LETTER TO DEAR BOB FROM ELMER LINBERG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01314R000300010028-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 2004
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: March 30, 1977
• Content Type: LETTER

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ELMER LINBERG
Los Angeles, California
March 30, 1977
Dear Bob,
Reference is made to our telephone
conversation yesterday.
Charles Felton Elkins is a 41-year-old
member of a wealthy California family which owns
Stauffer Chemical Company, which is listed on
the New York Stock Exchange. In the early days
of California Senator Felton was one of the first
Senators in the California Government. The Elkins
family owns extensive land in California and has
interest in oil wells, gas and other investments.
Charlie Elkins is a patriotically
motivated, public spirited individual who is
extremely concerned about the criticism of the
intelligence community, including the CIA and
the FBI.
Charlie has in mind making a motion
picture which depicts the CIA in a favorable,
perhaps romantic, light.
He is considering purchasing a book
entitled "Shade of the Palms" by Roberta Lee.
Roberta Lee's books are published by Harlequin.
Elkins has telephonically contacted the
author in London and she indicates an interest
in selling the rights to her book "Shade of the
Palms" for $50,000.
Elkins is also having a financial
feasibility study made concerning the making of
a movie concerning the book. He has in mind
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adapting it to a CIA Agent playing the leading
role in the motion picture.
Elkins would like to come to Washington
and speak with a fairly high level CIA official
to obtain some guidelines from the CIA as to
whether or not they would have any objection to
his endeavor or whether through cooperation with
CIA he could make a movie along some other line,
perhaps frommaterial furnished from the CIA.
In my opinion Elkins' motivation is
most generous and he desires to be of help to
improve the image of the CIA by making a motion
picture favorable to them.
I would appreciate if you could check
with the agency and determine the name of some
official who could talk with Elkins and set a
possible date as to when they might be able to see
him. He is available to fly to Washington at
almost any time.
Warm personal regards.
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