May 1976
Rolling Stone Magazine
The Hughes-Nixon-Lansky Connection: The Secret Alliances of the CIA From World War II to Watergate
By Howard Kohn
Rolling Stone Magazine
The Hughes-Nixon-Lansky Connection: The Secret Alliances of the CIA From World War II to Watergate
By Howard Kohn
A quick note about this thread: I’m not in a position to tweet each individual paragraph of this important historical reporting, because it would too time consuming. However, you can access a transcription of the full article in the web archive here:
archive.org/stream/nsia-Ko…
archive.org/stream/nsia-Ko…
However, you should be aware that the transcription within the web archive is close, but not exact. For example:
Issue Summary.
Title page.
Page one.
From: “Bob Haldeman sat in the Oval Office…”
To: “With some help from the CIA, Luciano…”
From: “Bob Haldeman sat in the Oval Office…”
To: “With some help from the CIA, Luciano…”
Page two.
From: “…fashioned an international smuggling route for the Syndicate’s booming narcotics industry.”
To: “Five days later, Hiss reappeared before HUAC and, under Nixon’s questioning, began to retreat from his earlier state-…”
From: “…fashioned an international smuggling route for the Syndicate’s booming narcotics industry.”
To: “Five days later, Hiss reappeared before HUAC and, under Nixon’s questioning, began to retreat from his earlier state-…”
Page three.
From: “…ments. A few months later, according to CIA sources, CIA agents also played a part in leading the freshman congressman to the evidence that eventually convicted Hiss.”
To: “In March 1952, Batista returned from exile and resurrected his…”
From: “…ments. A few months later, according to CIA sources, CIA agents also played a part in leading the freshman congressman to the evidence that eventually convicted Hiss.”
To: “In March 1952, Batista returned from exile and resurrected his…”
Page four.
From: “Cuban dictatorship in a bloodless coup set up by Lansky’s $250,000 bribe to the elected president in return for his abdication.”
To: “Lansky’s brother Jake stayed behind to try salvaging the Syndicate’s gambling and narcotics operations. But Castro…”
From: “Cuban dictatorship in a bloodless coup set up by Lansky’s $250,000 bribe to the elected president in return for his abdication.”
To: “Lansky’s brother Jake stayed behind to try salvaging the Syndicate’s gambling and narcotics operations. But Castro…”
Page five.
From: “threw Jake in jail for 25 days and, by 1960, had deported all Syndicate members, padlocked the amusement parlors, razed the dope labs...”
To: “Maheu…had quit the FBI in the early Fifties to open a private detective agency in Washington,…”
From: “threw Jake in jail for 25 days and, by 1960, had deported all Syndicate members, padlocked the amusement parlors, razed the dope labs...”
To: “Maheu…had quit the FBI in the early Fifties to open a private detective agency in Washington,…”
Page six.
From: “a firm that specialized in solving problems outside the normal channels.”
To: “Bobby had been an investigator and Jack had been a senator on the McClellan Senate committee when it declared a war on organized crime in the…”
From: “a firm that specialized in solving problems outside the normal channels.”
To: “Bobby had been an investigator and Jack had been a senator on the McClellan Senate committee when it declared a war on organized crime in the…”
Page seven.
From: “late Fifties.”
To: “Also in late summer 1963, Ferrie called the Chicago phone number…”
From: “late Fifties.”
To: “Also in late summer 1963, Ferrie called the Chicago phone number…”
Page eight.
From: “of a young woman who, on the day before Kennedy’s death, arrived in Dallas…”
To: “On the face of it there seemed no reason why an obscure paint company would venture into the gambling business—or why the Bahamian government…”
From: “of a young woman who, on the day before Kennedy’s death, arrived in Dallas…”
To: “On the face of it there seemed no reason why an obscure paint company would venture into the gambling business—or why the Bahamian government…”
Page nine.
From: “should let it.”
To: “But Siegel’s…”
From: “should let it.”
To: “But Siegel’s…”
Page ten.
From: “arrogant and spendthrift nature prevented him from seeing the project through.”
To: “One of Nixon’s first moves as presi-…”
From: “arrogant and spendthrift nature prevented him from seeing the project through.”
To: “One of Nixon’s first moves as presi-…”
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
