CORNELIUS RYAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R004100160007-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 21, 2003
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 28, 1960
• Content Type: MFR

Please note the Director's comment to me
on the attached bucktag. The boss is inter-
ested in having find out from Ollie
Doering if he in fact did approach Ryan about
doing a biography on General Donovan.
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U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1955-0- 342531
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Novel bet 1960
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Us.' CT: Cornelius Ryan
1. UU November Cornelius Myan dropped in late in the
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could see me to talk about the book her was
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planning to do on Gene onovi d ask my advice. I told Ryan
that 1 had not been full informed an tie discussion which he had here
with Houston and ut I wuald be glad to hear what he had
to say.
Z. Ryan said that he had been approached by Mile Doering Of
the Donovan Law Firm to see whether he would be Williee, to undertake
a biography of General Donovan. According to Ryan, Doering told
him be had been authorised by Mrs. Donovan to make the approach.
Ryan Said that this was followed by discussions with Mss. Donovan
and Doering including a discassioa as to whether it ??would conflict
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pareently it was agreed that it would not because 'hepardsaf's book
would go to press in the spring of 1961, and Ryan says that if he did
his it would take two to three yeas. Further, he said that Shtpards?tat`s
book is primarily concerned with tomI, while his would be primarily
dealing with Donovan.
3. Rya said that in the course of his discussion with Doering,
Doering had told him of a two-Yalnrne, top sec dobcumo & .
R.ya said that he would like to have access to this PQXClY
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starting pro ects? said
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kink he would get into any details that would DO C
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approval.
4. 1 told him I would check into the status of his proposal and that
if hew ad get in touch with us after his return from the Pacific where
he planes to witness the Air Force catching a space capsule, we would let
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',i RAC '1R THE RECORD
U 1E : Telephone Conversation with
10 October 1960 STAT
1. 1 just received another telephone call ercam
ich he made inquiry cosmcazning the status Of his srovosal which
was tianaerQ to the writer durin.% II last visit to the Mminla-
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tration Building on 10 October. I told II that me had not
co pletely reviewed it but imould return it to hin at a later date.
(This proposal was tatted to the Office of xecuri.ty on 10 October
for review and return.)
2. During the telephone *(Mversatioi, II said that he
bad previously had lwxoheon with the Soviet Air Attache. (This
was also mentioned in xsV '_ rwdxm of 10 October.) in this regard,.
he advised that an agent of the FBI had called his office and, that
he was going to see this agent in about 1Q minutes.
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