WORLD GETS RIGHTS TO MEMOIRS BY GEHLEN AND LOSES AN EDITOR

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01350R000200760024-5
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 20, 2004
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: September 25, 1971
• Content Type: NSPR

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By HENRY ItAYAlON'i' '
The. World Publishing Cono hIr. Shaw's emphasis on backs{
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parry signed this week a con- list and reference books.1
tract for the controversial mem-whereas he preferred to work)
oirs of Gen. Reinhard Gehlen, on new books of fiction and, -
West Germany's former intelti- non-fiction. Among the bookst
Bence chief-?-.-and lost a top cdi- Mr. Wade edited are I.crrnan.
for who had played a key role Kahn's "The Year 2000," Dr.
in obtaining them. Bruno Bettelheim's "The Empty
z
I Completion of the ne.gotra- Fortress" and Malcolm Loviry's
,lions that give the company postuinoos novel, "October
;world rights to the memoirs Ferry to Gabrioia.
!outside Germany for a reported Peter l:itn>'r, vice president
1$500,000 became known yest.er- and dir, ctor general of World's
clay slog with conflicting ver- publi shim; division, who
sions of the resignation of brought Mr. \Vacle to the co;il-
James C. Wade, editor in chief Pony when the two men re-
of World's adult trade division. signed . from Macmillan two
Mr. Wade first alerted the con- years ago. described the resig-:
pang 'to the existence of the nation as "a terrible personal
memoirs early last summer. loss for ple and a great pro-1
According to publishing fessional loss for World.",
sources, llr. Wade resigned Mr. Wade's departure was.
after being excluded from the also deplored by ,Martin P..
final meeting last Tuesday. with Levin, chairman of World, who
General Gchle.n's represcnta- attriixrted Inc move to "our
five, Volker Hanson, by Chris- switching away from highly
topper Sha?,v, World's president. visible trade books to encyclo-
general reference
lias
In separate interAns, neither and
Mr. Wade nor A r. Shaw would books."
discuss any differences. /+. Working, Luncheon
'Left Very Amicably' Discussing the agreelne.nt on'
"I left very amicably and the Gehlen memoirs, PMir. Levin
very happily," 11'ir. Wade said, said-it was concluded Tuesday
intc'rupting a visit to another "when .-e. exchanged a check
publishing house where he was for the .complete manuscript."
in0uiring about a job. "Once He said the transaction took
the Gehlen book was ta.kedplace at a working luncheon
care of, I simply wanted toithat was also attended by the
change." company's lawyers, several ex-
Mr. Shaw, reached at his ecu.t.ives and George Paitey, an
summer home in East Ilamp- expert in German intelligence
ton, L. I., confirmed that Mr. operations who has been act-
Wa:de had not been present at ing as a, consultant for World
the Tuesday luncheon, but ex- in the negotiations. Dir. Bailey,
pl aimed that this was because who was a. European corres-
he had resigned the night be- pondent for the defunct The
fora. Repot ter magazine, is earn-
"He left very suddenly and I plcting a book for World titled.
haven't. talked to him," the "The Germans."
company president said. Mr. Levin said he- expected
. Other sources, who asked not the Gehlen book to be ready
to be identified, indicated that for publication in the United..
one reason for Mr. Wadc's sud- States next spring.
dert departure was precisely The Gehlen memoirs------pa.r
that he had not been invited to titularly his contention that;
participate in the conclusion of Ilitlel's deputy, Martin Bor-~
the deal after Having Spent Inane, was a Soviet agent duo'
some four months working on ing World War II--?-have Ben-'
it. Some said the incident re- crated sharp controversy in
Elected a tendency by Mr. Shaw West Germany. Moreover, the
to place protocol ahead of the Government in 001 has
sensitivities of his editorial warned that any disclosure af:
staff, confidential information in the
In addition, associates of i`,MIr. memoirs coulc.1 lead to prose
Wade said that the 31=year-old cution of the author and his
editorial executive. had become pul:,lisher. '
increasingly disenchanted with
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