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According to film historian Otto Friedrich, it made Mankiewicz " unhappy to hear Welles quoted in Louella Parsons's column, before the question of screen credits was officially settled, as saying, ' So I wrote Citizen Kane.
' Mankiewicz went to the Screen Writers Guild and declared that he was the original author.
Welles later claimed that he planned on a joint credit all along, but Mankiewicz claimed that Welles offered him a bonus of ten thousand dollars if he would let Welles take full credit.
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The Screen Writers Guild eventually decreed a joint credit, with Mankiewicz's name first.
" Some time later, Welles commented on this allegation:
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