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THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Livia Gollancz,
I am sending you.a first-draft excerpt with some
photographs from the above project, on behalf of Mr
Werner. Schmid and Orbis Sound AG, Zurich, to whom I
am on contract for the writing of the book.
Werner Schmid. was the worldwide promotér of Uri
Geller, and the originator of the GOLDEN SHOT series
on television. He.plans a similar worldwide.promot-
ion for' this book, with the support of television
programmes showing the dogs and perhaps a quiz-type
series.
We have this project .out with two other British
publishers, oné of whom has promised to make an offer
in the course.of this. week.
About the form the book will finally take:
I have. been at pains - in' - 'this sample to show the
absoluté authenticity of the Berchtesgaden experiment
and' have therefore concentrated on the progress of
Miss. Dorothy Meyer's le'ssons with the dogs. Also
Orbis Sound and. I felt that a certain amount of security
should surround the rémarkable utterances of the dogs
until the book, itself breaks.
Thus the real impact
of the book is only referred to at the end of the sample,
and most of the final narrative will be concerned with
the stories told by thé dogs, ' and countless episodes
in which they tap their messages - either on request or
on their own initiative. - This will most certainly
mean shortening and squeezing up Part 1, to make way
for a larger Part 2. Also I shall be mitigating the
routine of the lessons with more of a picture of the
dogs' daily lives, their walks and habits, so that it
early becomes clear that they are not in any way
'performing' dogs but just like others.
Of course the material is growing every. day.
Even in the two months I have been absent from
Berchtesgaden the dogs' output has been unbelievable.


If you are interested do call me, or Werner
Schmid direct at Zurich 325824.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


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THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Miss Loo,
I've just had a chat with McGraw Hill Inter-
national Publications here and they advise me to
get in. touch with you on the above project.
By separate cover I am sending you a first-
draft excerpt of over 100 pages from the above on
belalf: of Werner Schmid and Orbis Sound AG, Zurich,
to whom I am on contract for the writing of the book.
Werner Schmid and Orbis Sound own the research mat-
erial, and were by the way the worldwide promoters
of Uri.Geller. We intend to promote this book our-
selves in the various countries, and Orbis Sound
plan television appearances and perhaps a worldwide
series involving the two *tapping dpgs' of Berchtes-
gaden, Germany.
We put this project out to three British publish-
ers last week and had an early offer from W.H.Allen
which is being discussed now.
About the form the book will finally take:
I have been at pains in the sample to show the
absolute authenticity of the Berchtesgaden experiment
and have therefore concentrated on the progress of
Dorothy Meyer's lessons with the dogs. Also Orbis
Sound and I felt that a certain amount of security
should surround the remarkable utterances of the dogs
until the book itself breaks.
Thus the real impact
of the book is only referred to at the end of the
sample, and most of the narrative will be concerned
with the stories told by the dogs,, and countless
episodes in which they tap messages either on request
or on their own initiative. This will almost certain-
ly mean shortening and squeezing up Part 1 of the
book, which mightbin any case risk boring the lay
reader. And I shall be mitigating the routine of
the lessons with more of a picture of the dogs's
daily lives, their walks and habits, so that it early
becomes clear that they are not 'performing' dogs
but exactly like others.
Of coursecthe material is growing every day,
and even in the two months I have been absent from'


Berchtesgaden the output of the dogs has been
unbelievable. Dorothy Meyer phoned me yesterday
evening to say that one of Belam's puppies had been
driven to their new owner on the other side of
Germany and that on her (Dorothy's) return Belam
tapped 'AIDA SICK IN CAR NOTHING INSTOMACH'. Indeed
the puppy had been sick in the car, and had been
kept off food and drink deliberately for hours
before. There was no possibility of the news having
got to Belam through any other source. Dorothy
said to him 'But this is astonishing, how did you
know?' And he tapped FEELING.
According to your reaction to this anecdote
you will be able to judge your reaction to the
book.
We would be most grateful for an indication of
your feelings within seven days of receipt at your
end. A phonecall from you to me would be enough.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


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Dear Mr Rowdon,
We have given a lot of thought to the script.of THE
THINKING DOGS which you sent me with your letter of 11
November, and I'm sorry to say that we can't make an offer
for the book on the strength of this material.
As you say, the real meat of the book will be contained
in the second part, and I. agree that the first part which
you have shown us will need to be considerably shortened.
If you and Mr Werner Schmid do not succeed in placing
THE THINKING DOGS with a British publisher - and in your
letter you say that the project is under offer to two other
firms - we will, be ready to consider the finished and finally
edited typescript. In the meantime, I fear that there is
no alternative to my returning the first draft of Part I to
you with this letter. Thank you for giving us the opportunity
of reading this.
Kindest regards,
Yours sincerely,
Qustmi
Jwald
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I am sorry that our reaction hasn't been more positive
or encouraging, but please don't let it inhibit you from
trying us again.
I am returning the script to you because I have no doubt
that you can always do with an extra copy.
Many thanks again for sending it to us, and for your
patience.
Yours sincerely
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Enclosure :


THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Mr Legat,
I spoké to your assistant this morning about
the above project and I am enclosing a first-draft
excerpt of about 130 pages, together with some
photographs.
I am doing so on behalf of Orbis Sound AB
Zurich, to whom I am on contract for the writing
of the book. Mr Werner Schmid of Orbis Sound
was the promoter worldwide of Uri Geller, and the
originator of THE GOLDEN SHOT series on television.
He plans a similar worldwide promotion for this
book, with the support of televisiàn programmes
showing the dogs and perhaps a quiz-type series.
As I explained on the phone, we have this
project out with two other British publishers, one
of whom has promised to make an offer in the course
of this week.
About the form the book will finally take:
I have been at pains in this sample to ahow
the absolute authenticity of the Berchtesgaden
experiment and have therefore concentrated on the
progress of Miss Dorothy Meyer's lessons with the
dogs. Also Orbis Sound and I felt that a certain
amount of security should surround the remarkable
utterances of the dogs until the book itself breaks.
Thus the real impact of the book is only
referred to at the end of the sample. The actual
book will give more of a daily and personal view
of the dogs, so that it early becomess clear that
they are not in any way 'performing dogs' but just
like others.
Please contact me by phone if the project
interests you.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


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THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Mr Austin,
We spoke together this morning about the above
project and I am enclosing a first-draft excerpt of
about 130 pages, with some photographs.
I am doing so on behalf of Mr Werner Schmid and
Orbis Sound AG of Zurich, to whom I am on contract
for the writing of the book. Werner Schmid, by the
way, was the promoter worldwide of Uri Geller, and
the originator of THE GOLDEN SHOT series on television.
He plans a similar worldwide promotion for this book,
with the support of television programmes showing the
dogs and perhaps a quiz-type series.
We have this project out with two other British
publishers, one of whom has promised to make an offer
în the coureeo6fthhe week.
About the form the book will finally take:
I have been at pains in this sample to show the
absolute authenticity of the Berchtesgaden experiment
and have therefore concentrated on the progress of
Miss Dorothy Meyer's lessons with the dogs. Also
Orbis Sound and I felt that a certain amount of security
should surround the remarkable utterances of the dogs
until the bokk bteelf breaks. Thus the real impact
of the book is only referred to at the end of the sample,
and most of the narrative will be concerned with the
stories told by the dogs, and countless episodes in
which they tap their messages either on request or on
their own initiative. This will amost certainly mean
shortening and squeezing up Part 1,. to make way for a
larger Part2. Also I shail be mitigatédg the routine
of the lessons with more of a picture of the dogs' daily
lives, their walks and habits, so that it early becomes
clear that they are not in any way 'performing' dogs
but just like others.


of course the material is growing every day. o
Even in the two months I have been absent from
Berchtesgaden the dogs' output has been unbelievable.
If you are interested do call me,or Werner Schmid
direct at Zurich 325824. e
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


Dear Miss Morgan Griffiths,
I hope you conclude something with Orbis Sound
soon on THE THINKING DOGS, as Werner Schmid has got
various TV companies foaming at the mouth to get the
dogs on the box and is panicking about time. He
called me on Friday with a new idea of financing the
writing of the whole book at once, and only selling
it here and in the States when it is complete, which
I am resisting. I very much need editorial company
on a project like this and I think it is essential
to tie this in at an early stage with the promotional
side. As Livia Gollancz said the other day, this
book looks as if it is going to be a very big seller,
and will therefore take up a whole lot of any publish-
er's time and services. I thought I would write you
this quick line as it was my idea to bring the book
to you in the first place.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


Alex Liepa
Conpauy
Piurishit
Dablidns
Aveune
Pesfe
THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Mr Liepa,
Yesterday Mr Werner Schmid of Orbis Bound Ag
Zurich spoke by phone with one of Mr Bob Banker's
associates about the above project and was advised
to get in touch straightway with you..
Iam therefore sending you by separate cover a
first-draft excerpt from the above on behalf of
Orbis Sound, who own the research material and to
whom I am on contract for the writing of the book.
We put this project out to three British
publishers last week and had an early offer from
W.H.Allen which is being discussed now.
About the form the book will finally take:
I have been at pains in the sample to show the
absolute authenticity of the Berchtesgaden experiment
and havé therefore concentrated on the progress of
Dorothy Meyer's lessons with the dogs. Also Orbis
Sound and I felt that a certain amount of security
should surround the remarkable utterances of the
dogs until the book itself breaks. Thus the real
impact of the book is only referred to at the end of
the sample, and most of the final narrative will be
concerned with the stories told by the dogs, and
countless episodes in which they tap their messages
either. on request or on their own initiative. This
will-almost certainly mean shortening and squeezing
up Part 1, which might in any case risk boring the
lay reader. And I shall be mitigating the routine
of the lessons with more of a picture of the dogs's
daily lives, their walks and habits, so that it early
becomes clear that they are not 'performing' dogs
but exactly like others.
The material is in fact growing every day.
Even in the two months I have been absent from
Berchtesgaden the dogs's output has been unbeliexable.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Mr Hecht,
Werner Schmid of Orbis Sound AG called me
yesterday and told me he had spoken with you by
phone about the above project.
I am : enclosing a sample of over 100 pages on
behalf of Orbis Sound, who own the research material
and to whom I am on contract for the wtiting of the
book.
About the form the book will finally take:
I have been at pains in the sample to show the
absolute authenticity of the Berchtesgaden experimént
and have therefore concentrated on the progress of
Dorothy Meyer's lessons with the dogs. Also Werner
Schmid and I felt that a certain 'amount of security
should surround the remarkable utterances of the
dogs until the book itself breaks.
Thus the real
impact of the book is only referred to at the end of
the sample, and most of the final narrative will be
concerned with the stories told by the dogs, and
countless episodes in which they tap their messages
either on request or on their own initiatives This
will almost certainly involve shortening and squeezing
up Part 1. Also I shall be mitigating the routine
of the lessons with more of a picture of the dogs'
daily livés, their walks and habits, so that it early
becomes clear that they are not 'performing' dogs
but exactly like others.
The material is in' fact growing every day.
Even in the two months I've been absent from Berch-
tesgaden the dogs' output has been unbelievable.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Mr Lussa,
Werner Schmid of Orbis Sound AG, Zurich, has
asked me to send you a copy of the first-draft
excerpt from the above. I enclose it now.
We put this project out to three British
publishers last wekk and had an immediate offer
from W.H.Allen which is being discussed now.
About the form the book will finally take:
I have been at pains in the enclosedcsample to
show the absolute authenticity of the Berchtesgaden
experiment and have therefore concentrated on Miss
Dorothy Meyer's lessons with the dogs. - Also Orbis
Sound and I felt that a certain amount of security
should surround the remarkable utterances of the
dogs until the book itself breaks. Thus the real
impact of the book is only referred to at the end
of the sample, and in fact most of the final narrative-
will be concerned with the stories told by the dogs,
and countless episodes in which they tap messages
either on request or on their own initiative. This
will almost certainly mean shortening and squeezing
up Part 1, to make way for a larger Part2. Also I
shall be mitigating the routine of the lessons in Part
1 with more of a picture of the dogs' daily lives,
their walks and habits, so that it early becomes clear
that they are not 'performing' dogs but just like
others.
Of course the material is growing every day.
Even in the two months I've been absent from Berch-
tesgaden the dogs' output has been unbelievable.
Yours sincerely,
hussa
Maurice Rowdon
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THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Mr Lighter,
I've been asked by Wernér Schmid in Zurich
to send you seven copies of the above project,
and these are coming to you by separate cover
in the course of the week.
Three American publishers have already been
involved, and will receive copies by the end of
this week. They aré Miss Beverley Loo of McGraw
Hill, Mr Alex Liepal of Doubleday and Mr Raymond
Lussa of Randell Publishing Corporation.
Interest oyér here is very hot. We put the
project out to hree British publishers last week
and had an immédiate offer from W.H.Allen which
is being discussed now. Also the Souvenir Press
are very eagér, and the third, Hodder and Stoughton,
have not yet declined.. In Germany, Werner Schmid,
tells me, the interest is as great.
I think publishers will naturally want to know
how the /final version of the book if going to look.
I shall be giving more of a personal picture of
the dogs' daily lives in Part 1, and almost certain-
ly, bécause of the unbelievable output of the dogs
in the last few weeks, I shall be shortening it to
make a longer Phat 2.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon
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THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Mr Burnett,
In the lack of a call from you we were obliged
to open the field to two other publishers on this
project.
I'm sure you will understand this.
With best wishes, also from Werner Schmid.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Mr Burnett,
I am getting some pressure from Orbis Sound AG
for an early reaction on this project, and I wonder
if you could call me or alternatively Werner Schmid
at his Zurich number 325824.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Consul,
Werner Schmid of Orbis Sound AG has asked me
to saaddyou a copy of the above.
His address in Zurich by the way is Delfinstr.
14, Zurich 8008, and his phone number 325824.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Miss Body,
As I think I told you, there are two other
publishers in the field for this project, and a
certain amount of pressure is building up. I
wonder if you could give me a call and let me
know your reaction, or if you prefer talk to
Werner Schmid of Orbis Sound AG direct at his
Zurich number 325824.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Miss Morgan Griffiths,
I am getting some pressure from Orbis Sound AG
for an early reaction on this project, and I wonder
if you could call me to give me some indication of
your feelings.
Alternatively you can get in touch with Werner
Schmid direct at his Zurich number, 325821.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Mr Baeshke,
Werner Schmid has asked me to send you a
copy of the First Draft Excerpt from the above,
which I do now.
His address by the way in Zurich is Delfin-
strasse 14 ZURICH 8008, and his phone number
Yours, sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Mr Wehrenalp,
I have been asked by Werner Schmid to send you
a copy of the First Draft Excerpt from the above
books
Iis address by the way is Delfinstrasse 14,
Zurich 8008, and his telephone number Zurich 325824.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


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THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Mark,
As promised, I enclose a First Draft Excerpt
from the above book for the attention of Maurice
Temple Smith.
The name of the firm holding the world rights
is given on the title page, and of course it is
understood that there is no question of his talk-
ing directly with me about either his negotiations
with the Swiss firm or the script itself.
With best wishes,
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


Dear Christopher,
I am on contract to a awiss firm Orbis Sound AG
(a cassette and record business) for a 'special - at
present called THE THINKING DOGS.
Werner Schmid,
whose firm it is, will be promoting the book worldwide
as he did Uri Geller.
I have no right to be telling you about this
but next week about half the book will be ready
and I wonder if you would like to seize a very quick,
unofficial look at it. I suspect it will be very
expensive to buy but the promotion will make it
worthwhile.
I can only leate it with you two days.
No agents. British and Commonwealth rights only.
If you expressed interest I would then make a confess-
ion to Werner Schmid and he would no doubt contact
you.
Yours,
Maurice Rowdon


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Dear Miss Shillitoe,
Further to my phone conversation with. one
of your colléagues I would be grateful if you
could send me a breakdown of the outstanding
bills, since the wrong billing of nearly £3000
some weeks ago has thrown my calculations into
confusion. Has the matter of the wrong billing
been cloared up by the way?
I shall be out of the country until January
14 coming and will settle the outstanding amount
in full immediately on receipt of your letter.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


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THE THINKING DOGS
Further to your letter dated February 12th, I am returning
the typescript of The Thinking Dogs since it does not fit into our
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I found it most interesting and I am sure that you will have
considerable success elsewhere.
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I am sorry it has taken us so long to give you a verdict
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Dear Mr Rowdon,
I have now had a chance to read THE THINKING
DOGS and would like very much to talk to
you.
I tried to ring you today but there was
no reply from your number.
Perhaps you could
give me a ring.
I have not contacted Orbis Sound as yet, as I
thought I would like to chat with you first.
In any case I would like to know who I should
talk to.
I look forward to hearing from you.
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I am afraid that we know that Richard Buckle
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Dear Mr Rowdon,
It was awfully good of you to let me see the material on THE
THINKING DOGS - and quite fascinating I found it, too.
It reached me just in time to discuss at our editorial meeting
this week, and two of my colleagues were able to read parts of the
typescript, as I did myself. Regretfully we have decided that we
don't feel we should compete for this book. I am sure it is going
to be a very big seller. But equally it is not the sort of book in
which we have in any way specialised, and I feel that, in the unlikely
event of the sort of offer we might put up being accepted, it would
use too much of our firm's editorial and promotional resources. We
also have a full list'of non-fiction books for the next eighteen months,
and it will include many "big" books. So somewhat regretfully I am
returning to you the material.
You must be having an absolutely fascinating time writing the
book. I wish you and it every success.
Yours sincerely,
pnk 6
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Dear Mr. Rowdon:
Many thanks for yours of November 11 and for sending us
your manuscript, THE THINKING DOGS.
While the project is certainly an interesting one (I myself
am a dog lover and owner) our publication list is tightly
scheduled for the next two years, and we don't quite see
how we could fit in THE THINKING DOGS.
Many thanks though for giving us the opportunity of considering
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los
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Could I suggest that you consider discussing the project with
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Dear Mr. Rowdon,
Thank you for the opportunity of seeing your material on
The Thinking Dogs. I am: afraid we have, in the end,
decided this is not really a project for us. My apologies
for the delay in coming back to you on this.
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eos
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Dear Dorothy,
First of all I omitted to ask you to thank
Mr Storz deeply from me for all the work he has
done for us, and to please keep his eye open for
anything interesting about tapping animals that
comes his way in the future.
I have just had a phonecall from a publisher -
saying they want to buy the book and asking that
there is more in it about the actual way the dogs
are in their home lives, how they play together
and live together and the kind of walks they go
on etc. You will understand that I have to make
the first part of the book more personal in this
way, in order to break up the lessons and avoid
it being just a repetition of nnthematical sums.
So would you please over the next flew weeks try
to think OF ALL THE LITTLE STORIES you can remem-
ber about their habits, and walks they go
and
the fights and so forth. From that period din which
you were teaching them, namely for the first part
of the book. The publieher especially liked the
story about where you chased Belam round the apart-
ment. It is just the kind of thing the reader
will need.
For behind this is the question everyone will
want to know the answer to, Are these dogs differ-
ent from other dogs? do they have something special
that
aics
makes them not play like others? We have to
show that they are dogs like other dogs, and per-
fectly natural.
The interest in Mrs Heilmeier is very great,
I find, when people have heard of her. I am often
asked many questions. The young people who have
half-wrecked their lives with drugs seem to listen
most carefully and in a moad full of belief.
Love and prayers,


THE THINKING DOGS
Dear Mrs Wiener,
I enclose the sample from the above project
which we discussed by phone earlier today.
As I pointed out this is on offer to two other
British firms, one of whom has promised an offer
within the week. A German firm has declared the
same intention.
The research material is in the hands of Orbis
Sound AG, Zurich, to whom I am on contract. Werner
Schmid, a director of Orbis Sound, will be conducting
promotion worldwide on the dogs. He was the promoter
of Uri Geller, and he originated THE GOLDEN SHOT series
on television.
I have been at pains in this sample to ahow the
absolute authenticity of the Berchtesgaden experiment.
Of course - the final book will give much more of a
portrait of the dogs, with less emphasis on the
routine of the lossons, above all to show that they
are not in any way 'performing animals' but just like
others.
Please call me if you have anything to ask.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon


Dear Mrs Heilmaier,
I think it right that I should keep you informed
of the progress on THE THINKING DOGS here, so that you
have a complete picture. Publishing is as you probably
know a highly specialised
and finding the
publisher who is interested anduserz1, in one theme, who is
expert at the particular market for that theme and who
has the promotional facilities is sometimes long and
difficult unless one has an agent working on it.
W.H.Allen was the first publisher I chose for
THE THINKING DOGS because I thought they combined all
these elements. As you probably know, Ihad a response
within a few days. I enclose two letters from them,
the later one received only yesterday morning.
I also took the book to Gollanez, and enclose a
letter from Livia Gollancz because it gives us a good
picture of the status of the book. Livia Gollancz
has been in publishing since childhood, she knows no
other life, and her judgement is therefore a most
reliable one. Her father Victor, now dead, established
me as a writer, and proved that the best publishers
are the most intelligent ones. He used his publishing
house for good ends, and was ulways lecturing for some
cause, usually an anti-war one. He played a great
part in getting capital punishment abolished in this
country, and after the last war he almost killed him-
self working for starving people in Germany, though
he was Jewish.
Werner Schmid had an intéresting suggestion last
week that in view of the delays over finding a publisher
I should write the whole book at once and find the
publisher later. From my point of view this would
be impossible because
1) Mr Schmid and I are going through another
financial crisis on this book: I have by now, through
concentrating on the book since the summer at the expense
of all my other projects (a commissioned writer usually
works on two or even three projects concurrently),
built up a vast debt at the bank, and immediate new
finance is essential.
This can only be adequate if
it comes from a publisher.
2) Presenting a complete book to a publisher
and finding a the right publieher is a matter of at
least two months, before the contract is actually
signed, and probably much more. The publisher would


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Dear Mrs Heilmaier,
I enclose a cablegram from Doubleday in the
USA, and I believe Ekon Verlag in Germany are also
interested in your dog project.
As I believe I told you in my last letter, I
have involved myself in an enormous debt to make the
writing of the book possible, and the time came,
about three weeks ago, when the debt was rising
beyond the permitted level.
Last week I told Werner Schmid the situation,
and that I could not hold out any longer (having
spent nearly half the previous money on various
expenses connected with the book), and he told me
that he would send £1000 telegraph to reach me by
the end of the week (Friday 6 December), to cover
the debt, and asked me to speak with my bank to
arrange a further debt to carry me through the
last stages of the book.
The £1000 did not arrive, though I had told
my bank, and given my absolute word, that it would
do so, and when I telephoned Zurich this afternoon
to enquire about it Werner Schmid told me that he
was unable to send me the-money and moreover did not
know when he would be able to do so.
By that time I had enquired at the bank about
a further debt to cover the rest of the book, and
they had told me that they would enter discussions
on this only after they had received the £1000.
Thus I now risk losing the confidence of a bank
which has stood by me for fifteen years in the
uncertain business of being a writer. And I am
unable to draw any further money for day to day
Iiving. I am of course deeply ashamed to Annette
to have involved her in a situation like this.
I am desperately seeking about in the publishing
world for another contract, and another book, as soon
as possible, but this is a matter which usually takes
2/3 months.
Lote ad prayers
Maurice Rowdon


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MAHRICE ROWDON, Casa Campardi, San Gimignano (Siena), Italy,(hereafter
called the author) for himself, his personal representatives and assigns,
of the first part, and
ORBIS SOUND AG, Schutzenmattstrasse 16a, 8802 Kilchberg, Zirich, Switzer-
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than have to find a place for the book on his list,
and this would almost certainly be at the end of his
current production-programme, which is usually booked
one year or eighteen months ahead. We would have to
wait between one and two years for publication, from
the date of the signature of the contract. The delay
would thus be very much greater. When, on the other
hand, a publisher works closely with a writer on a
book from the beginning, and finances the project
himself, he organises his production-programme and
his promotional programme round it, so that the complete
work can be published within six months of being
written.
3): A project of this kind needs an editor so
that the promotion and publicity may be tied in at an
early stage with the actual style in which the book is
written. For instance, W.H.Allen feel that there
should be many more illustrations than I had in mind,
together with colour plates. Thus, since this would
mean a more expensive book, they have already chosen
the market they wish to aim at, and when they do it
in collaboration with the writer it is always much more
effective. I am not speaking here of the promotional
programme on behalf of the dogs but the promotional
programme purely for the sale of the book.
I am very much hoping for a woman-editor on this
project (I don't know quite why) and for this reason
I contacted' Miss Beverley Loo of McGraw Hill in New
York, who is reading the sample now.
Love and prayers,
Maurice Rowdon


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Dear Mark,
Last year I cave up my book-agent David Bolt
in order to concentrate my affairs with Robin Dalton.
But the contracts he negotiated continue to be his
concorn, by a clause in the contract. Messrs
Weidenfeld and Nicolson sent' him a statement of
account on my LORENZO THE MAGNIFICENT at the bega
inning of October, together with a small cheque,
and he has failed to pass this ono He has also
failed to pass on a statement from Messrs Constable
on my SPANISH TERROR. Could you please write and
ask him to forward them to mé through you?
Temple Smith says I must have known what kind
of books he publishes but once when I asked him in
a letter from Italy to give mè a nore precise idea
he hedged and said that it was up to me to suggest
a subjectt Of course he publishes *specials' like
anybody else. I now feel I've been weak in letting
him get avay with it, but I suppose I would have to
committ nyself to another book for him one way or
another.
Yours sincerely,
Maurice Rowdon
PS David Bolt's address is Bolt and Watson Ltd.,
8 Storey's Gate, London, SW 1.


DOUBLEDAY
A COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
January 27, 1976
Mr. Maurice Rowdon
5 Tamworth Street
London SW 6, England
Dear Mr. Rowdon:
I'm terribly sorry it has taken me so unforgivably long
to get in touch with you about your ideas for a book on the
"Thinking Dogs, I1 a subject which my associate, Eve Roshevsky,
expressed an interest in.
I could not respond because I was on a prolonged trip
abroad. Now that I am back and I've had a chance to calmly
study the entire,proposal including the latest outline which
you prepared for Econ Verlag, I must unfortunately state
that even though the subject matter still sounds interesting,
the way you approach it seems rather less than promising for
marketing the book in America.
I'm sure we could sell a book in America which would
concentrate on proving, by way of some reasonably credible
scientific or quasi-secientific evidence, the point that
dogs are capable of thinking and experiencing their thoughts.
It seems to me that what you are developing is a book that
would more or less start with the assumption dogs cannot only
think but also communicate and go on recording - in great
detail exactly what the dogs owned by Mrs. Heilmaier were
saying or tapping. I may be wrong of' course, but I cannot
see how we could successfully market a whole book which in
your outline you indicate would consist mostly of recorded
dialogues between the dogs and their owner..
Having just said that I might be wrong, let me add that
if indeed Econ approves of this outline, you should certainly
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go ahead with the book that way for them, on the assumption that
they are German book dogs and hence this should probably be a
German book.
On the other hand, I cannot see how Doubleday could
follow up our expression of general interest in this subject
with a concrete offer for the book unless you should let me
know that you changed your emphasis completely to write a
book which would be based on some credible evidence other
than Mrs. Heilmaier's word and enthusiasm for it. Especially
I would think the book would stand or fall on your ability
to come up with some good readable stories about experiments
designed to test the method used in communicating with dogs.
In the meantime I shall hold on to the various materials
which you forwarded to us, pending your advice.
Yours sincerely,
daly
Alex Liepa
AL:ak
Editorial Director
cc: Werner Schmid
cc: Eve Roshevsky
cc: R.E. Banker


THE THINKING DOGS.
Dear Mr Banker,
Thankyou for yours of the 5th.
I've just returned from Paris and I believe
Mme Barrat, the wife of the PARIS MATCH editor who
visited Berchtesgaden, is sending you the photo-
graphs you asked for.
She is under great stress
as her husband is a very. sick man indeed but I
hope they reach you soon. You will please under-
stand any delay.
I feel sure you would like to see the chapter
breakdown on THE THINKING DOGS which Ekon Verlag
asked us for. So I enclose a copy. It gives a
much clearer overall impression of the coming book
and its style than the sample. You will see I
mention Mrs Heilmaier frequently (the owner of the
dogs). I am afraid she will- not agree to any
details of her life being set down.
Most people
would be afràad even to ask her, she has such an
aurora of integrity and truthfulness round her.
I do know from my own conversations with her that
she worked 'with the Americans' immediately after
the war. She has a son at the university, has
bred dogs for years, and now has a healing prog-
ramme which takes up most of her time, one of her
most ardent devotees being Hildegarde Knef who
feels her whole life has been changed by her.
In fact Hildegarde telephoned her at least once
a day while I was in Berchtesgaden last time.
Once she phoned from the Kempinsky in Berlin and
said 'I'm sitting on the lavavtory because there
are so many guests next door and they'd think I
was crazy if I said the things I say to you.'
As you may know, Knef thinks little of current
medicine, having had dozens of operations.
think she plans to write a book about Mrs Heil-
maier, to follow her bestseller about
ke +
doctors,
M A
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made this 21st day of July, 1975 between
MAHRICE ROWDON, Casa Campardi, San Gimignano (Siena), Italy,(hereafter
called the author) for himself, his personal representatives and assigns,
of the first part, and
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and assigns of the second part.
Hereby is mutually agreed as follows respecting a work to be written by
the said author at present entitled E L K E. hereafter referted to as
the said work.
I. The publishers shall during the legal term of copyright have the exclusive
licence to produce and publish the said work, and deal with the rights in
the work or any abridgement of the work, any substantial part of the work
through-out the world.
II. The author agrees to complete and, deliver two copies of the said work,
which shall be about 60 000 to 80 000 words in the length, ready for the
printer within six months of the signature of the contract. The publishers
shall publish the said work within twelve months of such delivery, unless
prevented by circumstances beyond their control.
III. The copyright line to be printed as by law on every copy of the said work
issued by the publishers, shall be as follows:.
019 XX MAURICE ROWDON (xx indicates the year of first publication).
IV. The publishers' shall make up accounts of the sales of the said work (ex-
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accidentally distroyed, on which 'no royalties shall be paid).
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to transfer 15 % of all incoming moneys to this account to the author's
account at the Union Bank of Switzerland, Zollikon-Zurich, Switzerland.
These 15 % shall be deemed to the author's royalty in consideration of all
rights connected with production: of the said work.
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creepy thought 1) far from nature (includ- old cat Smokey would
wonderful things go on In -Belam, a Saluki, and : same test occurred to sus- (oh, a van influence our Ing our own nature)." suddenly stare alertly at
the animal world 1 am Elke the Poodle-at their picious little me), but Which they E minds ?
With our minds care- seemingly empty spaces
prepared to admit-but home in Southern Ger- wouldn't buy it.
a riveting essay at fully circumscribed by in the room (what on
WHAT are we to make this ?
many where they live did nothing ta dispel In end of the book the reason, he asks, have we earth is Roing on
of a claim that two The claim Is seriously with their teacher, doubt.,
author the argues that 'our blocked out other areasof there?);and the way she
dogs have been taught made in a book called Fraulein Dorothy Meyer. detall That the dogs tap claim to superiority over consciousness, other could send telepathic
to 'talk' to people, 'The Talking Dogs' (Mac- In palnstaking
answers to questlons
rests on our hav- energy fields of an invi- messages from hor enpty
: using an alphabet of millan, £5-95), and i con- he documents the paw- seems certain (so havo animals ing developed the brain sible world still intact in plate in the kitchon. I
taps with their paws? fess that my first thought tapplng Intervlews on: many circus animals
more than any other the animal kingdom? would rise and open a tin
And not only talk in was to chuck it at the cat many sublects over many of there was In even Shakespeare's 'a tapping species. But is reason 'Western man is still without knowing why.
constructed sentences, but and say : 'Oh, coma on, months. Each letter horse'
necessarily intelligent? perhaps waiting to reach Suddenly, I tell you,
:and. conte on - Next we'll be the alphabet is glven a day, as mentloned In
necessarily an adequate animal level goose pimples began
also speak English
asked to belleve that little
number of taps Love Labour's Lost'), but Is intelligence
and
neck.
specific
montal?
In spiritual psychic riso on my
German; solve compli- dogs laugh (pax Fred and the dogs commun- how does one explain the
(Chiefly powers, while deceiving decided not to chuck the
cated equations, do square Bassett) and cows Jump Icate by tapping their tapped thoughts of Elke 'The western
himself that the cultiva- book at hor after all. I
roots and expound on over the moon.'
thoughts into their: and Belam ?
19th-century) view of the tion of the braln puls went ovor to her, stroked
their own reincarnation.- But I didn't. i began to. teacher's hand.
sisnals human organism as a him far beyond the ani- her head ard salds 'Now
and the nature of death- read it again, There was A Swiss TV producer : fromi Involuntary the teachor to give physical apparatus gov- sup mal
then, Smokey, are you all
'a soft dark mist with something creepy about trled to persuade them to thé required number of erned with by the sense brain,
Psychio kingdom." powers? In- right? Is there anything
eternal genuina lustre, It.
use a large, doggy type- taps? Or could it be plled nervous messages system, visible worlds ? I began - can do for you atall?
remarked a Poodle poet The author, Maurice writer Instead of their telepathy? Can our by seems the to have taken us to think of the way our Just send me a message.'
called That Elke! many strange and Rowden, visited the dogs teacher's hand (and the domostio pets read and
Daily Mail, Monday, September 18, 1978


elaine markson literary agency, inc.
44 Greenwich Avenue New York, N. Y. 10011 Phone: 212-243-8480 Cable: MARKLIT
June 28, 1979
Maurice Rowdon
5 Tamworth Street
London SW6 1LB
ENGLAND
Dear Maurice:
I will be talking to Lucy Kroll about
Christopher (did I tell you I think it is
brilliant!) and the option and then be in touch.
ONE has arrived and I shall read it this
week. And the revised outline is here. I've just
finished and I think it's remarkably improved. With
the right editor, you can have a very commercial
book.
New American Library is starting a new
hardcover line, bringing over an editor from
Simon & Schuster to act as editor-in-chief. So I'd
like to start, with Joan, making this her first
submission. It's a good hardcover/ softcover book.
Do you understand that principle (1008 of all
royalties, hard and soft)? If I talk publishing-ese
and you are puzzled, do holler.
Best regards,
laine
Elaine Markson
EM:1h


elaine markson literary agency, inc.
44 Greenwich Avenue New York, N. Y. 10011 D Phone: 212-243-8480 o Cable: MARKLIT
June 12, 1979
Maurice Rowdon
5 Tamworth Street
London SW6 1LB
ENGLAND
Dear Maurice:
The new book proposal is an interesting one
but it needs some rethinking with respect to
motivation.
James El departs the U.S. very tidily. I
think his relationship to Laura should have been
longer (in the past) than it was. This might
explain his obsession for her.
Once James El gets to Italy he's too innocent.
Perhaps he should be more ambivalent or his obsession
more total or is he a dying man seeking the final
happiness (cancer?) with no special moral compunction?
If he were dying, it would certainly explain his
departure from the U.S. and his fixation to find
happiness with Laura.
I don't know why James El goes to the church
to meet Ralph, whom he has never trusted. Though I
believe he'd go if Laura summoned.
Why doesn't he try to prevent the Pope' 's death?
Should the final section of the book be the steps
leading to the Pope's death as well as to James El's?
I ask these questions to strengthen the story
because I think it's a good one. And because James El:
is the central character, he needs a persona that is
clear and strong. Though the central figure in Spy Who
Came in from the Cold is a "failure" he is a fascinating
obsessed man. Ditto the anti-hero of Jackal (not a
failure but fascinating).
Lucy Kroll wants to know whether you've submitted
the play in this country. I didn't know the answer.
Jones is committed to a series for a year but does love
your play. The option, I expect, will not be grand but
we'll see. Can you tell me who has seen the play?
Best,
Llara
EM:1h
Elaine Markson


Jucy Kroll Agency
CABLE ADDRESS:
390 WEST END AVENUE
LUCYKROLL NEW YORK
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10024
TELEPHONE, TRAFALGAR 7-0627
TRAFALGAR 7-0556-7
Mr. Maurice Rowdon
5 Tamworth Street
London SW6, ENGLAND
Re: CHRISTOPHE
Dear Maurice Rowdon:
Thank you for your letter of May 19. I'm overjoyed
we made a connection. I am awaiting your copies of
the play. I have not yet heard from your agent Elaine
Marksen and would hope she'll call me soon.
Cordially, I
L'ucy Krol!
LK/vl


MAHLER at the Arts
6 It happened that a few weeks ago I read the script of MAHLER by
Maurice Rowdon and reported that while a play for two characters was
generally very difficult to put over, this piay, though it had a few
46 contrivances, ,> ran very smoothly, had great zest, a delight in its two
characters, and a feeling of rapture for the music that enslaved them. . a
a moving play . - :
THE JEWISH CHRONICLE Feb 23
4 Anne Mahler, the daughter of the composer, will not be going to see
MAHLER, the new play about her father by Maurice Rowdon . 7
- I know the play,' she said. 4 Mr. Rowdon sent it to me some time ago
and I sent it back as being beneath discussion. I am scandalised that
anyone should put it on.',
THE TIMES Jan 31
6 MAHLER covers an infinity of time, during and after the characters'
lives à . Alma sits and faces death with the screaming of a jungle cat. -
the assurance of the young woman who knows that she is secure socially
and attractive physically Edith Macarthur handles beautifully.
THE STAGE Feb 22
4 Kit Surrey has designed a structure of wood and gauze that takes John
B. Read's evocative lighting well .
As Mahler Vladek Sheybal nicely
understates the 42 year old honeymooner with a book in his hand.'
THE TIMES Feb 15
6 Edith Macarthur is very much all-woman, beautiful to look at, graceful
in stature and good to hear. Vladek Sheybal is cunningly self-effacing as
Mahler, the man who is not of this world but who has to live in it -
I see that Mahler's daughter Anna, having read the script of this play,
described it as inept. It isn't.'
THE EVENING NEWS Feb 15


Veterinary Drug, February 1979
FOR YOUR BOOKSHELF
THE TALKING DOGS. By Maurice Bowden.
THE German nation has an agonisingly long
always regarded the dog cess.
pro-
as a sort of handicraft Not surprisingly the
material, a kind of model- dogs often lost the thread
ling clay to mould to their of what they were
own design. We owe to ing". They sometimes "say-
them some highly suc- refused schooling
cessful man-made breeds, and lay exhausted entirely
among them the Boxer, carpet.
on the
the Dobermann and the Strangely
these
varieties of Dachshund. philosophical animals,
Now we have the story given to pithy social
oftwo German ladies who observation, were not
seem to have madei it their reliably house-trained.
full-time occupation to Many was the time that
delve further into the they urinated on the car-
intelligence potential of pet. (Perhaps that was the
dogs. The animals were most scathing comment
invited to express their they could makc?).
thoughts about their own-
ers, their way of life, their These pioneer German
mood, temper and relig- ladies seem to know little
ion.
about dog psychology.
Although the book is They confront the male
called The Talking Dogs animal with mathematical
they do not talk; it might problems to solve while a
have been
bitch on full heat is in the
casier to same room.
ing expandt into barkingand vocal
grunt- Arithmetic is not a
A Saluki and comment. a Poodle compelling intcrest to the
made paw taps into their male at such timcs and I
am glad to say that he
teachers'hands, a specific won. To the consterna-
number for each phonetic tion of his teachers, six
sound. The sound SCH,
for instance, involving 22 puppies were born and
taps, makes any comment school. soon recruited to the.


Pag
LA NAZIONE
Mercoledi 19 agosto 1970
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CLI ARTISTI SI CONFESSANO
La resurrezione
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MAA


Mercoledi 19 agosto 1970
LA NAZIONE
Pag. 3
L'INGRATA MODA FEMMINILE PER L'INVERNO 1970
L'INUTILE
RIVOLTA
LA DONNA NON
LOLLO
Reggio
camminare
PIÙ
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que-
Il tipo latino, prosperoso e con curve, cerca disperatamente
di adeguarsi a un prototipo che praticamente non esiste
alle
Come trasformano il proprio fisico le dive e le regine Die-
etesa
ta e champagne per Orietta Berti Si chiamava Giovanni
l'esemplare della bellezza muliebre in voga in questi mesi
per
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iatti di alin carbo
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The Russians had moved out of Graz, further north,
and our job was to occupy it and establish some sort of
'deNasification' system, more lenient than it W ould be in
Germany, because the Austrians had shown t hemselves less
bitter enemies. My regiment took billets in a small
valliage outside Graz called Maria Trost, a quiet, sweet
place full of wooden, balconied houses and inns.
The War had not long ended. News had come through of
the concentration campst Hundreds of thousands of people
had been put in gas ovens, tortured, burned to death, s tarved
and mutilated in experiemnets.
These included women and
children. We heard the story of a woman whose feet had been
tied together a few minutes before she was due to give birth
to a child.. Nearly all y e Jewish population of Europe had
been wiped out. It was nearly the extermination of a whole
people.
We had came to Maria Trost from Carinthieo near the Yugo-
slav border, where we had livun um-sarns, With hay being
gathered ali round us.at We took our meals, ab bout eight of
us, in a room of'a farmhouse, and used to watch the hay being
brought in, across the space in front of the house, where two
elm trees grew, with wooden benches and a table under them.
At this table, nearly all day, an old man used to sit, the
owner of the farm. He also watched the work, saying hardly
anything, his eyes small and bloodshot, staring like gri tty
little pellets straight before him. He said he thoug ht these
stories about rhe concentration camps were ridiculous, and
laughed. We said that too many reports were caming in, fram
all over Ge mmany and Poland, from too manu S ources, from
English, French, American and Russian troops, for them to be
doubtfyl. And there were photographs. There was also a
film being shown at every town and village in Germany, to
which attendance was compussory, but it hadn' reached Austria
yet. But the old man s till laughed, ar nd shook his head. He
spoke slowly to his daughte: rs and seemed to be mocking us in
a quiet way. He wasn't the slightest bit afraid of us,
though we were the first foreign troops in his area. He told
us that ev ery army brought its own propaganda, and this wa s
ours. Only a fool W culd belie ve it. The Germans had had
their propaganda, and this was ours. It was quite absurd to
imagine that Germans or Austrians would organise camps in
which thousands and thousands of people were left to die of
starvation, much less tortured Xnr or put in to g as ovens.
They were children's tales, like all propaganda tales, fit
for the very simple, whom they W ere intended for in any case.
But he had lived too long, and had seen too much. We were
young, he said, and our creduli ty was underst tandable. His
little pellett eyes didn't change. They had a certain sly,
side-glencing quality which made me distrust him, but perhaps
this was because he refused to believe in the camps.
After two or three weeks we were moved to Graz and never
saw. him again. In Graz there were different stories.
The
Russians had raped most of the women, and over ninety percen t


had venereal disease. In Maria Trost where we billetted
a drunk Russian soldier had emptied. a magazine of machine
gun bullets into the church of the top of the hill and then
fired four or five shots into a bedroom where a woman and
her child lay. The bullets had missed them, it was said.
There were piles of filth outside some of the buildings.
Over Graz there was a dry, surfeited air. Everything was
pretty and in order, the damage was slight, but a desolation
had taken hold. This seemed not to'be real time, but a
period of waiting for the future, when peace would really
come. The sky seemed very open, waiting.
One' day my driver took me into Graz---I was an officer
and I had to visit another regimental he eadquarters. We
were in a jeep. The end of the war made me feel rather tired.
We had raced back into Italy for a last campaign in the north,
our third, after a rest in the Lebanon, and the war had ended
bea
before our columns reached the B Echelons of the forward troops.
E L
This was what we had wanted-- --it-wee possonahle to predict
y5 from the way bettle lines hed-boon-Movy Firg during th e pastfew prein
weeks, in precipitous jumps---but at the same time the happiness
didn't seem enough to match the occasion. The heart was quite
still. I even had a sense of disappointment. I had wanted
to do some ething really remarkable in this last campaign, and felt
thwarted of s amething essential that I would always mis SS---perhaps
it was death, Which I had been sure, having
as many lucky
excapes in the first two campaigns as a man
hope for, that
bel.
death would(this timeget me. It was a giddy and ridiculous
feeling, of a relief conceived in the brain rather than felt,
and a sense of having be een thwarted. It made me restless,
and life seemed quite meaningless without war. But for the
first time in nearly three years my S tomach felt easy. There
would-be no more front-line assignments. There would no longer
be that special dark smell of rotting cattle which had pervaded
all of Italy. I*xhadxkemnxxawxaxtuxgr TIMEVEIEOE vI vh ad vwato kedvyx
fixykvha manxdkugyutinxgrestxyedzvsundzvknxkksxteakyx A long
time had passed since I had wa tched a batman---my own, and my
first---die, with great red wounds in his back. I couldn't
believe my eyes. I told one of the men to give him a last
cigarette; and he did so, bending down. The batman was lying
on his stomach and took the cigarette with his mouth feebly.
But just as someone was about to strike a ma tch he caughed and
a great spurt of blood filled the cigarette, making it swell
up, and it fell with a plop to the floor. For yea rs I have
carried this memory about with me. Yet when the war was over
my heart was cold to the relief.
I wa even aware of a slight resenment of peace. All'
the work had b een done now, and it would pass unresognised.
Too many people had been involved for there to be anyone about
RHEXEUXIEXEIXE to give the recognition. There were no fathers
or governments safe at home to give thanks, as in the old days.
And peace was like an impostor. It offered no distinctiond
as to who had the secret stigma of suffering, who had seen,
and who hadn't. All sorts of pe ople with proud chests Kguld
step forward now---like the brigade who had taken a campfull
of SS soldiers from us near Udine in the north of Italy and
instituted, W ith a s how of contempt for us, new harsh measures
of discipline, to make the Germans feel who had won the war,
which the brigade had happened to escape entirely. That was
the sort of bitter thing that happened.


It was a fine morning and we had just came into a wide
avenue, on the outskirts of Graz, Which led backto Maria
Trost, between hills. The re was a large bend in the road,
then we could see the first green hills. But just as we began
to turn this bend I saw two figures strolling along on the
right, both of them dressed in *HEXEX British uniform, but
cleariy not soldiers. Extn****XEXHETEMEXuTTfurtnEXXXXI*X*EE
Iikexexrut*XEpHrtxef I at once became furious. They had n'o
shoulder markings, no signs of rank, no divisional badges, nor
any caps. They were rather slouching along. But the uniforms
were new. I told the driver XIX*XX* to pull over to the right
at once, and he did so, bringing the car to a skidding halt.
It was absolutely preposterous that only a few weeks after the
war ended people should be s trolling through the s treets in our
unfform, having picked it up at an arm stores for perhaps a
couple of dozen eggs or a horse or a car or a huge bag of sugar.
It was prepestorous that so' soon, after the war the uniform
should ha ve become quite meaningless, and all distinctions vanish.
*X***X********EXTKEXETxBritiskxarmyxtEXIBExpeEpXexgmtxaxayxHith
The car stopped at the kerb quite close to them. They W ere young,
with fair hair, and quite clearly not English lr American. They
were probably Austrians.
They were certainly no older than I
was. When they heard the skid of our tyres they at once s topped
and stepped back-a little, close toge ther. I shouted at the
top of the voice.
ft Where did you get those uniforms?"
They said samething in German which I coul an't
understand,
and repeated my question in an equally loud V oice, making my
face'as hard as opssible e. One of the young men blushed, and
his eyes seemed togrow sightless in a most st trange way. But
I went on shouting. Where did they get tases uniforms? They
seemed to bump toge ther as they stood on the pavement. I
noticed f ar the first t ime that they had rather shy, delicate
faces. They could ha ve been students. ButI thought again of
the war in Italy, and the imposture of peace, and didn't care.
And I also noticed that they were looking at me, not only with
fear, but with horror, XXX*EXIXXEIEexxTmetKingxErrxxatskatstaxixfrm
themxhutxaX*X***X*xamextimexkaEXmIX their mou ths slightly open,
almost precisely thr same expresion on both their faces, whereas
I expec.ted them to'behave in a surly way, like most local
populations to the western, democartaic armies. I had never
known this look of spellbound horror to be directed at me before.
There'v was a brief silence, and my driver tugged my arm
slightly. Ibwas trembling. "Sir, sir' he was whispering.
I felt he was embarrassed for me, but I was dete: mined not to be
lackadaisical about this, as no' doubt he W ould have been.
'Sir, sir', he said, 'they're. Jews. They've just been
release from concentration campt
I stared at them and after a long pause, in a quite absent
minded voice, hardly above a whisper, I said, "What....?"
Then I tried to smile at them. I put my band out of the
car, though they were standing S ame yard ls away, and said, with
a. ridiculous sort of nod,: "It's all' right, I didn't know, I'm
sorry, please, go, it's all right". *: But they went on staring
at me. The horror didn't leave their face for a moment. I
tried to smile more, but my mouth.shivered. 'It's all right',
I said, 'I didn 't know'. Then, after another silence, in which
they stood quite still, clearly not understanding a word I said,


I told the driver to move, and he quickly put the car in gear
and drove away, his head slightly down. Éven as we moved away
they were stili standing thère, and they continued to gaz follow
me with their look of stupefied horror, which I have never forgot
ten.