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Correspondence from Guy Gaunt to John Symonds
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[Undated: circa 1950?]
Re the man you mention [Aleister Crowley], I think you describe him exactly when you refer to him as a "small-time traitor". as regards his activities [in writing German propaganda], I think they were largely due to a frantic desire for advertisement—he was very anxious to keep his name before the public somehow or other. I knew all about him at the time and for a short time either Grey [Sir Edward Grey] or Balfour [Arthur Balfour] was very worried about him. I went over to London and had a long talk with Basil Thompson at Scotland Yard and I preached "Let him alone, I have got a complete line on him and also The Fatherland".
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