Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story by C. David Heymann

Author:C. David Heymann [Heymann, C. David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Autobiography, Biography, Non-Fiction, Political, Rich & Famous
ISBN: 9781439165478
Google: PXwo7RYdXV0C
Amazon: B002KHNBIE
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2009-08-03T23:00:00+00:00

In January 1966, Washington attorney Clark Clifford, former chairman of President John F. Kennedy’s foreign intelligence advisory committee and then an advisor to President Johnson, received a telephone call from J. Edgar Hoover, whom he’d known since the days of the Truman administration. The FBI director asked Clifford to drop by his office at his earliest convenience.

When Clifford arrived, Hoover ushered him into an adjacent office where a movie projector and screen had been set up.

“What’s all this?” asked Clifford.

“You’ll see,” retorted Hoover.

After Hoover and Clifford sat down, the lights dimmed, and an attendant turned on the projector. Clifford found himself watching a silent three-minute black-and-white film showing deceased actress Marilyn Monroe committing a sexual act upon a man whose face was just out of range of the camera.

“There was no question in my mind that the woman on her knees performing fellatio was Marilyn Monroe,” said Clifford. “I had no idea as to the identity of her partner.”

When the film ended and the lights came on again, Clifford looked over at Hoover. The FBI director had a smug expression on his face. “Do you want to watch it again?” he asked.

“I think I’ve seen enough,” said Clifford.

“Did you recognize the couple?” inquired Hoover.

“I recognized Marilyn Monroe,” responded the attorney. “How could I possibly identify the other person in the film? We never see the man’s face.”

“We have reason to believe that it’s Robert Kennedy,” said Hoover.

“How can you possibly know?” asked Clifford. “How do you know it’s not President Kennedy? Wasn’t he also involved with Marilyn? For that matter, it could be anyone.”

Hoover explained that the film had been taken with a hidden camera planted in the actress’s bedroom during the period shortly before her death when she was consorting with Bobby Kennedy, not Jack. The bureau had been given the film in 1965 by a former aide to Teamsters union boss Jimmy Hoffa, RFK’s number one target during his term as attorney general.

“My guess,” continued Hoover, “is that Hoffa meant to blackmail Robert Kennedy in order to get the Justice Department off his back. We also know that Joe DiMaggio offered Hoffa a large sum of money for the film, but the transaction never took place. I called you in because I thought you might want to discuss the matter with your friend, President Johnson.”

“What does Lyndon Johnson have to do with it?” asked Clifford. “Even assuming it’s Robert Kennedy in the film, why would the president want to become involved?”

“I’m not sure,” said Hoover. “All I know is that the president has his own grievances against Senator Kennedy. He ought to be apprised of the film’s existence, don’t you think?”

Knowing that Hoover had always resented the former attorney general, Clifford surmised that the FBI director hoped to use the film to ruin RFK politically—and he hoped to accomplish this feat at the highest possible level. Although Clifford had no intention of delivering the film to President Johnson, he told Hoover he’d give the matter some thought.

Several months

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