PAT FRANK WAS THE FIRST AUTHOR TO MENTION CIA IN A WORK OF FICTION.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01009A000100010001-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 1, 1948
• Content Type: MISC

Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/06/11 :CIA-RDP80M01009A000100010001-7
Pat Frank was the first author to
mention CIA in a work of fiction. He
did so in his novel An Affair of State
published in 1948.
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Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/06/11 :CIA-RDP80M01009A000100010001-7