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[[preprinted letterhead]]

ALEX HALEY
_______________________________
13 RUE DU DR. M. PROVENCAL
06 HAUT DE CAGNES, A.M., FRANCE
[[/letterhead]]

January 18, 1968

Hi, baby . . the day's mail contained from George Sims a clipping from Pittsburg Courier, or [[underline]] New [[/underline]] Courier, which apprisdes, now, what's going to be proferred as Lou [[strikethrough]] [[illegible]] [[/strikethrough]] Lomax's "hook."

Dig. "Special research--" . . the lead, key words. [[underline]] That[[/underline]]'s going to be the ground he takes to write on.

Dig -- on down through the piece, the subtly-nuanced "Malcolm X was not what he's necessarily popularly imaged." You know?

Then, in the conclusion, dig the pejorative-imaged verb "bulging" . . "demi-god," and then, finally, the more direct "He was a growing menace--"

Likely, Lou himself wrote the release. It's really a most able piece of subtle-damning, clinically.

Just as one reason, out there proximate as he is to Ron Karenga's and others' groups, whose bitter, pent-up members like to wear around their yellow sweat-jerseys imprinted with a likeness profile, beneath which is "Saint Malcolm" -- you know? I really wouldn't particularly care to be Lou Lomax. He either is very brave, or very foolish.

  . . 

Mailed you last night a letter re proposed interview itinerary, 27th-28th. Look forward to it! ^[[One of the greater interviews Playboy's ever had is our polemical.]]

The best, to all!
^[[alec]]

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