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.
Sans titreLetter from Dennis J. Duncanson to Richard A. May. In addition to particulars relating to Duncanson's and May's endeavours at cultivating contacts in aid of Duncanson's forthcoming book, Duncanson is happy about the outcome of May's meeting with Fairbank, in particular the prospect of joining the faculty at Harvard.
Sans titreLetter from [Mauria] T. Ragsdale of The Reader's Digest to Richard A. May to thank him for sending the proofs of Duncanson's book, Government and Revolution in Vietnam. Despite offering praise in the breadth and comprehensiveness of Duncanson's writings, The Reader's Digest views it as very difficult to handle the material and, therefore, cannot quote from the book.
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.
Sans titreLetter 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.
Sans titreLetter 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.
Sans titreLetter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson, in which May discusses in detail the importance of copyright protections against possible plagiarizing by others of Duncanson's book.
Sans titreLetter 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.
Sans titreLetter 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.
Sans titreLetter from Dennis J. Duncanson to Lucian W. Pye thanking him for his review of Duncanson's book, as well as to express anticipation for Pye's forthcoming publication of Guerrilla Communism in Vietnam. Duncanson expresses his sentiments regarding a dwindling interest in Vietnam in the United States. However, Duncanson believes that a dip in interest can only be temporary as diplomatic and military tussles still lie ahead and cannot be ignored.
Duncanson closes his letter to let Pye know that he will be at the London School of Economics until 30 September 1969 with the hope of completing his publication of China and the Independence of Vietnam and if Pye would be interested in seeing him.
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