1965-03-09: Letter from Thomas Merton to Robert D. Crane (with handwritten annotations by Crane)

Robert D. Crane was a Research Associate with the Center for Strategic Studies and was later with the Hudson Institute for National Security and International Order in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. He was involved in Republican Party functions and conservative-leaning think-tanks on national and international security and outer space security. He was a chief advisor to Richard Nixon from 1962-1967. In 1980, he converted to Islam and took the name Farooq Abdul Haq.

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1965 March 9 See all items with this value

Section A, Correspondence: "Crane, Robert D." file, 1965/03/09.

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Thomas Merton Correspondence

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Thanks for your letter and the two most interesting enclosures. I will pass over the Voegelin