104-10071-10100 CLASSIFICATION SECRET/RYBAT MARKED FOR INDEXING = i NO INDEXING REQUIRED ONLY QUALIFIED DESK CAN JUDGE INDEXING _Chief, WOMUSE | a FROM Ps 7 Chief of Station, Mexico city SUBJECT - Margaret RANDALL de MONDRAGON ACTION REQUIRED = REFERENCES MICROFILM RYBAST MHALPHA Action Required: See paragraph 3. Reference : HMMW-16296, 5 April 1968 1. The following items from LIBIGHT/LIMUD coverage concern contacts of Subject who are believed to be of interest: A. Attachment A: A letter from CAW, the magazine of Students for a Democratic Society, signed by Jerry *BODANES, thanks Margaret for her poems which they are using. The magazine is scheduled to 2 be off the press around May 10. The letter clieariy og | indicates that the SDS was behind the student seizure of Columbia University. It says, "Right now our \ glorious brothers have seized Columbia University-- | now named Malcolm X University--and over which an N.L.F, flag now flies. The others, faculty, deans, managers, are all scurrying and speaking pious-- Saying SDS this, SDS that, while we hold five ef buildings in joyousness and the most serious pS preparations to resist, our movement has over reached." Enclosed is a check made out against the account of the SDS in the Chemical Bank New York Trust Company, 2681 Broadway, New York, for the amount of $50, and signed by Robert M. *SHAPIRO. CONTINUES. we cee reve escverecaee Attachments: AS. listed (9), h/w Distribution: Orig & 2 - C/WHD (w/atts ~ 1 copy each) - 2 = | C/WOMISE (w/o atts) 7538 DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER CROSS REFERENCE TO DATE 20 May 1968 — 1 FE NURBER 201- HMMA - 34688 CLASSIFICATION i SECRET/RYBAT 5.
14-00000 a Lo CO \n., . 7) | i wg 2 CLASSIFICATION DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER Me i -. EONTAUATION OF i” ‘ * DISPATCH , - SECRET/RYBAT HMMA-34688 a 1415 Kearny St., San Francisco, California 94135, Signed Heiner & Celine. BASTIAN has made arrangements with the editor-in-chief of AKZENTE to publish works of revolutionary poets, and he asks Margaret's help in collecting them. BASTIAN says that he is going to Berlin about 1 July, to Prague in early autumn for a "group 47 meeting," and to Cuba in early November. B, Attachment B: Letter from Heiner *BASTIAN, [. d — | | C. Attachment C: Letter from Jaime *CARRERO, t Art Department of the Interamerican University in toy San German, Puerto Rico. CARRERO has apparently sent on en Margaret a series of drawings based on Dr. Martin : luther KING's assassination. He describes them as “poetic...but full with guts and disgust." He says | there is a possibility CBS will do a program on P| his paintings and the work in his Art Department. © | | i CARRERO is going to Columbia University in the Summer of 1968 to study and plans to distribute El Corno there. D. Attachment D: Letter from Sus * 305 E. 6th St., No. 3, New York, N. ¥. (see HMMA- 33837). She tells of her plans to go to StoneyBrook on 23 April to speak about the conference for their week of protest activities. She tells Margaret that there are three people in Cuba she thinks would be interested in "The Hippie Book." They are Jose *BELL Lara, of Calle J #556, Vedado; Habana, who ts connected with Pensimento Critico; Cuban 3 psychologist Gustavo_* BLA, Ave. 3A #22, _ o Marianao, Habana; and Lohania *ARUCA, 99-4722, > MINREX-Direccion de Organismos Internacionales, Depto. ONU 516, La Habana. EH. Attachment E: Margaret got a letter from | someone associated with CATERPILLAR. He is thinking of getting married to Marie *BENOIT in England this summer when he goes there to work in applied philosophy. Therefore, he tells Margaret he cannot go to Cuba as planned. | 2. Attachment F: An interesting development was the " fact that Margaret‘RANDALL received a letter from Moscow from Luis *SUARDIAZ, whose return address was given as the Cuban Embassy, Moscow, URSS. SUARDIAZ asks for Suzan SHERMAN (see paragraph 1D above). SUARDIAZ says he will be working as Cultural Counselor in the Cuban Embassy and hopes Margaret wili keep in touch with him and send him things of interest (in a literary line). : 3. In attachment G, Sergio_MONDRAGON, Subject's husband, a indicates,that Margaret RANDALL is planning to travel to \Venezuelg-from 15 to 30 June. It is suggested that Head- quarters may wish to send Venezuela some background information on Margaret with suggestions for action by the Venezuela Station. oo meptenee ne eae ne CLASSIFICATION SECRET/RYBAT | Lx | courmuen Ede 5ia USE PREVIOUS EDITION, an etre terns rite IRFU 7a eR rc aabnncetnenenenansuanaatanint lene NEE LER SAS eect etre aT = St i REATARD Fe EERE GREET ET pemeneninaenener- ei 4 Ne rag mnie thet Asta ret SmaenRRrT nT MANOR CARSERECELSSAA ON ihe ihe etme Shee n/c at ER ntl nde ROP - fee se eaten tea = on on ees sme . snore oo . i + a wey Se ene pe
aa oer mb ES MI “| CONTINUATION OF “4.” DISPATCH SLASSIFE CATION - . PATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER - SECRET/RYBAT HMMA ~ 34688 4. Attachments H and I concern’ a book which Margaret is hoping to write on Fidel CASTRO, According to letter of April 18, she-is"planning to go to Cuba in October with a tape recorder, and then, based on: these tapes, will write her book. Sergio Suggests Doubleday as a publisher; however, on 25 April 1968 Paula McGuire of Pantheon Books (attachment I) wrote Margaret Saying that publisher might be interested. It is suggested that WOLIME may have contacts in these two publishing houses, | CLASSIFICATION SECRET/RYBAT. | eonnmuco