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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 3:40 PM
Subject: Contact Re: Book for HarperCollins (2006)
Peter,
I hope you remember me. I'm a freelance
television journalist based in the UK. I exchanged e-mails with you several
years ago when I was at the BBC.
I have recently been given a book contract by
HarperCollins' Avon/Morrow division in the US to write a history of
US-Israeli relations, 1980 to the present. The provisional title is 'Redactedxxxx'.
One chapter will cover the experiences of you
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxRedactedxxxxxxxxxx.
I have spent the last few years doing as you
suggested and placing the material on timelines and putting it in its
historical context which is what it's always needed. I have also
ensured that my focus is not Iraq or Libya, but rather the US-Israeli
alliance and how what you experienced.
I'm writing because I would like the
opportunity to quote you in the book in certain places and I wish to
avoid any copyright concerns that you may have.
I wondered if I could run some material past you in the next few weeks
and months?
Yours sincerely,
Redacted xxxxxxx
From:
Redacted [mailto:txxxx@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 10:50 AM
To: PeterKawaja@AGWVA
Subject: Contact Re: Book for HarperCollins (2006)
Peter,
I sent the
e-mail below about six weeks ago.
I
understand if you do not wish to talk about the past any longer given the upset
you have been caused, however, I hope that you will recognise that this writing
project is a solid opportunity for something approaching history to be told
without you having to be in the front line, as you were in 1991.
I've
attached a PDF file of the first page of my contract with HarperCollins via my
agent, xxxRedactedxxx at the Waxman Literary Agency in New York. You can call
him on 212 xxxredactedxxx. Mr Waxman is Jewish but he's not a spook nor are any
of his staff to the best of my knowledge.
Body
Redactedxxxxxx..........
When you
and I exchanged e-mails a few years ago when I was at the BBC, I went away and
checked on the huge number of facts and allegations which you have put in the
public domain. It all checked out.
I then put together a
proposal for a historical narrative which looks at how and why the United States
and Israel cooperate.......Redacted xxxxxxx
At times this leads to spying on each other. I wish to show that the 'rules of
the game' involve spying redactedxxxx.
xxxxRedactedxxcxx. How much did he know about all those Israelis around him and
what their true agenda was?
As I
mentioned in my previous e-mail, I am also looking to quote you in places, but I
would also be happy to source such material anonymously if it helped avoid any
more aggravation for you.