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Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. Duncanson discusses the developments surrounding the sales of his book in America. Further, the potential of a paperback edition would help his sales boom. Duncanson closes his letter by offering his opinions on the forthcoming US presidential election with a stance leaning towards a Republican president for election.

Handwritten letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. This includes an update from Donald Heath who believes that Duncanson's book is a masterpiece but reader interest in the U.S.A. will be confined mostly to academic circles. Nevertheless, Heath promises his endorsement of the book, though in a class composed of three other works – The Two Vietnams by Bermond B. Fall; To Move A Nation by Roger Hilseman; and Viet Cong by Douglas Pike - which May believes are all incomparable to Duncanson's book.

May fears that limited sales to primarily academic circles would place Duncanson completely at the mercy of Professors who could use his work as they choose and Duncanson would have little means of checking whether he has received any credit at all. Therefore, May enquires about Duncanson's contract with Oxford University Press London in order to determine whether it is possible for May to provide page proofs of Duncanson's book to Reader's Digest or Time-Life in America.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson about the week's Saturday review which features the letter Duncanson sent to the paper as a response to a previously sponsored article by Sorensen in the same paper.

Handwritten letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson in response to Duncanson's letter on 10 October 1967. May will take note of one of Duncanson's suggestions as a possible reviewer, whilst May believes that the Saturday Review will be most keen and productive for review purposes for Duncanson's book and, also, the possibility of paperback copies.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. May advises Duncanson of the need to protect himself against the machinations of publishers, as evidenced by the recent turn of events surrounding the issues of the, now, proposed American edition of his book. Further discussion turns to Duncanson's forthcoming trip to America and suggestions for his accommodation in the country, as well as potential contacts Duncanson can meet while in America.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson to deliver an enclosure for Duncanson to read.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. Following May's news that Professor Fairbank of Harvard university is considering the possibility of an academic role for Duncanson at the university, Harvard is also planning on sending someone to Paris and Saigon to start assembling a library of reference volumes. Furthermore, May encourages Duncanson to make contact with Dean Edmund A. Gullion of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, who May believes would support Duncanson and his forthcoming publication.

Handwritten letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson informing him of an appointment with Ambassador Donald Heath tomorrow, during which he would show Ambassador Heath Duncanson's page proofs. The following week, May shall be on his way to Journey's End – Richmond. May's post-script explains how he will try to make sure that Duncanson's book will have a prominent review in the New York Times Book Review.

Handwritten letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson in which May requests one more complete set of Duncanson's manuscript, while he plans to leave the current set in his possession with Ambassador Donald Heath in New York. May writes that he has talked with Time-Life, Reader's Digest and the New York Times, so he leaves it to Duncanson whether to send him the additional set.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. May reports of his meeting with Fairbank, which he describes positively. Fairbank is much inclined to advance Duncanson's candidacy before the faculty committee for a lecture or course of lectures during Duncanson's visit to America early in the new year. Moreover, May writes of the potential for Duncanson to gain employment at Harvard through the support and endorsement of Fairbank.