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diane-di-prima — Part 01

8 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Aug 8, 1961 · Broad topic: General · Topic: diane-di-prima · 8 pages OCR'd
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DL-62-3099 stated there was also correspondence. b6 from b7C advised that he had reviewed this material and letters and apparently was the b6 person who had interceded to get to obtain b7C someone to make bond. stated that is a "beatnik" b6 poet and that he believes is some kind of artist b7C and has an avid interest in art.. Stated there was no correspondence re-. garding any activities of "guerrilla troops" but there were b6 some notes that had made about a possible trip to b7C South America. also made available a letter directed to American Civil Liberties Union, l56 Fifth b6 Avenue, New York, New York, dated 9/7/6l, which was not b7C mailed. This letter identified as incarcerated in jail at Laredo, Texas, and also stated he had been forcely taken from his home by the Mexican Immigration Authorities on the request from the FBI, who told them he had Ieft bail bond and was a Communist and a drug addict. also made available an envelope addressed in care of General Delivery, Vera Cruz, Mexico, b6 with a return address of The Floating Bear, 309 East Houston b7C Street, New York 2, New York.. This envelope contained issues #4 through #l2 of a. pamphlet captioned "The Floating Bearl, a news letter published semi-monthly. The editors were identified as DIANE DI pRIMA and LEROI JONES. A review of the issues of The Floating Bear" reveals DIy that part of them are obscene and there are derogatory remarks in several of them regarding the United States Government and the FBI. The attention of the Laboratory is directed particularly to issue 8 and 9 containing obscene writings.
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