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| Book accuses Hemingway of spying for Soviet Union |
| 2009-07-10 |
| A new U.S. book claims Ernest Hemingway was a not-very-effective spy for the KGB during the 1940s. The Nobel prize-winning author is listed in "Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America," Yale University Press, co-written by John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr and Alexander Vassiliev from notes Vassiliev took in Moscow archives. A former KGB officer, Vassiliev was provided with access in the 1990s to Stalin-era files, The Guardian reported. In the book, Hemingway is referred to as a "dilettante spy." His file says he was recruited in 1941 before he went to China, the book claims. He was called "Argo" and allegedly met with Soviet agents in Havana and London in the 40s, The Guardian reported. The books described Hemingway as enthusiastic, but not very effective, and said Soviet contacts with Hemingway ended by the end of the decade. "Spies" doesn't say whether the authors believe Hemingway was serious about spying or looking for material for a book. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #4 *** cough *** GUAM ***cough ***....... D *** RAIN! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-07-10 20:01 |
| #3 When the old man saw the commie recruiter coming he knew that this was money of which he had no fear at all and with which he would do exactly what he wished. He prepared his hand to take the tainted dollars and made his wallet fast while he watched the commie come on. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-07-10 15:58 |
| #2 I have difficulty believing that the writer of For Whom the Bell Tolls would become a spy for the Soviets. It's not quite Homage to Catalonia, but you still get a pretty good idea of the empty-hearted ferocity of the Soviet mercenary corps from that book. I've occasionally wondered how the KGB and GRU kept their spy-recruiters from padding their rolls with ghost agents, or people who weren't exactly as committed as their 'handlers' pretended to Moscow. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-07-10 15:40 |
| #1 Winning entry in the Bad Hemingway writing contest: "Ernest Hemingway had been his hero ever since he was belched out of his mother's angry, belligerent womb." |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-07-10 14:25 |