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| HW 56829 JOHN HOWARD LAWSON 948 ELYRIA DRIVE LOS ANGELES 65. CALIF. April 24th, 1961 Dear Gertrude: Sue and I send warmest regards to Stefan. and. yourself, and look forward to seeing you one of these days in the coming summer or fall. We sail from Montreal on May 17th, direct to Gdynia in Poland. We stop over a few days in Warsaw, but proceed to Moscow about June Ist. We are invided there as guests of the Association of Film Makers of the USSR. I am not yet ‘sure of further plans, except that we shal: be back in Moscow for the International Film Festival in July. We are going to make an ex- tended stay in Europe, and I am anxious to ‘lecture and write, partly to cover expenses, but also to meet students and teachers at the universities and education- al institutions, and to talk about varinou aspects of American theatre and film, his- tory and culture. I don't know.when we shall be in the German Democratic Republic-—- it could be in August, put it is my im- pression that there is not much activity vat the universities (or elsewhere?) during the vacation period. (OVER) L , AL CONEIDENTIAL | DoclIda: 32339070 Page 3 Th GUGNITTS ee aaa ete: getline nent cm a ge qt b ee eee te eA st eect ee ae artnet a ie er natin oe c= o '¢ LS PAMEIMERITE AL — i \ i | ! | ‘ { i te.
. ICONFIDEN r IAI COMFIDENTIA. Av We are going to ke in Czechoslovakia in September, and could probawly come to Germany after that. if it turned out to be a more suitable. ‘time, In any cade, I have just written to , . George Lohr explaining the .above facts and a questions. I have also written to a number of professors in the English departments of various universities. These are mainly names given me by Annette Rubinstein, I hope you and Stefan Ga give me some advice, and perhaps some help, in making our journey as fruitful as possible in terms of cultural contacts, meetings with people, and general service to the cause of peace. A one Spe ‘f : Needless to say, we are “most: eager to see you both, By the way, I still have in my -file, and on my desk here, some of the a letters we exchanged in 1955, cS Cordially, eS | os rape P, S. I hope to receive some word from you before we leave the United States. We shall be in the East from May first to fifteenth: mir address there: CARE OF Peggy Lawson, 115 West 16th St. CONFIDNAY CONFIDENTIAN CONFIDES. ae : CONFID™ PAs he sya | HW 56629 DoclId: 32339070 Page 4
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