Mother Writes The Wiz

A peek inside the private lives of two American superspies

Crew of the USS Tom Clancy,

First of all, Happy Birthday to my brother Robert.

I love you bro!

You can check out his excellent bookstack, and wish him a happy birthday, here.

As many of you know, I’m spending the summer going through the papers of Frank Gardiner Wisner, the OG covert action guy for CIA.

You can read about that elsewhere on this substack

Today, however, I have something neat. I found a letter from James Angleton (Mother) to Frank Wisner, written on Groundhog’s Day, in the archives. Though it took a minute, I transcribed it so it is easier to read.

Here is the letter:

And here is what it says: