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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Sullivan, C. John

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

John Sullivan wrote a letter to the editor in defense of the play, "The Deputy: A Christian Tragedy" by Rolf Hochhuth, which criticized Pope Pius XII, charging that he failed to speak out properly to end the Holocaust in Germany. He quotes a line of Merton in relation to other current events of his day, sharing Merton's horror at the idea of "wip[ing] out Bolshevism with the H-Bomb".

Biography

John C. Sullivan writes from Leaside, Ontario, Canada.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1965/02/16 (#01)TLSto MertonIn the enclosed letter, I have shamelessly lifted your words, without acknowledgement. However,   
 1965/02/16 (#02)TALS[x]to Editor of the Canadian RegisterTHE DEPUTY [-] As a Catholic, I have been somewhat disappointed by the rather smug or indignant   
        

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