LETTER TO MAJ. GENERAL CHARLES A. WILLOUGHBY FROM W.B. SMITH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R003100220039-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 2003
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: February 12, 1951
• Content Type: LETTER

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12 February 1951
Charles i
Thazke very such for rersiebig me with a copy of your
book, "Maneuver in War." I looked' through it on the wwr home
and it impresses me as a very valuable reference encyclopedia,
which I will fall back an from time to tiaaae when an forced
to give a lecture.
I was obliged to take a second hand copy of Koestler' a
"Darkness at Noon", as they a hard to find now adays. How-
ever, I know you will find this book as fascinating as I found
it. I think it is the beat exposition of the psychology of
the old and the new Bolshevik that has ever been written.
An acquaintance of nine who spent eight years in Lubianka
Prison tells me that it is accurate in most respects and that
the only inaccuracies are due to the fact that the author drew
his picture of prison life from his knowledge of the Gestapo,
who he claims were far behind the M.V.B. in their technique.
He remarkec, for instance, that d.ring his entire eight years
in Lubianka he was not cognizant of the identity of arty human
being under the same roof except the officer who interrogated
him and the guards who took him to and from interrogations aund
that it would have been quite iapossible to tap messages to
adjoining cell mates or in any other way communicate with or
identify thane.
Before I received your wire Q I had already
approached Lucian Truacott, who I think will be a first class
organizer. However, he knows nothing about the area and will
have to lean on you for both information and guidance. in
some wage this will be an advantage as keg will not go with a
lot of preconceived ideas. I have a spot elsewhere for
if he is willing to accept it.
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What are the chances of your corms horem for a ahoT
visit? It would be veil profitable for some of our people
to have a series of talks with you.
Faithfully,
11al
Maj. General Charles Wil1ouCh) r
Assistant Chief of Staff G.2
031s FEC and SCAP
Apo Sop, c/o Poa tm ester
San Franc isco s California
P.S. Ike have gotten va ..uabbe guidance fro'. the reports you
gave me just before x left. The technique of getting these
things up is extreme y fine,
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