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14-00000 Siziect: Black nationalist writers in Paris present there co not seem to be many black nationalist (American Negro) s residing in Paris, apart from William Gardner Smith, long-time resident, who is now at work on a yook anout hiS Summer trip to the UaA and meetings with black power and other civil rights activists there. 2. According to Carlene Polite, American Negro writer living in Paris who is of mocerate views altndiign sné knows many black nationalists here, there are a couple of young hegro writers being handled by Ellen Wright, white widow of the as @ Richara Wright (author of "Native Son"), who is now a literary agent at 20, rue Jacob, Paris. 6, 3. Silen Wright's daughter Julia is married ‘to a Frenchman named Hervé, and dulis, is an editor of “Jeune ‘Afrique. The Hervés lived in Ghana along with the WLLL ne William Gardner Smiths until the coup which overthrew Nkrumah. Ellen gnv has enother daughter who, according to Carlene Polite, was seen at a z concert on 7 January with Leon Bibbs, Bibbs, according to Polite, has written some: pamphlets which he has had published himseld, as well as a soem or pamphlet attacking Jemes Baldwin as an inadequate leader of his people (because of his honosemality etc.). Julia Hervé and her husband want & ., o vublish Bibbs! work, according to Polite. resident of France for 18 years (he is about 54) and Funs an: Gnerican Negro restaurant near Pigalle, says that the writers he knows are Chester Aimes, now mainly an author of crime novels who used to live in Paris but now appar rently lives in Copenhagen; and Alex Alex Haley, author of 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X". Haley has been living in France temporarily (nis address is i3, rue du-Dr. M, Provengal, Haut-de-Cagnes, Alpes-Maritimes), cut will revurn to the USA in February. He recently traveled in africa and ciaimed to have traced his ancestry back to a particular African commmity, according to Haynes \ i. Le eroy_ Haynes , who nas been a t J Ss had 3 or 4 works of fiction published in France (in French) film, La Permission, which is being shown at a US film ssibly in San Frencisco); Van Peebles went back to the USA for vw 3 2 i 5. 4S for rimes, he is n not known for his nationalist views. Another Negro writer Living in Paris is Melvin Van Peebles, who is also not particularly known Vis . HN Ry OD S$ mentioned in William Gardner Smith's last novel, "The Stone Face", aurant is 4 mae @ting place for all American Negroes who visit France.His book contains tne signavure of St uokely | Carmichael, for whom Haynes gave a y during his recent visit to Paris, of the Martin Lit her King group which uéd Paris earlier, et al. Like Smith, Haynes has a white French wife, and Ss probably not mucn of a nationalist “militant.