The Arrogance of Power (117 page)

Marita Lorenz:
(Rorke) NY
Daily News,
Apr. 20, 1975, June 13, 1976, partial transcript of int. Lorenz by Senate Intelligence Cttee. investigator Gaeton Fonzi, Feb. 3, 1976, unnumbered release, p. 9–; NA, Marita Lorenz with Ted Schwarz,
Marita,
New York: Thunder's Mouth, 1993; (Rorke/Pawley) Fonzi. op. cit., p. 88 and Newman, op. cit., p. 109 and see
Vanity Fair,
Nov. 1993—except where indicated the above are main cites for Lorenz episode; (“right with God”) Lorenz and Schwarz, op. cit., p. 46; (Sturgis background) authoritatively in Fonzi, op. cit.; (CIA backed?) “NY
Daily News,
June 13, 1976; (Sturgis on plot) ibid. and Fonzi, op. cit., p. 89; (Hoover warned) Hoover to DCI, Oct. 18, 1960, cited at U.S. Sen.,
Assass. Plots,
Interim Report, op. cit., p. 79; (Cobb) Newman, op. cit., pp. 106, 545–; (surveillance re. Lorenz/Rorke) ibid., p. 108—CIA memo for record, Feb. 21, 1975, CIA release 1994, Folder 30, NA, confirms Cobb worked for Castro and was “of operational interest” to CIA and surveilled from June 1960. Her Office of Security No. was 216 264; (RN office routing) Newman, op. cit., p. 108, citing June 6, 1960 document in Cobb 201 file, featuring name of Nixon military aide Robert Cushman; (Cobb aide to Orta) ibid., p. 547n63, conv. John Newman.

CIA-Mafia plots:
(Dulles knowledge/authorization) U.S. Sen.,
Asass. Plots,
Interim Report, op. cit., p. 91–; testimony of Richard Helms, Select Cttee. On Assass., Box 2, #14719, NA, but see “Castro, Plans to Assassinate” refs. in Grose, op. cit.; (CIA-Mafia efforts) U.S. Sen.,
Assass. Plots,
Interim Report, op. cit., p. 74–; I.G. report on plots,
supra.
, (Gambling Syndicate), p. 14– and see Hinkle and Turner, op. cit., p. 76–.

Varona:
(and Hunt) Hunt,
Give Us This Day,
op. cit., e.g. p. 44–; (Varona/key officer/Pawley) Pawley to Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Mann, Mar. 3, 1961; Sheffield Edwards to DCI, Dec. 22, 1959, CIA releases 1993–94, NA; (Varona/Lansky) Select Cttee. on Assass., Staff Report, U.S. House of Reps., Vol. X, p. 171—former Cong. investigator Michael Ewing indentified “Cuban exile leader” referred to on this page as Varona (corr. with author).

Rothman/CIA:
ibid., p. 183; NY
Daily News,
Apr. 23, 1975; list of State Department material on Rothman, HSCA release, 1994, NA and CIA memo for the record on Rothman, Apr. 25, 1973, released 1993, NA.

semicoded exchanges:
Beschloss, op. cit., p. 136.

Diggs/Pulley:
(“in close contact”) Diggs to RN, July 29, 1960, Diggs corr. file, VP, NA; (RN reply) RN to Diggs, Sept. 3, 1960, Diggs corr. file, VP, NA; (Diggs's secretary) Sallie Mullin to Gen. Cushman, Aug. 1, 1960, Diggs corr. file, VP, NA; (empty envelopes) Brewster Papers, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME; (Pulley Trafficante liaison?) ints. late Robert Morrow; Morrow,
First Hand Knowledge,
op. cit., p. 41; Robert Morrow,
The Senator Must Die,
Santa Monica, CA: Roundtable, 1988, pp. 49, 178—as reported in this chapter, Morrow was arrested for counterfeiting with Mario Garcia Kohly; (date Mafia plots start) U.S. Sen., Assass. Plots, Interim Report, op. cit., p. 74.

Maheu:
(W. C. Fields) Schorr, op. cit., p. 159; (Maheu role) ints. Robert Maheu; Maheu and Hack, op. cit., p. 108–; I.G.
Report on Plots, supra.,
pp. 15–, 35, 57–; (told Hughes) U.S. Sen.,
Assass. Plots,
Interim Report, op. cit., p. 72, Drosnin, op. cit., p. 271; (Hughes/other operations) Peter Dale Scott, “Watergate, Cuba, & the China-Vietnam Lobby,” unpub. ms., p. 19, citing Miami
Herald
and
SF Chronicle
on Hughes's use of Caribbean islet Cay Sal and Higham, op. cit., p. 247; (“good idea”) Drosnin, op. cit., p. 250.

King:
(since war) int. Robert King; Kornitzer, op. cit., p. 150; (counterintelligence) docs. in King corr. files, Series 320, Box 411, File 1, VP, NA; (lobbied) King to RN, Dec. 4, 1952, ibid.; (“protection”) FB, p. 338 citing
NYT;
(aide '56) FBI Grapevine, Nov. 1956; (“alter ego”) Beschloss,
op. cit., p. 136, citing VP; (King/Rebozo) e.g., King/Rebozo corr., Mar. 25, 27, 1957, VP, NA; (left RN office) UPI, Oct. 9, 1959, showing move from Winter Olympics post and Maheu/King partnership announcement, VP, NA; (King/'60) Maheu and Hack, op. cit., p. 84.

Onassis:
(Eisenhower) memo on NSC meeting, July 2, 1954, DDEL; (anti-Onassis op.) Maheu and Hack, op. cit., p. 41–; Hougan, op. cit., p. 281–; Hougan article in
Playboy,
Sept. 1978, CIA I.G.,
Report on Plots, supra.
, p. 72; ints. Robert Maheu, Kevin Gerrity, Jean Connor, conv. Michael Ewing; (RN on killing Onassis) int. Robert Maheu, Maheu and Hack, op. cit., p. 45, also Maheu int. in “Aristotle Onassis: The Golden Greek,” Reputations, BBC-TV 1994; (“sounded tough”) int. Robert Maheu.

“draw a blank”:
int. Robert King, conv. Michael Ewing re. his King int.

“no reason”:
ints. Robert Maheu.

“one of the last”:
Maheu and Hack, op. cit., p. 131.

Salinger:
int. Pierre Salinger; (knew Maheu) Drosnin, op. cit., p. 271.

1971 sequence re. “Bay of Pigs:
(Lenzner/Lackritz role) int. Terry Lenzner, Lenzner/Lackritz memo to Sen. Ervin, date obscured, Feb. 1974, subject “Relevance to S. Res. 60 of John Roselli's testimony about his CIA activities,” Box 441-3, JFK Collection, HSCA, Record Grp. 233, NA; (Anderson) syndicated articles, Jan. 18, 19, 1971 reproduced at Exhibits 2, 3, E, Bk. 21, p. 9911–; (Mitchell/Maheu call) chronology attached to Lenzner/Lackritz/Sen. Ervin memo,
supra.,
and Maheu and Hack, op. cit., p. 126; (Maheu/Vegas prosecution) ibid.; (Mitchell “shaking”) conv. Michael Ewing, citing Maheu; (Maheu/Justice Dept. officials) Lenzner/Lackritz memo,
supra.
, Maheu and Hack, op. cit., p. 126; (Wilson) int. Terry Lenzner; (Caulfield background)
NM,
p. 13–; (Caulfield memos) Caulfield to John Dean, Jan. 22, 25, Feb. 1, 1971, E, Bk 21, p. 9748–; (Caulfield conceded) ibid. p. 9723; (Lenzner/Lackritz asked CIA) int. Lenzner, CIA memo for record, Mar. 14, 1974, and [name censored] to director of security, Aug. 20, 1975, CIA release May 1989; (Ervin blocked) int. Terry Lenzner and subpoena request in Lenzner/Lackritz/Ervin memo,
supra.
; (“duck”/“protect”) see p. 177.

“Bay of Pigs” = Kennedy Assassination?:
(Haldeman) Haldeman and DiMona, op. cit., p. 68.

“fixation”/“Not rational”:
Salisbury, op. cit., p. 306.

“I felt crushed”:
ed. William Buckley,
Odyssey of a Friend
:
Whittaker Chambers' Letters to William Buckley, 1952–1961,
Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 1987, p. 287.

RN and JFK:
(meeting) Matthews, op. cit., p. 44—a key source for the relationship; (“bookends”)
MEM,
p. 42; (Pennsylvania) ibid., Matthews, op. cit., p. 51; (reminisced)
JA,
p. 136; (“genuine”) Matthews, op. cit., p. 17; (began meeting)
JA,
p. 135; (books) ibid., p. 136; (shy) ibid., p. 135 and
MEM,
p. 43; (Paris women)
JA,
p. 136; ('50 donation)
MEM,
p. 75; Arnold, op. cit., p. 14, but see suggestion donation much larger at O'Neill, op. cit., p. 81; (denial) Detroit
Free Press,
July 13, 1960; (“mistake”) Douglas, op. cit., p. 325, citing
Look's
John Cowles and Judge Charles Wyzanski; (fast friends) Arnold, op. cit., p. 6; (“good luck”)
MEM,
p. 91; (RN sponsoring) Matthews, op. cit., p. 91; (wedding) ibid., p. 93; (offices) Ralph Martin,
A Hero for Our Time,
New York: Macmillan, 1983, p. 221.

JFK on RN:
(“enormous ability”) Peter Lisagor int. April 1966, JFK Oral History Program, JFKL; (Smathers) int. George Smathers, JFK Oral History Program, July 1964, JFKL; (“split personality”) Martin, op. cit., p. 221–.

RN re. JFK:
(Reardon) Matthews, op. cit., p. 65; (snake charmer)
TW60,
p. 298; (“Poor Jack”) Agent Rex Scouten, citing RN;
JA,
p. 137; (fruit) Mathews, op. cit., p. 102; (suite)
JA,
p. 137; (“admired”) Matthews, op. cit., p. 100; (“liked”) int. Jack Drown; (“loved him”) int. Edward Nixon.

RN to run?:
(“powers that be”) ed. Abell, op. cit., p. 403; (Chandler meeting) int. Paul Ziffren by FB, FBP—citing Buff Chandler; (Pat miles)
NYT,
July 27, 1960; (Cronin) UPI, undated, 1974, Robert Hartmann Papers, Gerald R. Ford Library.

Convention:
(mother's ints.) Kornitzer, op. cit., p. 88, int. Evlyn Dorn by FB, FBP; (sat like bird) Ehrlichman, op. cit., p. 147; (no sleep)
JA,
p. 271; (Overture) Len Hall, cited in FB int. John Lindsay, FBP; (acceptance speech)
TW60,
p. 206–; (JFK acceptance) ibid., p. 177; (O'Neill) cited in Matthews, op. cit., p. 127; (Hillings) ibid., p. 126; (“worried”)
PAT,
p. 188; (opium) NY Daily
News,
July 29, 1960.

campaign:
(small towns)
TW60,
p. 277–;
Saturday Evening Post,
Nov. 5, 1960; (Reston) Thimmesch, op. cit., p. 80; (RN weight) John Tower,
Consequences
, Boston: Little, Brown, 1991, p. 16; (Pat press-ganged)
PAT,
p. 189; (Pat thin/tired)
Saturday Evening Post,
Nov. 5, 1960, Jim Bassett letter to wife, Wilma, Sept. 25, 1960, Bassett Papers,
TW60,
pp. 302, 307; (Jackie) Herbert Parmet,
Jack: The Struggles of John F. Kennedy,
New York: Dial Press, 1980, p. 438; Martin, op. cit., p. 207–; (“No ease”) Salisbury, op. cit., p. 304; (RN/hecklers) Klein, op. cit., p. 97, int. Herb Klein; (JFK never lost)
TW60,
p. 301; (“blew stack”) ed. Sevareid, op. cit., p. 81; (“firey”) Chicago
Sunday Tribune,
Nov. 6, 1960; (Sherwood) Troy, op. cit., p. 177;
(kick seat) Haldeman and DiMona, op. cit., p. 75; int. Don Hughes; (RN in plane)
Readers' Digest,
May 1975, p. 238-, Robert Finch Oral History, Columbia University; (pride/old age) Crowley,
Nixon Off the Record,
op. cit., p. 11; (wasteful?) e.g., Robert Finch Oral History,
supra.;
(“clerks”)
TW60,
p. 314; (Plans Board) ibid., p. 264 and see Garment, op. cit., p. 116; (horse and jockey) int. James Bassett by FB, FBP; (Alaska)
TW60,
pp. 262, 267; Klein, op. cit., p. 25;
PAT,
p. 191; (“Dick has painted”) James Bassett to wife, Wilma, Oct. 3, 1960, Bassett Papers; (Bassett/tempers) int. Cynthia Bassett; (“scarey isn't it?”) James Bassett to Wilma, Nov. 2, 1960, Bassett Papers.

prelude to first debate:
(law change) Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 323; Klein, op. cit., p. 102; (JFK accepted) int. Pierre Salinger; Salinger, op. cit., p. 83; int. Leonard Reinsch, JFK Oral History Program, JFKL, p. 13; (“one way”) Richard Goodwin,
Remembering America,
Boston: Little, Brown, p. 112; (why resist) Martin, op. cit., p. 222; Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 323, Gray, op. cit., p. 316–; (“no debates!”) int. Len Hall by FB, FBP; Klein, op. cit., p. 102–; (RN announced) ibid., p. 103, James Bassett to Wilma, Oct. 24, 1960, Bassett Papers; (Hall asked) int. Len Hall by FB, FBP; (“I can take”) Reinsch Oral History,
supra.,
p. 10; (“I'll murder”) Goodwin, op. cit., p. 112; (“might clobber”) James Bassett to Wilma, Oct. 24, 1960, Bassett Papers; (make “conditions”) int. James Bassett by FB, FBP; (“Make sure”) Reinsch Oral History,
supra.,
p. 15; (haggling) ibid., p. 14–; Klein, op. cit., p. 103;
TW60,
p. 282; (Secret Service) Baughman, op. cit., p. 249–, citing agent's report; (injury) ibid. and RN on
Tonight
show, NBC-TV, Aug. 26, 1960, transcript in final report of U.S. Sen. Cttee. on Commerce, Subcttee on Communications, Dec. 11, 1961, Part 3, p. 10; (hospital) Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 326.

Ike remark:
(“If you give”) Aug. 24, 1960 press conf. transcript,
Public Papers of the Presidents,
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Printing Office, 1961, p. 268–; (apologize) Wicker, op. cit., p. 225;
PAT,
p. 192; (“lack of warmth”) Ann Whitman Diary, Aug. 30, 1960, DDEL; (did endorse) Eisenhower statement, Oct. 17, 1960, JFRP; (“tough S.O.B.”) Crowley,
Nixon Off the Record,
op. cit., p. 15; (“godammit”)
Newsweek,
Oct. 9, 1961 and see Wicker, op. cit., p. 242, citing William Ewald and Leonard Hall.

RN after hospital:
(marathon)
PAT,
p. 190–; Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 330; (fever) ibid., p. 331; (“pills/liquor”) Ehrlichman, op. cit., p. 21, but see
PAT,
p. 192; (coma)
JA,
p. 288; (blood pressure?) ed. Sevareid, op. cit., p. 75; (denial)
Congressional Quarterly,
Aug. 12, 1960, p. 1395.

first debate:
(70 million)
TW60,
op. cit., pp. 283–87; (JFK preparations) ibid., p. 283–; (prostitute) C. David Heymann,
A Woman Called Jackie,
New York: Birch Lane Press, 1994, p. 242 citing longtime aide Langdon Marvin, who says JFK had him arrange for the prostitute; (RN studied?) Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 337; (“totally refused”) Robert Finch cited in Matthews, op. cit., p. 147; (“didn't look”) int. James Bassett by FB, FBP, Klein, op. cit., p. 105; (Rogers) Matthews, op. cit., p. 147; (reject make up) Klein, op. cit., p. 105; Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 338;
TW60,
p. 285; (banged knee) Chicago
Sun
-
Times,
April 24, 1994, Matthews, op. cit., p. 148, citing Klein int.; (Hewitt) ibid.; (clothes hanging) David Halberstam,
The Fifties,
New York: Villard Books, 1993, p. 731; Klein, op. cit., p. 105; (lost 10 lbs.) Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 341; (face/suit) ibid.; int. Leonard Reinsch, JFK Oral History Program, JFKL, p. 60; (make up offer) Matthews, op. cit., p. 149; (JFK powder) Goodwin, op. cit., p. 115 and see Halberstam,
The Fifties,
op. cit., p. 731; (Lazy Shave) Klein, op. cit., p. 105; Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 338; (“You look great”) David Halberstam,
The Unfinished Odyssey of Robert Kennedy,
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1968, p. 181–; Martin, op. cit., p. 222; (“nearly blinded”) int./corr. Leonard Miall, former BBC head of television talks; (“macho”) Klein, op. cit., p. 105, Matthews, op. cit., p. 149; (JFK fazed) ibid., p. 148–; (“spraddled”) int. Edward Morgan, JFK Oral History Program, JFKL, p. 15; (“drooping”)
TW60,
p. 289; (“A man severed”) Goodwin, op. cit., p. 115; (Daley) cited by Rep. Roman Puchinski in eds. Strober,
Kennedy,
op. cit., p. 31; (Copley) San Diego
Reader,
July 28, 1994; (Woods/Hannah)
PAT,
p. 341; Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 340; (Pat)
Newsweek,
Oct. 17, 1960 and see
PAT,
p. 191; (RN seemed to think) Klein, op. cit., p. 106 and int. Len Hall by FB, FBP; (aides/“all right”) Goodwin, op. cit., p. 115; (“I know I can”) Matthews, op. cit., p. 155; (radio v. TV)
TW60,
p. 290, Edward Morgan Oral History,
supra.,
p. 16; PAT, p. 192; (Gallup)
TW60,
p. 294; (Baker) Halberstam,
The Fifties,
op. cit., p. 732; (JFK crowds)
TW60,
p. 291, Goodwin, op. cit., p. 116; (good make up)
TW60,
p. 289; (milk shakes) Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 341; (Lodge) int. Murray Frampson (CBS) by FB, FBP.

dirty tricks:
(Tuck) An Evening with Dick Tuck, broadcast tape, available at Library of Congress, Halberstam,
Odyssey,
op. cit., p. 71; Orrin Klapp,
Symbolic Leaders,
Chicago: Aldine, 1964, p. 207; (“no sleaze”) int. Pierre Salinger; (2nd debate) Salinger, op. cit., p. 84, Leonard Reinsch Oral History,
supra.,
p. 18; (New Nixon?)
Democratic Digest,
Nov./Dec. 1960; (not “alley fighter”)
TW60,
p. 303; (Ehrlichman) Ehrlichman, op. cit., pp. 6, 30; (“most ruthless”)
MEM,
p. 225.

religious issue:
(“dirtiest trick”) Lasky, op. cit., p. 37; (Catholic issue)
TW60,
p. 237–; (RN proud) Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., pp. 307, 364, 367–;
JA,
p. 280; (Kennedys “repeatedly”)
MEM,
p. 226; (hate mail) Lasky, op. cit., pp. 35, 45;
MEM,
p. 775; (anon. calls) J. W. Sorrells to Gov. Brown (CA), Nov. 3, 1960, Box 434, DPP; (Peale) Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 327–; Billy Graham,
Just As I Am,
San Francisco: Harper, 1973, p. 391–; (Graham) ibid., pp. 390–, 442–; Salinger, op. cit., p. 75; Frady, op. cit., p. 438–;
Esquire,
Apr. 10, 1979; (“I wonder”) Graham, op. cit., p. 442.

bedroom dirt:
(Rebozo parties) int. Lloyd Cutler, eds. Strober,
Kennedy,
op. cit., p. 30; (“I knew . . .”) Crowley,
Nixon Off the Record,
op. cit., p. 33; (request to Hoover) Jack Anderson int. in
Star,
Mar. 23, 1976—referring to aide Luther Huston; int. Ann Noble Huston; (Hoover complied) ibid., Sullivan, op. cit., p. 48; (political research) Summers,
Official
&
Confidential,
op. cit., p. 262; (secret marriage) ibid., p. 292; Hersh, op. cit., Durie Malcolm refs.; (busy sex life) Summers,
Official
&
Confidential,
op. cit., p. 264–; (Raab) Hersh, op. cit., p. 120n; (Hall/other marriage) notes on “first marriage,” Ladislas Farago Papers, Mugar Library, Boston University; (“counter-productive”) San Francisco
Examiner,
(review of TV show
Richard Nixon Reflects
), May 4, 1990; (Hoover/Goldwater) Ladislas Farago Papers,
supra.;
(women vote) Laurence Leamer,
The Kennedy Women,
London: Transworld: 1994, p. 509.

burglaries:
(doctors' offices) Beschloss, op. cit., p. 187; Lasky, op. cit., p. 37; (RN office raid) Humes, op. cit., p. 133.

Democratic bugging:
(Bush) statement by Hon. George Bush, Box 120, Korff Papers, Brown University; (detectives) reports on and affidavits of John Frank, Oliver Angelone, Edward M. Jones, John Leon, Joseph Shimon, June/July 1973, Box 120, Korff Papers, Brown University; int. Oliver Angelone; Lasky, op. cit., p. 46–; Jim Hougan,
Secret Agenda,
New York: Random House, 1984, p. 310; (subcommittee) ibid., p. 311n10; (RN “convinced”) Kissinger,
Years of Upheaval,
op. cit., p. 1182; (“victimized”) Crowley,
Winter,
op. cit., p. 314; (RFK “worst”) Crowley,
Nixon Off the Record,
op. cit., p. 32.

JFK/RN and Mafia:
(Kennedy/Mafia) Summers,
Official
&
Confidential,
op. cit., pp. 261, 268–; NY
Daily News,
Oct. 6, 7, 8, 1991 (series by author); Hersh, op. cit., Ch. 10; (RN/Cuba informant) int. Jack Clarke; (JFK compromised) Thelma Lansky (widow) int.
60 Minutes,
June 25, 1989, CBS transcript; (Trafficante) Frank Ragano and Selwyn Raab,
Mob Lawyer,
New York: Charles Scribner's, 1994, p. 84; int. Frank Ragano; (“we'll contribute”) Sam & Chuck Giancana, op. cit., p. 286–; (Marcello bribe) int./corr. Michael Ewing, Dan Moldea,
The Hoffa Wars,
New York: Paddington Press, 1978, pp. 108, 260; (Hunter) Mollenhoff memo for files, Jan. 22, 1970, Box 74, Folder 10, Mollenhoff papers, Gerald R. Ford Library, Sheridan, op. cit., pp. 140, 156, 165–;
WP,
Jan. 5, 1961; (Hoffa on JFK) ibid., pp. 143, 146, 151, 157–; (“be assured”) Cushman to Mrs. Ernest Wild, Oct. 24, 1960, Hoffa folder, VP, NA; (indictment stopped) Sheridan, op. cit., pp. 5, 158; (reactivated) ibid., p. 159; (“remained unpaid”) ibid., p. 5.