INVITATION TO DELIVER A LECTURE FOR THE SMITHSONIAN RESIDENT ASSOCIATE PROGRAM

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 28, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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OEXA 82-1154
28 APR 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Director, Office o External Affairs
STAT
SUBJECT: Invitation to Deliver a Lecture for the
Smithsonian Resident Associate Program
1. Action Requested: Decide whether to lecture on American Sponsored
Resistance Movements Behind Enemy Lines During World War II for the Smith-
sonian Resident Associate Program or send a recommendation for Joseph E.
Persico to do so in your place.
2. Background: Martin K. Gordon, a professional military historian,
currently with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has requested that you give
a lecture on American sponsored resistance movements behind enemy lines
during World War II. The lecture would be part of a course, "America Fights
World War II," that Mr. Gordon is organizing for the Smithsonian Resident
Associate Program. He would like you to base your lecture on your experiences
during the war and on your subsequent thinking about the resistance movement.
This would be scheduled for Thursday, July 15, from 6:00-7:30 p.m., in the
Smithsonian Complex, National Gallery of American Art, 9th and G Sts., N.W.,
Washington, DC_.
As an alternative, we recommend Mr. Joseph E. Persico who is a
retired State and Foreign Service Officer and has lectured on this subject
previously. Mr. Persico is also the author of Piercing the Reich: The
Penetration of Nazi Germany by American Secret Agents During World War II;
New York; Viking Press; 1979.
3. Recommendation: Sign one of the attached letters either accepting
the lecture engagement or recommending Mr. Persico. It is your decision as
to whichever fits with your schedule and interest.
STAT
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SUBJECT: Invitation to Deliver a Lecture for the
Smithsonian Resident Associate Program
Director of Central Intelligence Date
DECLINE, RECOMMEND PERSICO:
Director of Central Intelligence Date
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