TARSIS AT P.E.N. TO THE EDITOR:

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400200003-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 12, 2004
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• Publication Date: June 20, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

JUN 2 0 1966 ? /
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Tarsis at P.E.N.
To the Editor:
Arthur Miller, the interna
, tiona.l president of P.E.N., In
his speech at the opening of
the P.E.N. congress in New.
York expressed disappointment.
that the expected delegation of
observers from the Soviet
.Union had not arrived. "In the
? absence of an official explana-'
tion," said Mr. Miller, "it is in-
evitable to assume that It was
feared the Sinyavsky-Danlel
case would have brought strong
criticism from members of
'P.E.N. upon the delegation."
I suggest there Is a simpler
and more immediate reason for
the sudden cancellation of the
visit by the Soviet Writers
Union. On the officially pub-
lished list of congress members
appears the name of Valery
Tarsis. recently exiled'froiii"the'
Soviet Union. It would be in-
conceivable for the Soviet dele-
gation to be in the conference
room together with Mr. Tarsis.
Thus those who Included the
name of Mr. Tarsis on the list
of P.E.N. congress members,
consciously or unconsciously
delivered a slap In the face to
the coming delegation of observ-
ers from the Soviet Union,
MIKHAIL KORIAKOV
i . ElmhursE; L. I.,
New York, June 14, 1866
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