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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Gerald Yorke
Cugnon—Montehan A la Semois Belgique
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[Undated: circa May 1929]
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Yours of Monday in this A.M.
Your letter to Estieu [of the Lecram Press] seems O.K.
But the position is this. We have to make a series of moves in a prescribed order.
1. You clear up matter with Col C [Lieutenant Colonel John Carter] so that—in one way or another— the Embassies (working on Tardieu formally) won't use arbitrary powers to prevent my getting justice.
2. We get somehow a further supply of cash to fight lawsuits, pay Estieu and carry on.
3. I apply through Denizot for leave to return. (The difficulty here is that Move 1 is not yet complete.)
4. I return to Paris—no hurry, since I must await Smith's report about forgery and start business.
I have now got at least one man on the Press whom I can trust. He can be useful to find out the facts where necessary. Langelaw,[?] the British Chess Club man.
No news from Carney yet, but didn't expect any. Regardie [Israel Regardie] is keeping back all but urgent letters till he comes here to-morrow till Monday.
Noble Hall has a yellow streak. He will again become the magnanimous personage of [illegible] once he feels safe from the Embassy (Move 1.)
22 route de Montesson Chason
Dr. says Regardie's operation not urgent, perhaps not necessary. But I think it advisable, once his acute-chronic trouble is cured.
Good for Feilding [Everard Feilding]. Give him my best thanks. He may help yet more; I think he's worth cultivating.
By the way, Achad [Charles Stansfeld Jones] knew positively of my relations with Dept. of Justice. When he was in N.Y. (winter 1917-18) I made a point of shewing him a report to Palmer of the Dept. Also, he can testify that I told him to use all his authority with the O.T.O. lodge in Vancouver to get men to enlist. (Autumn 1915) I have an idea that he is now pretty sorry that he made a . . .
[Remainder of letter is missing]
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