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Letter from Richard A. May to David Lawrence to whom May pitches Duncanson's forthcoming book, Government and Revolution in Vietnam, as 'the major British contribution so far to the Vietnam problem'. May proposes a meeting with Lawrence to discuss Duncanson's manuscript.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson to request approval with regards to handling Duncanson's page proofs among the contacts May has fostered in America. May believes that if George V. Allen, Director of the Foreign Service Institute was to read Duncanson's book, it might invoke a good review and a subsequent demand for several hundred, if not a thousand, orders for U.S. government libraries if not all over the world.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. May apologies for not being able to meet with Duncanson until after the latter's academic visit in America. May writes to enclose and return Duncanson's artile "Unrecognised Frontier", which he advises Duncanson to use in his academic endeavours, more precisely to use it with an American audience. May ends his letter with a written post-script to request copies of the latest blurb on Duncanson's book, Government and Revolution in Vietnam.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson, in which May discusses the USA publicity releases of Duncanson's book. May plans on using his batch by sending them by personal delivery to friends or by mail. May hopes that Duncanson's academic endeavours will be forthcoming. However, he warns Duncanson of the potential political unrest and rebellion he may experience from American university students and faculty. May further wonders what Duncanson thinks of the latest political developments, surrounding the candidacies of Robert Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. May offers Duncanson his advice and opinion of the academic establishment in the US with the view that they are 'exclusively interested in themselves and only...from that point interested in you [Duncanson] and your priceless and uniquely conceived works.' Further, May discusses potential television promotional opportunities for Duncanson when he visits the US.

Handwritten letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson in response to the latter's air letter of 31 March 1968. May writes to follow up on a prior correspondence he had sent to Duncanson with which he had enclosed a list of the present members of the Harvard Overseas' Visiting Committee on East Asian Civilizations.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson to update the latter of developments regarding a set of page proofs May endeavours to send before high authority in Washington. There is also discussion about the publishing of Duncanson's book in America.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson to report news that Professor Fairbank is enquiring about meeting him [May] in Boston.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson in response to Duncanson's letter on 30 October 1967. May writes of the current zeitgeist in America concerning Vietnam, more specifically an inability to obtain facts to help come to proper conclusions. In response, May recommends to the Richmond Public Library, Former Ambassador Donald Heath's letter which mentions Duncanson's forthcoming publication on the subject of Vietnam and that there should be an American edition of Duncanson's book.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. May updates Duncanson on his intentions to pursue publicity endeavours for Duncanson's forthcoming book publication. Further, May has arranged a meeting with Professor Fairbank in Cambridge, Massachusetts.