Cryptonym: WUBONBON
As of 2/1/63, checks on Hunt came up negative with FBI, CSC, police and credit. A polygraph was recommended. http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=49402#relPageId=16&tab=page
On 2/18/63 the suggestion to poly Hunt was rejected. maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=49402#relPageId=20&tab=page
As of 1/1/65, Hunt was the chief of covert activities for DODS, which he described as a dead-end job. http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=49403&relPageId=3
https://dn790008.ca.archive.org/0/items/TheNewClassMilovanDjilas/The_New_Class_-_Milovan_Djilas.pdf
1957: Milovan Djilas' book "The New Class", published by Frederick A. Praeger, can be read in its entirety at the link provided for the Internet Archive. Wikipedia states that Djilas was a prominent Yugoslav politician who went to prison for publishing this book. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milovan_Djilas
Folder 25 is identified as the "crypt" for a book publishing project. Three pages earlier, it can be seen that the redacted crypt for Folder 25 is WUBONBON.
104-10333-10006: ARRB - DO FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING
1961-1964: ZRBLESS is identified as a subproject of WUBONBON. A summary of the QKOPERA/LIAISON/ZRBLESS file between 1961-1964 reveals that the company concerned is Praeger Publishing. A memo by Gunnar W. Beckman dated 8/21/61 deals with the publication and royalty problems of Milovan Djilas. "Further, the staff notes mention a project involving 'Praeger and publication' (sic), a separate project involving 'the Freedom Fund and distribution' (sic), and a third project to provide news service to the foreign press through Continental Press. Each of these projects appears to have been in operation between 1963-64."
104-10333-10006: ARRB - DO FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING
1963-1964: pp. 32-34 of this file indicate a close relationship between WUBONBON and WUPUNDIT. The ops included in WUPUNDIT were Praeger, Freedom Fund (conduit), Seaman's Service Institute, A Praeger Spanish Affiliate, and Continental Press. From 1963-63 a book procurement project channeled funds to Praeger through the Freedom Fund.
104-10138-10314: FITNESS REPORT FOR EVERETT HOWARD HUNT
March 63-March 64 fitness report describes Hunt as the project officer for WUBONBON and WUHUSTLER. It also states that he supervises all division propaganda programs. Same duties during 3/62-3/63 period: http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=49403#relPageId=6&tab=page
180-10143-10076: REVIEW OF OFFICE OF SECURITY FILES ON E. HOWARD HUNT
In May 64, Hunt helped Buckley write a review of David Wise's book on the CIA, The Invisible Government. In passing, Buckley mentions that he was a staff agent for Hunt in Mexico City between 1950-51.