‘404-10720-10024 e + . . . . 5 February 1970 MEMORANDUM FOR: C/SRS FROM : C/LEOB RevuaNT ® Only Bacar ' uce Nint Roeproduc SUBJECT - : Manuscript: Give Us This Day Do Not Hop Author: Edward J. Hamilton A letter from Tom Wall of Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, Inc. book publishers dated July 9, 1968 and addressed to Bill Buckley of the National Review discusses te subject publication and indicates that Holt, Rhinehart declined publication because the Manuscript by Hamilton was considered "far too controversial". A note from Saroyan accompanying the manuscript indicated that Buckley had sent this manuscript to Arlington Hous e. A Henry \ Durkin now publicity manager fo Walker and Company handled this manuscript while he, Durkin, \ as working for Arlington House some time ago. Walker and soma have just recently declined to publish the manuscript apparently fot the same reason as Holt, Rhinehart and Arlington House. It was hoted that Arlington House rejected the manuscript as controversial because they had no way of checking out the facts.
14-00000 ° “py « oe i * 2 A,review of the first few pages of the manuscript rather AN clearly show this to be the work of E. Howard Hunt (OS file #23500), presently a staff employee assigned to the European Division of DDP. The. following items gw#bred from the manuscript were compared with factual data in Mr. Hunt's security file: a) Manuscript, page 6--''The air was cool on this second we _. PABES 0. day of December 1956...... twenty of us were seated around the\spacious office of the bon. Arthur Gardner, \ American Ambassador to Cuba" (then in Havanga) Hunt's file--travel order dated 19 November 1956 authorized Hunt to travel to ‘and from Havanga on TDY during the period 7-15 December 1956. \ b) Manuscript, page\8, 9--'"In 1926, at the height of the Florida boom, my father was practicing law in Miami Beach". the manuscript goes ont indicate that Subject's father had a serious problem with his business partner which related to ' missing funds and the partnership was dissolved. Hunt's file--Subject's personal history statement reveals that Subject's father was an attorney. \A Dun and Bradstreet report dated 16 January 1945 indicated that, when Subject's father was with L. R. Steel Company as an attorney in the 20's that the company failed with disastrous results,\ however, Subject's father was exonerated after an investigation. \
74-90000 c) ‘Manuscri t, Page 10--"Jp March of 1960 1 was having coffee with the newly -elected President of the country (Uruguay) to which I was 48Signed when a Station officer was admitted. " The ™Menuscript goes on to indicate that Hunt had to report to Washington. Hunt's fil ~*Hunt had been asc: dt tevideo, Urugua at's file-=Hun ee SSigned to Mon evideo guay and a cable dated February 1960 received in Headquarters from the Chief of. Station at Montevideo indicated that President Nardone had aoa @aeeek President Eisenhower to have Hunt's tour extended in Uraguay. The file further d) Manuscript, Page 19--~"Having Served severa] years in Mexico! ‘ 4 Hunt's file--Subject was assigned tg Mexico City under cover. ete, ‘ in December 1950 and was returned Pcs from Mexico City to Washington on ] March 1955, 4 e) SWnuscript, page 23-- "Reporting my failure to Quarters Eye I returned to Washington and conferred with Barnes, Jake and Bender. They recommended, and I agreed, that I ought to
14-00000 = - aie ° ‘ people. Our cover staff provided me with documentation that would support the operational alias I was to live with tor the duration of the Project: Edward J. Hamilton. I drew a travel advance and flew to Tampa where I boarded a National Airlines flight to Havana." Hunt's file--On 27 September 1960 action was taken to pro- ~<a * . vide alias documentation to Howard Hunt in the name of Edward J. Hamilton. This documentation included a bonafide QQ District of Columbia driver's permit in alias including back- é, Pp. , id residétie address. Later, in June of 1963 a post office box in Washington, D.C. was established for Hunt under the name,Edward J. Hamilton. A rather casual review of the rest of the manuscript indicates general similarity a the descriptive data: of the author's ( Edward J J al + Hamilton! s) activities with regard to the Cuban situation with theseof ft 7 4 any aw, OHoward Hunt ond Abs Atv “a ne It is quite clear that at least a number of minor compromises of security are involved here. -Additionally, personal opinion regarding a number of prominent and in some cases former Agency employees could be considered controversial if not actually damaging. Beginning i on page 214, the manuscript describes General Cab s role in the Cuban episode and it can be assumed that this presentation would do
14-00000 rook . : e ” little to add to General Gabbté's reputation. Other references throughout the manuscript may also produce provocative if not alarming consequences when reviewed by those concerned or described. Q [ William F. sigan, 3r.] C/LEOB WFM/ark