Single Item Record for the Date:
1968/April/26
Series:
Type: TL[c] - Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
To/From: from Merton to "Dear Father"
# of pages: 1
Published in:
First Lines: "I am ashamed at the length of time that has gone by since your letter. Impossible to do it justice."
Contents: Vietnam War and the priest's desires to go to Vietnam to help suffering people - Merton recommends against it - more important to pressure leaders "for the damned war to stop / Thich Nhat Hanh - Nhat Hanh's monastery destroyed and spiritual master killed in Tet offensive - Benedictine monastery in Hue destroyed
Language: English
Source or donor:
Date received:
Date added: 2004
Unique identifier: Section A- "Unidentified Priests and Monks (filed at the end of the sequence):"
1968/April/26
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