(AVIATION) LINDBERGH CHARLES A Typed Letter Signed Charles

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KEEPING HIS PRIVATE LIFE PRIVATE (AVIATION.) LINDBERGH, CHARLES A. Typed Letter Signed, "Charles," to Alden Whitman of the New York Times, refusing to work on a book based on previous articles about their trip to the Phillipines, emphasizing his need for privacy. 11/2 pages, two 4to sheets; paper clip stain. Switzerland, 16 August 1971

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". . . I have told you even more often that I do not want to open my private life or take part in a biography. Our understanding from the beginning has been that in the articles emphasis would be primarily on conservation and secondarily on Lindbergh . . . My private life got into the articles to a greater extent than I desired or expected, but I suppose that was inevitable . . . I feel that my personal publicity has mounted much too high. I want to return to a quieter life, and I am setting trends in that direction . . ."