Joseph and Susan Alsop, 1951/1964

Containers:

Box 1, Folder 7

Language:

English

Extent:

0.03 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Scope and content:

Alsop criticism of the New Leader attack on Robert Oppenheimer, untrustworthiness of Harvey Matusow, Wisner encourages Alsop to write about the improvements in South Vietnam and a piece on Britain, Libya and the Middle East. Selling of Alsop's book about archaeology, "From the Silent Earth," Tom Wolfe's criticism of Norman Mailer's book, and Wisner very upset about Morris West's novel, "The Ambassador." (Of interest is that Fritz Nolting, the ambassador of Vietnam in 1961 who supported Diem, was a classmate of Frank Wisner at the University of Virginia). Mention of David and Evangeline Bruce, and Isaiah [Berlin] being nervous about giving his talk.

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