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Thompson Document 04: Letter From Jack Belden To Henrietta Thompson, Jack Belden
Thompson Document 04: Letter From Jack Belden To Henrietta Thompson, Jack Belden
Henrietta Thompson Papers
This is the first letter Jack Belden wrote to Henrietta Thompson. Responding to Thompson's letter proposing that they meet to discuss the Walkout, Belden describes himself as “sympathetic to but not overly excited or approving of your [Thompson’s] project.” Nevertheless, Belden writes that he will be at his address "most of the time," and that Thompson may visit him there. The letter is undated, Thompson notes that she received it on October 3, 1971.
Thompson Document 03: Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Jack Belden, Henrietta Thompson
Thompson Document 03: Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Jack Belden, Henrietta Thompson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
Henrietta Thompson's second letter to then-retired war correspondent Jack Belden (Henrietta had apparently received no answer to her first letter of inquiry). Belden had walked out of Burma with General Stilwell in 1942, and published Retreat with Stilwell in 1943. Thompson had obtained Belden’s address by sending a series of letters to his publisher, Harper & Row.
Thompson Document 05: Henrietta Thompson's Notes On Interviewing Jack Belden, Henrietta Thompson
Thompson Document 05: Henrietta Thompson's Notes On Interviewing Jack Belden, Henrietta Thompson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
Undated notes, written by Henrietta Thompson sometime after she interviewed Jack Belden in October 1972. Her attempts to put down the “essence” of Belden, and the prompt she assigns herself: “What do I know about Jack Belden now?” suggest that these notes were written not long after the interview, or at least were written in an effort to preserve her memories of the interview.
Thompson Document 06: Henrietta Thompson's Summary Of Jack Belden's Activities Before The Walkout, Henrietta Thompson
Thompson Document 06: Henrietta Thompson's Summary Of Jack Belden's Activities Before The Walkout, Henrietta Thompson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
Henrietta Thompson’s attempt to narrate a version of Jack Belden’s account in the third person. Her several thoughtful accounts of her interview with Belden seem to suggest the great importance Thompson attached to her meeting with the writer.