WILEY WITHHOLDS BOOK WITH POSSIBLE CIA LINK

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400340042-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2004
• Sequence Number: 42
• Publication Date: February 7, 1977
• Content Type: NSPR

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WILEY WITHHOLDS BOOK
WITH POSSIBLE CIA LINK
John Wiley & Sons is withholding from
further distribution "Chile's Marxist
Experiment" by Robert Moss, pub-
lished by its Halsted Press division in
1974, until allegations that it was com-
missioned by a CIA front organization
in London can be cleared up.
"We're trying to run down the facts
on this to determine whether the report
is accurate," Richard Schmidt, Wiley's
attorney in Washington, told Ply.
"We're just as puzzled as we can be.
.Wiley and Halsted are naturally very
upset if they have published a`CIA
book and didn't know about it."
A House Judiciary Subcommittee is
looking into the matter of CIA book
connections. Chairman Donald Ed-
wards (D., Calif.) of the House Judicia- ` Ca C `/r-(.%-I- ?- du -01
ry Subcommittee on Civil and Constitu- ~~CCyr/1eu r.~
tional Rights told Ply that the Moss
book was commissioned by Forum {
World Features, a now defunct Lon-
don-based news service he described
as "a CIA-subsidized propaganda oper-
anon.
"I'm fascinated," Edwards said. 0 rJ
"The CIA seems to be going through
the back door to distribute books in the
United States. They have no business
cioing?this.- It violates the charter of t
CIA, and going to a higher law, it's un--
constitutional. It' violates the 'First
Amendment." . . ? -
Asked whether other CIA-commis-
sioned books had been distributed in
this country, Edwards said: "I don't
know but we will find out. He went on
to say that "the people in New York
are innocent. I'm sure they wouldn't
have published the book if they had
known. They were not told the full
facts by the English publisher."
Warren Sullivan, president of Hal-
sted, said the book on Chile, first pub-
lished in England by David & Charles
in 1973, had "come.through a normal
publishing arrangement. We do a lot of
business with David & Charles, and
have imported many titles from them-
all the way from astronomy to geology
to political science. It was a topical
book in the political science arena by
an author with good credentials. We
have talked with David & Charles and
they knew nothing about the alleged
connection with the CIA. Nor did Hal-
sted Press. This news about the book is
news to us as well."
-. Edwards said that Forum World Fea-
tures, which closed two years ago, has
been replaced in London by Rossiter
-Publications. "It's the same outfit un-
der a different name.. Its also a CIA
front."
Only 900 or so copies of the Moss
book were sold in the United,States.
'It wasn't any .'Forever -Amber,'."
Representative Edwards commented.
Put he said a Subcommittee staffer pro-
duced a copy merely-by going to.the
Chilean Embassy in Washington and
asking for it. '-SUSAN WACNFR
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