Interviews: Talcott Seeley (Transcript)., 03/01/1987-03/31/1987

File — Box: 14, Folder: 28

Identifier: 90305

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains the research and subject files, interview tapes, including transcripts, and related material of the noted writer and journalist Larry Collins. Included in this collection are the materials for Collins' five collaborative works with French journalist and writer Dominique Lapierre, as well as the three novels he authored alone. The collection has been arranged chronologically according to the dates of publication for his works. The collectins holds material related to all of Collins' nine books, excluding his compilations of Lord Louis Mountbatten's papers.

Dates

03/01/1987-03/31/1987

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 22 Cubic Feet (22 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains the transcript for the interview conducted by Larry Collins with former U.S. Ambassador to Damascus Talcott Seeley during his research for the spy novel Maze (1989), also referred to as Blow Your mind, regarding conditions in Damascus, a description of Assad, Israel's relationship with Syria, and a discussion of the Soviet and PLO presence in Syria.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

SEELEY, TALCOTT - MAZE INTRVW TRANSCRIPT, 1987: Typescript

MAZE - INTRVW TRANSCRIPT W/ SEELEY, TALCOTT, 1987: Typescript

COLLINS, LARRY - MAZE INTRVW TRANSCRIPT W/ SEELEY, TALCOTT, 1987: Typescript

SYRIA - MAZE INTRVW NOTES W/ SEELEY RE CONDITIONS, 1987: Typescript

ASSAD, HAFFEZ - MAZE INTRVW NOTES W/ SEELEY RE DESCRIPTION, 1987: Typescript

SYRIA - MAZE INTRVW NOTES W/ SEELEY RE REL W/ ISRAEL, 1987: Typescript

SYRIA - MAZE INTRVW NOTES W/ SEELEY RE REL W/ USSR, 1987: Typescript

SYRIA - MAZE INTRVW NOTES W/ SEELEY RE REL W/ PLO, 1987: Typescript

DAMASCUS - MAZE INTRVW NOTES W/ SEELEY RE CONDITIONS, 1987: Typescript

ISRAEL - MAZE INTRVW NOTES W/ SEELEY RE REL W/ SYRIA, 1987: Typescript

USSR - MAZE INTRVW NOTES W/ SEELEY RE REL W/ SYRIA, 1987: Typescript

PLO - MAZE INTRVW NOTES W/ SEELEY RE REL W/ SYRIA, 1987: Typescript