Mr. 1 ~ Nonald Manebridge 

Menager 

Cadbridge Univer•itJ' Preas 

32 Ea.at 57th street •w York 22, Jew York 

llear Mr. Manabridpa 

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310 &ec:ond Street, 8 .. E. 

Wuhington 3, D. O. 

ll Dacexii>er 1954 

Jlef'erence 1• ad.a to our exchange or lettera 1n regard to a 

manu&1cript vritten in collabox.tion With Mr•· J'riedlen and. deal1?3& with certaiD c~phic evidence otten <lited in connection 

with the question t# authorahip ot the Shakespeare Pl.q11. In your 

letter of 13 *3' l.9.53 )'OU uked wather ott eom,Pl.etina the mnuecript ve would ea.re to submit it to the Cambride;e Univereity Preaa. 

In 'liq letter ot l.9 May 1953 1 aa1d that nothing vould -pleue us 

mre than to do vhat fOU uked, and bare 1 t 1•. 

I 4o not think the ld1tor1al ~ ot the Cubriqe Univer•ity lre•• vill have ~ 41tticult;y 1n tindins peraoua 111 Cambridp or in 

lott4on who an quite competent to mke • wchnical •PF&iaal ot the 

eryptol0g1c upecta of' 01.ll" :mnueaript,, ror UAple, De.nl'• Pap, 

:ftegiu. Proteaaor ~ Greek at Trixi.tty Collqe, Vho i• a ~ic ot 

the Cambridge Uiliv.raiq Pre••, had excellent 'Wl&l"tiae F&ctical. 

experience in cryptol0&;ie vorltJ 11<> ai.o had Protea90r s.R. Vinc:ent, 

ot Corp.us Chriati Collep.. '!'bey •hould. be able to nama aeveral. 

other• vno are ai.o tecbnioa.11¥ competent in the tield and. 'Ibo Jlight 

nalte themaelvas available. 

Several itema o:r into.ration my be or 1ntere•t· 

J'iret / I v1ll mention u item perhapa &lrea~ known to you, 

:aamsl,y, that ve have been uked and have agreed to enter our 

anuacript in the J'olpr Shak.eapeare Library competition ~or the •i,ooo prise being ottered tor the beat book~lfmgth manuscript 1n 

a field. o't intereat to the Library.. The deadline tor the conteat 

vu or1a1na.Uy Ht u l October 39!)11. but it vu recentl.1 retarded to 

1 l'ebruary 1955· In order to avoid all pose1bU1t,y ~ lliaunderatam. .. in&, our letter aubJ:aitting the D1&11U1cr1pt to the .Folger rill etip.tlate 

that our acceptance Q.f any award or pri&e ottered V111 be contil>gent 

upon our retention ot 1'ull cowrighta in tho m.terial submitted .. 

Second, you ~ like to know that a1nce the -.nu.ecript deal• 

Yi.th cryptology &b4. •inc• l am ottici&lly enp.ged. ht. that tiel.4. by 

the De~nt or Det'ense, I deemed it a4v11able to •ubmit the -.nu-

•er.tpt to the appropriate authorities tor aecur1ty o.learance and 

that the desired clearance •• granted. .Al.80, and bec.a.u.e IOlD! vork 

@'pproved for Release by NSA on 07-09-2014 pursuant to E.O. 1352e 
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REF ID:A64185 

_. Aono ~or ua by one at the •killed d.ocuzoant eam1nera ot the DI 

l&boratoJ7, the portion ot the mnuacript pertaining to thi• work 

vu reviewed bf Mr. J. Maar Hoover, the Director ot tho Federal 

JJureau at Investip.tion, Vho approved o'r What YO aid. about the 1BI 

and it• uei•W.C• to u.a. 

9lir4, I viah to indicate tlat we realiBe that. the .mwuacr1~ 

u not u neat, clean, and editorially conai•tent aa it micht be, 

but ve hope tbeae •hol'tCOlldDB• can readily be eor.re<!ted. You 

probably mow that S)et ot the vd.t1J:16 vu done in our J.e1aun hour• 

at h0me1 111ghta, ireek-enda ~ hol1aaya, und$r the band1cap ot being 

•Oiro•Hd 1n other attaira. :Rather than turther dela,y aettina the 

anuecri-pt to ;you and to avoid the trouble and expense o~ produci.1J6 

a t:ompletoq b-eah, ntyped cow, w 1ve uaed vhat vie had, pa.tch11)6 bere and there, and making auch. correotione, addit.1ona, and deletions 

u vere 4eemed neceasaey after a hut;y l*l'WJ&l ot 'the typeacrtpt. 

Somft 41ditOX'1al vork will obviot.ufly be needed 11' the work i• acceptable 

othenriae .. 

11.nally, there ant probab'.cy portiQnl or the text which are prolix 

CMS. coUld be cond.ensed, or po1aibly omitted.. For inStanee, the 

wly•i• or Hr•~ Gallup'• work on !!'W VII could bo can4enaed or i-r .. hape entirely omitted, with ~ eoma general conclua1ona retailled. 

AlltO, we have a pod~ pbo'to6rapha ax¥J. illuatratiozlaM .. porha~ too 

an,y .. ....nd, •QID(t <:4 theae oan be eliminated; it 4ee.C»!d a4v1Mble. Mattera 

of tho toregoi~ nature csn, I 1-g1ne ~ be 4iapoHd or moat 1"90411.y by 

conterence and theretore U )"OU think it would be ad.viMble for either 

or bath of ua to come to 1few York, thie cculd certaS nly be d.one at your 

conv•n1ence. 

I vould be gra.tetul tor a prompt ack.novlA<Spent ot receipt ot 

tb.1• pt.ckage, and, Cit coune, it vould be nice to hu.r from you •oon .. to 1our ttrat impl-•aaiona or our work. 

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