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Chapter 23

The late Norma Abrams was interviewed in 1988, as was Eduardo Disano. Herman Klurfeld, Joseph DiMona, and Lyle Stuart discussed the Lepke case, and Wm. Hundley described his encounter with Costello. Sam Giancana (nephew) recounted his father’s version of the Chicago mobster’s attitude to H., and Wm. Pepper (supra.) arranged the contact with Lombardozzi. Seymour Pollack was interviewed twice. The late Jimmy Fratianno was interviewed in 1990, and Nicholas Lore, Jim Henderson and George Carr discussed the encounter with H. that Fratianno described. Irving Resnick and his daughter Dana were interviewed, and Resnick’s story was discussed with Pete Hamill, Jim Doyle, and Wm. Roemer. At Gatti’s Restaurant, owner Mike Gatti and Edidio Crolla recalled H. and Lansky. Wm. Gallinaro told of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police taping a Lansky conversation. John Weitz and Gordon Novel were interviewed about alleged H.-Tolson sex photographs, and see Esquire, May 1993, p. 57, and author’s reply in August edition. An earlier report of the Hundley-Costello meeting was found in 1978 memos of Mike Ewing in HSCA files. Possible deportation of Costello is discussed in memos re. Drew Pearson, Mar.-Sept., 1952, and Jun. 1, 1954, in FBI file 94–8–350. Documentation on Pollack was found at Hearings, House Select Cttee. on Crime, Dec. 7, 1971, p. 3.

Chapter 24

The head of the Justice Dept’s Special Group, Milton Wessel, and Laurence Walsh, discussed H.’s response to Apalachin. Susan Rosenstiel was interviewed in France, and signed an affadavit swearing to the truth of her account. NY Crime Cttee. Chief Counsel Edward McLaughlin, investigator Wm. Gallinaro, Hank Messick, Jackie Somerville, Sidney Stricker, Stanley Penn, Jim Savage, Dr Elaine Needel, Dr Henry Foster, Robert Morgenthau and former Asst. Director Cartha DeLoach were interviewed about Rosenstiel. Kenneth Wells discussed the Freedoms Foundation. The author used FBI files on the Special Group obtained by Milton Wessel, and used Hearings, Subcttee. 5, House Judiciary Cttee., Serial 16, p. 102, and Hearings, Approp. Cttee. Subcttee., Mar. 6, 1961, p. 432. The testimonies of James Kelly, Yolanda Lora, John Harrington, Jeremiah McKenna, and Louis Nichols on Rosenstiel are in the files of the NY State Joint Legislative Cttee. on Crime, Its Causes, Control, Effects on Society, 1971. The author obtained a Dept. of Justice memo from Wm. Gallinaro to Henry Peterson, Jul. 27, 1970. Nichols’ retirement corr. is in a private collection. H.’s office logs, May 6, Jul. 15, 1958, established his contacts with Rosenstiel. The 1958 FBI report on the mob is Belmont to Boardman, Jul. 14, 1958, FBI file 94–8–350–943. After hardback publication, the author received material on Lewis Rosenstiel from FBI file 94–41753, and on Susan Rosenstiel from FBI file 163–1486–2 (FOIPA release 298–462). The account of H.’s reaction is in Kennedy Justice, by Victor Navasky, supra., p. 44. H.’s denial of a mob coalition is in Law Enforcement Bulletin, Jan. 1962.

Chapter 25

Former agent Kenneth Whittaker and Jesse Weiss discussed H.’s relations with Joseph Kennedy. Lady Bird Johnson, Lynda Robb, Curtis Lynum, Robert Parker, Joseph Schott, Bobby Baker, and Cartha DeLoach were interviewed in connection with H. and Lyndon Johnson. Joseph Shimon recalled Joseph Kennedy’s mob friendships, as did Edna Daulyton. Judith Campbell Exner was interviewed on several occasions. Evelyn Lincoln and Pierre Salinger discussed the 1960 Convention, and Ben Bradlee, Igor Cassini, Gore Vidal, and Jack Anderson described John Kennedy’s attitude to H. Philip Hochstein reported H.’s assertion that JFK had not legitimately won the election. The documentation of this and other Kennedy chapters is so vast that scholars are strongly advised to use only the hardback edition. The references that follow are highly selective. Joseph Kennedy’s 1955 letter to H. is in The FBI Pyramid, by Mark Felt (see Bibliography), p. 195, and his role as FBI ‘Contact’ is in OC14. British reports on JFK drew on Honeytrap, by the author