FORTHCOMING BOOK: THE YOUNG STALIN BY EDWARD ELLIS SMITH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400310001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 13, 1967
• Content Type: MF

Sanitized - Approved ForSTAT L'
13 September 1967
IvILMORAN`DUM FOR Director of Central Intelligence
SUI33ECT Forthcoming Book: The Young Stalin
by Edward Ellis Smith
1. This memorandum is for information only and is in response
to your request for an evaluation of a forthcoming book entitled The
Yount; Stalin by Edward Ellis Smith (New York: Farrar. Straus &
Giroux, 1967).
25X1 Ago Galley proofs of The Young Stalin have been reviewed by
of the DDI/Special Research Staff; his review is attached.
25X1A On balance, find:: this book to contain a very substantial
rc:earch e fort. Unfortunately, it appears that Mr. Smith's conclusions
are frequently awkward an d are not always borne out by the facts he
presents. A great part of the book is devoted to the role of Stalin as a
probable Okhrana agent. Much of the research for The Stalin
was done in Okhrana files recently opened to scholars at the Hoover
Library at Stanford University as well as other Russian materials in
its collections,
Walter ?forzheirner
Curator
Historical Intelligence Collection
Attachment
Review
Distribution:
Orig & 1 .- Addressee w/att.
1 - DDI
Asst, to Dir, (Goodwin) w/att,
4 _ DDP w/att,
1 - D/Sec (Att: Mr. Osborn) w/att.
1 - CI Staff (Att: /att.
I - DDI/ SRS (Att ) w/ att. 25X1 A
2 -HIC w/att