engs this side of the iron curtain

 engs go to england for cia







 love letters

incredible packs of letters some with the string still atached from the bundles---obvious they have not been read
the humane aspects of the early CIA.
my father shut down correspondence with family from about 1969-1977 due to his anger at the CIA involvement in Vietnam.
little did he know my grandfather had been forcefully early retired by the nixon administration @1969.
 aircraft draftsman summer work in between school teaching terms and before joining navy.









father's dutiful letters remind me of catcher in the rye.
in one, he confirms that ransom eng was sent back to DC during their time in england.
all he says is that he knows the pet poodle Jet would be happy to see dad, and he asks if dad has returned yet in another.




 this side of the iron curtain


 frankfurt destroyed







 the girls help with the bier stein racket



 religious warfare


 publicity by ransom eng
grandfather was giving speeches and doing research on "juvenile delinquency" in the 1930's.
he was also looking for "communists" in the school system.





 food request
 "a person can't resist the temptation to look into the facts, if they are available"--ransom eng from japan, letter to helen stephens eng











































 hp lovecraft and somerset maugham, beloved of my father

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