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Letter from Richard A. May to Rochelle Girson at the Saturday Review promoting Duncanson's reputation and his forthcoming book.

Handwritten letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. May informs Duncanson that he has a great deal to report in a more comprehensive letter to be sent subsequently and that he and Duncanson need to prove to Oxford University Press New York that Duncanson's Government and Revolution in Vietnam will have a tremendous American market.

Letter sent from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson. This is centred around Oxford University press and trying to encourage the publication of an American edition of Duncanson's book.

Letter from Richard A. May to David Lawrence to whom May pitches Duncanson's forthcoming book, Government and Revolution in Vietnam, as 'the major British contribution so far to the Vietnam problem'. May proposes a meeting with Lawrence to discuss Duncanson's manuscript.

Letter from Dennis J. Duncanson to Richard A. May in response to May's letters on 16th and 17th October. Duncanson follows May's advice to write to the Saturday Review. Regarding the publicity of his book, Duncanson states that he expected that his book's readership would be primarily academic as he chose Chatham House as his book's publication channel in preference to a literary agent. Duncanson discusses copyright issues in America in relation to the forthcoming publication of his book and would be happy for a paperback edition of his book should it be offered. Duncanson extends his gratitude for Ambassador Donald Heath's feedback on Duncanson's page proofs.

Letter from Rochelle Girson to Richard A. May to thank him for sending page proofs of Duncanson's forthcoming book, Government and Revolution in Vietnam, to the Saturday Review.

Letter from Dennis J. Duncanson to Richard A. May in response to his letter on 18 October 1967. Duncanson writes of a call he had with Oxford University Press regarding advance copies of the book, along with ideas of where/whom to send them. Duncanson writes of his idea to visit America at London School of Economics' expense. Duncanson advises that they should not pursue Shaplen in the Far East. Instead, Duncanson will leave it to the New Yorker to send him a copy of the book if they want him to review it.

Letter from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson to confirm that he (May) is ready to deliver a set of page proofs to Reader's Digest, while the second copy will be made available to Time Life, Robert Murphy or the Ford Foundation (subject to how matters develop).

Letter from David Lawrence to Richard A. May in response to the latter's letter on 21 October 1967. Lawrence writes that it would be better for him to read Duncanson's book closer to the publication date.

Letter from Richard A. May to Walter B. Mahony in response to the latter's letter on 18 October 1967. May informs Mahony that when additional copies of Duncanson's page proofs arrive in America, one of them will go to Mr. Ragsdale. May attaches the Xerox copy of Ambassador Donald Health's to him (dated 18 October 1967).