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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. 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. 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. May is on his way to Richmond where he will meet with Walter Robertson, Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs who will request to read Duncanson's page proofs and opinion.

Handwritten letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. May again advises Duncanson in composing a letter to the Saturday Review New York, as mentioned in his letter dated 17 October 1967. May recounts a conversation the previous evening with Donald Heath regarding his review letter of Duncanson's forthcoming book. May also informs Duncanson of a forthcoming meeting with Walter Robertson, Assistant Secretary for Far East in the Eisenhower years. Extra page on Donald Heath's Work History as a diplomat.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. May writes to enquire about Duncanson's planned meeting with Tony Lewis, as well as providing updates regarding his endeavours with his publishing contacts in America.

Handwritten letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. May informs Duncanson that he has a great deal to report in a more comprehensive letter to be sent subsequently and that he and Duncanson need to prove to Oxford University Press New York that Duncanson's Government and Revolution in Vietnam will have a tremendous American market.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. May thanks Duncanson for having received his curriculum vitae. May writes to send a copy of Professor Fairbank's letter that was sent to him; a letter from Mrs Schaefer (Clara); a letter from "President's Room" at Columbia University, New York; a letter from May's associate in New York with whom May communicated to arrange an appointment with Robert Murphy. May writes to Duncanson to say that he hopes to meet with Murphy on 27th October in New York.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. May writes of his previous conversation with newspaper columnist Raymond Moley, who possesses a copy of Duncanson's page proofs. The second copy of page proofs is with Professor Fairbank, while a third copy May will deliver to the Senior Editor at the Foreign Policy Association. May provides an update of new contacts he has made in America whilst describing his struggles with dealing the Import Department Manager at Oxford University Press: New York, particularly with respect to a possible American edition of Duncanson's book, Government and Revolution in Vietnam. On the flip-side, May recounts a positive meeting with a Harvard official in relation to possible academic opportunities for Duncanson in America.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson to confirm that he (May) is ready to deliver a set of page proofs to Reader's Digest, while the second copy will be made available to Time Life, Robert Murphy or the Ford Foundation (subject to how matters develop).