The Secret Life of Clifford Erving

Howard Hughes hasn't been seen in public for more than a decade. In an effort to maintain secrecy, any communication about the book between Erving and the publishers had to be referred to as Project Octavio. Clifford Erving sends his wife Edith to Switzerland with a forged passport to open an account under the name Helga R. Hughes or H.R. Hughes. Dell Publishing steps in and gets the paperback publishing rights for $400,000.