![]() On 20 June 1962, Ian Fleming wrote to Bobby Kennedy stating "I am delighted to take this opportunity to thank Kennedys everywhere for the electric effect their commendation has had on my sales in America" (see ed. Kennedy later told Life Magazine of his fondness for James Bond, which was quoted on the dust-jacket of the American edition of The Spy Who Loved Me. He sent inscribed copies of books to both Robert and John and to their sister Eunice Shriver. Through John, Fleming also became acquainted with Robert. Both Kennedy and another dinner guest, a veteran CIA agent, were apparently impressed. He suggested that America should drop leaflets from the air "informing the Cuban people that their beards were a natural receptacle for radioactivity and would lead to their long-term impotence" (see Lycett, p. Over dinner Fleming proposed his own solution to the problem of Fidel Castro. ![]() According to Lycett, "The future President was thrilled to meet the mysterious Englishman." Kennedy, while visiting a friend in Washington in March 1960. 6-7, original dark grey/brown cloth, lettered in silver, design to upper cover in silver and blind, red endpapers, DUST-JACKET, collector's grey cloth chemise with grey morocco backed slipcaseįleming first met Robert Kennedy's brother, the future president John F. ![]() LONDON: JONATHAN CAPE, 1962Ĩvo, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO ROBERT KENNEDY ("To | Herr Robert Kennedy | from | Herr Ian Fleming") on front free endpaper, double-page illustration pp. ![]()
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