested when I spoke
to Mrs. Grosz:
"Here is my statement:
I regret not to be able to attend the Congress for Cultural Freedom. My
reasons are entirely personal. I am delighted with your efforts to mobilize
Art and scientists of the world for Freedom and Peace."
☐ I cabled the text of the statement, signed with his name, to Berlin;
and airmailed the letter and envelope to them.
Unfortunately Middleton of the Times is on vacation from Berlin. We
seem to be getting better coverage in the Herald-Tribune, which has a by-
Line correspondent on the job.
Adolph Berle, as Chairman of the Liberal Party, cabled greetings to
the Congress.
If anything goes wrong with the fruit crop in Berlin or anyplace in
Europe for that matter, they'll probably blame it on Kuller's fruit files
Sincerely
Polis Kluger
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2. Dells
HICOG,
FRANKFORT
PEPCO.
Sinco material upcoming from Berlin Culturel Congress likely have
great propaganda value in combatting 507 penes campaign and other 20V
efforts in psychological field, DEFT desires arrangements be made for
complete photo and literary coverage with view obtaining menuscript and
pictorial files basic to PUB in major languages not only in GER but other
countries.
Suggest Dalcher now on TDY from DEPT with ISD, OPA, visit Berlin
during Congress to study Congress output for PUB possibilities in US.km To
coordinate with EGA on PCB in other EUR countrice, Lasky, Joeseleon or
:
other qualified officer SHID confer with Foldemar Nielsen Hotel Talleyrand,
Paris after HD Jun 21.
CCDE RCOM: Repeat HICOG, BERLIN, PEPCO, as
CURIGAL: Een tes 6/19/50
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June 21, 1950
Dear Mr. Glaser:
I am anclosing herewith two letters received
from American Express and copy of answer as per our
telephone conversations.
✓ Rose Mary Woods
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FOREIGN SERVICE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION:
1906 FLORIDA AVENUE, N. W.
WASHINGTON 9, D. C.
SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
THE MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE
June 14, 1950
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
American Express Company.
65 Broadway
New York, How York
ATTENTION: Hr. 0. J. Gilmo
Dear Mr.
Gilmores
Thank you for your letter of June 13, 1950.
This will authorise you to arrange for the side trip
to Stockhola as requested by Hr. Burnham and charge
same to our account.
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Sincerely yours,
Philip H. Hatts
Vice President

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June 13, 1950
Mr. Philip H. Watts, Vice President
Foreign Service Educational Foundation
1906 Florida Avenue, N. W.
Washington 9, D. C.
Dear Mr. Watts:
Re: Congress for Cultural Freedom
In connection with the travel to the Congress for Cultural Free-
dom which you are sponsoring for Mr. and Mrs. James Burnham,
the servicing office has advised us that Mr. 
Burnham has 
request-
ed a side trip to Stockholm...
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Will you kindly advise us whether this additional transporta-
tion is for the account of the Foreign Service Educational
Foundation or for the account of the passengers.
Sincerely yours,
GJG:BP:ret
G. J. Gilmore
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FOREIGN SERVICE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
1906 FLORIDA AVENUE, N. .
WASHINGTON 9. D. C.
SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
THE MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE
June 21, 1950
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
J. Gilmore.
Assistant Passangor.
Preffio Manager
American Express Company
65 Broadway
Bew York 6, New York
Dear Er. Gilmores
Res CONGRESS FOR CULTURAL FRESADOR
Mr. Elliot Coben, Editor
Commentary Eagazine
Your letter of June 16th with regard
to the abovo matter was on my deak upon my return
to the city this morning.
Hr. Cohen is entitled to transportation
and if you have not supplied him with any other
transportation then we have no objection to your
reimburging re. Cohen for Ir. Cohen's ticket on
the S. S. Queen Elizabeth.
Sincerely you
Philip H. Hutts
Vice President
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Mr. Martin K. Williams
Foreign Service Educational Foundation
1906 Florida Avenue, N. W.-
Washington 9, D. C.
Dear Mr. Williams:
June 16, 1950
Re:
CONGRESS FOR CULTURAL FREEDOM
Nr. Elliot Cohen, Editor
Commentary Magazine
On May 22 the Foreign Service Educational Foundation authorized American
Express to provide round trip transportation between New York City and
Berlin to Mr. Cohen. The delegate advised us that air transportation
would be unacceptable and that, because of commitments in New York, the
only steamship sailing to which he could agree was the S. S. QUEEN ELIZA
BETH due to leave New York after last midnight.
Space on eastbound sailings at this season is at a premium, and on this
particular one has been sold out for a considerable time, being actually
under ticket. We exerted our best efforts in behalf of Mr. Cohen, but
were unable to come up with the desired space. Mr. Cohen, on the recon-
mendation of the line, we understand, attended the departure of the ship
in the event that a passenger would be unable to sail and space be made
available at the last moment..
An odd, berth did become available in this manner and it was allotted to
Mr. Cohen. The passenger borrowed from recomodating friends and-made
payment directly to the line. Vill you authorize us to reimburse Mr.
Cohen for funds he expended for his eastbound passage?
It would be of great assistance if we could have your reply on Monday..
Sincerely yours,.
G. Gilmore
Passenger Traffic Manager
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Mr. Martin K. Williams
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June 16, 1950
P. S.
Since dictating the foregoing letter, I have been advised
by Miss 
Kluger of 
the local New York office of the Congress for
Cultural Freedom 
that is is Mr. Cohen's wish that reimbursement be
made to Mrs. Cohen. I presume this arrangement will be agreeable
to you should 
you find the reimbursement in order..
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Congress for Cultural Freedom
Congrès pour la liberté de la culture * Kongress für Kulturelle Freiheit
International Committee:
Berlin, Germany-June 26-30, 1950
June 23, 1950'
BENEDETTO CROCE
JOHN DEWEY
KARI, JASPERS
JACQUES MARITAIN
BERTRAND RUSSELL
GENERAL SECRETARY:
Melvin J. Lasky
Hotel am Steinplatz.
Berlin-Charlottenberg,
Germany
PUBLIC RELATIONS:
Arnold Brichiman
20 West 40th St., New York City
CHickering 4-3060
Longacre 5-3344.
Colonel Louis Glaser
3051 Idaho Avenue,
Washington, DC.
Dear Colonel Glaser:
Report from Berlin: The story is Groszly exaggerated. The Stalinists
have 
not even mentioned the 
Congress for the last two weeks. Berlin-is
seething over the 
Congress; the city is plastered with it.
Report from New York: Harold Lavine of Newsweek, at our instigation,
spoke 
to Grose who said that 
he is an artist, that he received numerous
communications from the 
Eastern section of Germany about the Congress; that
he is an artist and that he can't 
be bothered getting involved in so much
correspondence. Newsweek 
will carry the story next week. Will Lissner of
the Times is also interested.
Kempton did not carry the story; he was sidetracked by the distressing
tale 
of the young girl Progressive 
Partyite who discovered the PP is not
exactly democratic (her 
branch refused to
fruit flies made Lyons column (enclose hear Rogge on Tito). But the
Herald-Tribune? There was a good story on the Congress by Joseph Hammene
Did you see yesterday's H.Y.
from Berlin. I have only 
one copy; if I can get another, I will forward it.
Walter Fehring has his military permit for Berlin; I hope that by this
eye ayant time 
he has cleared IJs 
income tax statements for the last three years with
the Treasury Dept. (he is an 
alien), but as I haven't heard from him for
the last three 
hours, presumably things are going well.
Company is working 
on his ticket.
The American Express
Tomorrow the last of the delegates are off. I will be around to
answer 
any press 
inquiries during the weak of the Congress and then will
close the office. I 
think the delegates can do their own worrying about
the rubbers they left in Berlin.
I feel just like Cinderella - who never got to the ball.
·Sincerely,
Peal
&
Kluger
(Pearl Kluger
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HEMORAGE FOR:
SUBJECT:
RECORD
OFC Operations in Connection with whitsun Communist
Youth Demonstration in Berlia
At the request of the Departments of State and Defense, we
had asked the Chief of the OFC Gera station to obtain a statement
from General kawell. Taylor, U. S. Commendant in Berlin, no to
effectiveness of the mibject operations.
2. The cablegram from Lawrence De Neufville, Chief of one Garzan
Mission, dated 22 June, stated that Ceneral Taylor had asked r
ville to convey his appreciation in the following terms:
has been of most roative arters to
know that lines of ection outlined by our
authorities
have been disseminated throughout the Soviet Zone by a group ses
as yours. The success of the CPC mission in distributing over
million ploces of propaganda material before and during the
Beutschlandtreffen in an achievement upon which the organisation
should be congratulated.
"Your mission is a delicate one in that you are specifically
charged with avoiding attribution of your activities to an F. S..
Government source er agency. This you have evidently succeeded in
doing and it has been a matter of satiofaction to me to know that
Parions matters that it was in our interest to accomplish could be
terforzsű by OPC without disclosing American interest or activity.
judgman's from Berlin is of valce to your organization.
say that CPC work has proved ite vains during the Deutschland-
troffen. we are relying on siniler or increased help from a
the future. *
3.
The German mission has advised that the original comunication
from General Fayler was pouched on 22 June 1950.
LOUIS GLASER
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"We the Communists planned
beirath peace tally. the
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Congres of Freedom
100 miles)
(behind the Irge Curtain
Aquard of more than 100
Hati-Comm intellectuals ar-
rived day Ser the five-day con
Fressh is to open Monday.
resets and political and
trade-a leaders are to attend.
fram a score of countries.
Cares Center Of Spies
The Communist press called the
delegates chained dogs of Walt
Street 23 ite of renegades and
Trotzkvitasaid the congressi
was a "center of spies" and a
Preongress of y
Communities claimed sup
•porters of life gress were to
blakere which swept an
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yesterdry.
James Burnham, American au
thor as the congress must pro
dain rely that the Kremlin
extrailed partisans of peace
movement which met Stock
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show this
peace
road
one way to
freedom
L Barge Tetention Denounced
* Other Americans coming are
David Laxtal, former chairman
of the Ud States Atomic Ener
Ey Costin Tennessee Wil-
Hams ant Cara-Callers, play-
wrights; Robert Montgomery, actor,
and Irving Brown,trade-union
leader.
Meanuile, the Russians accused o.
British ungation offers ap
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ressive provocatiors-
detention of 76 barges-on
West Berl
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CON GRESS FOR CULTURAL FREEDOM
U.S. Group Set
For Culture Role
Bj Reuters
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Eight Americans distinguished i
in the fields of arts, science, and
letters will represent the United
States at the "Congress for Cul
tural Freedom" to be held in
Berlin from June 26 to 30.
They are: David Lilienthal,
former head of the Tennessee
Valley Authority and the United
States Atomic Energy Commis-
sion; Arth M. Schlesinger, Jr.,
author and Harvard University
professor of history: Robert
Montgomery motion picture ac-
tor: Tennessee Williams play-
wright: Guiseppe A. Borgese nu
other; laimes I Farrell, novelist;
and James Burnham and Sidney..:
Hook, authors of political and':
philosophical works.
Delegations from Great Britain,
France, Italy, Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, Belgium, the Neth-
Terlands, and the Scandinavian-
countries also will attend the
Congress.
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Chase National Bank
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13 July
13 July.
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Lave Stockholm
Arrivo Brussels (Hotel Retropole)
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Chase National Bank
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24 ly
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July
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June 11, 1950
(The
I found
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Tenere stren in our call of resterdry.
when I got here confirmation of our room at 
Hotel de
14. dein Trefoille, scheduled 
for July 15-04
Travaillé is a short street off Ave. 
Prenesis 1er
.) We shall or-
pect to see there the.
have seen.
Mycot
I enclose from yesterdale - it that
Can scens to be doing just 
right so
fast night alemith telenhone call from Filli
Phillips (tho editor of Partisan Review who 
was in Paris last 
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tum and who was concerned in 
the plan.
He invited Phili
henol, Phill
al (his co-editor) to go to Berlin, more or less as represent
Pasan Renkow. Ralar later, bred 
the davitation down. As of-
cio Angion was never re 
to Phil
Chup for a French caition).
the boo
Last
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French
of P R is out, but that there is no in process a French
negrine which would have special 
relation to P.R. (He made 
a
confidence, about who 
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connection is thought of, he probably on
Specifically, if the French
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When in Paris in July.
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I bring this to the attention of and your friendst kann unusta záloh
(I told Phillips that I would see 
in Berlin as soon as I got there:
He said that 
he jo be ready to leave at
how things stood.
once if he vere invited.)
own opinion tends to be: 1) Phillips should not be
invited merely for Berlin, since there are 
enough Americans;
and if there are to be more, 
another te is more important; 
3)
Coveyer, Prican Review - that 
is the American connection
should be in the French 
is thoroughly from 
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French the fit just for 
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that he invited to Berlin Pill Chance the 
Prats of
his trip; 5) that I,
cory Board, or sufficiently
in order for it to be represented.
Well,
I bring this to
a member of Pavi
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whomerer else's relevant. You might nee that a comment on the matter
own bonitation in giving & 
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finite onion on it comes from the fact that I have not heard for
may nonthe thing about the Brouching prospect and
plan.
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I have more or less
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Present at conference in office of Asst. Secretary
of State Neknight at conference today:
Mesers: McKnight
Grundahl
Kalorek
Buttles
Huddle
Neilson
Glaser
I have a complete, practically verbatim record of the
meet but am setting down an extraot of what took
Mr. McKnight stated that the meeting had been called to
discuss ways and means of taking advantage of the Cultural
Congress in Berlin by widespread dissemination of the
product of the Congress, speeches, declarations, etc.
Why would it not be a good idea to have Buttles communicate
with Lasky and have latter send the material to Paris
for publication in France, as well as here.
Mr. Neilson (ECA) said that speaking for ECA, they have
a liberal view as to spending ECA funds and are anxious to
cooperate with
subject
relevant, to the present cese, which are (a) expenditure to
be approve on project b (b) a finger to be kept
on the progress of expenditure (c) within certain totale
(a) keep away from the flamboyant and spectacular.
(For
instance, no large gobe of ECA money to send US symphony
orchestras touring through Europe.) Said Mr. Neilson, the
Cultural-Congress would fall within the zone of
probable acceptability and should be a cooperative
enterprise with State, to be cleared with ECA financial
and legal advisors, but do not anticipate difficulty
because the Cultural Congrees is clearly related to the
approved ECA policy of countering the Soviet peace offensive.
Mr. Buttles suggested that the best thing to do with
product of Congress was to get local people to publish it;
We furnish translations, paper, ink, etc.
The above suggestion led to one by Neilson that a
Dissemination Committee might be formed, backed with our
Honey,
Buttles added that in addition to a more profound
type Job, there might be one for the unwashed public with
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illustrations
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and extracts of speeches.
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Mr. McKnight concurred, thought we needed to work out.
the distribution problem by use of a committee which
would take charge of publication and distribution
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Cany languages. Buttlee added that we should use Germans
and German facilities to see that manuscripts and photos
are made available.
(At this point I suggested to Buttles that there would
be a question of sponsorship of material.)
McKnight and Buttles agreed that Lasky should be
contacted and put in a position of discussing the matter with
Neilson who is returning to Faris tonight,
Sing
Neilson added he would like to get together with Cody and
other state people in Paris.
At Mcknight's suggestion, Buttles said he would
communicate with Lasky and ask him to come to Paris to
talk about the matter w
with Neilson.
"Following are actual quotes:
Neilson: "I don't know a great deal about this
Cultural Congress, is it apt to produce a major offensive
against the USSR and against the peace offensive?".
McKnight: "Yes, I think so.
important bunch of people."
Kelore: "They are big names.
They are a very
Very high calibre,
impressive; their discussions could be dynamite in
tting over telling ideas
Neilson then pointed out that ECA was going to be in the
business c using very important organizations of all kinds
in Europe (Rave some Italian references) but thought that
because of the temporary character of ECA such a thing as de
elmopment of the Cultural Congress should be turned over to:
State or CIA to handle and continue. (Somewhere previously
I had asked Buttles, in order to make a point, whether the
Congress was going to be self continuing Bruce said he
thought so.) Neilson said we should develop a full head
of steam on the proposition and then should not drop out,
should be continued by state through Lasky, or by CIA.
(Actually was a plea for CIA to take notice of the Congreas
and take it over.)
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McKnight then asked me if CIA was interested in the propo-
sition as a whole. I replied it seemed very interesting.
He then said if a conference was arranged in Paris would we
like to have a CIA representative there, I answered I
thought we might like to have someone. I then asked
Buttles if he was sure Lasky would go to Faris Buttles
said he would try to arrange to have either Lasky or Josselsm
(which was the reply I hoped for.) He said they were both
State department people, both familiar with the Congress.
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In effect, that was the end of the conference. McKnight
againg said that CIA should certainly be cut in on the
proceedings from now on because of their future interest
in the Congress.
=
Neilson's name:
WALDEMAR NEILSON
Paris address: HOTEL TALLEYPAND
Time of meeting:
NEILSON REQUESTS THAT IT TAKE PLACE AFTER
WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
I suggest that a cable be sent to Mike explaining exactly
what is in the wind (info to Larry.) Personally I would
decide to send either Lasky AND Mike, or Mike, or Lasky and
Larry, or Larry alone. They wought to be advised at once.
That ECA is willing to provide funds for production of
a million copies of the speeches of the Congress and other
publicity. Neilson said that labor committees and
other cooperative groups might be used for dissemination.
However, the greatest caution must be exercised to see that
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appointed during the sessions of the Congress, and in my
opinion it should be an unwitting group, except for one
member; it should NOT have more than one US representative.
It MIGHT be entirely German. Again it looks as though Lasky
might have to be the secretery of such a group. I think
all they have to do is start a quick 'fund raising campaignt
for publications and won't they be surprised at the
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speed with which French, Italian, British and US organiza-
tions respond with lots of money for the purposel
Buttles and I had a quist talk after the conference this
afternoon and he is entirely in sympathy with my point of
View, anxious to cooperate and not entirely sure that
Lasky is the right man to go single handed to Faris.
guy Neilson is a peach. Sharp, keen, responsive and
a worker" sticks out all over him.
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☐ I feel like a sheep killing dog not to stay on the
Job and see this through, but I've only got one son and
This
I hope he'll only be married once.. Please let me know if you
need me; I will be at Hotel Fensgate, Bay State Road, 
Boston.
Also I think
see that Bumhain
delegate
on
L. G..
should
some other
Reveral
touch
it
the Prace Offensione, exposing
as a bundle
which world.
all the
to State
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State and CA
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Nemo of telephone conversation with Jim Burnham in New York
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10 a.n. Thursday morning 15 June, 1950.
A.
Contact with Burnham. In reply to my suggestion that I stop
in New York. Sat. morning to see him, discuss Congress affairs and
deliver a pistol, Burnham replied that he was leaving this
afternoon for his camp in Connecticut, would not return until
Saturday night, was flying on Sunday morning. He suggested that
there was little necessity for additional discussion of the
Congress, that if any papers or articles (the pistol) were to
be delivered to him, they could be sent by mail or otherwise
to his NY address, care of Irs. Claude Burnham, 3 E 69 St.,
telephone Rhinelander Ex-47890; the address is a safe one, he
says, with a trusted doorman on duty and a maid in the residence
(Hot safe from our point of view but presumably nothing KEXHÍA
classified is to be transmitted.) Discussed this with
Saith who says he will arrange to get pistol to manham,
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Between now and Sat. night, burnham will be at his camp
in Connecticut, telephone: Kent 78, Ring 1.
2.
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Mattor of extra expense to be allowed Pearl Eluger for
gather signatures for cablegram to Congress, and for certain
other incidentals connected with travel of delegates, Burnham's
estimate this would not amount to more than $100. I authorized
him to spend up to $150 for this purpose.
Matter of closing .Y. office authorized continuation
fter nuly 1st only in form of one week's part time employment
of Fluger, couple of hours a day and use of telephone.
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Matter of permanent continuation of congress office (presumably.
in Ferlin); I said this should be discussed in Berlin, that we would
expect a cablegram of recommendation before first of July, would
immediately respond with a decision, possibly as to project
amendment calling for funds for support of continuing office.
(Demossible, I think, to anticipate decisions now as they would
depend on success of Congress in attracting world publicity,
_furnishing base for Kuching continuing propaganda and
arousing communist opposition.)
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Dear Jim,
Thanks for letter of the 6th. Good to know that you
and Marcia are due here so nice and early. Four more shoulders
on 
which to unload the awful burden of this hard world.
What's this about not accepting the brilliant Aron-
Koestler-Burnham Memo? That is now our working gospel. The
International Committee lives on? No, no. It's been killed, it's
dead. The five philosophers reign. The alphabetical order has
come into new glory. Under separate cover you will receive the
latest news from A to Z. New Correspondence paper is being
printed. The program of the Congress will be the revised printed
booklet which you already have.
As for the names, pretty kettle of fish you chaps fished
together. We extended invitations. A few came up with affirm-
atives. Ayer from England, etc. Also-Jules Romains, Now that
telephone yesterday - says, oh,
he's coming, Koestler -
oh. Well, why in the world was he put on the list when he's
so wishy-washy? You can't have him without letting him speak.
And he's tentatively scheduled for about 10 minutes on the open-
ing Monday program. Also, by the way, Koestler informed he won't
be able to turn up even for a day before the Congress. I am
writing today to ask him to plan a short opening address to round
off the somewhat too ceremonial opening program with a political-
keynoting speech. You might write him too, if it won't be over-
doing it.
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10 Tagen entiei 
en werden.
Dem Leser stehen zur Verfügung:
Werke des Marxismus-Leninismus Werke über die politische, wirt-
schaftliche und 
kulturelle Entwicklung der Sowjetunion (Standard-
werk: Große 
Sowjetische Enzyklopädie in '64 Bänden) und Werke
der fortschrittlichen Schriftsteller 
der ganzen Welt.
E. liegen aus: 100 sowjetische und 90 deutsche Zeitschriften. Ent-
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zu den wichtigsten 
und aktuellsten Fragen auf jedem Gebiete.,
Ausstellungen
O'nungszeiten: täglich von 12.00 bis 19.00 Uhr (außer mittwochs
sonntags von 16.00 bis 19.00 Uhr.
Die Sowjetaimee - dis Bollwerk des Friedens
und der Sicherheit in der ganzen Welt
Lenin-Ausstellung
Stalin-Ausstellung,
Fünfjahrplan
(Diagramme und Bildberichte)
Die Geschichte der KPdSU (B)
Das Kinderbuch.
Reproduktionen der Tretjakow-Galerie
RUSSISCHE SPRACHKURSE werden ständig durchgeführt, Neu
anmeldungen 
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Zum Besuch unserer Veranstaltungen wollen Sie folgendes beachten:
Vorge Munch. and Literatabende werden in der Organisationabilung
unt 
Haves (
Zimmer 15, Tel. 42 50 51, App. 157 od 250 Eintrittskarten
bost i sugeben. 
Wegen der sarken Nachtrage empfiehlt es sich, die Karten
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be cring
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ressiert. Kinder 
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H: Kinder kinaen in 
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HAUS DER KULTUR
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BERLIN C UNTER DEN LINDEN, AM FESTUNGSGRABEN I
Veranstaltungen
Von 15. MABZ BIS 31. MÄRZ 1950
15. Mittwoch
18.00 Uhr Theater
FEST VERANSTALTUNG „Die Wahlen in der SU - in
Fest des 
Sowjetvolks". Mitwirkende: die Salistenvereinigung des
Berl. 
Rundfunks unter Leitung von Nationalpreistrager Heimes Koch,
Robert Trondh und das Ballett
: „Das verlorene Tach".
16. Donnerstage.
18.00 Uhr, Marmorsaal
VORTRAG Wilhelm Koenen: „Die Nationale Front des demo-
kratischen 
Deutschlands im Tageskamp". Anschließend Diskussion
und Film
12.CC Uhr, Eichensaal
Was bringen die
VORTRAG Oberstleutnant Simonenkowi
BLUED Preuenkungen dem Sowjetok Anschließend Diskussion.
17. Freitag
18.00 Uhr. Marmoriaal
VORTRAG Hein Abraham: Die ideologiedon Grundlagen
der bolshevistischen 
Partei (W. 1. Lamins Vern").
Anschließend 
Diskussion and Dokumentarfilme, aber die Wahlen,
in der SUV,
18 Uhr, Eichensaal
VORTRAG A. Pioneros „Der Sport in der SU". An-
schließend 
Sportfilmprogramm.
18. Sonnabend...
18.00 Uhr, Theater
Festlicher Abend antiflich des Tages der Jugend: The Jugend der
Deutschen 
Demokratischen Republik eine Jugend mit einer
großen Zukunft". Es 
spricht: Paul Verner. Mitwirkende: Robert
Trosch 
und Tanz- und Chorgruppen der Jugend.
20. Montag
18.00 Uhr, Marmorsaal
VORTRAG. Obervtin. Naliwaiko
bervorragender Staatsmann der SU".
W. M. Molcrow - sia
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18.00 Uhr, Theater
VORLESUNG: Major Piornikow: „Die Parsel der Pulichowib,
in der 
Persorte des bergang zur Friedlichen Arbeit on der Wieders
bernellung der Volks". Andließend Diskussion und Film:
„Sturmiche 
Lebensabend".
19.00 Uhr, Marmorial
VORTRAG Stufen Heymanes „Die een Perspektiven der
kulele Labem im 
demokraties Devinland". Aubliebers
Diskwww.und film.
21. Freitag
18.00 Uhr, Marmorsaal
VORTRAG: Hanne Wolf: Der Block der Kommunistenend
Parteilusen Ausdruck der Susjedemokratie". Antiließend: i...
Bussion und Film.
BUCHDISKUSSION: N. D. Scheherbow a. Hans Siebert
über das Werk: „Der Weg ins Leben" voo A. S. Makarenko.
19.00 Uhr, Marmorszal
Mansorgskij-Klavier-Abend. Es spielt and spricht: Günter Hugold.
25. Sonnabend
26. Sonntag
19.00 Uhr, Theater
LITERATUR ABEND.. Gorki - Ximpfer får den Home-
8.11.77 US - Kampfer gegen die Weltreaktion". Es spricht: Achim
Volter. Es resitieren namhafte 
Künstler der Berliner Bä
spelt: Niggeling.
27. Montag
12:00 Uhr, Marmortaal
VORTRAG Hermann Matterns Unser Kampf um die Ferigong
der Devesben Demokratuchen Republik". Anschliebend Diskussion
ord Film.
W
28. Dienwag
18.00 Uhr. Th-ster
VORLESUNG More Planitores The barrel for Bestesio
wal in Rome for die
Induriloring des Lander".
And busive and Filous Donisbecken" vad ra
18.00 Uhr, Marmorial
VORTRAG Siegbere Kabos „Das Leberisciate Fogland. -
Anang denisha Imperialismus". Anschließend
kamun und Film,
29. Mittwoch.
19.00 Uhr, Theater
VORTRAGI Arnold Zweig: „Die Aufgabe des Schrifticelleri im
Kampl 
de Nationalen Front um die Einheit und Unabhangigkeit
der deuben 
Nation". Anschlund Diskussion und Film.
30. Donnerstag
18.00 Uhr, Marmorsaal
in die amerikanische
Leben Anschließend Diskussion and Film.
VORTRAG Hermann AREA:
18.00 Uhr Theater
VORTRAG: Kurt Hrißi ..Die Wahlen in der St-Andr
Jee Sidemokratie".
31. Freitag
18.00 Uhr, Theater
VORTRAG: Prof. Gerhart Eisler: „Der Kampf der Sowjer.
plomatie um den Frieden". Anschließend Diskonion und Film.
18:00 Uhr, Marmorsaal
VORTRAG Doren Glachkins,,Die sowjetische Sesatsordning".
Archihad 
Unkumine und hilm.
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„Kuit in der Sowjetunion"
Unter fremden Menschen"
Meine Universitäten"
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Sonntags 14.30, 17.00 und 19.30 Uhr.
Karten erhältlich im Zimmer 5. Telefon 42 50 51, Apparat 175.
Kinderveranstaltungen im Theater:
19. März
Der Zauberfisch" und
„Der erste Unterricht"
11.00 u. 14.00 Uhr
26. März
„Die Kinder des Kapitän Grant"
Gesetz der großen Liebe"
11.00 u. 14.00 Uhr
Die Veranstaltungen um 11.00 Uhr sind nur für die Kinder aus den
Westsektoren Berlins. Die Karten werden durch die Gesellschaft
für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft ausgegeben.
Karten für die 14.00-Uhr-Vorstellung kostenlos: Haus der Kultur
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Die Veranstaltungen im Haus der Kultur der S.U. zeigen eine
aufsteigende Linie. Den Gästen wird ein immer vielseitigeros Prom
gramm dargeboten. Immer mehr Besucher, davon viel Stammgäste, stel-
len sich ein. Damit steigt auch die Wirkung, der Einfluß im Sinne
der sowjetischen Gastgeber bei deutschen breiten Volkamassen.
Anlaßlich des dreijährigen Bestehens des haudes gab die Gem
schäftsführung auf großen dekorativen Wandtafeln bekannt, daß 1947
105 Vorträge stattfanden; 1948 waren es 197 und 1949 schon 328 ge-
worden. Gegenwärtig gibt es in einer Woche mitunter etwa zehn Vor-
träge, meist mit anschließendem Film, daneben zahlreiche musika-
lische und künstlerische Vorstellungen und die eigentlichen Filme,
im Monat annähernd zehn verschiedene. Berücksichtigt man dazu noch
die ständigen Ausstellungen, die stets lebhaft besucht werden, und
häufige festliche Versammlungen, so kann man schätzen, daß mindes-
tens zweitausend Menschen täglich (mit Ausnahme eines Ruhetages
in jeder ocher) das Haus der Kultur betreten. Sie werden auch a
durch die repräsentative äußere Aufmachung und die kostenlose
Betreuung beeindruckt. Solche Mäume kennen manche (wohl die meis-
ten) Besucher nur aus Film oder Bädern, und auf seidendamasts
bespannte Polstermöbel aus Schloß Sanssouci können sie sich sonst
auch nicht setzen.
સ
Die Vorträge kann man ihrem Inhalt nach in einige Kategorien
aufteilen. Da gibt es solche, die das Grundsätzliche und Dogma=
tische der Partellehre erläutern. Hierzu gehört etwa "Die marxist
tisch-leninistische Lehre vom Staat" oder "Klassen und Klassen-
kampf" oder "Materialismus oder Idealismus"; ferner Vortragsreihen
über Lenins erke oder über die Geschichte der Partei der Bolsche
wiki.
Andere Vorträge haben außenpolitische Fragen zum Gegenstand,
z. B. ein Vortragszyklus über die Außenpolitik der USSR, ferner
über den "Sieg der Volkskräfte in China", über den "Freiheits-
kampf der kolonialen Völker" oder die "Hintergründe der amerika=
nischen Außenpolitik".
Weitaus die meisten Vorträge befassen sich mit inneren Zua
ständen der UdSSR. Es ist selbstverständlich, daß alle Einrich-
tungen der Sowjetunion im günstigsten Lichte dargestellt werden.
Der Hörer erfährt von Macht und Reichtum, Fortschritt und Rekor-
dex der Sowjetunion und von den vorbildlichen Leistungen ihrer
Einwohner. Binige charakteristische Themen lauteten: "Boden"
schätze der S.U.", "Der Nachkriegs-Finfjahrplan", die "Stachanow
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Bewegung" und "Der Flan sur Urwandlung der Natur". Auch über den
"Lebensstandard der Jerktätigen" wird berichtet, über den Staats-
haushalt der UdSSR, wher Volksbildung, Sport. Leben der Frauen
und dergleichen mehr. Das Programm 1st vielseitig und findet
immer eine interessierte Hörergemeinschaft.
Hieran reihen sich auch deutsche Themen. Während die vorge-.
nannten Vorträge vorwiegend von sowjetischen Offizieren oder
Funktionären gehalten werden, holt man zur Behandlung der Deutsch-
land betreffenden Fragen meist "prominente" Persönlichkeiten
der S.E.D. und der ostdeutschen Regierung oder solche, die hem
kanntermaßen mit deren Ideen sympathisleren (s.d. Minister Rau,
Prof. Gerhart Eisler, Dr. Kurt Fischer, Wilhelm Koenen, Arnold
Zweig u.s.w.). Gegenwärtig steht die Politik der "nationalen
Front" im Vordergrund. Soweit Musik von hervorragender Qualität
geboten wird, ist sie meist auf die gleiche politische Tendenz
abgestimmt. Auch den verschiedenen volksdemokratischen Ländern.
sind bestimmte Vorträge und Filme gewidmet.
Die
Ausstellungen
gehen ständig nebenher.
Jetzt gibt es u.a. eine solche über sowjetische Architektur, die
meisterhafte Riesenphotos der größten und schönsten modernen
Bauten der USSR enthält, Regierungspaläste, Theater, Arbeiter
großwohnhäuser, Sanstorien, Bahn- und Hafengebäude, Farks.
Eine über die sowjetische Armee steht vor der Eröffnung.
Andere Ausstellungen zeigten oder zeigen Leistungen der sowjeti
schen Malerei, Graphik, Flakatkunst, Bücher und Kinderbücher,
Bühnenbilder, Material zum Leben von Lenin, Stalin, Gorki und
Fusohkin, Filmwesen, 800 Jahre Moskau, Fünfjahrplan, Geschichte
der kommunistischen Fartei und Kampf um den Frieden u. dgl
Stets gewinnt man den Eindruck, daß der Betrieb im Hause
mit Hilfe reichlichen Fersonals sorgfältig organisiert ist.
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Uber die * Nationale .Froht " des "demokratischen"
Deutschlands in Tageskampf sprach Wilhelm Koenen am 16.3.50.
im Haus der Kultur der S.U. Der Theaterrraum war voll; viel Poli■
zisten als Zuhörer. Koenen, prominenter SED-Bonze, linientreuer
Mann des "Volksrata", ist ein typischer Agitator und Demagoge.
Er spricht mit lauter, geschulter Stimme, lebhaft und einprägsam.
Dabei reiht er Phrasen und Schlagworte aneinander, ohne eigene
Ideen zu entwickeln. Aber der kritik- und urteilslose Hörer erliegt
leicht seinem Hortschwall. Scharf und heftig sind seine Ausfälle,
Adenauer ist der "skrupellose Vertreter amerikanischer Monopolinter=
essen" und nebenbei ein " Schwager zweiten Grades von Mac
Cloy" und hat Westdeutschland leichtsinnigerweise mit mindestens
35 Milliarden Westmark Schulden belastet, während die "Deutsche
Demokratische Republik" schuldenfrei dasteht. Elend, Verfall und
Hoffnungslosigkeit herrschen in Westdeutschland. "Bei uns (d.h. im
glücklichen östlichen Teil Deutschlands) geht es schrittweise vore
an, während es im kolonialen Deutschland (gemeint ist der Westen)
sprungweise zurückgeht!", rief Koenen aus.
Der Redner forderte, daß die politische Agitation in ganz
Berlin sowie in der Ostzone planmäßig verstärkt werden solle. Über-
all sollen Agitationstrupps geschult werden. Sie sollen z. B. in
kleinen Gruppen in den Berliner Sm und U-Bahnen durch laute Ge-
spräche im Sinne der "nationalen Front" die Öffentlichkeit "auf=
klären. Im Ostsektor und in der Ostzone sollen sie Verständnis
wecken für die (von der SED und ihren Auftraggebern) geforderte
vorfristige Erfüllung des Zweijahrplanes sowie für ein neues Ge=
setz, das die Ablieferungspflicht der Landwirtschaft erhöht. Auch
das Einsammeln von "Buntmetallen" soll durch die politische Orga=
nisation bis herunter zu den Hausobleuten gründlicher betrieben
werden. Daneben soll die "Machsamkeit" (auch ein Wort typisch mos-
kauer Prägung) gegenüber den Lauen und widerspenstigen verschärft
werden. Zur Erläuterung, wie und wo die Gefahr von *Saboteuren"
droht, wurde anschließend der Defa-Film "Der Auftrag Hoegners", der
schon oft im Hause gelaufen ist, nochmals gezeigt.
Die deutsche Bevölkerung steht, wie Koeren ausführte, vor ein
nem entscheidenden inneren Kampfubschnitt. Es gilt, die Schranken
zu beseitigen, welche die "nationale Front" noch von ihrem Ziel
trennen, ihre Grundsätze auf ganz Deutschland auszudehnen. In die-
som Sinne soll das Fringstreffen der deutschen Jugend zu mehr als
einer Demonstration werden. Ganz Barlin soll damit gewonnen werden.
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Berlin ist (laut Koenen) / der Mittelpunkt nicht nur Deutsch-
lands, sondern des Blocks der Volksdemokratien und ganz Europas!
Ohne Berlin kein Friede, keine "Freiheit", keine Einheit Deutsch-
lands. Der jetzige Zustand, daß estberlin sich dem Herrschafts=
anspruch der "nationalen Front" entzieht, mus beseitigt werden.
Stwa die zweite Hälfte des Koerenschen Vortrags beschäftigte
sich mit den Vorgängen bei der Demontage in Eatenstedt-Salzgitter
und enthielt drastische Kommentare su den Pressenachrichten der
letzten Tage. Koenen schilderte den erfolgreichen Biderstand der
deutschen Arbeiterschaft gegen die Zerstörung ihrer Arbeitsstätten,
gegen aggressive Pläne der Westalliierten. Am Schluß des Vortrags
meldete sich zur Diskussion nur ein Mann aus den Publikun mit den
Vorschlag, der Belegschaft in tenstedt-Salzgitter die Sympathie
aller Versammelten telegraphisch auszusprechen. Die Resolution
wurde in Abstimmung einstimmig angenommen..
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das Bollwerk des Friedens
und der Sicherheit in der ganzen Welt •
1st das Actto einer Ausstellung, die am 17.3.50. im Haus der
Kultur der Sowjetunion eröffnet wurde.
In einer blumengeschmückten Vorhalle und drei Räumen sieht
man Bilder, Landkarten mit Erläuterungen und großplakatierte
Zitate. Das ganze könnte man als einen kriegsgeschichtlichen
Schnellkursus der sowjetischen Armee bezeichnen. Waffen, Unifor-
men und dergleichen, was sonst in Heeresmussen zu finden ist,
werden hier nicht gezeigt. Auch technisch ist über den heutigen
Stand der Armee nichts Neues zu entnehmen. Die Ausstellung trägt
mehr ideologischen Charakter und eine bestimmte politische Ten-
deng. Die äußere Ausstattung ist dekorativ (sehr sorgfältig und
Künstlerisch gemacht.
Die Bilder beginnen zeitlich mit Gemälden aus der Revolutions=
zeit im Oktober 1917, als die ersten Trupps bewaffneter Arbeiter
sich zur "Roten Garde" zusammenschlossen. Stets stehen schon hier
Lenin und Stalin Seite an, Seite.
Auf mehreren Landkarten werden sodann die Feldzüge des Bürger-
krieges illustriert, in deren Verlauf die Rote Armee nacheinander
die fremden Invasionstruppen sowie ihre inneren weiß-russischen
Gegner besiegte. Von Kärz bis Oktober 1819 ging es gegen die von
Osten anrückenden Truppen Koltschaks, nachdem schon 1918 briti=
sche Expeditionstruppen von liurmansk aus vergeblich ins Land ein
zudringen versucht hatten. Bedrohlicher für die junge, Sowjet=
macht wurden damals (1919/20) die Vorstöße Denekins von
:
die jedoch Ende 1920 mit einem vollen Sieg der Roten Ar en her,
und
Vertreibung der Gegner aus der Krim endeten. Auch des polnischen
Angriffs erwehrte sich die Rote Armee. Schließlich gelang es
1hr auch, in Kämpfen, die sich bis Oktober 1922 hinzogen, ihre
Macht von Irkutsk bis Vladivostok im Fernen Osten wiederherzustel=
len. Die Rolle Stalins bei der Leitung dieser Unternehmen wird
besonders hervorgehoben. Eine auf einem großen Tisch montierte
Kartenskizze zeigt z.B. durch Fähnchen und Daten Stalins Fahrten
durch das ausgedehnte Operationsgebiet zwischen Nordrußland und
Kaukasus.
Der größte Raum wird durch Bilder aus dem letzten Krieg gefüllt.
Darunter ist kaum Material, das nicht schon durch Zeitschriften
früher bekannt geworden wäre. Wieder zeigen große Lage und
Bewegungs-Skizzen die Zerschlagung der Hitler-Armeen in groß-
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Ausstellur "Sowjetarmee, Blatt 2.
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angelegten, für die Sowjetarmee siegreichen Schlachten.
Man kann sich deutlich vorstellen, wie die Schlachten vor Mos=
kau Dag. 1941, bei Stalingrad Sept.-Dez. 1942, bei Kursk und
Charkow im Sommer 1943 und schließlich im Raum um Berlin sich
abwickelten. Unter einem Bilde von einer sowjetischen Waffen-
fabrik steht: " "Die sowjetische Armee errang ihre Erfolge mit
Jaffen, die von sowjetischen Konstrukteuren gebaut sind."
In einer Inschrift zu 10 großen strategischen Bewegungen der
Armeen im Jahre 1944 heißt es: "In der so entstandenen Situation
war es klar, daß die Sowjetunion auch ohne Hilfe der Verbündeten.
im Stande ist, ganz Deutschland zu besetzen und auch Frankreich
zu befreien".
Auf diese eigentlichen Kriegsbilder folgt eine Serie unter
dem Leitspruch "Befreiung der Völker". Man sieht, wie einrücken-
de sowjetische Truppen in Prag, Budapest, Bukarest und auch im
ཀ ཏ , མ
Fernen Osten von der einheimischen Bevölkerung jubelnd begrüßt
warden, und gewinnt aus Bildern von der Farade im Jahre 1947
vor dem Kreml einen gewissen Eindruck von der heutigen Stärke
und Sinsatsbereitschaft der Armee.Bilder von besonders -ver-
dienten Militärs finden sich in allen Abteilungen.
In Moskau und in anderen sowjetischen Städten gibt es auch
besondere Armee- Theater, deren Aufführungen Themen von
Siegen, Feldherren und Heldentaten der sowjetischen Armee ver
herrlichen.
In diesem Rahmen mögen noch swei Filme erwähnt sein, die
kürzlich in Haus der Kultur der S.U. gezeigt wurden.
Der eine behandelt den 2. Teil der Stalingrad-Schlacht. Kein
eigentlicher Kriegs-Dokumentarfilm, d.h. keine im Kriege an der
Front gemachten Aufnahmen, sondern später mit Schauspieler und
Statisten-Truppen gestellte filmische Handlung. Die Persönlich–
keit des Generalissimus Stalin steht im Vordergrund der Idee.
Der deutsche Beschauer erfährt, in wie sinnloser Weise der wahn=
sinnige Hitler Hunderttausende deutscher Soldaten in aussichts=
loser Lage dahin opferte. Das Publikum nahm den Film mit Ernst
und örgriffenheit auf.
Ein anderer Film "Die von Kronstadt" heroisiert den erfolg="
reichen Widerstand Hoter Marinetruppen im Jahre 1919 vor Lenin-
grad im Kampf gegen weißrussische Judenisch-Truppen. Je heftiger
gekämpft und geschossen wird, desto lebhafter reagieren die
zahlreichen Jugendlichen unter den Zuschauern. Der Film läuft in
russischer Sprache mit deutschen Unterzeilen.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: BR
SUBJECT:
Status of Advanced Accounts (PEQUICK)
9 June 1950
1. With reference to advances of money for FOQUICK, referred to
in memorandum of 7 Juno signed by Chief, Staff 111, four of these
advances, involving participation of Mr. Carmel offie, are itemized
As followsi
$12,000 delivered to Mr. Offie on 28 April 1950 for which
a receipt was obtained dated 27 April 1950 from Mr. Jay
Lovestone of the Free Trade Union Conference.
$10,000 advanced to L. Glaser on 18 May for which a receipt
is on fils signed by Jay Lovestona dated 19 Nay.
$7,500 delivered to Mr. Offie about 20 May for which receipt
is on file, this money delivered to National Committee For
Free Europe.
2. The first two items referred to above report a duplication.
This was called to Kr. Offic's attention on 26 May, again on 31 May.
and again on 7 June. On those occasions, Mr. Offio stated that he was
aware of the situation (that TUC had received an extra $10,000 for
PENICK) and that he would either have the money returned or would see
that it was designated for another project. This adjustment is now.
in process.
handling.
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Dedicated to the outro of Panos Through Froodon
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of free optries and of countries suffering Sovist
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froly hail the initiative of tim Burlin Conross
Far Cultural Troodon in joining together intellootial
loedore the cherish the freedom of the republics of the
Host, and sook the freedom of the peoples of the bases
And deckaro our hope that options thich
new temporarily ondare onlin-imposed spiritual and
physical bondage s'all coma, by-laun
love of liberty, to restored to the fällowship of fros
free thought, and free expressions and that the
cultural leaders of those nations will, after their
liberation, taka upon themselves the responsibility
enlightening their fellow citizens so long hold
in darksos.
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PETECT INTH THE MONEDACTI
The
Warden of St. Antony's
Une briz afternoon in the fall of
a big ear made it through the
streets of Oxford, England. bearing a
tubby little old man with a scraggly mus
tache, who had come to take his first look
at the university. At that time few Ox-
onians had ever heard of c-year-old An-
tonin Besse. Nor did they know that he
was the mysterious, anonymous French
millionaire who had just given Oxford
of the biggest rifts in its history-
$6,000.000 for a new college (TIME, Jan
31. 1949). But by last week. the whole
university was buzzing with preparat
for Oxie-d's brs: new college in 13 years.
i. To house the students of the newest:
college, Oxford authorities had required a
small group of buildines once used as an
Anglican convent. These they renamed
St. Antony's. in honor of Benefactor An-
tonin Besse. Then they began laying plans
for the curriculum which St. Anthony's
students would follow.
Explosion in Yugoslavia. Antonin
Besse had laid down only one stipulation.
He wanted both Frenchmen, and English-
men to be admitted. to study in an atmɔs-
phere of Anglo-French, cooperation.. To
create that atmosphere. Oxford-picked.
ns St. Antony's first warden just the sort
of independent-minded, weil-educated
Englishman Besse had learned to admire
during the years he had traded and trav
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at the university
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couns had 
ever heard of 2-year-old An-
te Base. 
Nor did they know that he
the 
mysterious, andcymous Freach
maonaire 
who 
had just given Oxford.
the 
baggest gifts in its history-
$6.000.000 for a new coque Me Jan
31. 1949. 
But by last week, the whole i
ceiversity was buxang-with-preparatrums
for Oxford's 
first new college in 13 years.
To house 
the students of the newest
college, Oxford authorities had acquired a
a group of buildings once used as an
Angcan convent. These they renamed
St. Antony's. in honor of Benefactor An-
teziz Besse. Then they began laying plans
for 
the curriculum which St. Anthony's
students 
would follow.
Explosion in Yugoslavia. Antonin
Besse Ead laid down only one stipulation.
He 
wanted both Frenchmen and English-
inea 
to be admitted. to study in an atmoŝ-
phere of Anglo-French cooperation. To
create 
that atmosphere. Oxford picked
as St. Antony's first wardto just the sort
of independent-minded. well-educated
Engshan 
Besse had learned to admire
during the years he had traded and tray-
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OXFORD'S DEAKIN
"Het six files and me."
cled all over the world. Slim trim Freder-
ick Wiliam Dampier Deakin was the man.
A 
Fellow and tutor of history at Ox-
ford's Wadham College, he had worked
with Winston Churchill on Churchill's
monumental life of Mariborou Right
after Munich. he joined the army. He
was 
the first officer to parachute into
Yuguslay. worked so closely with Tito
that the two were once wounded by the
same bomb explosion. After the war. 3
Lieutenant cool, with a DS.O. be re-
turned to Wadham, also began belping
Churchill with his famed war memoirs.
Last week 35-year-old Bill Deakin took
over as Warden of St. Antony's
Trouble in the Drains. So far, Warden
Deakin had neither staff, students nor
furniture just six files and, me." He
still had great deal of remodeling to do
to get ready for Michaelmas term in Oc.
tuber. Then, "after getting all the drains
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"settled, he would have to pick a perma-
nent 
committee of British and French
scholars to select his students.
As Besse had suggested. a third of
hose so students will be French. Though
their pattern of study will be much the
same as that of other Oxonians, its em-
phasis will be on European history and
economics. And now & then, after things
get started at St. Antony's, M. Besse him-
self will drive up in his big car to offer
his 
advice. I shall welcome it." says
Warden Deakin. "He's an extraordinary
man. . . a genius."
_ Right-at-Home-
When pretty, brown-haired Martha Lu
cas. 37. resigned as President of Sweet
Briar College for women (TIME, Oct. 1;.
she caught the colonnaded Virginia cam-
pus a bit o guard. Nevertheless, the
trustees set right to work hunting for a
Water McCorded
ANNE PANNELL
Women and the world.
successor. Judging by their choice last.
week, they 
had apparently kept as their
model Marthi Lucas 
herself.
The new president is pretty, brown-
haired 
Anne Gary 
Pannell. 39, the mother
of two sons. 
Southern-born (in Durham,
N. C.. 
like her predecessor. she went to
Oxford for her 
doctorate in history (Mar-
tha went to 
the University of London),
eventually 
became academic dean of Bal.
Emore's 
Goucher College for women
(Martha 
was a dean at Radcliffe. In re-
cent years, while rional-minded Martha
Lucas 
became a UNESCO delegate and
started 
Junior Year Abroad procram
for Sweet 
Briar, ciobal-minded Anne Pan-
nell has spent much of her time arranging
international 
student scholarships.
lacorung President Pannell will take
over her new post July a. For the 450.
girl at 
fashionable, foreard-looking Sweet
Brist her 
appointment meant that every
thing would 
go right as racaing just
smoothly 
and amiably ps ear
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American Express Company
65 Broadway
New York, N. Y.
ATTENTION: Mr. Gerard Gilmore
Dear Mr. Gilmore:
Please add the fellowing two reres to the 1st of authorize! delegates
to the Congress for Cultural Fraados:
Professor German Arciniegas (now at Columbia University) who
require transportation either from Ann Arbor, Michigan, or New York
City whichever he selects.
VF, George Schuyler (Editor)
270 Convent Ave.
New York, N. Y.
رونه نوه اشاره شده
Sincerely yours,
FOR HR. PHILIP H. WATTS:
MARTIN K. WILLIAMS
Papaniks tartan (Louis Glaser)
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JEE:
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Schlaoningor.
Ho is a Corman Jow. US citizen, lives in New York, in
construction business, makos trips to cormany, knows
Corrien Industrialists and politicians.
About 55.
offie kopt his paper is having it copied, will send us
a copy..
S. was in Germany five or six weeks ago and was commented
on critically and unfavorably in HICOG cables.
Offie says
this is becauso S. is disgusted with entire State and ICOG
handling of Cerman affairs, says people are either uninformed
or incompotent or vicious, meaning by vicious the group of
Gorman Jews who were disciples of the Morgenthay plan, who
hato Gormany and Cermans. He has let his antipathy to the
HICOG crowd be seen and has avoided them. offie suggeated
that Kellerman and Rhoinstein probably were examples of the
type that S. referred to.
L. G.
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Yorgin (and poro)
C.O. was under some misapprehension as to the formula for
drawing funds for delegates. He is now straightered out and
has agreed that will advise JL to add Yersin's name to his
list and notify Am. Express. Yergin thon simply draws his money
from Am. Express. CO was under impression that the amount would
be designated and Yorgin given an order for it, or morda to
that effect. Spero also will be on FTUC list..
Re - paras. 4 and 5 of Brin. 2887.
Para.
4. does not require answer- though Farbley and I
think they are wrong in rejecting Thompson.
I would like to send attached draft in answer to para. 5.
Had to consult Hambley before I could prepare this.
Ro:
HJ Mueller.
No will be added to list.
Re:
Robt. Montgomery. He has been pressuring Hambley for
more funds, wants to take assistant along. Hembley will advise
him no dice. (Lasky evidently painted glowing picture to
Montgomery of valuable reporting and press relations services.)
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with reference to attendance at cultural Congress of Mrs. Burnham:
Both Carpenter and Richards agree that Mrs. Burnham may travel
to the congress, at the invitation of the Congress, in her own right,
Sawing money from travel fund for that purpose, without considoration
Sam's status vis-à-vis CIA. This on tho
on the 
theory that
the travel is desirable because of services she may rondor to the
Dress (not as a dologate necessarily) and because of tho
pection of Durhams cover. The Congress, as ostensibly
independent financially, would make any such arrangements
without consideration of rules of CIA regarding travel of
ecloyees and agonts,
L. C.
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Sector of Berlin and the East Zone of Germany.
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02.179
Tos Colonel LOGIS GLASTE
Subject: Information From AT. MELVIN LACKY Concerning the
Berlin Congress
1. I attach (a) a copy of the letter received from
MELVIN LASKY, (b) a list mich be prepared of the expected
American delegates at the Congress, (c) together with three
additions to the British list.
2. LASKY evidently means the American list to be
definite as of this date. However, a „cording to my information,
at least two or three of the delegates non he lists are still
uncertain; for example, SIDNTY HOOK and DAVID LILIENTPAL.
3. The idea of a strong Soviet delegation, gathered
from Western Germany seems to me excellent, and capable of major
exploitation as we noted yesterday. However, it does not seem to
require SHUB's presence in Germany.
4. I don't know exactly what arrangements LASKY has in
mind for continuing the payments necessary to maintain the Now
X.k office. One sentence in this letter suggests that he plans
to make payment from Berlin. This matter ought to be clarified
immediately.
5. You will note in the LASKY letter the address and
telephone number of the New York office.
KEH
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"Dear Jim,
"I have just finished with the press conference here at Freedon
House. I think 
Beichman månaged a nice turn-out - Hartrich of the
Herald-Tribune, David 
Anderson of the Times, Henry Beckkett of the
Post, et.al. I won't 
be able to see the clippings tonerTOW;
doubtless much will be 
asken. But publicity won't hurt, and may
do much much good
. I have given Beichman two hundred dollars.for
now; another two hundred has 
already gone in phone calls, telegram
and the like. Spoke to 
Upton Sinclair again; can't come.
is writing 
the piece for the Times.
Silone
Hook is doing an opening
piece in the ML; with Levitas promising a nice spread.
is writing 
letters, sending out releases. Pearl Kluger is working
in the little office, 
hired out from George Field of Freedom
House (20 West Loth 
Street, Tel: Chickering-4-3060). I hav
instructed 
his to consult you and refer all problems to you.
think he can 
do a most useful job with the press. I have done by
Beichman
I
Best to keep all such expenses down, out in the end this job will
be sore important 
than the expensive presence of many of the
delegates in Berlin. 
ib keep in touch with him until your departure.
On the Russian atter, I think it would be an almost criminal waste
of opportunities if 
there weren't the strongest possible Iron-
Curtain delegation 
there on the platform in Berlin. Nicolaevsky
and Staub have come up 
with the proposal to smoke out the professors,
deans, scientists, posts 
now secluded in Western Germany; five cr
six of these worthles (Russians
, Ukrainians, Asiatics) would indeed
be a mat appropriate 
beabshell. If they.-
them Russian-political-confidence, Shub to give them Ar rican-
Nicolaevsky to 
give
diplomatic Assurances 
could have a neck together working out,
from Frankfurt and Munich ten days or 
so before
this might turn the trick. I think that's the way,
or 
the 
Cergress begins,
the only way to do it. God knows 
I won't be able to round tac
and probably
up. In any 
event, although I have been reluctant to raise the
issue for fear that my motives might be 
misinterpreted.
that Saub's presence 
innerlin would be of measura.le value,
-- I 
think
handling he radio and 
rin angles; and he's not considered there
another American outsider. which 
is important.
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* On the book matter, it would be wonderful if we could go
ahead with our project of book exhibitions of all works of
Congress authors. I have asked Pearl Kluger. she can be
reached at the above number in Freedom House - to go ahead
with a limited amount of orders from the publishers. I trust
there will be money to ocver it; although some of the bills will
got to me in Berlin.
• I am leaving tonight for Hestorer. Field. It was a big mistake
not to get commercial air travel on my orders. No planes to
London, none to Paris. First stop tomorrow -- Frankfurt! And there
I turn around again. But then my contract calls for no breakdowns
until the first of July. See you in the sanitorium at that time.
• Best regards to you and Marcia, and remember me to your children,
who fascinated me.
#3/ WIN J. LASKY *
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USA (Revised listing)
Hanze
James Burnham, author
Coming From
Bashington
Irving Brown, labor man
Paris
Sidney Hook, philosopher
Santa Parbara
Elliot Cohen, editor
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
NYC
Cambridge, Mass.
Robert Montgomery
NYC
film & radio
A.
S.H. Levitas, publisher..
NYC
Prof. Carl J. Friedrich
Heidelberg
James T. crell, novelist
Zurich/or Paris
of. Franz L. Neurann
historian
Berlin
George Grosz, artist
NYC
Prof. G.A. Borgese
Chicago
Address
-
1327 33rd St., N..
Brussels, Belgium
New York University
Un of Calif., Santa Barbara
Commentary Magazine, NY
Department of History
Harvard University
NBC, 30 Rockefeller Pl. WY
The New Leader, 75.15th
Harvard University
....8th st.
c/o American Express Par.
Columbia University
George Schuyler, Negro editor NYC
Tennessee Filliams, playgright Paris
Carson McCullers, novelist
Paris
Boris Nicolaevsky
MYC
Russian historian
David Lilienthal, public figure Paris
Prof. George S. Counts
educator
NYC
The Cottage, Hilaire
Farm, Huntington, LL.
University of Chicago
270 Convent Avenue, NYC
Hotel Sherry Netherland
in NYC c/o American
Express Company in Paris
417 West 120th Street
NYC
c/o Hotel Bellman'
Rue-Francois−1, Paris
Columbia University
Morningside, NYC
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Additions:
From England:
. Peter ce Mendelsohn, novelist
London
Sebastian Hafner, editor
London
c/o The New Statesman.
and Nation,
London
The Observer, a publicat.
London, England
Prof. D.W. Brogan
London
Cambridge University
political scientist
England
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Copy of letter from Melvin J. Lasky, Tuesday a.m. (5-23-50)
"Tuesday a.m.
Westover Air Field
"Dear Jim:
"I spoke to Prof. GERMAN ARCINIEGAS last
night. He is probably the best known South American
literary critic - now at Columbia University (N.Y.C.).
He has agreed to come writing a paper on Literarian
Ideals in South American Literature. ROMWALDI of the
AFL in Washington tells me he is very sound politically.
ARCINIEGAS should be added to the list giving us
at least one non-North American.
->
"P.S.
"Best
// MELVIN J. LASKY
PARCINIEGAS is also having a little trouble
with summer session committments. Could you ask
BRUCE BUTTLES to have "standard' State Dept. letter go
out in ARCINIEGAS' behalf (release for about 10 days
a la HOOK) to (Prof. I. LEONARD Romance Languages. Dept.,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor... "
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02.179
23 May 1950
To: Colonel LOUIS GLASER
Subject: Information From Mr. MELVIN LASKY Concerning the
Berlin Congress
1. I attach (a) a copy of the letter received fron
MELVIN LASKY, (b) a list which he prepared of the expected
American delegates at the Congress, (c) together with three
additions to the British list.
2. IASKY evidently means the American list to be
definite as of this date. However, according to my information,
at least two or three of the delegates whom he lists are still
uncertain; for example, SIDNEY HOOK and DAVID LILIENTHAL.
3. The idea of a strong Soviet delegation, gathered
from Western Germany seems to me excellent, and capable of major
exploitation as we noted yesterday. However, it does not seem to
require SHUB's presence in Germany.
4. I don't know exactly what arrangements LASKY has in
mind for continuing the payments necessary to maintain the New
York office. One sentence in this letter suggests that he plaas.
to make payment from Berlin. This matter ought to be clarified
immediately.
5. You will note in the LASKY letter the address and
telephone number of the New York office.
The har
han danfest
дене
hiy
$1200.
2.49
02.179
KEY
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Copy of letter from MELVIN LASKY dated 21 May 1950, New York City
"Dear Jin,
Silons
Beichman
:
"I have just finished with the press conference here at Freedom
House. I think Beichman managed a nice turn-out - Hartrich of the
Herald-Tribune, David Anderson of the Times, Henry Beckkett of the
Post, et.al. I won't be able to see the clippings tomorrow;
doubtless much will be askew. But publicity won't hurt, and may
do much much good. I have given Beichman two hundred dollars for
now; another two hundred has already gone in phone calls, telegrams
and the like. Spoke to Upton Sinclair again; can't come.
is writing the piece for the Times. Hook is doing an opening
piece in the NL; with Levitas promising a nice spread.
is writing letters, sending out releases. Pearl Kluger is working
in the little office, hired out from George Field of Freedom
House (20 West 10th Street, Tel: Chickering-4-3060). I have
instructed him to consult you and refer all problems to you.
think he can do a most useful job with the press. I have done my
best to keep all such expenses down, but in the end this job will
be more important than the expensive presence of many of the
delegates in Berlin. Do keep in touch with him until your departure.
On the Russian matter, I think it would be an almost criminal waste
of opportunities if there weren't the strongest possible Iron-
Curtain delegation there on the platform in Berlin. Nicolaevsky
and Shub have come up with the proposal to smoke out the professors,
deans, scientists, posts now secluded in Western Germany; five or
six of these worthies (Russians, Ukrainians, Asiatics) would indeed
be a most appropriate bombshell. If they Nicolaevaky to give
them Russian-political-confidence, Shub to give them American-
diplomatic assurances - could have a week together working out
from Frankfurt and Munich ten days or so before the Congress begins,
this might turn the trick. I think that's the way, and probably
the only way to do it. God knows I won't be able to round them
upo In any event, _ although I have been reluctant to raise the
issue for fear that my motives might be misinterpreted I think
that Shub's presence in Berlin would be of immeasurable value,
handling the radio and Russian angles; and he's not considered there
another "American outsider". Which is important.
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* On the book matter, it would be wonderful if we could go
ahead with our project of book exhibitions 
of all works 
of
she can be
I have asked Pearl Kluger
Congress authors.
reached at the above number in Freedom House - to go ahead
with a limited amount of orders from the publishers
. I 
trust
there will be money to cover it; although some 
of the bills 
will
go out to me in Berlin.
:.
And there
It was a big mistake
"I am leaving tonight for Westover Held.
No planes to
not to get commercial air travel on my orders.
London, none to Paris. First stop tomorrow 
- 
Frankfurti
I turn around again. But then by contract 
calls for no 
breakdowns
until the first of July. See you in the sanitorium 
at that tins.
"Best regards to you and Marcia, and remember me to your children,
who fascinated me..
"Irs,
/s/MELVIN J. LASKY "
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USA (Revised Listing).
Name
✓ James Burnham, author
✓ Irving Brown, labor man
✓
Coming From
Washington
Paris
Santa Barbara
Sidney Hook, philosopher
Elliot Cohen, editor
NIC
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Cambridge, Mass.
Robert Montgomery
S.M. Levitas, publisher
NYC
Prof. Carl J. Friedrich
James T. Farrell; novelist
Heidelberg
Zurich/or Paris
film & radio
MYC
Prof. Frans L. Neumann
historian
Berlin
George Grosz, artist
Prof. G.A. Borgese
Chicago
George Schuyler, Negro editor
NYC
Tennessee Williams, playwright Paris
Carson McCullers, novelist
Parts
Boris Nicolaevsky
NYC
Russian historian
David Lilienthal, public figure Paris
Prof. George S. Counts
educator
NYC
Address
-
1327 33rd St., N.V.
Brussels, Belgium
New York University
Un of Calif., Santa Barbara
Commentary Magasine, NY
Department of History
Harvard University
HBC, 30 Rockefeller Pl. NY
The New Leader, 75.15th
Harvard University.
...E.58th St.
c/o American Express Par.
Columbia University
The Cottage, Hilaire
Para, Huntington, L.I.
University of Chicago
270 Convent Avenue, NYC
Hotel Sherry Netherland
in NYC; c/o American
Express Company in Paris
417 West 120th Street
NYC
c/o Hotel Bellman
Hue Francois I, Paris
Columbia University
Morningside, NYC.
MISTAM

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Additions:
From England:
Peter de Mendelsohn, novelist
London
c/o The New Statesman
and Nation,
London
The Observer, a publicat.
London, England
Cambridge University
Sebastian Hafnor, editor
London
Prof. D.W. Brogar
London
political scientist
England
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TOP SECRET
hort
23.1950
MELORANDUM FOR: Patrick J. Nc Feily
SUBJECT:
Letter of Instructions.
1. Departure and Arrival
You will proceed on or about 24 May 1950 to Frankfurt, Germany,
reporting by telephone upon your arrival to 
the Chief of the Vikiva Sta-
tion. From Frankfurt you will 
proceed to Berlin in accordance with orders
of Chief of Station. You will procure 
your own travel facilities and
hotel accommodations at the cities 
in which you stay.
2. Cover
Your cover is that of a student and tourist visiting Europe to
Your general
improve your language proficiency and for 
summer travel.
appearance and conduct at all 
times must be in keeping 
with this cover.
You are not
You will not carry any classified 
material while traveling.
to recognize other employees of this 
agency unless 
arrangements have been
made in advance or unless you can 
do so in full keeping with your cover.
While in Germany you may be asked 
to volunteer to work on the staff of
the Berlin Cultural Congress. 
Acceptance of such an offer by you is 
con-
Permission will be requested
sidered to be in keeping with your cover..
of Home Office for any type of duty required of you which would tend to
break your student-tourist cover
.
3. Duties and Responsibilities
You have been thoroughly briefed on projects PDQUICK and FJHAYBE,
and you will undertake such operational 
activities in connection with
these projects as fall within 
the instructions you receive from the
Chief ViKiva Station. In carrying 
out these operational activities 
you will
avoid drawing public attention 
to yourself to the maximum possible extent.
4. Security
You are specifically charged with both physical and operational
security in connection with matters 
which you handle and for which you
are given responsibility.
Dan W.
DAVID W. RAGSDALE
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02.75
17 May 1950
Subject: Report on Distribution of Der Monat through an Exemplary
Outlet
While in Berlin I acquired a copy of the report dated.
March 13, 1950. I do not know whether it has been made available.
The information in it seems to me interesting in itself and valuable.
for what it suggests in terms of further activities..
KBH
02.75
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3
13 March 1950
Report on Distribution of Der Monat through an Exemplary Cutlet.
1. This describes the distribution activities of a single
outlet, with connections primarily but not exclusively to students
in the Sorist Zone. Since December 1949 the cutlet 
has been
supplied 1115 cele copies and several hundred separate articles.
At first single issues were, supplicä in numbers 
of 100, but
because of rapidly increasing demand was later increased 
to 
150
copies. However, the popularity of Der Monat, has 
spontaneously
led to a broader range of possibilities and a 
total of at least
320 copies por issue has been requested. To provide 
a total of
so many copies from num) 8/9 to 16 inclusive 
will mean a 
further
delivery of 1575 copies. A few copies of mumbers 
5, 6 & 7 have
been delivered as well as steple single copies 
of George 
Orwell's
"Animal Farm" and other articles taken by breaking 
up these
same issues. Distribution has been free of charge and this has
It has 
been decided, however,
been emphasized to the contacts.
to permit contacts to ask a nominal East Mark price when dis-
tributing a copy to an employed prson. This would 
help cover
the travel expenses of contacts to and from 
Berlin.
2. Reactions to Der Monat delivery through this outlet has
been overwhelmingly encouraging. Each copy is said to chanje
hands "at least", eight or nine times and as many as twenty time s
is considered usual. The result is that Der 
Monat has become
It is reported
widely known among students in the Eastern Zone.
that it is even read openly in the mess-halls; SED students
procure it and read it, although when on their 
own they are
said to be more secretive than the non-communist 
organized
student. Certain articles have become sicely know, particularly
Ornell's "1984". An explanation of where the magazines come
they are 
bought for 
SO7ZON
from is given in the following terms:
students by the Free University. It is generally accepted in
the Soviet Zone that the Free University is the 
source of "
anti-
Persons connected 
with the
communist student agitations" etc.
Free University who come in contact with East Zone students state
that they are being continuously asked for coples of Der Monat,
in the sense of "I've been getting it seventh 
hand; I'd like to
get it first hand.".
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Attention was continuously drown to the popularity of
Orwell's #184". Hence the 
outlet asks whether it would be 
possible
to make-up from broken mazoer's 
single stapted copies of "-
recalling that this had 
been done for them in the case of Animal
Farm and other articles.
4. The outlet operates through an apparatus of couriers
Universities are 
supplied
to all universities of the 
Soviet one.
by as many as four and an average of three different couriers,
unknown to one another. 
Leipzig, Halle, Cena, Greifswald, 
mesden
and Rustock are thus 
covered. There are a large number of delivery
contacts at the Humboldt 
University. Also there are contacts
to the "Landes Hochschule" 
in Potsam which is designed 
especially
for training SSD 
functionaries, teachers, and key occupations.
Couriers from other academic 
institutions and circles are 
also
suglied, as well as to a 
number of non-academic circles of 
sig-
nificant strategic 
value, as described below.
5. The following examples are cited:
*) At a recent four-zonal mesting of evangelical student-
ministers from all zones Difteen 
copies were distributed to 
several
SZ delegates. Hore 
could not be furnished because of lack of·
supplies at that time. The 
recepients subsequently expressed
such interest that regular 
delivery with a large number of 
copies
The 
Karl Jaspers article was considered
has been established.
popular in this circle, and strong curiosity was 
expressed 
regarding
"19" which was being 
discussed in the zone.
b) A professor of journalism at one Soviet-Zone university.
approached a contact for two copies
, promising to make good use
of then. He asked that 
they be supplied regularly and sent a
student from Leipzig to 
confirm this and pick them up.
students and professor were 
checked upon and the delivery 
made.
both
c) A group of liberal and social-democratic students organized
in the SED cooperate in a closed 
working-committee is recognized
by the university as an 
academic activity of the faculty to which
Monat articles are reai
these students and professor 
belong.
and discussed and then 
translated 
inte non-derman languages and
passed on as reading matter 
to trusted students in other sections
of the Philosophical faculty.
..
d) The CDU executive in a city in Saxony receives the
Three weeks
magazine, using it as scussion 
material regularly at 
closed.
educational forums for 
training party functionaries.
age the article Tito contra Stalin was discussed.
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e) Until recently a FEJ school for higher functionaries
in Kecklenburg near the zonal border was supplied with copies
of Der Monat which were read of Nicially as the basis for
working out counter-arguments. The connection was broken ty
the arrest of the courier, who was carrying Telegraf learlets.
1) Twenty copies are regularly supplied for distribution
to and through a Volkspolized unit in Thuringia.
distribution, considers it the ideal kind of relatively safer
6. The outlet expresses great satisfaction with Monat
for equiping
oppositional students in the Soviet Zone with
and strategically suitable weapons, .. "ideas" and the "spirit
of Europe. Der Jonat is often contrasted with the Tele 
Taf
in this sense⠀ Der Monat is not con: blered to exaggerate, is
not the other pole, "with the truth somewhere between"
, but 
is
respected and trusted for itself.
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FDQUICK
15 May 1950.
Notes of conference at the home of T. Burnham. Fresont:
Nosers. Baker, Burnham, Easly and Glasor.
1. Attention called to article in ourront issue of LIFE, montioning
the Cultural Congress in Berlin.
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2. Homo from Stone states that JJ McCloy is not going to write
special letter of invitation to Eleanor Roosovolt apparontly
because of press release in which she stated she had changed her
mind about abfonding. Lasky will take up with State the matter of
spoolal letters going to Roosevelt, Lilonthal and Conant, at tempt
persude them attend.
3. Some kind of pressure to be used to insure attendance sidney
Hook, possibly letter Asst. Socy, of S. to Chancellor of U of C
requesting leave of absence for 10 days.
4. Discussion of centralizing publicity releases from US. Lasky
of opinion that Pitzele and Bolohman would handle, requiring
only small amount for expenses; decided to authorize this and
Lasky will be given $200 to add to $200 which ho already has (not having
delivered same to Hook because Hook did not require it) with which
he is sure he can lay proposition on.
5. Discussion of Am. Express technique of handling transportation.
Agreed that interest of Foreign Service Ed. Foundation, FTUC and
NY Com, should not be emphasized or revealed unless necessary.
6. Recital of steps being taken currently in Berlin.
7. List of delegates left with Burnham and Lasky in order that
addresses may be filled in and returned. Will then be compared
with list axpected from salin. And final lists (up to this point)
organized for delivery, through money sponsors, to Am, Express.
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MEMORANDUM
1. The American Express Company will be informed that the School
Advanced International Studies will sponsor and pay for the travel to Berlin
and return of a number of persons, the names of whom will be furnished at a
later date to the American Express Company.
2. At the same time that this notification is given to the American
Express Company, the sum of ten thousand dollars will be turned over to them
from which travel expense may be taken.
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3. The clearing house for this business with the American Express Company
will be the office of Mr. Gerard J. Gilmore, Assistant Passenger Traffic Manager
of the Travel Department, 65 Broadway, New York, N. Y. when the names of the
persons who are sponsored are furnished to the American Express Company, all
data will be forwarded to the office of Kr. Gilmore, though the persons may be
located anywhere in the world. The Company will cable instructions to their
branch offices..
4. The actual furnishing of transportation will be effected as followsi
30 The American Express Company will have the name and address
of the person, furnished by you.
5.
b. The person will be instructed to present himself at a specified
office of the American Express Company and identify himself.
c. Ho then will be given his choice of transportation by rail or
air, will be given the requisite documents, will be authorized
to spend up to 10 of the cost of travel, for incidental expenses.
The American Express Company will furnish to you a list of all persons
to whom such transportation and expense money actually is provided. In the
unlikely event that more money is needed than is covered by your deposit of
$10,000, arrangalents will be made for you to deposit additional money with the
American Express Company. Any unexpended funds left in the hands of the American
Express Company will be returned to you at the time a final accounting is rendered.
6. Arrangements will be made with the American Express Company, in your
name, by Mr. Hartin K. Williams, of Kingston, Ferna.
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May Frugram for the Congress:
1. Printing of 4-page program, with special 4-page French and
English translated supplement.
2.
Cover letter to all delegates who have accepted; enclosures of
program; ask what discussions most interest them; what they
would be prepared to give, a formal 20-30 minite paper; or
shorter comment; but there will be both semi-formal and informal
discussion, so that all would have chance to participate.
Mention matter of Europa-Union meeting (see von Trotha) other
meetings (Civil Liberties Committees), University lectures, etc.
3. Problem of approaching "key men" to take over papers for main
discussion. Also: problem of collecting as many papers for
printing, if not to be delivered at Congress. Messages..
Check with M.d. about progress in getting art exhibition of
Berlin masters into town for June.
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5. Ordering of books for (a) Taberna book-stalls, (b) special
book-store show-window exhibits during Congress week, (c)
special collections in British-French-American information
centers. Should include original French, German, Italian,
etc. editions plus as mary translations of Silone, Koestler,
Burnham, et.al. as can be gotten. Get Scandinavia through
Copenhagen bookstore? Italian editions through Frankfurt
International (Koch Gabi.). British volumes through Libris
(this time not paid via Peter Hart). French through Frohnau
or Maison-de-France. To be checked with Frau Marga Schoeller.
Special probles of reduced rates to facilitate sales. Include
books of Orwell (also Russian ed.).
6.
7.
The ordering of photos of all relevant personalities: News
and Art-style.
Kubicek to whip up with books and photos some special book.
shows for stores, windows, Taberna, etc.
8. Arrangement to have a "court photographer" at the Congress}
weekly fee, plus expense-payment for film costs. Also:
cartoonist for sketches.
Color banners with "Kongress", also French-English, for
Titania, Tabernica, and Sporthalle.
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10. Problem of Printed Invitations. Also cards for the Press.
Cards for Taberna guests. Preparation of Berlin Quest List
_ Key people for Titania Invitation, and special invites to
Reger-Sberlein-Scholz-laminer-Montijo-ers et.al.-crowd in
town.
11. Preparation of political-historical introduction to post-war
Berlin. Simple, non-propagandistic, somewhat factual,
possibly illustrated. (After fashion or excellent Breslau-
Polish material)
12. Publishing of Congress Program booklet, Index to Sponsors,
delegates. Photographs. To be finished last fortnight
before Congress.
13. Purchase of heavy folder-port clio to hold Congress materials
for all delegates. Purchase of notebook, with Congress named,
etc.
14. Finishing up of Placard design for Berlin and Western Germany..
15. Setting up of finance and especially Travel Saro with Traval
personnel for all Congress return-trips.
16. Checking to see whether Visa or Military Entry Permits are
moving easily; possibly free issuance. Intervention phen
difficulties arise. Mention this in letter to all delegates.
17. Check with RIAS for complete tape coverage of Congress; sections
to be given to other German and foreign-language stations.
:
18. Approach BBC for British coverage. See Patrick Seith.
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19. Preparation of page for feuilleton pages series of photo-
graphs of key people coming to Congress, plus sketches.
20. Stenographic account of all discussions.
21. Himeograph staff
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allied with translation group for
papers, resolutions, special messa es.
Office space.
22. Publicity material for all literary editors in Western Germany,
Austria (send through Er. Liebl), Switzerland, Italy, France,
England. Preparation of list of leading dailies, weeklies.
Hiring of a Publicity man.
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23. Check with sadtrat Way and Tietjen about "Fidelio" performance.
24. Check with Kikls about the Steinplatz park.
25. Complete arrangements for Steinplatz and Am Zoo Hotel rocas.
26. M.J. of the question of "Security" at the Hotels and Taberna.
77. Contract for Hitania on Monday afternoon, and the Sporthallo
for public meetings.
8. Arrangements for City-Congress reception on Monday evening
most preferably on the Wannser, at the restahaus.
29. Arrangement for a dozen taxis or so -- hired for the week
with "notor pool dispatcher" - each cab marked "Kongress"
catting down use of cruising cabs (security).
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30. Has arrangements (who as guides?) for tour of city on a free
morning (Monday, Thursday), or other times ✓ not into Soviet
sector, but along border points, Brandenburger Tor, etc.
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31. Collecting vague thoughts about place and character of final
reception purty. Congress, commandants? where (Lakeside?
Praneninsel?)..
32. Problem of Congre & meals and Congress expenses for Delegates.
Austrians (among others) are broke. Usual Congress custom
of meals.
33. Completion of several Monat reprints for the Taberna book-stall
and Congress material. Silone, Loestler, among others.
exhibition. Bound volumes? Order fifty more.
34. Ticket and information Bureau
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facilitate to theater per
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35. Arrangements about at least two good interpreters - one to
be native in German language. Translators into French and
English should be native-in-language; also checkers. Alliod
liaison..
36. Press Facilition arrangements: telephone, cable.
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CP, DE-11, Chief AAR, Chief PFB, and EAD
2. 7. Frank stated that recent cables from the CPC representative
in Gorony concerning the berlin rally in May and the Congress in June
had raised policy mentions which reunired State Department coordination.
Po stated that a repilt of there onbles he had requested Mr. Harrison
to discuss these policy questions with Fr. Jayco and had requested
Mr. Jayce to arrange for the necessary liaison with the Office of German
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his office where Pr. Fatirbey and Mr. Pater of UPC had discussed these
of fereas
problame with Mr. Kellerman and Mr. Stres of the Office
Affairs, together with Mr. Rehviar.
Poult of this meeting, the
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nicog indieating that the Department was coordinating with CIA on 8
program designed to contet the effectiveness of the Berlin rally ia ez.
This telegram received a ride distribution in Boshington as well as in
the headquarters of log in Frankfurt.
3. Mr. Frank said that although he recognized the insecurity of
the Office of German Affairs as ovidenced by this telepras, he felt
that it was essential for OPC to maintain liaison with the Office of
German Affairs un polley satters. Ho proposed to recommend to Hr. Joyco
that either Col. Pyronde or Geoffrey Lavis be designated as the
1step officer for the office of German Affairs to deal with 5PC or
policy matters subject to clearance in each instance with Mr. Jayco.
4. The undersigned agreed with Mr. Freak's proposal subject to
the understanding that such liaison would be exercised under the
that OPC liaison with the
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KOMORANDON FOR KA. TIKIMAS K. STRAIKUM, POD/8Se
SUBJECT:
Slow-iharming Puso
2. It is requested that no crate of fifty units of slow
burning fuse be procured for oFC. This fuso is a Rarium folenim
Oxide mixture, made up in a quarter-insh load tube, with a burning
time of 279 seconds per unit.
8. It is further requested that ir. John N. Joffries,
Consultant, PLC/UPC, bo authorised to purchase this fuse, for which
he will be reimbursed. (The estimated most of one orato will bo
$46.86.) Charges for this procurement should be made against.
Project SUHUND.
3. The above-mentioned fuse is to be delivered to CRDS an
87 April 1950 by Mr. Joffries. After sufficient tasting and form
lation of instructions, CRUS will turn the fuse over to ir. Joha
Raber, FB-11, Operations Division, OPC.
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Berlin Congress for Cultural Freedon, June 26-30, 1950.
Professor Sidney Hook, Head, Department of Philosophy,
New York University.
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Mr. Robert P. Joyce
The undersigned called upon Professor Hook at his home, 696-A Third
Street, Brooklyn 15, H. Y., at 3:00 o'clock on April 22, 1950 to discuss
domestic arrangements in support of the Congress, for which Professor Hock
has been designated American representativo. There were no other persons
present.
Professor Hook opened the conversation by emphasizing the need to
minind so the Government's interest in the Congress. He felt that it was
essential to retain the appearance of a completely private venture. I
assured him this was also the Department's view. Referring to the status
of Melvin J. Lasky, secretary of the Congress in Berlin, as an employee.
of HICOG, Profesor Hook then said he thought . Lasky should be given -
a leave of absence in order to carry through the project in a private.
empacity. I promised to look into this probles, and commented that it
could not be done readily without Mr. Lasky's cooperation. I also
suggested that sinco Er. Lasky to my knowledge was spending some of his
personal funds on preparations for the Congress, it would only be fair
to look for some other source of income for Hr. Lasky during such time as
he might be on leave from Government service.
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On continuing the discussion, it clear that in working alone
Professor Hook had as yet been able to make any considerable progress
on behalf of the Congress, and that 
there was urgent need for (a) a
minimum staff 
to handle the program in this country and (b) a small
allocation of funds 
to pay for telephone, stationery, publicity, etc.
Until the present time
, Professe Rock has been carrying the entire
expense and work 
hitself, and apparently has had to be extremely careful
about such items 
as long distance telephone calls. For example, he felt
he could afford to 
telephone Professor. John Dewey in Florida and ask his
to sponsor the 
Congress (which invitation Professor Dewey accepted,) but
The hesitated to put 
out the larger funds to telephone Upton Sinclair in
California. Es 
would also like to call the Congress headquarters in
Berlin, but felt 
that the transatlantic toll charge was quite beyond
his means.
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In reply to my quary as to what sort of budget would be necessary,
Professor 
Book 
suggested that would need a secretary-typist for two
months and a 
public relations man on a part-time basis for the same period.
He 
thought 
the secretary could be obtained for $250 a month and the pub-
licity man 
for less than $500, La addition, $500 would be sufficient for
such items as rental of 
typewriters, stationery, telephone calls, postage,
etc. This would bake a 
total budget of $2,000. The rental expense could
be reduced, 
be thought, by using the offices of The New Leader, a Socialist
publication of which 
he is one of the editors. He did not think it advis-
able to have 
a pretentious office, since obvious affluence would incite
suspicion. 
The activity could be organised by Americans for Intellectual
Freedom, 
of which he is the founder. This group staged the anti-Communist
program 
in Hew York in March 1949 for less than $25.00.
As to the expenses of Americas representatives going to Berlin, .
Professor Fook hoped that it would not be necessary to use military trans-
portation, since 
that would create the impression of Government sponsor-
ship. He thought 
commercial transportation would definitely be preferable,
and added that 
he would like to be in a position to give cash grants to
the delegates of 
about $700, that is, the round-trip fare plus a few dollars
over for 
incidentals. He felt it could be undesirable for too large an
American 
representation to be sent. Probably six or seven people sculd
bo 
enough. This would mean a transportation budget of less than $5000.
Several times during the conversation, Professor Lasky stressed that
it was not necessary to have a large sum of money. For what was needed,
he said, the right people could hardly be paid; it was essential, he said,
to have 
dedicated personnel" who were willing if necessary to make per-
somal sacrifices.
On the other hand, he thought it vital to have the right sort of
publicity. The press arrangements should be carefully made. He hoped
that someone 
in Washington could ask Mr. Honry Luce of Time and Life
and Mr. A. E. Salsberger of the Eew York Times to arrange the right sort
of coverage, that is, by the right people, such as Anne O'Hare coraich
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He would like to invite Luce himself, but doubted if it
would be politically desirable. At this point, I suggested inviting
Mrs. Claro Booth Luco, and Professor Hook thought that might be the answer
to his dilemma.
To handle the publicity Professor Hook thought he might hire
Arnold Beichman (20 Best 84th Street, New York), who is editor of a
trade union paper in New York. Beichman handled press matters success-
fully for the anti-Communist demonstration last March. Professor Hook-
could make the first necessary arrangements himself, but would be glad
to have any offer of assistance come to him through the offices of the
New Leader, at 7 Best 15th Street, New York 3. Telephone: Spring 7-8260.
I suggested that there was some indication that the Advertising
Council might be able to find some space or other publicity assistance,
and Professor Hook said he would be most grateful for that type of help.
Ho hoped that the people concerned would approach him in the near future.
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Congroom for Cultural Freedom
One of the most rosaing problems in connection with the pro-
posed Intellectual Fosco Congress to 
bo hold in Berlin is the
matter of providing funds for 
transportation of delegates. 
Te
bava conceived the possibility 
of two or three organizations
overtly financing trips for cultural 
and intellectual loadors
from various countries. The 
money thus provided in hu bo
deposited with the American aqua 
Company with instructions
to honor transportation requests from 
persons holding bona 
lide
invitations to the congresu endorsed 
by one of the sponsoring
organizations.
It is expected that there will be a total of approximately
60 dolagates.
At this date, the 
following persons have been 
invited:
England
Bertrand Russell, Philosophor
Julian Hudley, Fiologist
hell. Cros, H.P. and Author
Victor Collança fublisher
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Gestanny
Italy.
andro Gido, Author
Arthur Roestler, Author
Avid Rousset, Editor
Karl Jaspora, Philosopher
rober, Sociologist
Carlo Sanna, Politician
Mugen Kogon, ditor
Benedetto Croco, Author and Politician
Ignazio Silons, Novalist
Carlo Lovi, Author
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John Loway, thilosophar
poinhold lebuhr, Theologian and Publicist
Munay Hook, Picoo;bor and ritor
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Herbert lend.
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Frode Jakobsons
David allians
Irving Tros
Francois Londy
Edouard hoditi
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Kenneth H. Hambley
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Letter of Instructions
12 April 1950
1. Demanture and Arrival
You will proceed on or about 13 April 1950 to Freni:furt,
Germany, reporting on your arrival there to the 
Chief of the
VLKiva Mission through arrangements of 
which you have been 
advised
orally. From Frankfurt you will proceed 
to Berlin in accordance
with further arrangements of which the Chief 
of VLaiva German
Mission will apprise you. En route to 
Frankfurt you are 
authorized
to stop over, for a period not to exceed 4 
days in Paris if you
deem such a step advisable in the furtherance 
of your mission.
You will leave Berlin, Germany, on or about 7 
May 1950 and 
return
to the home station. In route to the home 
station you will be
authorized to stop over at such other Europe.cities
. and for
such amounts of tine, as may subsequently be 
approved by the
home office upon your recommendation. You 
will be responsible
for procuring all of your own travel facilities 
and hotel accom
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stay.
2. Cover
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Your cover is that of a free-lance writer and lecturer
visiting Europe to procure material for future 
publications.
Your general appearance and conduct 
at all times must be in 
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any classified material with
you while traveling. You are not to 
recommire other employees
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been made in advance
or unless you can do so in full keeping 
with your cover.
will not attract attention to yourself 
either by acts 
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of actions consisteat
with your cover. While in Germany 
you may be asked to act for
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to yourself to the maximum possible extent, and you will
in particular avoid, for the purposes of this trip, publicly
associating yourself with project PEQuick. This injunction,
however, will not prevent your meeting privately with any
other individuals concerned with either the overt or covert
phases of the project. You will, in addition, act as
consultant to the Chief of the Vixiva Mission and his authorized
representatives on such other matters as they may wish to
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Congress for Cultural Preedom
Jonathan S. Gearing
Berlin newspapers have recently carried a dpa announce-
ment of a Congress for Cultural Freedom to be held during the
last week of June 1950. The notices in DE TAGESSPIEGEL and DER
TAG of 2 April and in DIE NEUE ZEITUNG and TELEGRAF of 4 April
were all similar and brief - about one inch in length. DAS
BERLINER STADTBLATT (Social Democrat) of 2 April, however, carried
a large (2½"x 7"), front-page article.
2. The opacort of the former newspapers was generally as
follows:
A Congress for Cultural Freedom will be held in Berlin
during the last week of June. The Berlin Committee which
is preparing the Congress consists of Ernst Reuter, Lord.
Mayor of Borlin, Professor Edwin Redslob, Restor of the
(Borlin Free University, and Dr. Otto Suhr, Director of the
Berlin Hochschule fuer Politik. Melvin J. Lasky, Editor
of the international review DER MONAT, will act as General
Secretary to the congress..
The artiolo in the Berliner Stadblatt contains the infor
mation of the dpa release and adds the following:
It is believed that a large number of prominent
writers and men of learning will attend the Congress.
Among others, the following men are expected to parti-
oipate Author Ignazio SILONE (Italy), Professors
Julian HUXLEY (England) and Sidney ROCK (USA), Post
Arnulf OVERLAND (Norway) and Ture NEPHAN (Sweden) as
well as David ROUSSET and Arthur KOESTLER.
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PDQUICK and TPPIKER
11 April 1950
1. I refer to the attached memorandum of 7 April 1950 addressed.
to you by lir. Glaser.
2. I refer particularly to paragraph 4 sentence 2 of the above
memorandum and to FRAN 117 paragraph 1, B.
3. My suggestion in this regard is as follows:
I suggest that we do not desire for FDQUICK a Rhino Cir-
cular to Embassies similar to the circular supporting QKIVORY,
because a circular of that sort is uct essential and would unneces-
sarily invite attention to the U. S. interest in FORLICK.
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50: Certain American Diplomatic Officers
The Formation of National Committeo for Frec Europe, Inc., with
headquarters in New York, was announced on June 1, 1940. This
Committee is a private organization concerning itself with democratic
leaders and scholars who are exiled from the following countries:
Foland, Czechoslovalia, Hungary Rumania, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria.
The Committed will be financed by private contributions.
The following is quoted from a statement issued by Joseph C.
Grew, Chairman of the Committee in announcing its formation:
"Our program begins with the tangible fact of the presence
here of thes: exiles and rougeos. Thoro is an American trad-
ition of hospitality to political refugees. The promise which
o gave at Yalta remains unrodeaned. Hore than that we have a
definite self-interest in helping to keep alive, and in full
rigor political leaders who share our view of life--leader's
who have refused to buckle under, men who have not hesitated
to risk their lives for their democratic faith. Aciton No. 1
in our immediate program we propose--havo in fact already begun--
to find suitable occupations for these democratic exiles... 70
are setting cut to find suitable positions for than in colleges
and iversities. We are proposing to ask others of them to
prepare studies on topics for hich they are especially equipped...
At the same time we are encouraging each national group of
miles to draw together politically--all democratic elements,
that is, these other than Fascists or Communists--in order to
form in their temporary American haven National Committoes which
can stand as symbols of democratic hope for their countrymen
in Eastern Dirope.... We look forward to the day when there will
no longer be an Iron Curtain....and these six nations which we
helped liberate from the Nazi expression will be free from the
Cotanist oppression and once more, can organize their existence
in their on way. Then that time comes there will be something
close to social chaos and political vacuum, for the first effort
of totalitarian regimes is to destroy all constructive elements
which night build anything different from themselves. Locking
forward to that historic and critical time we have in mind that,
12 mearahilo democratic leaders have bech helped to keep alive
and in vigor in the democratic havons to which they have beor:
driven we can hope that, returning, they will have parts in a
democratic reconstruction. Our second purpose will be to put
the voices of these ciled political leaders on the air, addressed.
to their own peoples back in Europe, in their own languages, in
the familiar. tones. We shall help them also if we can to get
air massages back by the printed word.
Of course we are
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It 
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under restrictions by reason 
of its official character.
cur American habit not to leave 
everything to government
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the field of the contest of ideas there 
is much mich privato
The 
third and final print in
vinitativo can accomplish best.
cur immediate program is to set out at once to bring the axiled
Cur idoa
leaders into a bread contact with 
American life. .
•
is to enable these proven champions of democracy to see with
their own cyos her freedom and concerney 
are working out in 
the
United States . . .I have no doubt 
that as we go along other
activities will be added to our program.
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Frank Altochul
Members of the Comittee, as of 1 June 1949 wore:
(Treasurer), Hamilton Fish Armstrong, A. A. 
Derle, 
Frances Bidlo,
Robert Toods 314ss, Hugh A. Drum
, Allon W. Dulles, Dwight D..
Eisenhower, Park: Ethridge, James 
A. Farley, William Green 
Joseph
C. Gre (Gairman), Quarles R. 
Hook. Arthur Bliss Lane, Mary R.
Luca, Arthur N. Fage, Dewitt C. Feole 
(Executive Secretary),
Charles H. Spofford, 
Carlos P. Tast, Demitt Wallace, Mathew 
Holl.
For your information, the Department has been continually in-
formed of the process c2 formation of 
the Corrittce, although tho
Department has no active concern with 
the Corrittee's activities,
it has given its unofficial approval 
to the Committee's objectives
.
Because of the implicitly political 
nature of the Carittoo's work,
no expoct
there will be coordination between 
it and the Department.
that the Constittoo will cooperato in 
every way toward the 
accomplish-
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Europe and of the general aims of
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POQUARK and YPPIALA ->
Aers, Glaser, Denty, Choster, Drollor, Saith.
1. Discussion of arrangements made for departure and cover
for James Turnham, Hr. Saith will handle details.
2.. It ma agreed that a recommendation to made to COP that
two malers of this committee, representing CC and CPP, respectively,
be given authority to take exorgency action on cables received out
of normal hours of work requiring emergency handling; it being anti-
cipated that such emergencies may arise in connection with projects
PPR and PDQUICK ever any of the weekends between the present date
and 1 June,
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3. FRAY 113 (TH 21505) was considered in detail and all items
in peragraph 1 and 2 were approved. With reference to iton F of
paragraph 2, project LUNGATAN 111 (IN 21715), Hr. Denby assumed.
the responsibility for clearing this matter with the State Department
through Hr. offis, and if a favorable respones in received, a mable
of concurrence will be east to the field.
With referation to paragraph 3, it was proposed by Kr. Droller'
that items and to combine. That is, that no sears be created
with reference to Lutenis plaque or other serious diseases but that
a campaign to instituted to the effect that the water of Fast Parlin
is coricualy contaminated and is causing dysentery, that warnings to
Issued and published in the pross sympathetically urging the po? lace
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from paper cups, not to wash clothes in auch enter nor to tathe or
shave with it and to take every oftion to protect themselves.
Then proceed with tea A and docter the soup with a strong but hare-
lose lamtivo shich would not caly sorve a purpose in itself tut
would tond to tear out the runor contained in iten F.
The committee was not in favor of tea D unless it could lo
justified more legically and did not understand
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Dispatch 57-Cho was examined and read with auch gratificat, Com C..
lists of names are being compared with lists which have boon Lathered
here and recommendations will be sent to the fold
4. FRAK 117 (IN 21944) was examined and it was decided to refor
item la to är. faker to to taken up with ur. Biener as a recommendation
beyond the competence of this ecmmitted to handle. Item IF was ro-
forred to Er. Donky for analysis and report. with reference to iten
10 it is not understood why interpreters of this enliler will not to
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MENORANDUM FOR 1 Mr. Dawson Smith
SUFJECT
· Travel arrangements concerning Kenneth P. Hanbley
1. In connection with QUICK and TPPIKER, it is now proposed
that 
Hadley shall leave the U.S. on or about 
17 April, proceed to
Herlin, rozain there approximately tro 
weeks (rondering assistance
in preparations for PIKER affair, also in 
preparations for QUICK)
and 
shall then leave Perlin to return to 
the U.S. En route, on re-.
turn, he will, if indicated by the course 
of affairs in Forlin, make
calls on prominent people in western Europe who 
are to be present at
the PDQUICK mosting, in order to confirm 
their acceptances or induce
thor to accept if they have not already done 
sc.
return to the U.S. 
approximately between 5 and 10 Ray. He is shed-
Re is expected to
alod to return to Forlin sometine between 
5 and 15 June to help in
ecapleting arrangements for QUICK 
including his con participation,
2. Arrangements in prospects
a.
Hambley will attend to removal of passport and obtain-
ing entry 
permit to Germany (as author 
interested in details
concerning publication of his 
book in Germany.)
If there are delays in obtaining passport or ontry
permit, 
Carpenter will expedito.
If, for any reason, entry permit becomes impracticable
from 
Washington, Hambley will go to 
Paris where, by cooperation
with Carmel Offie, ho will apply for 
entry pornit to Germany
which will be made immediately available
.
b. Hamblay will go directly to Frankfurt where he will get
in 
touch with de Nourville, and 
arrangements made to put him under
HICCO cover as consultant to Dar Monat. 
Lasky my bo in Frankfurt
at time - in any event Hambley will proceed 
to Berlin where lanky
will be his cover for contact with others 
in Porlin.
0. A covert travol order is being prepared which will author-
ize 
advance to Hambley of $1500., 
Hambley will buy his own trans-
portation.
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3. All of these matters will have to be ironed out and coordinated.
Ruutin matters will be in bands of Hiss Johnson, FEIII. She will bo
in contact with Carpenter and will know all stalls concerning travol
order, advance, entry permit, and passporty so far as necessary coopera-
tion from Carpenter's office is cornerned. Arrangements should be
completed, if practicable, on Monday 10 April.
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Louis Glaser
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SUBJECT!
CPC Plans for Conten-action against the
Deutschlandtroffen.
1.
In compliance with your request, there is submitted
herewith a report on CC covert operations
, in progrese or 
under.
"consideration, to counter the 
Communist-sponsored Free German
Youth rally (Deutschlandtreffen
), scheduled for 27-28-29 May
in Berlin.
2. The initial objective of OPC counter-action is to so
harkes, hinder and frustrate 
the Deutschlandtreffen that it 
cannot
to used as a weapon to oust 
the Allied Powers from the Western
If a 
substantial degree of success is 
achieved
Sectors of Berlin.
in that phase, major effort could then be directed 
toward instigating
anti-comunist deconstrutions 
in the Soviet sector, this turning
the rally entirely to western 
advantage.
3. The CPC program for this event is designed to supplement
and reinforce overt activities 
planned by occupation authorities
to achieve the same objective
. All OFC operations directed 
against
the Deutschlandtreffen 
either have been or will be cleared with
appropriate civilian and military 
officials, with whom high level
liaison is maintained in 
the field.
4. A major criterion of OPC activities is that they not
Hence they
be directly attributable to the 
U.S. government.
fall into two classes:
a. Those conducted by entirely clandestine means and
not attributable to any actual 
cource, and
.b. Those attributable to indigenous individuals and
group, with official .S. 
instigation or support concealed
.
In viss of the strongly pro-Western and anti-Soviet orientation
of the Berlin population 
generally, the second type of activity
offers exceptional 
opportunities to inspire, guide and 
covertly
assist actual Gorman 
resistance to the rally.
5. Activities
Co
5. Activities in various stages of planning or implementation
by CPC include the following:
A. Exonegande:
Preparation of 750,000 anti-communist leaflete by
the Kampfgrupe geren Vanenschlichkeit, an indigenous
German organization sponsored by CPC, to be distri
buted during the rally;
Staff preparation of at least two counter-rally
pemplicte, to be distributed by clandestine networks.
Lite the Soviet Some prior to the ovent;
Preparation by a controlled German attorner of indictments
stressing illam amorts of the relly, including
the setter of parental responsibility for minors;
Instigation of letters of warming from Kest Barlin
students to acquaintances in the Soviet Come;
Planning for special editions of one or more West
Berlin novepipers to be distributed free during the
rally:
Subsidizing distribution of 150,000 extra copies of
the magazine Freundschaft, organ of a Yest Bərlin
anti-communist youth group;
Consideration of publishing fake editions of Communist
newspapers, containing propagande of deception and
confusion;
Preparation of a letter, addressed to Soviet Zone
clergymen, asking them to use their influance 
to
keep young people out of Perlin during the rally;
Inspiring wost Perlin newspapers and the 3.5.-licensed
radio station, RIAS, to carry material favorable 
to
V.S. alms before, mring and after the rally
.
b. Harassmen; and Deception:
Promotion of a rumor campaign to the effect that
Communists are eager to Fave Dorman young people
killed and injured during the rally, to 
provide
martyrs for the Moscow cause:
Promotion of another ruzor carmeign to the effect
that Communists plan recruitment of rally participants
for labor in Russia;
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Creative of a forged oris, indicating that the
rally actually is a device for recruitment of Carman
youth into the Soviet Zone People's Police;
Planting news story to the effect that the rally
came about as the result of direct orders issued
by Moscow to Walther Ulbricht, German Communist
leader, on the occasion of his recent visit to the
Fussian capital;
Faking offers to provide billeting for rally partici-
pants in ruing. unsavory hotels or other undesirable
space;
Consideration of disrupting transportation and other
rally plans by issuance of false orders and prociemations:
Obtaining FDJ uniforms for possible use by agents
of disruption;
Counter-Attractions:
Sponsorship by the Kampfgruppe of a fireworks display"
the evening of 29 Hay:
Covert guidance and encouragement of Most Berlia
merchants to prepare attractive displays of merchu
dise, illustrating the relatively high standards of
Western living:
Covert sponsoring of free, or low-priced motion
picture shows, featuring especially interesting
films:
Covert sponsoring of sports events or other mass
attractions, designed for the double purpose of
maintaining Yest Berlin morale and distracting rally
participante;
Aproximately three weeks after the rally, covert
sponsorship of a cultural and intellectual congress
in Berlin-one of its objectives being to whisk the
hypocrisy of communist intellectual appeals to youth.
Counter-Violence:
If, and only if, high policy considerations require,
covert organisation, support and gaidence of pro-
Western indigenous street-fighting units to rest a
display of force with greater force.
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5. In addition to the foregoing plans, further opportunities
umreationably will arise for OPC direct activities or support
to indigenous German groups with plane of their own to counteract
the rally.
7. CPC is reinforcing its German staff with all available
qualified personnal, and is peared to set aside such sums 
of
confidential funds as may he required to provide effective finan
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John E. Eaker, Chief, FEB
4 April 1950
1. Eackground
a. The communist youth mass meeting planned for Eerlin during the
Whitsun holidays, 27, 25, and 29 Hay, has been and is the subject of a
major propaganda offensive by the Russians and by German communists.
It has followed the characteristic Soviet pattern of creating confusion
and tenseness on the part of the propaganda targets achieving this ob-
jective by alternating belligerent threats with peaceful platitudes.
The threats have ranged from declarations that the communist youth would
drive the Western imperialists out of Eerlin to outright statements that
they would seize the Western Berlin government and restore the city to
a unified, peaceful capital of Germany. The peaceful declarations have
stated that the demonstration of 500,000 boys and girls (from all over
Germany, and from other countries) will chiefly take place in Eastera
Berlin and will consist of rally-marching, sports events, fireworks, and
huge peace meetings. Permission was requested by the FDJ, of Oberburger-
meister Reuter, to march in a body to the Olympic Stadium (in the Fritish
Sector) but Reuter briefly and emphatically refused.
b.
Three groups are officially dealing with the situation.
(1) The Ferlin Allied Koimändatura
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(2) à committee under Oburgermeister Reuter
(3) A special HICOG committee.
inspected to
These groups have coordinated their plans and accordingly reasonable pre-
cautions should be taken to protect vital Installations in Rest Eerlin.
The police force has been augmented and provided with riot equipment.
C. It is now estimated that it is not the intention of the communists
to make a serious effort to drive the Western occupying forces out of
Eerlin, or to seize the mest city government. However, their campaign has
succeeded to this extent, that it is not known whether or not they will
attempt an actual putsch, or if they will adopt a policy of opportunism
and probe-and-thrust at West Ferlin defences with the determination to
advence as far as they can; or if they will, in fact, confine themselves.
* to meetings and demonstrations in East. Eerlin. The possibility exists
that their demonstrations may get out of hand or go beyond the intention
of the impressarios of the show. Whether or not they attempt a coup d'etat,
they assuredly will press every propaganda advantage..
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d. The situation has been regarded as serious and potentially
dangerous. Even as a propaganda triumph it right serve to strengthen
communist drives all over Surope, especially in Germany, and if there
was any manifest weakness or temporizing on the part of forces in West
Ferlin, the Deutschlandtreffen might sorve as a springboard to huge quins..
2. Purpose of CPC plan
OFC operations against the Deutschlandtreffen are intended to oppose,
harrass and attempt to turn to U.S. advantage the communist FDJ rally;
also to render cooperation with other elements of resistance.. To achieve
this purpose, it is contemplated that a number of propaganda and
psychological warfare activities will be utilized; it may also be
necessary to provide specific support for resistance groups prepared to
use physical violence to prevent FDJ demonstrations in West Ferlin.
3. Plans
Since January, the German Hission, OPC, has been planning a counter-
attack. On 31 January, a field dispatch outlined steps to be taken
and this has been amplified considerably in the last two months. At the
present time, plans to neutralize or defeat the psychological and physical
attack of the communists, contemplate the following:
8.
Clandestine propaganda, distributed throughout East Germany,
in advance of the Deutschlandtreffen, intended to break down desire
to participate and exposing the militaristic and totalitarian
character of the affair. Included:
a pastoral letter, addressed to all clergymen in the East
Zone, entreating that young people be kept out of Forlin during
the FDJ rally, to prevent damage to their souls and bodies;
spreading of runors that large masses of young Germans are
to be rounded up and shipped elsewhere for forced labor, and that
numbers of them will be killed (with the murders charged to the
Americans) in order to create martyrs for the cause;
special editions of Berlin papers (distributed in East Ger-
many) emphasizing the spectacle of Soviet Russia driving German
youth into militarism.
b. Organized radio, press and other forms of publicity, during
the Deutschlandtreffen, distributed throughout East Ferlin and East
Germany, featuring positive achievements of the Test as contrasted.
to negative achievements of the East.
C. The staging of countor attractions, intended to reveal to
large numbers of communist youth the better, unregimented life of
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In connection with
Western Germany as exemplified in West Berlin.
this campaign, the illumination 
of West Ferlin 
shops with display
of luxury merchandise, special 
theatrical and movie attractions,
sports events, possibly an 
automobile show.
d.
Neutralization of possible communist propaganda claims of
abuse and martyrdom, by discounting claims 
in advance and ridiculing
the purpose.
e. Preparation to support groups of street fighters organized
to resist attempts on the part of the 
FDJ to seize or dama ɖo
installations in West Berlin 
and to meet any demonstration 
of force.
with greater force - if high policy 
approves such defense operations
.
f. A plan (subject of project PDQUICK) to hold, shortly after'
the Deutschlandtreffen, an Intellectual 
and Cultural Peace Congress
in Berlin, bringing together a 
number of leaders of German, American
,
Eritish, French, Russian, Czech
, Italian, and other nationalities,
representing high achievement 
and international reputation in fields
of labor, philosophy, politics
, literature, art, music, education,
and science. The Congress, 
held on the borderline between free and
slave Europe, will concern 
itself with denouncing and exposing the
swindle of communist peace 
propaganda, will beam its message to the
satellite states to the effect 
that only intellectual and cultural
slavery is possible in the 
Soviet system. Arrangements will be
effected for broadcasting and 
publicizing the meetings of the 
Congress
and a large distribution of its 
deliberations throughout East Germany
Arrangements also will be made for worldwide
and satellite Europe.
It is expected that the 
Congress will be
publicity and follow-up.
self-perpetuating and will hold further meetings.
4.
Headquarters action
Following Mr. Lindsay's memorandum of 25 January and the field dis-
has taken the
patch of 31 January, headquarters 
action with reference to the Deutsch-
landtreffen and the Cultural 
Congress, as tied in
following course:
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(a) A conference was held in FE-III on 7 February at which
the busic idea of PDQUICK was approved 
by representatives of
Staffs II and III, SADO, and 
PE-II. Based on this approval 
a cable
of authorization was sent 
to field the same date.
(b) During February a committee was organized consisting of
Messrs. Glaser (Chairman), Chester
, Droller, and Denty, to act as
At this date, the committee
an expediting and coordinating 
group.
has had two formal and a number 
of 
informal meetings. Members of
the committee have also met 
trice with Dr. Hilger and four times
with Mr. Burnham.
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(c) Arrangements were completed to send a 'task force' to
the field, consisting of the senior propaganda consultants and
four junior assistants. At this date one of the Juniors is on
duty in Derlin, three others are ready to depart this week; the
two senior consultants are expected to be in Berlin during this
month.
(1) Approval of initial propaganda oporations, involving
mailing of approximately 100,000 pieces to East Germany, was
cabled.
(e) Various suggestions have been sent to the field, includ-
ing recommendation that a complete documentary and photographic
record te cade.
(f) A. dossier of information, with reference to the Deutsch-
landtreffen, has been collected, including record of a State
Department conference (by teletype) and summary of plans approved.
by the Allied Kemmandatura.
(g) A project has been prepared (SGHOUND) allotting $35,000.
for emergency support of activities in connection with resistance
to the Deutschlandtreffen.
(h) Discussions have been held, ideas formulated and support
research accomplished, most of this material held in suspense asait-
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JER:
mhic (den sounded as though it might havo/mischief-making
potentialities; I have discussed it with shub and Droller.
The last time a group of Germans met before the Reichstag
(which is 100 yards from the Soviet Sector of Berlin) was the 9th
of September 1948 - the oocasion on which Router make his ringing
declaration of defiance of the Russians, and ALSO defied the
Western Powers, saying: "You cannot buy us or sell us into slavery"
by which he warned them not to make any deals with the Russians
that would deliver Berlin to the communists. Aftor that meeting,
at which 23 wore shot, cno killed, the British Commandant
denied the use of the Reichstag Platz for any future meetings.
Gen. Bourne has changed his mind for the 1st of May, will permit
a groat anti-communist mass moeting (probably several hundred.
thousand people) which will again be addressed by Reuter. Anything.
can happen, bocause West Berlin police and west Allied troops will
be on one side of the Brandenburg Thor facing East Berlin police
and Russian troops on the other side. The 9th of September 1948.
was historical, I have a hunch the 1st of April 1950 will be also..
Would that be a good time for Reuter to lay the foundation
of establishment of the Reichstag as a 'House of European Peace?'
If it is, a cable along the following lines might be sent:
WITH
1. APPRECIATE YOUR OPINION OF APPROACHING REUTER REFERENCE MAY FIRST
REICHSTAG MEETING WITH SUGGESTION HE INCORPORATE IN HIS REMARKS
DECLARATION TO FOLLOWING EFFECT:
"..
THIS BUILDING, SYMBOL OF FAILURE WEIMAR REPUBLIC, DESTROYED BY
NAZIS IN CAMPAIGN TO IMPOSE POLITICAL AND MORAL SLAVERY ON WORLD,
STANDS ON PRECISE BORDER OF TWO WORLDS, ONE FREE OTHER SLAVE.
WE REDEDICATE BUILDING AS HOUSE OF EUROPEAN FREEDOM, SYMBOL
OF OUR PURPOSE AND PURPOSE OF ALL LIBERTY LOVING PEOPLES OF EUROPE
NEVER TO LAY DOWN ARMS IN STRUGGLE AGAINST DESPOTISH. WE INNVIE-
ALL FREE MEN AND WOMEN TO JOIN IN OUR DECLARATION THAT PEACE
AND FREEDOM SHALL NEVER PERISH, WE ESPECIALLY INCLUDE THE COLON
PEOPLE OF RUSSIA AND THOSE COUNTRIES UPON WHOL THE BITTER COMUNIST
YOKE HAS BEEN THRUST, WE KNOW IF THOSE PROPLE COULD THROW OFF THE
MERCILESS, FASCIST TRYALERY OF THE PHILTIBURO, THEY WOULD BE THE FIRST
TO JOIN US. THIS BUILDING SHALL BE RESTORED, SHALL ARISE FROM
ITS ASHES AS MONUMENT TO DETERMINATION OF FREE HEN THAT THEY
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AFTER MEETING IS HELD HERE, THE VOICE OF FREE EUROPE SHALL BE
NEVER SHALL SUBMIT TO CHAINS OF POLITICAL STAVERY.
,
HEARD IN SLAVE EUROPE. ONE DAY THE PEOPLE OF ALL EUROPE SHALL
BE UNITED IN DECENT, HAPPY LIFE FLAINED FOR THEM BY THE GREAT
REVOLUTIONISTS OF HISTORY, BY ERINE, GARIBALDI, MAZZINI,
VOLTAIRE, DANTON, VERA FIGNER.
FREECH BELONGS TO ALL HEN
AND CONCERNS ALL MEN, IT BELONGS TO RUSSIANS, GERMANS, FRENCHLES,
CZECHS, POLES, IT IS ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
20 obtaining complete coverage IN EAST GERMANY WILL GUARA NAEK
INFILTRATION INTO BORDERING SALITIES. THE CAN BE DEVELOPED
IS OUR VIEW. ANXIOUS HAVE YOUR OPINION AND IF YOU THINK
SOUND PROCEDURE ALSO HEREs.
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21 March
JEB:
Spont an hour and a half this morning at the home of
James Burnham; present Burnham, Denby, myself and Col. Lansdalo
from Chester's office.
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COVER. Burnham says that the matter of his going over as attached
In any way to McCloy was brought up because he wanted to have an
opportunity to meet and talk with McCloy. In the meantime,
McCloy came over here and Burnham saw him three times (we have
one memorandum of conversation.) He added that cover has never
been a serious point with him, that he has travelled a number of
times in various parts of the world pursuing his profession as a
writer and lecturer, furnishing his own cover. The last time he
went to Germany he was attached as consultant to ISD. He is
willing to go over without any cover at all, or as consultant to
Der Monat, if that seems indicatod. I told him I believed something
like that was indicated as giving him a base of operation and
rationalizing his contacts. Therefore, I shall prepare the
momo. for Garland on the 'open' basis I had previously suggested
but with Der Monat in mind.
TIMING. Burnham is disturbed at the prospect of going to Europe
For as long as sixty days and is quite reluctant to consider a
longer period. This brought up the entire matter of the
Congress and its juxtaposition to the FDJ Deutschland Treffen.
All of us evidenced some despair over the fact that obviously.
we cannot mastermind either project without further advices from
the field which seem to have been suspended.
.
The question was raised as to whether or not the Congress
actually could be held in June, considering the lateness of the
present dato. Burnham brought up for consideration the possibility
of his going to Berlin about the first of May, or the last week.
in April, staying over the end of May, then returning to the United
States - on the theory that the Congress might not be held until
August or September. He proposed the 23rd of August (date of the
Nazi-Russian pact) as an appropriate date. He then would start
out again, presumably in the middle of August; in the meantime,
The would establish contact with people in England, France and the
US who might need pressure brought to bear upon them to attend
the Congress.
If the Congress is to be held about the 20th of June,
he suggests that he might go to Berlin about the middle of April,
accomplish all he can in the way of advice as to the Deutschland
Treffon, leave Borlin very early in Hay, travel through Franco and Engla
land back to the US, building up acceptances for the Congress,
returning to Berlin on the 25th of May and staying over for the
Congress.
CONSIDERATION OF REICHSTAG PROPOSAL. He does not favor the idea of
proposing the Reichstag building as a symbol of European Freedon,
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the whole concept. No says that even to Germans the wretchod
building is only a symbol of the failure and fatility of the
Weimar Republic,
LISTS We again went over lists of proposed delegates.
BOLESLAW WIERZBIANSKI. This gentleman has been in Washington and
will be here again, Burnham thinks ho has been in touch with the
New York Committee. He is head of the International Federation
of Free Journalists of Eastern Europe and Saltio and Balkan
According
Countries, headquarters: 10 Stanhope Place, London 12.
to Burnham the outfit represents 1200 journalists scattered over
Western Europe, the USA, Australia and South America. They
are said to be publishing 170 papers of varying degrees of
-importance. Burnham says that the services of the organization
are being offered - presumably for propaganda use: - and that
their first objective is to establish a New York office, for
operation and liaison; and that they need $42,000. Burnham
thinks someone here should explore the potential usefulness of
the group and I suggested that if they had been in contact
with the NY Committee they probably were being explored.
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It as requested that arrangements to made with State Departm
for cubjent to depart for Berlin on or abart 25 April 1960 as a CC Com
sultant. This is a temporary duty assignmand for thirty days plus air
travel time.
2. Subject's application for Foreign Service employment is attached
herewith in duplicate.
It would be printed if you would keep us nivised of the pres
grose of this action.
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REICHSTAG PROEJECT
(To be bruaciones over worldwide radio network in all languages in
collabonation with Radio Free Europs, RIAS, the various European not-
works, BBC, CBS-NBC and the Voice of America).
I) Purpose
To re-assert the universal fight for freedom in admple dramatic terms
which 
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II) Coenalan
Berlin
The opening session of the/oultural Freedon Congross, now scheduled.
for late 
June 1980.
III) Sponsor
The Congress. Its executive body should include spokesman for
all loading countries. Host specifically, it should includo at least
Two outstanding 
Russians of world reputation and no minor ax to grind.
The Russian 
nobel prize winning novelist Ivank Fumin (living in Paris,
I believe), 
Igor Stravinsky, Serge Koussevitaky are nanes that suggest
themselves. 
Cum If the Congress itself includes a larger delegation
from the leading 
European countries, then several Russian scholars and
soientiste now in U.S. or in DP camp should be included. Taxardabaguhin
E All 
delegations, from countries on both sides of the Iron
Curtain, should be undo up entirely of mon of unimpeachable moral stature
and real reputation
. Professional politicians, oven when they're good
desocrate, 
should be restricted to the rock-bottom w minimum and
must be of the moral stature of Mayor Brust. Router of Berlin. Patty, solf-
seeking 
politics must be kept out. Would kill the whole show..
IV) GENERAL STAGING AND PRODUCTION TECTVÍQUE
The general treatment will flow from the moral and political tone
of the production. The two are inspearable.
essay short, Singer¡ "X and pral
gods and the coremony at the Reichstag must be treated as an
organic sholo: the rededication of a historic building a House of
European 
Freedom or House of Free Europe.
Why the Reichstag?
1. It stands on the procise frontier of two worlds, ono
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free, the other slave. It is within a few feet of the Soviet flag on
Brandenburg Gate and the warlike 
Soviet momorial within the Brithah
sector. It is the most 
dramatic spot for a vicible answer to these
two symbols of despotion and 
force that exists anywhere in the world.
It is the ‹nly place to dedicato a 
palace of freedom which I bo
clearly visible to 
soldiers and officers of the Soviet army.
2. The Reichstag earned this rededication en September 9, 1948
when 
200,00 Berliners flocked 
before its stops to defy the Kremlin
during the grin days of the Berlin 
bloendado.
3. It was not on fire by Hermann Goobing and Josof Goebbels, who
then 
presented the world Commmist 
movement with undeserved martyrs and
heroes in the person of Dimitrov and his 
co-defendants. Its rebirth as
a mooting place for free mon of all 
untions is a more than fitting
historical answer to the 
Reichstag fro.
4. As long as the Relonistag stands in its present ruined condition
it is 
a cancer foeding on the offended 
national pride of most Germans.
This is particularly true because 
it is within sight of the strident Soviet
Warmanorial. Even the best German 
democrat cannot pass this building
without being mad at most of the 
world. In the normal course of events,
the building would probably be 
restored for some narrow German purpose.
By making it the Houseof European Freedom 
wo kill Birds with one
stone i
(a) Wo give normal, healthy German and Berlin pride (as distinguished
from its 
morbid, resentful and 
chauvinistic manifestations), a positive
outlet. This is reeducation through dramatic 
action instead of Sunday school
moralising which registors with nobody
. All Berlin will be tremendously
--and beålthfully---proud of itself 
on this day.
b) We strike a blow for freedom everywhere.
:
o) we deal an effective blow to resurgent German nationalism
in Western Germany and in the Soviet zone, by making both its forms seem
low, provinthal, stupid, and 
bush league compared to the Reichstag rising
like phoenix out of the ashes in 
the cause of European freedom.
d) to give West Berlin an oantamous moralo boost and forcefully
remind them 
that (1) Borlin is a great 
motropolis (Weltstadt) and (11)
that it mains part of the free 
world--in fact one of the great bastions
of that fros world..
3) The Stage Sots
No attempts should be made to prettify the Reichstag for the
ceremony. 
Reconstruction will proceed later
, with pernies collected from
people all over the world. (
A to pa limit should be placed on contributions
to prevent mon of wealth and power from 
contributing more than simple
plain folks everywhere).
mare
At the unveiling, there should be temporary plaques or
plaster-cast 
kink bas-reliefs 
of the Great Mon of Freedom who will
adomusd the building. 
Perhaps their names--dose in big bold strokos
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is enough for the opening ceremony. Tro names for and/or busts for
each country will suffice. A great quote from each could go with it.
Bxamples:
1. Prances Voltaire (I ding with overwhing you say but will
defend to the death your right to say it-- words to that effect)
Danton
2. Gormary, Goethe
Heine (There is a Heine quotation which Mayor Router
(as the host of the Congress) could well use in his opening remarks.It
would set the right tone for all that follows. Extnostukeslax
Borax afatex lieine says soumhere that when the black-red-gold flag
of 1368 becomes the fay of European freedom, he will gladly subscribe
to it. I need not bolabor the point. Xext If the Germans
om bo mold on this approach, it is the most devastating answer to
nationalism, to the resurgent neo-fascist roups who are now xx
flying the black-white-rod of Imperial Germany. Heino's words
offer to the Germans their only chance of return to greatness which
the non-German world can ever respect. (Note then the black-red-gold
is the present fing of West German publio without, however, the
Freedom-loving European content that "lleine wanted to give it.
3. Italy--- Garibald
Massini (?)
4. If we want to include the U.S. despite the fact that this
is house of European freedom, there are two great names that will soll
without causing any negative reaction anywhere.
"
(a) Jefferson (The most effective answer to the Comminist
charge that we are reactionaries are his words on the revolutionary
right to overthrow a bed regime. I see no reason why the dictators of the
Kremlin and the NKVD should steal the revolution from the mon of Loxing
ton and Concord, Valley Forge and th Declaration of Independence. The
fact that a few lost souls in this country are afraid of Jef for some's
great words, is also no reason not to use them.
b) Lincoln.
Incrementionofixenx
5. Eussia: The Decembrists. These are the man who returned to
Rusia from the Napoleonic wars inued with western ideas and attempted
to challenge the Tarist autocracy with a revolutionary democratio
program. They wore haged in 1925. A famous plaque showing the profilos
of the rive loadora has boom reproduced very widely in the Soviet Union
and is known to practically every Russian school child. In fact, the
Russians know everything about these mon, except the ideas and ideals
they represented. These have been carefully suppressed or rondored falc
through Soviet Newspeak. For the Reichstag unveiling, I'd have this
plaque reprochiced-large enough to be soon across the street in the
Soviet sector. It should face the Soviet side of the street and have tho
word "HEMBRISTS" in the Russian languato as well as English, Gorman,
Frannhe
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Nora Flor Area Russian revolutionary and a militant fighter
for freedom. Also a word of extraordinary beauty and moral integrity.
She was known in the Taarist fortress prison where she spent most of
her life, as the "one of the Schlussbolbirg."
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When President Garfield was eschasinated, Vera Firmer and her
prison cobrados addressed an open letter of sympahby to the American
people in which they condemned this act of terrorism. They said that
the use of terror against the elected representative of the people was
Just as immoral and wrong as absolutiom's use of terror against the
Russian people. They explained that they were forsed--against their
will--to combat despotion with forgo, but intended to discontinue its
use as soon as a representative demoratic covernment existed in Russia.
Vera Fignor lived to be liberated by the democratio revolution of
March 1917. She delivered a great speech in a. Petrograd theatre on the.
meaning of freedom, shortly after the fall of the Tsar. Bonuse of her
ago and exceptional moral prostio in Russia, the Soviet government
let her die in peace.orgkor Her nome stands for all the noble
ideals that the Soviet distature seek to eradicate from the Russian
conscience and consciou-noes. Yet her name as such--robbed of its moral
content--is known to most Soviet Russians. S viet textbooks never speak
badly of her--nor do they tell her great story. Here is an opportunity
to restore her name to the R ssians --alon-side of the Domhrists. Would
he difficult indeed to find a better symbol to stand together with such
names as Danton, Jefferson, Garibaldi, Heino.
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This is not dramatic corn; it in psychological warfare with atonie
power. By restoring Vera Figner to the Russians, from the stops of the
House of European Proodon in Berlin, we start the chain reaction,
Thether this becomes an atomic explosion of test-tube or
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of operative intensity, depends on how much is done on other fronts to
min, the Russian people. But clearly here'. a way of reaching them kitom
(and the "them" includes high officers of the Soviet army and officials
afxbmcint of the Soviet government as well as the rank-and-file) through
a POSITIVE APPROACH to which they are acutely misceptible after over 30
years of spiritual and moral starvation.
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C) ACCOMPANYING MUSIC, PHEATRE, BEC
1. Music for the Congress should be of two general categories (a)
a special aminert by the Berlin Philharmonio, if possible with an out-
standing ixbuena onductor. She ideal would be Arturo Toscanini (he
practionlly spit in Mussolini's ove). If Toscanini is not available,
the next best would be Serge Koussevitaky or Ivor Stravinsky. The
reason is obvious. I think that of the German conductors, only Bruno
Halter would be right for our broader moral purposes. To use Furtwangler
mould be a mistake. If i did, wold no longer be on the side of the
angeth. I think the Beethoven inth with its closing hann on the brother-
hood of man (Schiller's Ode to Joy) is just right. Could be proceeded.
by the Prometheus or Ement Overttres, both of which are perfect in political
content--and are exciting musto to Kuropean ears as well. This concert
could be given in a hall, broadcast and then peptions of the tapo recording
could be used again at the Reichstng. The concert should proonde the Roich
stag ceremony.
b) Kore popular stuff, including the stirring folk songs and
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revolutionary music which neither Comaniam nor Nathan have pollutad
(
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Marsaillaise, Sorbian chetalk songs, Brüder zur Sonne rur
Freiheit, whose 
Pussing version was sung by romerations of revolutioniats
and Talegal 
words of which are still ronexterxx disseminated today
atong Soviet 
troops--I've seen an actual leaflet). These songs need
not be in the least 
provocative or an inciterent to daything-except to
a deep feeling that 
freedom is one and individable. These songs can
be recorded in RIAS 
OF Free Europe studios well in advance of
meeting, and can be piped over loudspeakers at Reichstag meeting, with
the crowds 
joining in.. This technique was successfully used with the
best 
last of the abovementioned songs at the Reich tag rally of
September 3, 
1943. It is very simple and effective. Radio listeners
get the 
impression that several hundred thousand people are singing, if
the acoustics are 
handled right. No songs should be used to which exce tion
can be taken on the 
ground that it is aimed against any particular existing
regine. There is no 
reason to do so. Thexxxsexxxxx The good
old stuff applies by 
implication- and it is an implication which the adversary
Es cannot admit. Can 
only shut its ears. Pemerightonowendieckaxes
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use of music at the Reichstag is essential to
the success of the whole. It is a vital part of the over-all production. Its.
importance for 
broadcasting purposes can scarcely be overestimated. Gives
the whole show the 
lift and the universal 111t that is needed.
V) THE POLITICAL LITE
1. Freedom is one and indivisible. It concerns all men everythere.
EVERYBODY 
DESERVES IT. 
THERE ARE NO CHOSEN PROFLES, NATIONS OR CONTINENTS.
THERE IS ONLY MAN.
2. This is HOT Europe defying Russia. On the contrary, it is Eŭropo
reaching 
out north, south, 
east and west to all its children, including
the Russians, and 
summoning them in the great crusade which must go on
until all are free. 
If the Soviet rulers want to turn their backs
on Europe
, that's their business. The exxxxx Freedom Congress and yor
cutor of Berlin will 
assume that the Russians want very much to be a part
and 
parcel of 
Free Europe. This is the only approach which divides the
Politburo not only from the 
common people, but from a decisive se ment
of the upper party
, intellectual and army command of Russia. P
sure
S. Europexurrans Free Burupe Versus Slave Russia is the/road to
World War 111. Lets play away from this at all times
4. Free Europe, including the Rusdans, versus the Politburo
and the Cominform
, is the 
only way to make the Burnham thesis work---or
at least give 
it a fighting chance. Thisxald It is at last worth
a good 
test run from the Reichstag steps in connection with this
project. 
Involves no risk, except the use of a little imagination, and
its cost is very alight 
indeed.
(71) SECURITY AND SURPRISE
xxxst of the impact will to lost if the approach
leaks out 
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press confereuses or other ones are should
be no press 
conferences until the actual curtain poo's up in Berlin. In
no event should the 
Pussions be tipped off as to the approach. Lot then
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assume that the Congress intends to conduct a Europe vergus Sovit
Union Congress.
Set then year their propaganda accordingly,
MN that bredt, tith vituperation aimed at the wrong targets
That will make this show doubly affective. Therefore, the working
details should be made know to as few people as possible.
The Hational Committed for Free Europe should assist in all
technical preparations, furnish the necessary language announcers for
broadcasts of the proceedings in the appropriate an unes. Rucitxskox
But it is essential that the contents remain secret until the show goes
of the air is is not only security in the ordinary senses it is also
a matter of delivering the blow with maximum effect."
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2. adequate/guards should be posted at all box broadcasting and
transmitter facilities in Berlin. I am thinking particularly of the trans-
mitter in the Brits section of Berlin, which is far too close to the Soviet
line for fort. Phile I am convinced that the Russians would make no
attempt to start a disturbance at the Reichstag (If we hake normal
security precautions), I think they may well attempt to sabotage some of
the radio installations. I would not trust any except proper American and/
or British public safety officers and guards to protect these.
Alternate transmitting and broadcasting units should be held.
in readiness in case of sabotage against Brits installations or elsewhere.
I believe RIAS has two transmitters, but I dont know whether they are
both in Brits or not. Extexhibicokexxx
3. The number of persons at the Berlin end to be informed of
the project should be kept as small as possible and sex transmitted
at last possible date constant with an effective production job. Every-
thing which can be recorded at the New York and should be taken along o-n
zöntkens unbreakable platters and put on Gorman tape shat the Berlin
end when operation is in final phase. This is a simple mattor. Karens It
sux is done regularly with Armstions sent to Germany.
should
4. No one in RIAS we know of this operation until final preparatory
stage.
5. All policy considerations must be cleared in such fashion as
to prevent any form of bureauaratio sabotage mix or buck-pansing
at the Berlin end of the operation.
6. One American, thoroughly familiar with the aims, large and small,
of this project, should maintain close personal liaison with or Ernst
Reuter of Berlin. That in agroment with the general aims and objectives.
formulated above--and that he is precisely the man to present these aims
in terms which all Berliners, decent Germans, and the rest of the world
will 'understand and admiro, I know is the case. He is the perfect host⠀
and master of ceremonies. He speaks German, English, French, Russian, Turkish
--and believes that freedon is indivisi lo.
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ADDENDUM, AFTER THE CONGRESS IS OVER
On pp. 1-6 supra, I indeated the meral lines that would make
the Reichstag dedication as a House of Furopean Finador effective. This
Ceremony, to gether with the other events of the Ex Ferlin cultural
Congress of Ame 1950, will be broadenst as indicated supra-over a world-
wide network. That is the titube where everything worth string
on the subject of freedom and the dignity of an will be compressed into
& few po days. (factor ovaning Congress week could be a special
performance of Bochner's play Pensons Tod at the Hebbel Theatre. If possible
get admir Sokoloff from Hollywed for the Robespierte role. He did it
for Max Reinhardt. I trust bo's still alivo). Assuming that the show is
a success, that only discharges half the mission. The other half is to
build up the Reichstag structure, stone by stone, in line with the political
and moral ideale indicated above. The Reichstag as House of European Freedom i
THE HOUSE OF EUROPEAK FRIPTION (or Free Europe).
gradually
1. The general spirit has already been indicated above. The great
nanes and words should be presented in simple dramtio terms, designed by
an artist with the talent and moral fibre to understand what this is all
about. The aesthetic problem is a rather tricky one. The Reichstag is hardly
the most beautiful stricture in the world, yet it would be a mistakė to
depart from its basic style in the course or recnstruation. To reconoilo
these two problems--the greatness of simplicity, with the stuffiness of
the existing structure, is a problem for some contemporary chelangelo.
or & pint-sized version of seme, to solve. It can be done.
The exterior should not contain more than a dozen or so names
of the calibre indicated on pp 2-4 supras Jefferson, Danton, Voltaire,
Vera Finer, Garbal). But no should never lose sight to one objectiva
without which the rest is largely rested efforts the Russians. If we leave
_them out, the whole thing is a borang and nothing more, which will
BRAZZER furnish Tist for the anti-American, anti-restern
propertice mill. It is also essential that the Russians and busts or
bas relieft face the Russian side of the city here the Russian
gap on them with sonder and admirationen go home to think about the
moening of things in the present world.
Inside the building, there wild be en international hall of
f-in the sano spirit -saloited by peoples throughout the world. Here
wo could have the great scientists, miters, philosophers, etc of Europe.
and periaps the rest of the world, placed in sipple niches. The busts
should avoid the hollow horoic style that the Nazis and Soviets perfected.
They should to intemetly the exposite spirit, presenting the great
as they ware- human beings with all the realmesses and contradictions
of the human race. Hably The sculptors or soulptors for this job should
be selected by an international board, including French, German, Russian,
Italian, etc experts who are fully cognizant of the spirit of the thing
2. Scntibus Contritional should come from people all over the
world, with the emphasis on pennies not dollers. The longer it takes to
explete the job-within limits of xurre--the better for political
purposes. Enough if one segment is finished unfaitly soon," with an
auditorium xx and/or exhibition hall. The prolonged fund-raising drive
will supply Rdio Free Europe, the Voice of America, BBC and lots of
other agencies with a steady Mow of good, positive popy ath the these
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of freedom running through it all the time. Contributions
ooning from aporta DPs individually, and from special fund-
raising events in DP ce-ps, would have an obvious dramatic valuo.
5. As the structure begins to become usable, it should Penture
all the type activities that nako Furope and Euro divilization
worth 
saving. The emphasis should be a thing of lasting value
rather than refrigerators, Coon Cola and such. I other words,
the best in Duropean films-whether these to Book French, German,
Italian
, etc. Some of the of Soviet bes, cinco vidrami" Prom
circulation because they dont time, should also be show.
The best report best) in morical pictures could also be shown. By
best is meant that 
which buropeans would respect for its ariisiio
or 
spiritual content, not tasso in aka the most money--they can
be seen elsewhere in 
Berlin.
Exhibitions of painting, lectures on current trends in
literature, lectures in political science, Mistory and contemporary
politios
, by outstanding artists, scholars, etc., should be xxxx
part of the feature of the use of European Freedom, insofar as
possible. 
Here The Hilding should use a library, and even
if it iant very largo, it should include the Great Books in the
leading languages, as well as current periodicals, etc to keep the
intellectuals of Berlin-and any other callers--on their toes. There
is no 
such library in Berlin today..
Symposia, Tom-Hall-Meeting their, etc events anÝ
could also be held here from time to time. The important thing is
to 
keep the building, it's reconstruction, and the events it
presents, as close to the spirit of the opening ceremonies as
possible.
4. All of the above is far simpler than it sounds, Europeans
love 
to 
be given such projects. And I rather suspect that Americans
would take 
to it too, if the broadcast account of the Congross
proceedings ix properly presents the issue them.
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• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE: 2 March 1950
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FROM :
SCBJECT:
Mr. Baker
Clearance status Melvin J. Lesky
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1. Regarding Provisional Clearance
the CIA indices check has revealed derogatory information (in part the deroga-
Mr. Garland has informed me that
tory information concerns the fact that OSS would not 
utilize services of sub-
ject
)
. Mr. Garland stated Provisional Clearance 
would be considered only if
there is a written statement concerning status of 
employment, that Ys: exactly
how subject will be utilized, will Gov't or CLA 
interest be shown, with whan
will 
he be working and will that person be 
under cover?
2.
Regarding Operational Clearance
Mr. Garland advised that investiga-
tion of subject cannot be initiated at least for another nonth as subject is
currently being investigated by FBI for Voice 
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BUSINESS OF OCCUFA
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Prof.
Auther
You Na X in proper celu:nn
P.
aphymeni Jatect of disordity whatever?..
Yes." episode in Item 41.
18 Wage you ever in the United States Military or Naval
Service during of War?
b) le the word "honorable" or the word "satductory"
in your discharge of action
et your change or parbor?..
(c) Was service performed an acte hill-mo
with tuli atary pay and allowance?
(B)
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Date of entry or entries into sor Date of separation or soparaBone
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28. Since your or rthday, have your teen convicted of
tad
placed on prostor, or have you
ATOT an depa ba for the sedation of any law.
police regulatedinance testing minor trattic vint
for which anno ($25 or less w/
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orion (and leation of the court, (4) the perity
impound (§ an other disgration of the case. It appointed
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taken.
89. Have you ever town chachared of forced to resign to mie
conductory any posted..
your on-wer "Yes" give in em 30 the name and address
of ampdeyer, white and reson in each
30. Do you can annuity from the U. S. or D. C. Government
under any cerement act or any pension or other compensation
ke military or naval service?..
your new "Yes" in Iera 30 reason for raturerbent,
that is on coal, disablity, or by reason of voluntary or ta.
voluntary piratice after 5 mice, amount of retirement
pay, and under what resrement act and rating of retires
ntary or naval
31. Are you an oal of employee of any State, fernery, comary.
· or municipality?.
your any war ta "Yes.” -give details in Item 38
33. Do the U. 5. Cornment employ in a cini'an capacity any
relative of pbs or murage) with whom Y
or bara ried with the past 6 month?
If your chee "You" bow in Item 38 for FA_1 such rel3-
by full (2) (4)
oquicy of whom employed, and 15; kind pres
Cau
3. Have you ever had a nervous
down?.
If your answer to "Year" of complete detatis in Ibom 30.
34. Have you over bed tuberculosta?..
If you are
X
W
X
1943
Branch at
(Army, Navy, M. C..
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128 Arm
1946
Senat No. (It nana, give grade or rating o
e of separat),
Cant. FR
YOUR ANSWERS TO THIS QUESTION (No. 36) INDICATE THAT YOU
ARE ENTITLED "O VETERAN PREFERENCE SUCH POFFENENCE WILL BE
CREDITED IN THE EXAMINATION. IF APPOINTED, YOU WILL BE EQUIVED
TO FURNISH TO THE APPOINTING OFFICER, PRIOR TO ENTRY ON DUTY,
OFFICIAL EVIDENCE OF SEPARATION FROM YOUR LATEST END OF AC
TIVE SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES DURING
TIME OF WAR. DO NOT SUBMIT PROOF OF DISCHARGE OR SEPARATION
WITH THIS APPLICATION.
Indicate "Yes" or "No" answer by placing X In proper column.
YES
NO
$7. (a) ll. you served in the U. S Military or Naval Service dur
Ing pocetime ONLY, did you participate in a com..
pulan or expedition and receive a campaign badge or
service raben?....
(b) Are you a disabled wean?.
(c) Are you the unnamed widme of a releran?..
Are 70 the wife of a veteran who has service-con
nected disability?...
IF YOUR ANSWER TO QUESTION 37 (a), (b), (c), OR (d) IS "YES" AND YOU
WISH TO CLAIM VETERAN PREFERENCE ATTACH TO THIS APPLICATION
VETERAN PREFERENCE CLAIM (CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FORM 14)
TOGETHER WITH THE NECESSARY PROOF SPECCHED THEKEN.
THIS SPACE FOR USE OF APPOINTING OFFICE ONLY
The informadon ordained to the answers to Question 36 above has been vart
ted by comparison with the echarse certificate (
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Instructions:
من سنه
1.
PERSONAL HISTORY STATEMENT
Answer all questions completely. If question does not apply write "not applic-
able." Write "unknown" only if you do not know the answer and cannot obtain
the answer from personal records. Use the blank pages at the end of this form
for extra details on any question or questions for which you do not have suffi-
cient room.
2. Type, print or write carefully; illegible or incomplete forms will not receive con-
sideration.
HAVE YOU READ AND DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTIONS?
SEC. 1. PERSONAL BACKGROUND
庭
Helvin
Pirst
J.
Middle
Lasky
M
A. FULL NAME Mr.
[Use No
Initials)
PRESENT ADDRESS
معما
US Press Center, Berlin, APO 942
City
919 Avenue Y. NYC, NY
State
St. & No.
PERMANENT ADDRESS
St. & No.
B. NICKNAME
Hone
NAMES?
HOW LONG?
City
State
Yes or No
Telephone:
42669
Office:
Ext.
804603
Home:
Country
Country
WHAT OTHER NAMES HAVE YOU USED?
UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE YOU EVER USED THESE
r
IF A LEGAL CHANGE, GIVE PARTICULARS
Where?
By What Authority
C. DATE OF BIRTH 15 Jan 1929 LACE OF BIRTH
Now York
City
N.Y.
USA
State
Country
D. PRESENT CITIZENSHIP.
08
Country
BY BIRTH?
Yos
BY MARRIAGE?
BY NATURALIZATION CERTIFICATE :
ISSUED
BY
Date
Court
AT
City
State
HAVE YOU HAD A PREVIOUS NATIONALITY?
HELD BETWEEN WHAT DATES?
GIVE PARTICULARS
Country
Yes or No
Country
ΤΟ
ANY OTHER NATIONALITY?
Country
No
HAVE YOU TAKEN STEPS TO CHANGE PRESENT CITIZENSHIP?
GIVE PARTICULARS:
1
14-00000
2
E. IF BORN OUTSIDE U.S. WHEN DID YOU FIRST ARRIVE IN THIS COUNTRY?
ON PASSPORT OF WHAT COUNTRY?
MA
PORT OF ENTRY?
NA
LAST U.S. VISA
Number
SEC. 2. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Type
Place of Issue
Date of Le520
80
Malo
5' 8"
170
AGE
SEX
HEIGHT
WEIGHT
Brown
Blank
Ruddy
Ново
EYES
HAIR
COMPLEXION
SCARS
Боде
OTHER DISTINGUISHING FEATURES
BUILD Stocky
SEC. 3. MARITAL STATUS
X
A. SINGLE
MARRIED
DIVORCED
WIDOWED
STATE DATE, PLACE, AND REASON FOR SEPARATION, DIVORCE OR ANNULMENT
NA
(IF YOU HAVE BEEN MARRIED MORE THAN ONCE-INCLUDE ANNUL-
B. WIFE OR HUSBAND MENTS-USE A SEPARATE SHEET FOR FORMER WIFE OR HUSBAND
GIVING DATA REQUIRED BELOW FOR ALL PREVIOUS MARRIAGES.)
NAME OF SPOUSE
FA
Firat
Middle
FLACE AND DATE OF MARRIAGE
HIS (OR HER) ADDRESS BEFORE MARRIAGE
Maiden
Last
LIVING OR DECEASED
St. & No.
City
State
Country
DATE OF DECEASE
CAUSE
PRESENT, OR LAST. ADDRESS
St. & No.
City
State
Country
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
C1:9
State
Country
IF BORN OUTSIDE U.S. INDICATE DATE AND PLACE OF ENTRY
CITIZENSHIP
WHEN ACQUIRED?
WHERE?
cility State
Country
OCCUPATION
LAST EMPLOYER
EMPLOYER'S OR BUSINESS ADDRESS
St. & No.
MILITARY SERVICE FROM
TO.
City
State
Country
BRANCH OF SERVICE
Date
Date
COUNTRY
DETAILS OF OTHER GOVT. SERVICE, U.S. OR FOREIGN
14+0000
SEC. 4. CHILDREN OR DEPENDENTS (Include partial dependents)
1. NAME.
CITIZENSHIP
RELATIONSHIP
AGE
ADDRESS
St. & No.
City
State
Country
RELATIONSHIP
AGE
2. NAME
CITIZENSHIP
ADDRESS
St. & No.
3. NAMB
RELATIONSHIF
CITIZENSHIP
ADDRESS
St. & No.
City-
State
State
Country
AGE
Country
FULL NAME
Samuel
First
SEC. 5. FATHER (Give the same information for stepfather and/or guardian on a separate sheet)
Lasky
Middle
Last
Living
LIVING OR DECEASED
DATE OF DECEASE
CAUSE
•
PRESENT, OR, LAST, ADDRESS
719 Avenue Y, New York City
St. & No.
PLACE OF BIRTH
Ctry
State
Country
DATE OF BIRTH 4 July '91
IF BORN OUTSIDE U.S. INDICATE DATE AND PLACE OF ENTRY 11 March 1911, NYC
GA.
WHEN ACQUIRED? 10 Aug '18 WHERE? US Dist. Ct, Augusta
Lods, Poland
City
State
Country
CITIZENSHIP US
City
State
Country
OCCUPATION Manufacturer
HA
LAST EMPLOYER
EMPLOYER'S OR OWN BUSINESS ADDRESS
279 Wost 39th St. HYC
St. & No.
MILITARY SERVICE FROM May '18 Dec. '18
City
BRANCH OF SERVICE
State
Country
US Aray
Date
Dato
US
COUNTRY
DETAILS OF OTHER GOVT SERVICE, U.S. OR FOREIGN.
Bother
FULL NAME
First
Living
LIVING OR DECEASED
SEC. 6. MOTHER (Give the same information for stepmother on a separate sheet)
Middle
Lasky
CAUSE
Last
DATE OF DECEASE
719 Avenue Y, HYC
PRESENT, OR LAST, ADDRESS
St. & Na
24 Har. 199
City
Lods, Poland
State
Country
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
US
Dec. '18
HYC
CITIZENSHIP
WHEN ACQUIRED?
WHERE?
City State
Country
IF BORN OUTSIDE J.S. INDICATE DATE AND PLACE OF ENTRY
BYC, 18 Sept 1911
00000.
OCCUPATION
VH-
LAST EMPLOYER NA
EMPLOYER'S OR OWN BUSINESS ADDRESS
Bt. & No.
City
State
Country
MILITARY SERVICE FROM
TO
BRANCH OF SERVICE
COUNTRY
DETAILS OF OTHER GOVT SERVICE, U.S. OR FOREIGN.
SEC. 7. BROTHERS AND SISTERS (Including half-, step, and adopted brothers and sisters)
(lasky)
Altman
AGE 27
Last
State
Country
Lasky
State
1. FULL NAME
Maria
First
PRESENT ADDRESS
no Avenus
SL & No.
2. FULL NAME
Middle
PRESENT ADDRESS
719 Avenue Y. HYC.
City
St. & No.
3. FULL NAME.
Pirst
Anddie
PRESENT ADDRESS
St. & No.
CILY
4. FULL NAME
First
Middle
PRESENT ADDRESS
St. & No.
City
5. FULL NAME
First
Middle
PRESENT ADDRESS
St. & No.
City
SEC. 8. FATHER-IN-LAW
Country
State
Country
State
Country
State
Country
Clusenship
AGE 19
Last
Citizenship
AGE
Last
Citizenship
AGE
Last
Citizenship
AGE
Last
FULL NAME _
NA
First
Middle.
Last
DATE OF DECEASE
CAUSE
LIVING OR DECEASED
PRESENT, OR LAST, ADDRESS
DATE OF BIRTH
St. & No.
PLACK OF BIRTH
IF BORN OUTSIDE U.S. INDICATE DATE AND PLACE OF ENTRY
Citizenship
State
Country
CITIZENSHIP
WHEN ACQUIRED?
WHERE?
City
State Country
OCCUPATION
LAST EMPLOYER
:
14-00000
SEC. 9.
MOTHER-IN-LAW
FULL NAME
Pirst
LIVING OR DECEASED
yass
DATE OF DECEASE
CAUSE
PRESENT, OR LAST, ADDRESS
St. & No.
City
State
Country
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
IF BORN OUTSIDE U.S. INDICATE DATE AND PLACE OF ENTRY
CITIZENSHIP
OCCUPATION
WHEN ACQUIRED?
LAST EMPLOYER
WHERE?
City State Country
SEC. 10. RELATIVES BY BLOOD, MARRIAGE OR ADOPTION, WHO EITHER LIVE ABROAD OR.
WHO ARE NOT CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES:
SEC. 11.
1. NAME
CITIZENSHIP
2. NAME
RELATIONSHIP
AGE
ADDRESS
St. & No.
City
State
Country
RELATIONSHIP
AGB
CITIZENSHIP
ADDRESS.
St. & No.
.city
State
Country
3. NAME
RELATIONSHIP
AGE
1. CITIZENSHIP
ADDRESS
St. & No.
City
State
Country
RELATIVES BY BLOOD OR MARRIAGE IN THE MILITARY OR CIVIL SERVICE OF
THE U.S. OR OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.
1. NAME.
RELATIONSHIP
CITIZENSHIP
ADDRESS
TYPE AND LOCATION OF SERVICE (IF KNOWN)
2. NAME
81. & No.
City
RELATIONSHIP
CITIZENSHIP
ADDRESS
TYPE AND LOCATION OF SERVICE (IF KNOWN)
3. NAME
CITIZENSHIP
ADDRESS
St. & No.
City
RELATIONSHIP
TYPE AND LOCATION OF SERVICE (IF KNOWN)
5
St. & No.
city.
AGE
AGE
AGE
State
State
State
How

SEC. 12. EDUCATION
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ADDRESS
New York
DATES ATTENDED
1926-1932
City
GRADUATE?
State
Country
Yes
C717
State
Country
HIGH SCHOOL De Witt Clinton
DATES ATTENDED 1932-1935.
COLLEGE
City College of NY
DATES ATTENDED 1935-1939
ADDRESS Brong c
GRADUATE? Yes
ADDRESS
State
. Country
City
DEGREE ass
COLLEGE
Univ. of Zichigan
DATES ATTENDED
1939-1940'
City
ADDRESS Ann Arbor, Mich.
DEGREE H.A.
Blate
Country
SEC. 13. MILITARY, NAVAL OR OTHER GOV'T SERVICE - U.S. OR FOREIGN
18
Country
US Army
Barvice
Capt.
Ank
U.S.F.E.T. (Frankfurt
B-013470
1943-1946
Dates of Bervice
Hon..
Type of Discharge
Last Station
REMARKS:
#88
SELECTIVE SERVICE BOARD NUMBER
ADDRESS
NYC (Bronx)
IF DEFERRED GIVE REASON
ACCOUNT
SEC. 14. CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF EMPLOYMENT FOR PAST 15 YEARS.
FOR ALL PERIODS. INCLUDE CASUAL EMPLOYMENT. INCLUDE ALSO PERIODS
OF UNEMPLOYMENT GIVE ADDRESSES AND STATE WHAT YOU DID DURING
PERIODS OF UNEMPLOYMENT. LIST LAST POSITION FIRST.
FROM.
1948
Present
EMPLOYING FIRM OR AGENCY
Department of the Army (1911. Govt)
ADDRESS.
Occupation Force, Coinery
81. & No.
City
State
Country
KIND OF BUSINESS Government ISD
NAME OF SUPERVISOR Col. Textor
TITLE OF JOB
Editor & Publisher
SALARY $ 6000. PER Annum
YOUR DUTIES
Editing and publishing a German-language monthly magazine
(Der Monat), Ferlin
REASONS FOR LEAVING
FROM
1946
ΤΟ
1949
EMPLOYING FIRM OR AGENCY New Les
Publishing Arionie
7 B. 16th St.
ADDRESS
New York City
St. Ka
City
State
Chantry
KIND OF PECINTIC
TITLE OF JOB
YOUR DUTIES
Катарарог
European Editor
Correspondent in Europe
Offer to publish "Der Monat" in Berlin
8.M. Levitas
NAME OF SUPERVISOR
6000
An
SALARY S
PER
REASONS FOR LEAVING
1905
1946
FROM
то
US Arsy
EMPLOYING FIRM OR AGENCY
ADDRESS
KIND OF BUSINESS
CTU
State
NAME OF SUFERVISOR
TITLE OF JOB
SALARY
Active duty Franco, and Germany
YOUR DUTIES
Son. Discharge
REASONS FOR LEAVING
1945
FROM
то
EMPLOYING FIRM OR AGENCY
PER
Now Leador Publishing Association
9 B. 16th St. New York City.
ADDRESS
St & Na
CILY
Newspapor
KIND OF BUSINESS
Asst. Editor
State
NAME OF SUPERVISOR
3000
Country
8.M. Levine.
An
TITLE OF JOB
SALARY $
_ PER
Writing for and editing "De Newleader weekly newspaper
YOUR DUTIES
US Army
REASONS FOR LEAVING
-1941
1941
FROM
TO
US Dept. of Interior
EMPLOYING FIRM OR AGENCY
ADDRESS
National Park Service, Bedloes Island, New York:
KIND OF BUSINESSstorian
St
National Monument.
CILY.
State
Country
Geo. Palmer.
NAME OF SUPERVISOR
SALARY S
PER
TITLE OF JOB'
YOUR DUTIES:
REASONS FOR LEAVING
_ Historical research and lecturing
Newspaper (New Leader) Öffer
14-00000
SEC. 15.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN DISCHARGED OR ASKED TO RESION FROM ANY POSITION?
HAVE YOU LEFT A POSITION UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH YOU DESIRE TO
EXPLAIN? GIVE DETAILS:
SEC. 16. GIVE FIVE CHARACTER REFERENCES IN THE U.S. - WHO KNOW YOU INTI-
MATELY (GIVE RESIDENCE AND BUSINESS ADDRESSES WHERE POSSIBLE.)
Sidney Book
Jazon Burnham
Marla Curti
4. Charles A. Peares.
Wm E. Bohn.
Street and Number
City
State
New York City
BUS. ADD. Washington Square Col
RES. ADD:
BUS. ADD. He York Unty. C
RES. ADD.
BUS. ADD. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison,
RES. ADD.
BUS. ADD. Puell, Sloan & Poarco Publishers.
RES. ADD. Hadison Ave, NYC
BUS. ADD. 9 B, 16th St, New York City
RES. ADD.
SEC. 17. NAMES OF FIVE PERSONS WHO KNOW YOU SOCIALLY IN THE UNITED STATES —
NOT REFERENCES, SUPERVISORS OR EMPLOYERS - (Give residence and business ad-
dresses 
where possible.)
Street and Number
City
State
1. Lionel Irilling
Richard Hofstadtor
BUS. ADD. Columbia Univ. NYC
RES. ADD.
BUS. ADD. Columbia Univ. HYO
RES. ADD.
RUS. ADD. Readers Digest, Pleasantville, NYC
RES. ADD.
Batos Manuf. 80 Work St. NYC
3.
Max Eastman
4. Edgar B. Mooney, Jr.
BUS. ADD.
RES. ADD.
S.
8.1. Levitas
BUS. ADD.
RES. ADD.
7 E. 15th St. NYC.
SEC. 18. GIVE THREE NEIGHBORS AT YOUR LAST NORMAL RESIDENCE IN THE U.S. —
residence and business addresses where possible.)
(Give
1.
2.
2.
3.
SEC. 19. FINANCIAL BACKGROUND.
BTS-ADD.
"RES ADD.
BTS. ADD.
RES. ADD.
BTS. ADD.
ETS ADD.
Street and Number
City
State
A. ARE YOU ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON YOUR SALARY? Yes
OF OTHER INCOME
IF NOT, STATE SOURCES
B. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF BANES WITH WHICH YOU HAVE ACCOUNTS
C. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN, OR FERTITIONED FOR, BANKRUPTCY?
GIVE PARTICULARS, INCLUDING COURT:
no
D. GIVE THREE CREDIT REFERENCES - IN THE US.
1. NAME Sen Lasky
ADDRESS
2. NAME 8.M. Levites
719 Avenue Y. NYC
716th St. NYC
State
ADDRESS.
St. & No.
City
State
3. NAME. B. Mooney Jr.
ADDRESS
80 Work St. NYC.
8t. & No.
City
State
SEC. 20. RESIDENCES FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS
1946
Present
W Sector, Berlin, Germany
FROM
ΤΟ
כות
State
Country
1943
1946
GS Ariy
FROM
ΤΟ
City
Bitato
Country
1941
1943
1485 Townsend Ave. NYC
FROM
то
City
State
Country
1000
1941
278 East 1st St. NYC
FROM
ΤΟ
...
City
Biale
Country
1989
1940
FROM
то
chigan Univ. Campus, Ann Arbor USA
SL S
City
ماماع
Country
1982
1939
1465 Fulton Avenue NYO
FROM
ΤΟ
City
State
Country
FROM
ΤΟ
State
Country
FROM
то
A. FROM 1946
TO 1946
SEC. 21. RESIDENCE OR TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES
Buropean Command, USArmy"
Chor Beetion
FROM 1946
TO $48
Country
Europe, Weat
Purpose
"Cs Seein
FROM
1922
TO 1923
Bruopo
City or Section
Journalisma
Child accompanied parents
Countron tour.
Purpose
14-00000
10
FROM
ΤΟ
City or Section
Oountry
·Purpose
FROM
TO
City or Section
Country
Purpea
FROM
ΤΟ
Chy or Section
Country
Purpose
B. LAST U.S. PASSPORT - NUMBER, DATE, AND PLACE OF ISSUE: 44174 Parle, France.
16 July 1946, Issued at US Pabassy, Paris
NA
HOW MANY OTHER U.S. PASSPORTS HAVE YOU HAD?
GIVE APPROXIMATE
DATES:
PASSPORTS OF OTHER NATIONS:
SEC. 22. CLUBS; SOCIETIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
LIST NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ALL CLUBS, SOCIETIES, PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES,
EMPLOYEE GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS OF ANY KIND (INCLUDE MEMBERSHIP IN, OR SUP-
PORT OF ANY ORGANIZATION HAVING HEADQUARTERS OR BRANCH IN A FOREIGN COUN-
TRY) TO WHICH YOU BELONG OR HAVE BELONGED:
Beo Hoto No. 1
"Name and Chapter
DATES OF MEMBERSHIP:
St. & No.
City
State
County
2.
Name and Chapter.
St. & N.
GILF
State
Country
DATES OF MEMBERSHIP:
3.
Name and Chapter
St. & No.
city
State
Country
DATES OF MEMBERSHIP:
Kame and Chapter
St. & Ko.
City
State
Country
DATES OF MEMBERSHIP:
5.
Name and Chapter
Gt. & No.
City
State
Country
DATES OF MEMBERSHIP:
€.
Name and Chapter
St. & No.
City
State
Country
DATES OF MEMBERSHIP:
Name and Chapter
St. & No.
City
State
Country
DATES OF MEMBERSHIP:
ン
SEC. 23. GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS
A. POREIGN LANGUAGES (STATE DEGREE OR PROFICIENCY AS "SLIGHT" "FAIR" OR
FLUENT")
LANGUAGE ban
SPEAK Fluent
READ Finant
WRITE Fair
LANGUAGE French
SPEAK
Fair
READ
Fair
WRITE Fair
LANGUAGE
SPEAK
_ READ
WRITE
B. LIST ALL SPORTS AND HOBBIES WHICH INTEREST YOU: INDICATS DEGREE OF PROFI-
CENCY IN EACH:
Tennis (College Versity)
C. HAVE YOU ANY QUALIFICATIONS, AS A RESULT OF TRAINING OR EXPER WHICH
MIGHT FIT YOU FOR A PARTICULAR POSITION?
Historian
Research
Editor - Journalism
University Lecturer
D. LIST BELOW THE NAMES OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES OR OFFICES TO
WHICH YOU HAVE APPLIED FOR EMPLOYMENT SINCE 1939:
Dept of Interior (Nat'l Park Service) 1940
B. F. TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, ANY OF THE ABOVE HAS CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION OF
YOU, INDICATE BELOW THE NAME OF THAT AGENCY AND THE 
APPROXIMATE DATE OF
THE INVESTIGATION:
11
::
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18'
SEC. 24.
MISCELLANEOUS
A
DO YOU ADVOCATE OR HAVE YOU EVER ADVOCATED: FOR ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU
EVER BEEN A MEMBER OR, OR HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ANY POLITICAL PARTY OR ORGANI-
ZATION WHICH ADVOCATES THE OVERTHROW OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL FORM OF GOV-
ERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES?
IF "YES", EXPLAIN:
No
B. DO YOU USE, OR HAVE YOU USED, INTOXICANTS?
EXTENT?
IF BO, TO WHAT
C. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ARRESTED, INDICTED OR CONVICTED FOR ANY VIOLATION OF
LAW OTHER THAN A MINOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION? IF SO, STATE NAME OF COURT,
CITY, STATE, COUNTRY, NATURE OF OFFENSE AND DISPOSITION OF CASE:
No
D. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN COURT-MARTIALED WHILE A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES?
IF ANSWER IS "YES," GIVE DETAILS BELOW:
SEC. 25. PERSON TO BE NOTIFIED IN CASE OF EMERGENCY:
:
NAME
Samuel Lasky
Father
RELATIONSHIP
719
ADDRESS
Avenue Y,
St. & No.
New York City
New York
City
State
Country
SEC. 26. YOU ARE INFORMED THAT THE CORRECTNESS OF ALL STATEMENTS MADE HERE
IN WILL BE INVESTIGATED.
ARE THERE ANY UNFAVORABLE INCIDENTS IN YOUR LIFE NOT MENTIONED ABOVE WHICH
MAY BE DISCOVERED IN SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION, WHETHER YOU WERE DIRECTLY
INVOLVED OR NOT, WHICH MIGHT REQUIRE EXPLANATION? IF SO, DESCRIBE. IF NOT, AN-
SWER "NO."
-No.
SEC. 27. I CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING ANSWERS ARE TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE
BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF, AND I AGREE THAT ANY MISSTATEMENT
OR OMISSION AS TO A MATERIAL FACT WILL CONSTITUTE GROUNDS FOR IM-
MEDIATE DISMISSAL OR REJECTION OF MY APPLICATION.
SIGNED AT Borlin, Germany
DATE
Witnes
City and State
25 Jan 1960
Melon
81gnature of Applicant
CASKS
USE THE FOLLOWING PAGES FOR EXTRA DETAILS.
NUMBER ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER
OF THE QUESTION TO WHICH THEY RELATE. SIGN YOUR NAME AT THE END OF THE ADDED
MATERIAL IF ADDITIONAL 
SPACE IS REQUIRED USE EXTRA PAGES THE SAME SIZE AS
THESE AND SIGN EACH SUCH PAGE
Hote 1. (Sec.22)
I may have been a member of
(a) American Newspaper Guild
(b) American Historical Assoc.
but I do not definitely recall whother.
membership had been completed.
Note 2 (Sec 18)
Inasmuch as I have not been "resident at home in sever. (?)
years I am unable to give names of neighbors.
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Felieve we should sise commo that
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in Nay 
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Think this generally excellent
job so far and we can proceed to
put in shape for final ok.
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MPEZANDE FOR:
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CUBJECT:
James Turnham
FELFENERICE:
Project Fo
1 March 1950
1. De project is a proposal to hold an Intellectual and Cultural
Congress in Berlin, Germany, to be sponsored by loading Corran Intellectuals,
notably, odslob of the Free University of Warlin. The object is to
cutablish a base of froton in political, cultum and social thought,
stablished hive a springboard for propagando filtration
into the Iron Curtain countries including Coming. At the time,
ami perhaps of even grouter inportance, the Congress will be hold either
Assediately preceding or imediately following the texamlet Touth Holly
to be held in Berlin the last three days of kay - serving to offset considerably
the influence of the Communist rlly and as a basis for counter propagamin
and counter action.
2. The Berlin orc field office has urged the sending of two projagania.
aparts to the field se special consultants. Javes Furnhem fits the re jair
mant, is undor contract, and i have proposed in a cablegram to send him
during the month of April for a period of fros 30 to 60 diy. Shils in the
field be will serve in approximately the same capacity and perfon the same
functions as thon on duty in fashington. The second propaganti expert is a
staff as doy06.
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Dear ...
This letter will serve as an official invitation and credential
as a delegate to the Congress for Cultural Freedom. The passport and
visa authorities know about the Congress and will extend all facilities
to delegates. When you have secured your passport, you can obtain your
Berlin viss from the Allied High Command Permit Office, 42 Broadway, New
York City. The American Express Company, through its foreign travel
section, will arrange for air-travel bookings. We will inform you when
your ticket is available and all further details of transportation.
taina
We are enclosing a copy of our first New York release. It con-
copy of the proposed program of the Congress and the names of
many of our international delegates and supporters. The details of the
program are now being worked out in Berlin. As soon as we receive them,
we shall be happy to send you a copy.
Copies of your books are being ordered and will be sent to Berlin
where they will be on public display. He would appreciate your sending
us a negative of your photograph for use in connection with this display.
If there is any other information you require, or any way we can
be of help to you, please feel free to call upon us at our New York office.
Sincerely yours,
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HARMORANDUM POR
THROUGH
SUBJECT:
Chief, I &'s - Attention: Mr. George Laker
CCP and 58C/OFC
Franklyn A… Johnson
Subject is being sent to Germany for a period of 90 days
107, beginning on or about 10 March 1950, to take part in the activation of
an approved FB-111 project. He is an OPC intelligence officer assigned to
YBA/QC, but is being detailed to SB-111/UPC for this particular assignment.
The project will be a propagarin morfare operation.
2
For travel to and from Germay and during his sojourn there,
Hr. Johnson will une Department of Army cover; his orders adil show him to
be a civilian employee of the Department of the Army and he will have a special
passport. He will report to the Chief of Operations of the OPC Garman dssion
who has offices in holdelberg. The cover designation of this unit is Documents
Disposal Unit, Department of Army. fr. Johnson's activities in connection with
his TOY assignment in Cermany will take him also to Frankfurt and barlin, where
he will use the same cover.
3... Mr. Johnson has bea briefed on the cover used by the station
to which he will report and on the measures to be taken to conceal his
connection with CIA during his sojourn in formany.
OPC File
OPC Chrono
FB-III Chrono
FD-III subject (PDK)
FOLLETTIERLANO DO FUTmanga prMORA ZBTS PROVID PRIMEAN SAYA DOGO
John E. Baker
Chief, FB-III
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Requested TDT is considered essential. Subjent will report to Chief, JESDICT field
station as alorical assistent in omnection with approved operations requiring
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Has been assigned by 72-11 to FuIII for this spesial, temporary duty,
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Herewith is Mr. Hobbing's clearance!
Clearance is covert security type
which, I believe, puts this indi-
vidual in category of staff agent
and, therefore, under Peg Johnson's
jurisdiction.
Yo He will be
contact
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum
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ADPC
Attention:
SECRET
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Security Officer
FROM : Chief, Inspection and Security Staff
SUBJECT: J.G. - 273
#36778
DATE: 20 February 1950
Reference is made to your memorandus dated 15 February 1950 concern-
ing the subject.
This memorandum requested change in status for the subject from an
operational clearance to that of a covert consultant for the purposes as
outlined in the memorandum of 16 February 1950.
In accordance with the provisions set forth in the Director's menor-
andum of 14 February 1949, entitled "Security and Operational Clearances",
a covert security clearance as requested in the memorandum of 15 February
1950 is granted for the use of the subject.
This covert clearance as granted does not always constitute complete
compliance with the provisions of AI 10-2. Therefore, if you should desire
at a later date to change the status or use of this individual, please ad-
vise Inspection and Security sufficiently in advance so that no delay is
caused in the transition.
This Office would further appreciate being advised when the contem-
plated use as set forth in your memorandum of 15 February 1950 for the sub-
ject has been completed, so that the files of this office may be kept up
to date.
FOR THE CHIEF, INSPECTION AND SECURITY STAFF
SECRET
GEORGE LOKER, JR.
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17 February 1950
MEMORANDUM TO: CPB II
SUBJECT:
Meeting with Kenneth B. HAMBLEY and Messrs. Williams,
Droller, lasen, and Stith re Berlir. Conference
GENTINAL
1.
Direct action is imperative in Berlin..
a. Organize groups to beat the Commie opposition in
street fighting.
b. Carry the counterattack into the Soviet Sector.
c. It is not undesirable to have Soviet's fire on
German citizens.
2. Fighting, against the background of the Peace Conference,.
with the general population and the conference, participants.
in the streets, would have tremendous and desirable effect.
To be beaten in the streets would be defeat complete.
b. A fight is important. A successful fight is
imperative. It would cause good publicity, instill confidence
in the Berlin population and insure major victories for our
side.
If no Comnie fighting group plans to start the
fight, create one and beat it up:
3. A head-on challenge
rioting and perhaps shooting
is inherent in the streets as it is now conceived.
4.
HAMBLEY thinks that the Soviet authorities plan control
of the streets.
5. What would mass effect be of a background of American tanks?
a. If it is necessary to prevent defeat
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do it.
b. It would be far better, however, to have force exercised
by the Berlin population with no American military force in
sight
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6. According to political reliability, the participants'
names fall in the following categories:
8.
Black
7.
b.. Gray
C. White
Eliminate the blacks. We can keep the gray if the white
list is long enough.
.8. Jean Paul Sartre is a type which should be excluded. He
has fixed political ideas of the wrong sort. If our people discuss
Soviet labor camps, he will bring up Spanish camps, Greek islands,
South Africa, etc. He would only be an obstructionist.
9. Eliminate Plievier.
10. Eliminate Julian Huxley.
11. Include Czapski on the sponsoring committee.:
12.
Adelegate from South America should be selected.
13. It is recommended that Sidney Hook go to Berlin within.
two weeks to crganize the whole affair.
PB II: DS/m
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#2 GDroller Chrono
#3 DSmith HAMBLEY File
#234 DSmith Chrono
#5 PB 11 Chrono
#6 OPC Registry Chrono
#7 OPC Registry File
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Suggestions for Mr. Baker
Re: Project Memorandum No. 35.
16 February 1950.
1. I would suggest that the following person and organizations
be invited 
to attend and 
participate in the May meeting:
a. Dr. Reinhold NIEBUER (USA)
presently at the Union Theological School, Columbia Univ-
ersity he 
is a member of the Commission on the Occupied
Areas and past chairman of the General Committee of world
Student 
Service Fund..
b. International Student Service (ISS)
:
an outstanding international cultural exchange medium of
the university 
community (ie. both professors and students
are included) with headquarters 
in Geneva. This organiza-
tion was formed after the first world war and in addition
to its conference 
and tour activities it has been primarily
responsible for the 
relief work done throughout the world
in the colleges 
and universities. This organization is
the most 
prominent existing opponent of the International
Union of 
Students (IUS) in which the FDJ holds membership.
World Assembly of Youth (WAY)
organized recently (1948) in London this is an international
youth organization 
formed to counter the influence and
activities of the world Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY)
The FDY is comunist 
dominated and controlled. The FDJ is
a member of the aFDY.
2. with reference to the Project Memorandum dated 31 January 1950.
6. a. The facilities of the world Radio University (UL) a non-govern-
mental snort-wave radio station 
in NYC and Boston might be used
in connection with pre-
publicizing the Hay meeting.
pants could 
be interviewed and the day-to-day activities of the
USA partici-
meeting presented via 
the air maves.
b. c.d. This should be encouraged.
This
8. d. An anonymous publication of COLLOQUIUM might be useful here.
student magazine 
at the University of Berlin (as opposed to the
Free University) prior 
to April 1948 acted as a spokesman of the
student opposition to the Soviet.
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9. why are we apprehensive? Is there a possibility that the west German
youth would follow the cp line?
11. Considering (9) in the light of (11) I would think that it would
serve US interests to fly into Berlin students now in the western
zones who have fled their former eastern German homes. These
students, oriented towards the west, night best serve our props--
ganda interests. Dialect speaking to dialect, etc.
SECRET
P.K.

Mano:
10 Feb.
8 Feb.
Discussion with williams reference theme of congress and
FW possibilities.
Talk with enby reference project
ho-produced outlino draft.
9 Feb.
10.
Feb.
Met Dr. Hilger, preliminary talk reference personalities
involved in Congross, plan for future mootings.
Conference at home of Jim Burnham (Williams, Droller, Smith,
Burnham, Glaser..
.:
At this meeting Mr. Burnham, in response to questions,
stated his enthusiasm for the idea. He proposed that
Sidney Hook: be sent over to Cormany for a few wooks
on an exploratory mission - and to render what
assistance he may in connection with planning. He
expressed his willingness to go over to Serlån
sometime in advance of the congress (under cover of
an invitation he has rocoived from the Free Univercity)
to actively assist in planning the agonda and othor
details. He 1 is making up a list of proposed delegatos
to be invited; thinks it important someone from S.America
be included. He is particularly opposed to the inclusion
of Sarte in the list of delegatos; is not sure of
Plievier but not opposed. Arrangemonts mado to
continuo conforring, probably next week.
1nt draft of Project completed.
13 Feb. idea of money. Compensation.
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The whole question of the title of the congress
hd bear giving him come concorn. Hold at ay
other time than in immediate juxtaposition to the
Communist Youth Rally, it would be c. Hold at that
time it is inevitably going to be regarded as a
counter attack and in those terms a Congress of
Culture is not adequate. He wants to broaden the
៦០១០ perhaps label it a political Congress. (by
own idea, at the moment, is opposed to a political
labol; but I agroo that a Congress for Intellectual
Freedom - which could tsko in political aspects
be better than restricting it to culturo.)
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might
He suggests June as a date unless we can turn out this
affair in a BIG and SIGNIFICANT enough fashion to really
offset the communist convention. I don't know his
arguments for June but I can imagine that they would:
take the line that instead of being lost in the world
wide attention and publicity for the communist deal,
it would come as the last shot, after the communists
had exposed themselves as slaves of Moscow, and might
make a ringing effect. Also June would be the right
time for collore people to got away from their
universities, might be very difficult in May.
He is anxious to have labor represented and suggested
a big representation from labor groups, including
Dubinsky. Also certain leading political figures.
Commin mutfit of names
2 L Feb. Project junt
Project funt in criculation for coord.
27
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Cable to field (held witel 27.
for coord.)
Bryan clot Hulting (thuyle Time)
12.
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Shint talk Hilgen
Carnot cheater:
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Am. Express.
Interview under name of Martin E. Williams, of Kingston, Pa.,
with 1. Gilmore, Asst. Passenger Traffic Manager of Trav. Iept.
Am. Ex. will accept money (check, draft or cash) in one
placo N.Y. office
or in several places (Paris, for instance)
provided one central office knows details and can coordinate.
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Will then write to all offices involved, authorizing.
transportation, etc., for list of persons (which may be
added to at last moment). We specify what credentials
persons must present. We also specify whether transportation
is to be by air, steamship, rail, etc.; first class or other-
A wise; whether or not 'expenses' are to be allowed in this
connection they suggest that travelling expenses be allowed
(for meals, etc.) not to exceed 10% of transportation. They
suggest that we act as soon as practicable because of rush
for travel to Europe but ir. Gilmore says they can be
reasonable cortain of providing air transportation.
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expense money provided, and remit unexpended balances.
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Skeggs.
Meeting Sinundan
Samples of material so far issued.
They are working on the matter of satellite repressatation.
Examples: Ceidrovich and Chapski from Poland; Forutka from
Czechoslovakia; Nocolievsky and Yakofleff from Russia. Several
others.
Eleanor Roosevelt had accepted, but after appearance of HY Times
story she was seen by a reporter and was said to have stated
that she had changed her mind. Hook is also doubtful because
of his commitment to U of Cal. However, a personal letter
is going to these three, from McCloy, urgently asking them
to attend. •Helen Douglas) and Robt. Montgomery are both
regarded as excellent prospects.
Skeggs expressed dim view of Buttles' activities and is
anxious US interest and US releases be played down. However,
he is anxious that there should be great deal of publicity as
time approaches.. Furthermore, I got impression that he had
Inspired Buttles, to some extent at least, to take the action
in approaching Hook. For instance, Skeggs is amicus that
we consider suggestion that about the 1st or 2nd of June an
advertisement appear in NY Times and Wash. Post, signed by
large number of organizations and persons, calling attention
to Congress. He suggested this could be organized by sidney Hook
which gave me idea that he may have suggested some such activity
to Buttles, which may have resulted in Buttles' trip..
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Details in Berlin are being crefully worked out. Delegates will
stop either at the Steinplatz or Amzoo hotel obvious reasons for
having them all together. They will have official taxis for
their use,
corridors and entrances will be guarded or plain clothes
German and US personnel, some of them will be inconspicuously
guarded personally. Meeting place + Taberna Academica Hill
be well guarded.
Matter of interpreters being worked upon, report later.
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There will be press delegates from all countries, in addition
radio RIAS will tape the entire proceedings and will furnishi
cuttings to individual radio stations, for instance - if the
Vienna radio wants the speech of one of the Austrian delegates,
it can be provided. Rias also will be on air with reports
of proceedings, but they may need some pressure later on.
He will deliver the $200 to Hook and thinks. that will be sufficient.
He and Hook and Burnham will try to work out methods of -
definitely signing up certain doubtful prospects.
Heill
report to Marian Caunders and when he comes to Washington, to
Kollerman.. On my advice, ho will play it straight with both - as
though he had no contact with us, says ho will listen rather than
talk, but I regard that as impossible. Will assure state that
overything is going well, is completely in hands of camitisc
and that all action should sten from Berlin in order to have
contral control and full coordination.
Was delighted at plans for financing travel of delegatos.
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HEF: PDQUICK
8 February 1950
1. All of the names suggested so far are listed.
Suggestions are needed for additions.
Frau Luise Schroeder
Dr. Klaus Mehnert
281-17292
Frieda Utley
A. Rossi
Dorothy Thompson
Ruth Fischer
Sperber
Lin Yu Tang
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*Tonvorlovio.
* Iovanic
*Gabrilovi
* Gross
Bunche
Walter Ahite
Max Yergin
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•Rector - PrUiversity
Hu-Stih
Media Comittee
Selimenicke
ara Daly Maymaels
1.
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7 February 1950.
MEMORANDUM OF CONFERENCE
SUBJECT:
Proposed Berlin Congress for Cultural Freedom
REFERENCE: Dispatch No. 131-CEGU. dated 6 January 1950
Matthew T. Christie memorandum dated 29 December 1950
1. A conference to discuss subject project was held 6 Feb 1950
Present were:
in the office of Mr. John E. Baker, Chief FB-III.
Mr. Carmel Offie, SADO
Mr. John Harrison, Chief Staff II, PPD
Mr. James O. Derby. Staff II, Area Branch. B.
Mr. Joseph Bryan III, Chief PB-II, PPD
Mr. Fred W. Williams, PB-II
Mr. Geraid Droller, P3-II
Mr. Louis Glaser. FB-III
Mr. Baker
For the purpose of this conference, Mr. Harrison acted as the
personal representative of CPP, and Mr. Baker 
as the personal
representative of CCP.
2. Reference communications concerning subject project
were read and discussed. There was unanimous agreement 
upon
the following points:
a. That the project was feasible, worthy and partic-
ularly valuable as a partial counter to the 
Communist 
German
youth rally scheduled for 27 May in 
Berlin;
b. That it could not be staged successfully for less
than $40,000, but that an allocation of 
$50,000 should be
made to insure fully adequate financial support
;
C. That approval of the French and British High Com-
missioners for Germany should be obtained 
to insure tri-
partite
support of the Congress, and that French 
and British material
aid should be forthcoming, at 
least to the extent of pro-
viding transportation for delegates from 
their countries
...
.3. It was agreed also that an effort should be made to
arrange the attendance at the congress of 
representative 
refugee
intellectuals from curtain countries
, but that these should not
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include members of the various national committees.
4. The question of using NYLON funds for this project was
not discussed, but will be considered in 
due course.
5. Therefore, it was decided to draft a cable to the German
mission granting approval to the project, 
subject to the stip-
ulation concerning French and 
British participation, and 
authorising
the field to proceed with preliminary 
contacts and organizational
work. Immediately thereafter, 
it was agreed, appropriate repre-
sentatives of CFD and PPD would 
proceed with the drafting of a
project plan in official form, together 
with appropriate opera-
tional annexes to guide implementation 
of the project.
6. Draft of proposed cable to the German mission is attached
hereto:
Concur:
Mr. Offie.
·C.T.
On AK
Mr. Harrison
Mr. Denby JOD
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Williams
Hr.
The
Droller fr.
Mr. Glaser
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FS-III (2)
John E. Baker.
FB-III
7 February 1950
MYRKRAD OPPOR
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tch (b. 171-Siker, dated 6 Javery: 1985
Matthew 7. Gristle mervorado Asted 28 december 1980
A conference to discuss maject project was held 6 Feb 1950
Present NOPSI
in the office of Hr. Jola.. Anker. Chief FR_III.
HP. Carriel offie, SAD
HP. John Hala, Chief Staff 11, PVD
Mr. James G., Staff 11, area Franch
Mr. Pran 111, Chief P1, PRO
Mr. Fred 7. Williams, 75-II
Mr. Gerald roller, Fit
Mr. ionis flaser, FI-III
Hr. Enke
for the parure of the face, Hr. Harrigan acted as the
parnonal representative of UPP. and Mr. Per 
the personal
Prorovetstive of.
3. Reference commnaleations concerning gublent project
Bare was ante rement 
shva
were rend had discussed.
the following points:
3. that the projet pas fonsible, cortly and prin
mlarly valuable en a partial counter to the Coravin Goma_d
yoush milly schabled for 27 Hay in Perling
Di That it coole not be stern morsefully for less
Den 40,000, trẻ that as allocation of $
50,000 should be
nado Lars fully adequate financial sport;
haal of the French and pritish High Cor-
wiseware for coy should be obtained to insure 
tri-
pastije
pport of the Congress and that French 
and sritis anteriak
nid should be forthcoming, st least to 
the artant of pro-
viding transportation for delegates from their countrice
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3.
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Anfange the stonden the cancreas of representative romugan
intellectuels from curtata countries, bet that there 
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6. The question of matte STLO funds for this project was
not discussed, but will be considered in dire course.
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5. Therefore, it was decided to draft a cible to the German
mission granting approvel to the project, subject to the stip-
ulation concerning French end British participation, and euthorizing
the 
field to prosced with preliminary contacts and organisational
York. 
Imediately thereafter, it was creed, appropriate repro
sentatives 
of QPC and PHD would proceed with the drafting of a
project plan in official form, together with eppropriate opera-
tional ennexes to guide implementation of the project.
6. Draft of proposed cable to the oma mission is attachod
hersto
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arvive a few days before the congress opens and to remain a
few days after it closes. r. roller is a native of the
city and is specially qualified to represent P II's interests.
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which took place about three months ago.
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a de-being
I first tock a Regative view of
the proposal," which seemed to be in danger of loose and ineffective han-:
cling; 
however, I have an entirely different opinion of such a conference
as outlined by 
Jesselson and under his guidance. It could, if very well
handled, furnish 
an opportunity for creation of morale, basis for propa-
ganda and a spring-
beard for continuing effort.
2. Berlin not only is the obvious clace for the conference, it is
the only 
place 
where the impact could immediately be felt in Satellite
countries. 
(Berlin radio, press and personal contact with East Germany,
Foland and Czechoslovakia
.)
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3. Should the sponsoring committee include a woman Possibly Louise
Schroeder 
or Frau 
von Sahn-Harnack or Jeanette Wolf? I also suggest Karl
Arnold. And would 
like you to consider the inclusion of a known anti-
Soviet 
intellectual who also is anti-U.S.
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4. I think the budget should be expanded to cover the possibility that
the City 
of 
Berlin may not, or perhaps should not, provide the various halls
(
and opera houses free 
of charge; also a "convention™" in Germany involves
more 
flowers, and music (usually a 100-piece symphony orchestra) than a
Vanderbilt 
Wedding. I think the over-all Berlin expense of 10,000 should
have a reserve of at least 
an additional 110,000
5. I think this proposal should, in the interest of speed, be imple-
mented 
as follows:
a. A conference of representatives of CCP, CFF, SADO for quick
(24-
hour) 
agreement in principle, so that a cable may be sent to the
field.
b. Preparation of a Project Flan and procurement of special
assistants
.
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to insure
c. Freparation of a subsidiary propaganda plan
adequate reporting of the conference and adequate circulation of its
deliberations, in several languages, behind the curtain..
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6. Even with the method proposed in paragraph 5, unless a cable of
basic 
approval 
can go out of here before the 9th of February - and the Project
can be 
prepared, coordinated and fully approved prior to 21 February,- I
do 
not believe we can count on the timing suggested by like which, inci-
dentally, is excellent coming as it does prior to the big presumptive explo-
sions of 1 Ray and the Commuriel Houth Conference. I, then
that the suggestion in 5 (a)
Ted on Februare, propose
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SUBJECT:
Berlin Intellectual Conference
1. A proposal for the support of an Intellectuals' Conference
in Berlin has been pouched in by Gearing. He asks that this 
be 
given
urgent consideration and that a decision should be made as 
quickly
as possible. If the operation is undertaken, Josselson will 
need
Those people 
might
the assistance of two or three people in 
Berlin.
be the same as those mentioned in relation to the Communist Youth
meeting in Berlin this Spring.
2. Arrangements for the organization of a political and psycho-
logical coordinating group in HICOG have been completed and are amaiting
McCloy's approval. The purpose of this group is to coordinate 
the
activities of the various staff sections in McCloy's office 
in 
these
fields, and to develop a more intensive program of action.
3. Gearing will sit as a member of the Committee representing
SHUTE. This will give him the opportunity of being acquainted with
all overt action planned in Germany so that covert operations 
can 
be
properly coordinated with them.
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Your letter of December 29 was late in arriving and I am
replying 
by hand to save delay
.
(n) The idea of a "MO" Congress is an excellent one!
But 
should it be a "NCHAT" Congress or 
something undertaken
under the auspices of a non-
government, especially a non-occupy-
ing government group. Perhaps the Free 
University can be nominal
[
sponsor or some Europeen Fed for Cultural 
Freedom ed hoc.
(b) Spring is too soon to organize such & conference
properly
. Suggest lete summer or 
fall.
?he
(c) To be effective conference must be tied in with some
concrete 
issue of a cultural 
character in which all delegates
con agree despite their 
difference on other things. What
specific issue positive or 
negative is shaping up in Germany
today in which leading intellectuals 
can take a positions
differences among the 
participants, if not as great as at Peris,
will certainly be considerable, and 
this is not at all a bad
thing if things don't end up
thing, however, is to see that there is at least one major prac-
as 
they did in Paris. The min
tical issue on which everyone 
can agree independently of dif
ferences in fighting Stalinism
.
(d) I assume you can arrange to cover expenses for Reise
and 
Unterkunft of all 
delegates..
(e) Suggest the following be united from this country:
Edmund 
Hilson, Dos Passos, Sinclair 
Lewis, Upton Sinclair,
Faulkner, Reinhole Niebuhr, 
Arthur Schlesinger. Philip Par,
Willien Phillips, Lionel Trilling Ferrell, perhaps me.
can get 5 from the U.S. to read, it would be enough.
If you
(f) Koestler was pleaning something state this.
suggestion 
would be to pet 
in touch with him at once
anything has come of 
his plans.
to see whether
He would also be a mento
draft the statement of the cell which should be signed by one per-
son from England (mille or well
), Frence, Rethelend, 1985
Italy, Belgium and is, nes 
se Spanish exile.
The suggestion to act up an International Committe for Cultural
Freedon 
may serve as the least 
sormen conordnatem of the ver
interests. Careful preparation
, of course, 13 potessert #79
can get 50 to 60 people tagetpor 
of outstanding stature,
the trick.
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