Diary 1963 - Murshid Sam's Living Stream

Diaries 1963September 3, 1963My dear John:At the moment I am on the horns of several dilemmas and what causes me to write is not thesedilemmas but the series of ironical successes and successful ironies which accompany them.The most dramatic but not tragic episode of the moment is that I was unofficially asked tomove. A friend telephoned and said she had some rooms to let. She accepted my money and typewriterand then refused entry, which means, no doubt, a small courts case, bringing charges. But itwas actually extortion, and she took advantage of the fact that I am more pressed for time to do this.In general I have had some pretty near nasty episodes with women which also have had theeffect of causing some men to admire me and also some women who do not like other women, andthose involved in particularly to be more friendly.Then I telephoned a former landlady and she said she had an apartment for me. If so the addresswill be on the envelope. So let’s turn to better things.I was asked to write for the Encyclopedia of Buddhism which is a world undertaking. One ofthe themes is the biography of a friend who failed utterly to warn the United States of the troublesin S.E. Asia despite the fact that he had worked for every government, was known to everybody andwas one of the top three men in the whole Buddhist world. The State Department and press ignoredhis absolutely. They not only ignored him, there was a directive that anybody that would interviewhim would be fired.Now in my youth I had another Buddhist friend who warned me that the Japanese were planningto attack Hawaii. While my story was not believed at first, when all my stories were compiled,they caused my name to be entered on the role of honor at Fort Mason—something which none ofmy old acquaintances would believe. I may have to go there soon because the whole situation is gettingcomplex.I wrote to the CIA and told them that the release of these letters would be embarrassing tothem, did they have any suggestion (i.e., concerning the former Buddhist of two paragraphs above).Before it was time for an answer I learned to my amazement that the decision to accept the Diemgovernment was made by one Col. Edward Lansdale with whom I became acquainted during thewar in G 2; I have his picture here and he once had a home in Marin County. Now I do not like it ifCIA accepts my reports merely because I am known to then personally. My battle is to get them toexamine any American’s reports below pigeon-holing or anything.Now the last news I had from Pakistan is that there is money there for my biography! I amstanding that well in this and maybe other foreign lands.