Manuscript Note Signed by Polly Wisner on personal Letterhead to Kay Evans

Washington. Very Good. c. 1960. Letter. Autograph; 2 pages; Manuscript Note Signed by Polly Wisner on personal Letterhead to Kay Evans (5.75" X 8") "Dear dear Kay -- / That was a / 'smash' -- Dinner was delicious and what a treat to have good food that tasted & / was cooked in your / house - home of this / 'Design Cuisine' etc. / The house looked marvelous / & there is no more // successful room than / your glass room, / pool & garden, not to mention the big lightning. / And to top it all / Rolly playing the piano / We both send love / & Thanks. // Affectionately / Polly" Mary Ellis 'Polly' Knowles Wisner (1912–2002) and her husband Frank Gardiner Wisner (1909 – 1965) were key figures in the social-political clique known as "The Georgetown Set". Wisner began his intelligence career in the Office of Strategic Services in World War II. After the war, he headed the Office of Policy Coordination (OPC), one of the OSS successor organizations, from 1948 to 1950. In 1950, the OPC was placed under the Central Intelligence Agency and renamed the Directorate of Plans. First headed by Allen Dulles, Wisner succeeded Dulles in 1951 when Dulles was named Director of Central Intelligence. PROVENANCE: Katherine "Kay" Winton Evans was a Washington writer and editor and with her husband political columnist and television journalist Rowland Evans, Jr. a major figure in the social life of Georgetown, Washington, DC from the 1950s on. Their home was the site of many memorable gatherings of influential and remarkable people from journalism, politics and general society over the decades from the 1960s to the 2000s. Not dated, but circa 1960 ; Signed by Author .