The Hoax (2013)
“I had flown to Miami as planned, on September 23rd, rented a car and headed for Key Biscayne. It was night, and I remembered Dick’s fears that I might be followed. I checked the rearview mirror so often that I missed the turn off the highway, got lost, and by the time I reached the Sonesta Beach Hotel it was too late to do anything other than watch the eleven o’clock news and go to bed. In the morning I cabled to Beverly Loo: ALL WELL CHECK TRANSFERRED OCTAVIO PLEASED ALTHOUGH NOT IN GOOD HEALT...H SWEARS CONTINUING COOPERATION ROUGH VERSION PREFACE SIGNED MINOR PROBLEM REGARDING POSSIBLE EARLY SECRECY BREAK WILL WRITE DETAILS TO ALBERT BUT REPEAT ALL WELL LOVE CLIFF.
The details of the cable were critical. McGraw-Hill had begun to make some noises just before I left New York to the effect that they might want to announce the book earlier than originally planned. It was a disturbing idea. I wanted the book at the printer, preferably bound and ready for the bookstores, before the world-at-large — and most particularly the Hughes organization — had even a clue.MoreLess
The details of the cable were critical. McGraw-Hill had begun to make some noises just before I left New York to the effect that they might want to announce the book earlier than originally planned. It was a disturbing idea. I wanted the book at the printer, preferably bound and ready for the bookstores, before the world-at-large — and most particularly the Hughes organization — had even a clue.MoreLess
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