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Title: Collection of Secretarial Letters Written to an Insurance Executive Travelling in Asia. 1961
Description: No Place, No publisher, 1961. Unbound. All appear to be duplicates of originals sent. Most printed on thin yellow paper, presumably produced at the same time as the original, as the previous owner seemingly kept copies of all correspondence. From an executive of a very large international insurance firm (name of owner and firm withheld for privacy). The owner was a highly placed executive in an insurance company and travelled throughout the world extensively. They were active in politics through donations and fundraising, and it appears their family was friendly with the Roosevelts, especially Eleanor Roosevelt. The previous owner's work for the insurance company led them to meet with various heads of state worldwide, including US government officials. Some of the people associated with this firm were also involved in World War II activities, including financing the Flying Tigers in China, as well as work for the OSS, using knowledge gained from insurance work. While we have not found any direct connection to intelligence work by this owner, their ties to those who did are strong. (NB: we are starting the process of cataloguing four boxes of material from this individual, both personal and business correspondence. More information on the collection available on request). 28 letters present, all numbered and stapled together at the top left. A few are two pages long, and a few bear ink notations. Many bear the signature of the secretary. All begin with a personal greeting of sorts, then proceed to summarize letters received that were addressed to the executive, or discussions of encounters with other executives. Included is a mention of an invitation from Phyllis (Newman, actor) and Adolph Green (American lyricist and playwright) inviting the recipient "to meet Eleanor Roosevelt [..] to discuss over a drink how we can help clean up the Democratic Party;" another letter mentions General (George) Olmsted and his connections and activities; two letters discuss the possible deployment of missiles in New Hampshire at the Air Force Base, and the work being done to stop that from happening; another letter briefly mentions Duncan Lee, an accused Soviet spy, who at the time was serving as a lawyer for this company. Lee worked with the OSS, and was accused by another Soviet operative, of passing along information from the OSS to her, to pass on to Soviet intelligence. While he denied this, later decrypted information essentially alleged the same thing, with a 1994 US government commission asserting that he was in essence a spy for the Soviets when he worked with the OSS. All in GOOD or better condition, some bearing annotations, some being lightly wrinkled. Good .
Keywords: Noisbn Travel
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Title: Collection of Secretarial Letters Written to an Insurance Executive Travelling in Asia. 1961
Description: No Place, No publisher, 1961. Unbound. All appear to be duplicates of originals sent. Most printed on thin yellow paper, presumably produced at the same time as the original, as the previous owner seemingly kept copies of all correspondence. From an executive of a very large international insurance firm (name of owner and firm withheld for privacy). The owner was a highly placed executive in an insurance company and travelled throughout the world extensively. They were active in politics through donations and fundraising, and it appears their family was friendly with the Roosevelts, especially Eleanor Roosevelt. The previous owner's work for the insurance company led them to meet with various heads of state worldwide, including US government officials. Some of the people associated with this firm were also involved in World War II activities, including financing the Flying Tigers in China, as well as work for the OSS, using knowledge gained from insurance work. While we have not found any direct connection to intelligence work by this owner, their ties to those who did are strong. (NB: we are starting the process of cataloguing four boxes of material from this individual, both personal and business correspondence. More information on the collection available on request). 28 letters present, all numbered and stapled together at the top left. A few are two pages long, and a few bear ink notations. Many bear the signature of the secretary. All begin with a personal greeting of sorts, then proceed to summarize letters received that were addressed to the executive, or discussions of encounters with other executives. Included is a mention of an invitation from Phyllis (Newman, actor) and Adolph Green (American lyricist and playwright) inviting the recipient "to meet Eleanor Roosevelt [..] to discuss over a drink how we can help clean up the Democratic Party;" another letter mentions General (George) Olmsted and his connections and activities; two letters discuss the possible deployment of missiles in New Hampshire at the Air Force Base, and the work being done to stop that from happening; another letter briefly mentions Duncan Lee, an accused Soviet spy, who at the time was serving as a lawyer for this company. Lee worked with the OSS, and was accused by another Soviet operative, of passing along information from the OSS to her, to pass on to Soviet intelligence. While he denied this, later decrypted information essentially alleged the same thing, with a 1994 US government commission asserting that he was in essence a spy for the Soviets when he worked with the OSS. All in GOOD or better condition, some bearing annotations, some being lightly wrinkled. Good .
Keywords: Noisbn Travel
Price: US$ 108.00 Seller: Mare Booksellers
- Book number: 020432
- Book number: 020432
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