Ernest Hemingway CIA File

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Mr. A. J . WeberrnanP.O. Box 2091

Central Intelligence gengt

Washington D C 20505

New York New York 10013

Reference: F-1997-02588

Dear Mr. Weberrnan:

4 NOV 997

This i s to acknowledge r e c e i p t of your 22 October 1997Freedom of Information Act FOIA) reques t fo r records on

Ernes t Hemingway. For i de n t i f i c a t i on purposes we haveass igned to your reques t the number re fe renced above.

We have searched our system of prev ious ly re l ea sed

documents and have loca ted the enclosed mater ia l cons i s t ingof s ix pages . This mater ia l was o r i g i n a l l y loca ted as ar e s u l t of previous reques ts fo r informat ion concerning thesame sub jec t .

As you a re aware the FOIA author izes federa l agencies

to asse ss fees fo r records se rv ices . However as you are

e n t i t l e d to 100 pages f r ee of charge as a r ·eques ter in the

a l l other fee category we a re providing t h i s mater ia l a t nocos t to you.

We hope th i s mater ia l i s use fu l to you.

Sincere ly ,

, L ~ £ ~ X n dI n f o ~ i o n and Privacy Coordinator

Enclosures

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OFFICE OF STR rEGJC SERVICES

R a n l 00 / 3 14 February 1914

Mr. V.hi tney Shepardson,Direc tor , SI ,

OSS V/eshincton, D. C.I • •

Daar Whitney,

The £ollowing i s a paraphrase of a cable Jus t re - e i v ~ d from Bob Joyce in Bar ;

lt i s unders tood t ha t WINSTON GUEST i s be ing ·cons idered , During the pas t year , he has been wl.thERliEST HEMINGWAY who was running e show 1n CUBA.

Provided t ha t he has completed h i s work in CUBA

t i s suggested t ha t you and 109 may cons ider ap-proaching HEMINGWAY. I mow hlm in t ima te ly and canvouch ro r h i s i n t e g r i t y ~ ~ d l oya l ty , one hundredpercent . lle is exper ienced in our bus iness , i sb l ' i l l i a n t and f ea r le s s . 7he proress ona l j ea lousyo r l e s s successfu l wri t e r s i s the bas i s fo r a l ls t o r i a s to the contra ry . I f you end 109 are in te r es ted , t is succes ted t ha t you t a l k 1o.;.;Z my wifev rho knows u ~ e whole baclrtround. t

We are not ~ n t i r e 1 y cle r whether he i s recommend-

ing Gu<ls t or Hemingway for OUJ ' show, e.nd the c lea r t e x t o fthe or ig ino l doe• not make t any clearer · . I th ink , however,tha t he must mean Hemingway, ane t ha t we ar·e sa re in proceedingo.n the t assumption.

I have t a lked to John T o u l ~ n snd f rankly , ne i the rof us i s ver j keen about the idea . n the i " i r s t place , i t

i s not c l e a r jus t Whet Hemingway would do, o r whether he 'd "it

in to our organiZation.; in the second place , i t seems to ust ha t the prominence and reputed temperament o r the gentlemanin ques t ion n igh t c r ea te var ious d i f f i c u l t i e s , I am dropping

.Bob e note t ha t · rorwa.rded hi" messaee t you, and would appre-c ia t e having you.r thoughts on the matte r ,

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OFFICE O F S T H A T E G ~ C SERV lCES

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Mr, Whitney Shepardson,

Direc to r , SI ,Office of S t r -a teg ic Services ,

Washington, C.

Dear Mr. Shepardson,

RPJ/dlc

16 March 1944

I r e f e ~ to my r ad io rness&ge addressed to you, BariNo, ~ 9 5 ' of 9 February 1944, with ~ a g a r d to ¥ ~ . Ernes t Hemingway,

I ar r ived in Cairo some days ago, rom Bar i , and I take th i s

occas ion , af ter · t a lk ing the s u b j ~ > c t o f Llr. Hemingway ove<r with

' 'Urner· J£cBaine and Colonel J, iocarski, to elabor&.te the matter

~ o m e w h a t r u r t h e r .

When I sent my message to you I had j u s t had a long

t a l k wi .h Mrs. H e m i n ~ a y in Ear l . She t o l d Ilie t ha t l <>r husbandhad j u s t cabled her to re turn · to Cuba a P ~ had cance l l ed planshe bad to meet her in London. Mrs, Hemingway was desola te aboutthe pr o ,pec t o f going back to Cuba, as she has b ~ e n in the groovein E u ~ o p e f o r the pas t four months as a s t a f f w r i t e r for ColTier'sMagazin<' , and she has e l l her · p lans lai•:i to cover the Big Show.

The p r o ~ p e c t o:r · r e tu r n ing to the Pear l o f tl1e A n t i l l e s e:t th i s

part icu lar moment was a t rag ic one -but she was prepared to obeythe orde.rs of he r lo rd and master , Her ans lys i s o:f the s i tu s t ionwas tha t Ernes t bad conpleted his work in Cuba, had made plans to

c>me to Europe in s o m ~ capaci ty , but tha t he had run i n to t r ans -

po r ta t ion and perhaps passpor t d i f f i c u l t i e s . ·

I have been th inking ever s i n · ~ e I en t e r ed the o rgan iza

t ion tha tErnes t

Hemingway might be avery valuable addi t ion

toour r anks . He was a c'ombat of ' f icer in the I t s . l i an Army during

the l a s t war , and i s the possessor o f sovera l I t a l i a n decora t ions

fo r d i s t i ngu i shed conduct . He i s , as y ~ u know, an au tho r i ty onSpain , and h i s in t imate acquain tanceship o:f non-Franco c i rc l es i sperhaps more ex tens i V'e than tha t o f any o the r American. He has anamo in these c i r c l e s , He ac tua l ly r an an i n t e l l i gence show inMadrid dur ing the s iega , and h i s knowledge o f gue r r i l l a warfare

and spec i a l opera t ions in genera l , as w?l l as the · ins and outs or

in te l l igence work, ' i s f i r s t -hand and extens ive ,

As you are aware, Hemingway i s a h igh ly cont rovers ia l .. f igure , When I had my meet ings with .Genera l St r ong , "'hs wo.a G g·,l a s t Spr ing , the General r e f e r r ed to B e m i n ~ w a y i n the most uncomplimente..ry terms, a3 a person having a spot ty Z.ecord . I don t

know wh&t Hemingway's doss i e r i n Mrs. Ship ley ' s ' o.f.fice i s , but Isuspect t ha t it s a l so spo t ty . My per s ona l conv ic t ion i s , and Iknow both Mr. and Mrs. Hemingway 1 n t i m . a t e ~ :count them among m

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f ac t tha t Ernes t has been marr ied th ree t imes , t ha t he i s verymuch o:: an ind i vl<'.ual v:bo has never been p a r t i c u l a r l y deferen

t i a l to persons i n h igh p laces , t h a t he i s the most succes s fu l

wr i te r in the Unitod S t a t e s , and tha t be was very ac t i ve on the

£oya11st s ide in the Spanish Civ i l i /ar . He has been an a n t i F·ascis t for many yea l s , and he has worked a t i t . For my money,Ernes t i-s a man o f the h ighes t i n t e g r i t y and loya l ty . He i sabout as much o f a Communist o r f e l low- t r ave l l e r as i s Mr. A l

dr i ch of the Che se Nat ional Bank of New York, ·

The· purpose of t h i s r a the r Fro l ix cornmunica t i on i s to

provlds· you or your o the r co l leagues in the organiza t ion with

ce r ta in backgl'ound in format ion on Hemingway, in case the rs i sa poss :b i l i t y o f h i s be ing cons idered . As I s t a t ed in my r ad io

message to you, my wife i s e n t i r e l y femi l ia ry with the e n t i r e

Hemingway s to r y , and i s in a pos i t ion to provide any . add i t l ona l

information which may be r equ i r ed . I we" no t th inking o f Ernes t

in connect ion with the Balkans , when I sent my message. It oc

cur red to me t h a t be might bee x t r e m e l y ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 9 £ n n ~ c t J ~ w i t l

o p e r ~ t i o n s i n Spain , or in I t a l y , He i s a v e r ~ c ~ e ~ a t t r•acted by a desk job i n Washing to::>. e might be very much in-.t e r e s t ed in something hav ing to do vdth I t a l y or Spain in the

f ield,. If General Donovan, Genera-l l;iagruder,. Colonel Buxton oryourse:Cf would be i n t e r e s t e d i n t a lk ing one thin l and another ov<with Hemingv1ay, I f e e l su re the.t he woulci come up to ciashinc:to,-,from Cubo., tf l:e i s still t he re , if in\ · i tcci to oo so . I ,·:oulC:pr e f e r to s him exp la in exec t l y Y ha ne has be en up t o i n Eabnr1'or the l a s t year and h a l f , but I still say tha t he has been verJac t i ve anci very use f u l to our Embassy in t h a t c i ty . His address

i s : "Finca ViSia , San Fr anc i s co de Paula , via Habana", or c / othe Am6rican Embassy. Habana.

I saw l om Beale in Bari l a s t week, anci e ~ : p ec t t o see

him ag£in, e i t h e r upon my r e t u r n to Bar i o r here in Ceoro. Ihave not as ye t had an oppor tuni ty fo r a long t a l k wtth him, bu t

sl :a l l c.er tainly have lt anci he w l l l be 8-ble to take back to youa f u l l account o f the p i c t u r e Gf tho yooF as I seo it.

With personal b e s t wishes ,

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~ J > ~ Shepardson:

· ~ ~ : o •April 6 19{t;

This is not knowledge - instinct.

Joyce is I believe an extremely intell i

g e n ~ and s o m e w h ~ t · t e m p e r ~ ~ e n t a l individual

who would not be improved by association

with the emingway wbich I know only by

hearsay

Hemingway's political convictions are

his own affair -- he h11s a right to them.

OSS has an equal right to be objective •

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SUBJECT; AttMhod Pnpors on E:rnoat l l o ~ n y

· l l'etu.m. llarevith tM J > L < ~ r s ec.ncernine Ernost

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to ecns1dor, but 1n ~ 1>.reae i>'hi>re 1 0 i s aotivo l're are

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p C o ~ t t o o As Yell as oss W o . s ~ t o n and tba StratQglo

SorvioeQ Otfioer.

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