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by Anthony Summers

Chiang Kai-shek, Madame, 95

  Choisser, Dr. Robert, 501–2, 547, 562, 570, 572

  Churchill, Randolph, 136

  Churchill, Winston, 134–6, 139, 159

  CIA, 147, 151, 237, 248, 288, 310, 367, 377, 444, 485, 488, 489–90, 493–4, 496, 502–3, 525, 533, 536, 538, 543, 547, 558, 560, 567, 570; Jack Anderson, plot to kill, 493–4, 502–3; Castro, Mafia/CIA plot to kill, 338, 343, 345–6, 386, 388, 389, 494, 538, 543, 547; opposed by Hoover, 181–2, 310, 460–1, 463, 488, 489–90

  Civello, Joseph, 393

  civil rights movement, Hoover and, 6, 36–7, 53, 58, 133, 333–4, 342, 363–5, 372, 386, 387, 412, 417 417–36, 439, 455–6, 458, 546, 569 see also individuals/organizations.

  Clark, Leo, 412

  Clark, Mark, 459

  Clark, Ramsey, 249, 250, 440, 449, 561, 562, 568, 569, 571; on Hoover, 249, 449, 468, 553

  Clark, Tom, 419

  Clark, Wilbur, 287

  Clark, William, 107

  Clausen, Henry, 155–6, 557

  Clifford, Clark, 186, 411–12

  Clinton, Bill, ix Cody, William (‘Buffalo Bill’), 71

  Coffman, Barbara, 210, 559

  Cohen, Larry, 487, 545, 572

  Cohen, Richard, 524

  Cohn, Roy, xv, xvi, 221–4, 245–7, 249, 297, 298–303, 330–1, 368, 498, 535, 560, 573

  COINTELPRO, 55, 195, 454, 456, 470, 475, 533, 570–1

  Colby, Anita, 83, 99, 100, 533, 554

  Collier, C. W., 24, 551

  Collier, Rex, 115, 534

  Collins, Patricia, 39

  Colodny, Len, 546

  Colson, Charles, 484–5, 486, 491, 492, 503, 506, 548

  Communists/leftists, Hoover and, x–xi, 3, 33, 34–40, 42, 54, 58, 63, 110, 104, 115, 119–23, 129, 132, 166–8, 180, 184–98, 203–7, 208, 212–13, 222–5, 278, 331–3, 335, 356, 364–5, 369–70, 372–3, 375, 385–6, 405, 409–10, 415, 420–2, 429, 439, 454, 474–5, 529, 533, 544, 546; COINTELPRO, 55, 195, 454, 456–7, 470, 475, 533, 570–1; Hollywood blacklist, 188; McCarthy, 35, 54, 208–10, 211, 213–15, 221–5, 245, 310, 416, 498, 514, 534–5, 559, 560 see also individuals/organizations.

  Congress, U.S., xi, xiv, xvii, xviii, xix, 5, 7, 25–6, 34, 38, 40, 54–5, 59, 64, 69, 82, 92, 100, 111, 112, 121, 125, 127, 128, 132, 159, 164, 186, 188, 191, 206, 209, 225, 226–32, 240–2, 244, 247–8, 259, 260, 271, 275, 276, 298, 299, 300, 309, 314, 315, 322, 334, 370, 371, 377, 381, 388, 391, 398, 403, 407, 424, 426–7, 436, 438, 446, 470–1, 473–4, 490, 499, 503–4, 508–10, 511–12, 514–16, 517, 518, 526, 528, 533, 534, 535, 536, 541, 542–3, 552, 561, 568–9, 572–3; Assassinations Corn., 177, 383, 384, 388, 391, 392, 394, 433–4, 542–3; files, 54–5, 125, 209, 224–5, 226–38, 240–50, 315–23, 334, 401–2, 412–16, 470–1, 512; Govt. Information Subcom., 509; House Appropriations Corn., 55, 69, 106, 132, 224–5, 228, 237, 251, 490, 574; H. Corn. on Crime, xv, 228, 564; H. Corn. on Govt. Operations, 245; H. Ethics Corn., 248; H. Judiciary Corn., 237, 299; H. Subcom. on Civil and Constitutional Rights, 184; H. Subcom. on Privacy, 245; H. Un-American Activities Corn., 168, 185–9, 196, 205–6, 226, 386, 546; Kefauver Corn., 222, 269, 272; Long Corn., 244; McCarthy, 35, 54, 208–10, 211, 213–15, 221–5, 245, 310, 416, 498, 514, 534–5, 559, 560; opposition to Hoover, xix, 7, 69, 111, 112, 125, 127–32, 184, 192, 224–5, 226, 240–1, 259, 334, 436, 438, 470–4, 499, 523–4; S. Foreign Relations Corn., 411; S. Intelligence Corn., 123, 132, 407–8, 459, 462–3; S. Judiciary Corn., 131, 164, 237, 241–4, 564; S. Naval Affairs Corn., 538; S. Rackets Corn., 334; S. Rules Corn., 371; S. Subcom. on Constitutional Rights, 184; S. Subcom. on Invasion of Privacy, 242–3; S. Subcom. on Investigations, 208, 221; S. Watergate Corn., 486, 495; support for Hoover, xviii, 7, 54–5, 69, 159, 164, 180, 184–8, 192, 195, 205–6, 210, 224–5, 226–32, 236, 271, 298–300, 334, 370–1, 398, 403, 424, 436, 511–12, 515

  Connally, John, 362, 442, 560, 570

  Connelley, Earl, 143

  Cook, Blanche, 167–8, 558

  Coolidge, Calvin, 66

  Cooper, Courtney Ryley, 71, 91, 112

  Cooper, Gary, 187

  Coplon, Judith, 201, 202

  Corcoran, Jimmy G. C., 92–3

  Corcoran, Tommy, 131, 178, 239, 529

  Corso, Philip, 384–5, 542, 567

  Costello, Frank, 265, 267, 269, 272, 273, 280–4, 287, 291, 293, 295, 309, 390, 563, 564

  Courtney, Max, 297

  Cowley, Sam, 78, 79, 552

  Crawford, James, 62, 63, 419, 501, 572

  CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President), 488, 489, 492

  Crolla, Edidio, 287, 563

  Cronin, John, 195

  Crosby, Bing, 101

  Croswell, Edgar, 291

  Crown, Henry, 268

  Cummings, Homer, 69–72, 78, 79, 112, 121

  Curtis, Tony, 336

  Cushing, Richard Cardinal, 331, 540

  Cutler, Lloyd, 163, 164, 557

  Dalitz, Moe, 280

  Danahee, Jack, 537, 566, 570

  D’Anna, Tony, 122

  Danoff, John, 353

  Dasch, George, 162, 163, 557

  Daugherty, Harry, 39–40, 44

  Daulyton, Edna, 99, 166, 231, 232, 318–19, 554, 558, 560, 565

  Davidson, Irving, 275, 393, 530, 537, 563

  Davis, Angela, 106

  Davy, Dorothy (niece), 10, 551, 573–4; on Hoover, 11, 12, 19

  DeDiego, Felipe, 495, 496, 547, 548, 550, 572

  De Gaulle, Charles, 386, 464

  DeLoach, Barbara, 404, 413

  DeLoach, Cartha, 243–4, 247–9, 396, 397, 317–18, 326, 350, 355, 358, 379, 403–4, 406, 410–15, 428–9, 434, 441, 529, 541, 542, 544, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 558, 561–2, 564, 565, 566, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573; on Hoover, xi, 29, 86, 101, 239, 260, 276, 313, 324, 328, 346, 384, 407–8, 415, 423, 427, 434, 463–4, 468, 481–2, 498, 512, 514; resignation, 464, 468

  De Mohrenschildt, George, 394

  De Toledano, Ralph, 214–15, 552, 553, 556

  De Valera, Eamon, 60

  De Voto, Bernard, 202

  Dean, John, 464–5, 485, 489–91, 492, 503, 517, 570, 571, 574; on Hoover, 465, 490, 515

  Dean, Patrick, 393

  Dellafera, John, 537

  Dewey, Thomas E., 179, 197–8, 231, 266, 267, 281, 282, 300, 559

  Diamond, Joe, 507–8, 573

  DiCaprio, Leonardo, ix Dickason, Denis, 39, 552

  Dickinson, Angie, 349–50, 566

  Dietrich, Marlene, 93

  Dillinger, John, 3, 71, 77–80, 83, 118, 119, 266, 399, 528, 553, 554

  DiMaggio, Joe, 95

  Dirksen, Everett, 371–2

  Disano, Eduardo, 280–1, 563

  Disney, Walt, 187

  Dixson, John, 303

  Dodd, Thomas, 229–30, 560, 561

  Dodge, Franklin, 65

  Dolan, Joe, 331, 339, 362, 566, 567, 568

  Dolan, Terry, 528

  Dondero, George, 205, 206

  Donovan, William, 146, 151, 532–3; file, 289–90; on Hoover, 118; rivalry with Hoover, 139–40, 160–2, 181, 289–90, 532–3

  Douglas, William, 239–40

  Dowd, John, 220–1, 262, 263–4, 554, 560, 562

  Dowdy, John, 241, 535

  Downes, Donald, 160

  Doyle, Jim, 86, 554, 563

  Dragna, Jack, 285

  Dragna, Louis, 285

  Drew, John, 274, 563

  Duffy, La Verne, 371

  Dufty, William, 417–18, 527, 528, 529, 533, 551, 556, 569, 580

  Duggan, Laurence, 193

  Dulles, Allen, 324

  Dulles, John Foster, 71

  Duncan Sisters, 182

  Dunphy, John, 263, 562

  Dunson, George, 87–8, 554

  Eakins, Henry, 226, 560

  Early, Steve, 153, 532

  Eastland, James, 425

  Eastwood, Clint, ix Eaton, Cyrus, 33

  Eckhouse, Joseph, 528

  Edison, Thomas, 9

  Edwards, Don, 184, 569

  Ehrlichman,
John, 503, 505, 506, 550, 570, 571, 572–3; on Hoover, 442, 446–9, 476, 478–89

  Einstein, Albert, 190

  Eisenhower, Dwight, 3, 62, 132, 173, 210, 212, 213–15, 221, 223–4, 234, 291–2, 308, 310, 312, 343, 376, 514, 559; antiCommunism and, 214, 221–3; file, 215; Hoover and, 3, 132, 210–15, 310; Mafia and, 291–2

  Eisenhower, Mamie, 213

  Elliott, Charles, 466, 467, 571

  Ellis, Charles, 146

  Ellsberg, Daniel, 4, 24, 474, 484–7, 490, 494, 495, 571

  Elson, Edward, 22, 184, 558, 573

  Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 50

  Engels, Friedrich, 34

  Ennis, Edward, 127

  Erickson, Frank, 282

  Ernst, Morris, 205

  Ervin, Sam, 237–8

  Eskridge, Duane, 151–2, 552, 557

  Estes, Billy Sol, 401

  Evans, Courtney, 366, 368, 403, 562, 566, 567; on Hoover, 339, 360, 362, 363, 378, 544, 545

  Factor, John, 74

  Farley, James, 70, 128, 131, 527, 553

  FBI files, Hoover’s, 55, 112–13, 121–7, 132–3, 143, 147–8, 187, 505–10, 512; search for, 5, 505–10 see also individuals/ organizations.

  Felt, Mark, 382, 508, 510, 526, 554, 562, 565, 567, 570, 573; on Hoover, 330, 477, 512

  Fennell, Anna, 31

  Fennell, Margaret (niece), 14, 18; on Hoover, 19, 30, 41, 514

  Ferrer, Jaime, 547

  Ferrie, David, 387–9

  Ferry, W. H., 358, 539

  Fields, Annie, 501, 509

  Fields, W. C., 165

  Finch, Stanley, 327, 565

  Fink, Robert, 526–7, 556, 561, 573, 579

  Firestone family, 91

  Fischetti, Joe, 320

  Flanagan, Francis, 253, 562

  Fleming, Ian, 139, 147

  Fletcher, Howard, 252

  Floyd, Charles Arthur (Pretty Boy’), 71, 80–1, 399–400

  Fly, James Lawrence, 110, 128, 156–7

  Flynn, William, 34, 36

  Fonda, Jane, 454

  Fong, Hiram, 241

  Fooner, Michael, 66, 533, 562

  Foote, Wilder, 197

  Forand, Bill, 298–300

  Forbes, Arthur, 103, 217, 554, 559, 566

  Forbes, Mara, 103, 559, 566

  Ford, Gerald, 248, 436; file, 379–80; on Hoover, 523

  Ford, Henry, 24–5, 122

  Fortas, Abe, 238, 414, 535; file, 239

  Foster, Wallace, 69

  Fowler, Jeff, 16

  Foxworth, Percy, 143, 144; on Hoover, 158

  Frankfurter, Felix: file, 37, 239, 551, 552; on Hoover, 37

  Franklin, Benjamin, 11

  Frasca, Dom, 366

  Fratianno, Jimmy, 285, 563

  Frazier, Mark, 495–6, 572

  Freedom of Information Act, xvi, 5, 66, 123, 203, 232, 242, 250, 550, 562, 580

  Freud, Sigmund, 24

  Fried, Albert, 280

  Fromm, Erich, 521, 574

  Fuchs spy case, 533

  Fulbright, J. William, 411

  Gable, Clark, 76, 418

  Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 216

  Gale, Gustave, 95

  Gallagher, Cornelius, 244–50, 503–4, 536, 560, 561, 569

  Gallinaro, William, xv, 538–9, 562–4

  Gambino family, 265, 513

  Gandy, Helen, 74, 77, 86, 167, 173, 206, 231, 313, 329, 347–8, 376, 418–19, 464, 482, 500, 505, 508–10, 514, 542, 573; on FBI files, 508–10; on Hoover, 28–9, 347–8, 418–19, 500

  Garner, Grace, 529

  Garrison, Jim, 289, 388

  Garvan, Francis, 34, 70, 554

  Garvey, Marcus, 420–1, 566

  Gary, Romain, 457–8

  Gaxton, William, 24

  Gelman, David, 528, 529, 560

  Genovese, Vito, 267

  Genovese family, 275

  Gerstein, Richard, 496

  Giancana, Chuck, 282–3, 337–8, 345, 356, 537, 540

  Giancana, Sam, 274, 282–3, 294, 307, 319–20, 334, 337–8, 342, 343–7, 352, 353, 356, 388–90, 537, 540, 563

  Giancana, Sam (nephew), 537, 563

  Gibbons, Nelson, 255–7, 530, 562

  Gill, Michael, 234

  Gill, Wray, 388

  Godfrey, John, 139

  Goldman, Emma, 36

  Goldwater, Barry, 113–14, 238, 414–15, 442, 568, 569

  Golos, Jacob, 194

  Goodelman, Leon, 129–31

  Goodwin, Richard, 403, 404–5, 409–10, 424, 568

  Goring, Hermann, 313, 323

  Gould, Robert, 294

  Gouzenko, Igor, 194

  Gray, Francis, 14–15, 17, 551

  Gray, L. Patrick, 507–8, 516, 517–18

  Greene, Graham, 147

  Greenglass, David, 533

  Greenson, Ralph, 356–7

  Gregory, Dick, 6, 458–9, 571

  Griffin, Burt, 381, 389

  Griffin, Joseph, 103, 555, 562

  Gronau, Baron, 142, 149

  Grove, Dan, 443–5

  Grunewald, Henry, 92

  Guest, Edgar, 24

  Guevara, Che, 475

  Guggenheim family, 233

  Gunsser, Albert, 221

  Gurfein, Murray, 290

  Haber, Joyce, 457

  Haig, Alexander, 447, 476

  Haldeman, H. R., 446, 461, 463, 473, 483, 489, 496, 503, 550, 551, 570, 572–3; on Hoover, 441–2, 447–8, 505, 517

  Halifax, Lord, 161

  Hall, Harry, 537

  Hall, William E., 410

  Hamill, Pete, 286, 538, 563

  Hamilton, James, 357

  Hamm, William, Jr., 74–5, 81

  Hammett, Dashiell, 189

  Hampton, Fred, 459

  Harding, Warren G., 39, 46

  Hardy, Robert, 455, 471

  Harlan, John, 239

  Harris, Curly, 94, 283, 554, 563

  Hart, Al, 277, 294

  Hauptmann, Richard, 68

  Hauser, Joseph, 390

  Hay, Harry, 93, 555

  Hayden, Sterling, 188

  Haynes, Norris, 548

  Hearst, Randolph, 366

  Held, Richard, 456, 458, 570

  Hellman, Lillian, 189

  Helm, Edith, 167

  Helms, Richard 181, 237, 527, 558, 560, 570

  Helpern, Milton, 502

  Hemingway, Ernest, 189–90

  Hemingway, Mary, 189–90

  Hempstone, Smith, 291

  Henle, Raymond, 113, 555

  Hepburn, Katharine, 188

  Herbers, John, 428–9, 569

  Hess, Karl, 113–14, 555

  Hewitt, Raymond, 456, 457, 458

  Hickenlooper, Bourke, 206, 544, 559

  Hickok, Lorena, 168

  Higgins, Marguerite, 410

  Higham, Charles, 104, 538, 554

  Higman, Howard, 203, 559

  Himmler, Heinrich, 137, 166, 520–1, 574

  Hispanics, Hoover and, 59, 60

  Hiss, Alger, 186, 193–7, 558

  Hitler, Adolf, 43, 119, 124, 137, 141, 176, 241, 309, 313, 323, 471; plan to assassinate, 161, 557

  Hitz, John (great-uncle), 12

  Hitz, William (Annie’s cousin), 23

  Hobbs Act, 292

  Hochstein, Philip, 325–6, 565

  Hoffa, Jimmy, 244, 275, 318, 334, 337, 352, 353, 355, 390

  Holiday, Billie, 418

  Hood, Richard, 187

  Hoover, Annie (mother), 5, 8–13, 19–20, 77, 418; death, 20, 90, 99–102, 135; relationship with Edgar, 5, 10–13, 18–20, 30–1, 40–2, 43, 57, 90, 98–102, 135, 519–21, 522

  Hoover, Dickerson (father), 8, 9, 10, 30, 418; death, 18, 30–1; mental illness, 5, 19, 25, 30, 34, 57, 519; relationship with Edgar, 5, 11, 19–20, 23, 25, 30, 34, 57, 519, 521

  Hoover, Dickerson, Jr. (brother), 11, 19, 66; death, 22; relationship with Edgar, 12, 18, 31, 40

  Hoover, Herbert, 39, 43–5, 66–9, 278, 483, 527, 552, 553

  Hoover, J. Edgar: alcohol, use of, 88–9, 95, 216, 467, 497,
500; alleged arrest on homosexuality charges, 92–3, 285, 395; ambitions, 116–17, 124, 161, 180, 198, 210, 224, 231, 308–9; awards, 3, 110, 310, 340, 532; birth, 8, 9, 418, 519, 569; bisexuality, 106–7, 523; boyhood, 5, 9–2, 28, 34, 57, 94, 519–20, 549, 551; break-ins at home, 495–6, 503, 505; brother, relationship with, 12, 18, 31, 40; in Cadet Corps, 16–17, 22, 28, 520, 521; corruption, 6, 217–21, 260–4, 265, 276, 293, 298–300, 407, 491, 511; death, 1–3, 6–7, 18, 21, 45, 103, 108, 147, 153, 192, 218–21, 227, 231, 260, 263, 402, 418, 437, 450, 483, 496, 500–8, 511–19, 523, 551, 572–4; diary (boyhood), 8, 11, 13, 505, 549; education, 10–19, 21–3, 27, 35, 98, 520, 521; estate, 219–20, 498, 516; father, relationship with, 5, 11, 19–20, 23, 25, 30, 34, 57, 519, 521; firing/resignation issue, xi, 1, 4–5, 69–71, 78, 175, 200–1, 207, 324–7, 340–3, 346, 372–3, 361–3, 373, 399–402, 409, 449–50, 471–2, 474, 476, 478–84, 486–91, 498, 512; gambling, 276–7, 282–3, 297–8, 382–4, 433, 498, 513; height, 47–8, 514; homosexuality, ix–x, xii–xiv, xvii, xx, 2, 5, 76–7, 89–97, 98, 103–8, 135–6, 182, 200–2, 221, 284–90, 304–10, 318, 325, 351, 395–6, 413–14, 419, 450–2, 467, 522, 550, 555; homosexuals, public behavior toward, 103–8, 221–2, 413–14, 419, 448, 450–2, 570; hypochondria, 255–6, 497; investments, 219–21, 262–3; marriage considered by, 28–31, 99; mother, relationship with, 5, 10–13, 18–20, 30–1, 40–2, 43, 57, 90, 98–102, 135, 519–21, 522; poisoning, possible, 495, 502–6; psychiatric help, 5, 106–8, 182, 518–23; psychological evaluation, 518–23, 574; religion and, 12–13, 22–3, 204, 519; sister, relationship with, 19, 304; speech pattern, 16, 520; spending habits, 65, 207, 218–19, 259–64; suicide 504–5; Tolson, relationship with, ix, xiii–xiv, 83, 84–97, 98–100, 102, 106, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 125, 134, 135, 137, 144, 155, 164, 165, 166, 198, 202, 209, 215, 216, 217, 219–22, 231, 252, 259, 260–2, 263, 266, 272, 275, 276, 284, 285, 286–9, 296, 298, 303–4, 310, 311, 313, 324, 329, 402, 432, 436, 438–41, 446, 447, 450, 464, 467–8, 470, 473, 481, 497–501, 505, 509–17, 547, 551, 554, 560; transvestism, x–xi, xv–xvi, 5, 304–5, 522; women and, 15–16, 17, 28–32, 40, 47, 59–60, 74, 91, 98–103, 469–70, 521–2, 528, 553–4, 571 (see also individuals). See also FBI files, Hoover’s.

  Hoover, John E. (cousin), 23, 32

  Hoover, Lillian (sister), 10, 12, 19; death, 19, 304; relationship with Edgar, 19, 304

  Hoover, Sadie (sister), 10, 519

  Hoover, Virginia (Dickerson Jr.’s daughter-in-law), 22

  Hoover Foundation, J. Edgar, ix, 297, 310, 537

  Hope, Bob, 101

  Hopkins, Harry, 118

  Horan, James, 366

  Hosty, James, 381–2, 542, 567, 568

  Hottel, Guy 91–2, 96–7, 99, 178, 213, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 559, 562, 563

 

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