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35. FBI memo, director to asst. AG, Criminal Division, 12-29-76.
36. Telex, SAC L.A. to director, 10-31-75, Queen Mary RICO.
37. Memo, UNDISCLOSED to SAC L.A., 7-13-76, Korshak file.
38. McDougal, Last Mogul, 400.
39. New York Times, 8-29-76.
40. Ibid., 9-12-76.
41. Demaris, Boardwalk Jungle, 278.
42. CCC, Lambie memo to file on Pritzker, 1-6-82.
43. Lernoux, In Banks We Trust, 85.
44. Int. of Andy Furfaro, 10-20-24.
45. Quoted in Jim Drinkhall, Wall Street Journal, 4-18-80.
46. See especially Lernoux, In Banks We Trust, 77-99, and Block, Masters of Paradise. For a general overview of international money laundering, see Robinson, Laundrymen.
47. "Oversight Hearings into the Operations of the IRS (Operation Tradewinds, Project Haven, and Narcotics Traffickers Tax Program)," Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, 94th Cong., 1st sess., October 6, November 4 and 11, 1975 (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976).
48. Confidential int., 5-14-05.
49. See Royce's series on the Pritzkers in the Kansas City Times, March 8, 9, and 10, 1982.
50. Kansas City Times, 3-10-82.
51. Lewis and Allison, Cheating of America, 64.
52. Ibid., 62-64.
53. Summers and Swan, Arrogance of Power, 253-59.
54. Ibid.
55. Lewis and Allison, Cheating of America, 62.
56. John and Martha Fogerty v. Kanter et al., complaint before the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Barbara, 3-20-78.
57. Graham Nixon, The Castle Bank of Nassau Story, http://members.tripod.com/riverising/members-graham/ bank.html; and Block, Masters of Paradise, 191-93, 314-23.
58. Billboard, 5-14-83.
59. Nassau Guardian, 12-8-75; and Los Angeles Times, 1-28-76.
60. San Francisco Examiner, 10-31-76; and Los Angeles Times, 6-11-76.
61. The ruling came in the case of Jack Payner, an Ohio businessman who had been charged with failing to report that he had a trust account at Castle. The Justice Department and the IRS used the trial judge's ruling as the basis for ending the investigation in 1977. "IRS v. CIA: Big Tax Investigation Was Quietly Scuttled by Intelligence Agency: Bahamian Bank's Hundreds of U.S. Account Holders Go Unchecked as a Result," WallStreet Journal, 4-18-80.
62. Ibid.; see also, U.S. Supreme Court, United States v. Payner, 447 U.S. 727 (1980). The 106-page Castle Bank Depositors List made available to author from confidential source.
63. Jonathan Dahl, Wall Street Journal, 2-18-87.
64. Block, Masters of Paradise, 292.
65. Lernoux, In Banks We Trust, 92.
66. "Tax Me If You Can," Frontline (PBS, WGBH), 2-19-04.
67. Allison, Perfectly Legal: Taking Advantage of Holes in the Revenue Net, http://www.tompaine.com/feature. cfm/ID/4196.
C h a p t e r Twenty
1. Kelley, His Way, 437-39; and Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, 244-45.
2. Sinatra, My Father's Daughter, 158.
3. Kelley, His Way, 434.
4. Sinatra, My Father's Daughter, 158.
5. Ibid., 199.
6. Architectural Digest, December 1998, 184.
7. Los Angeles Times, 4-16-80; Kupcinet, Chicago Sun-Times, 4-11-80, 7-30-80; and McDougal, Last Mogul, 420.
8. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, 7-8-80.
9. Kiernan, Roman Polanski Story, 77.
10. Ibid., 97.
11. Brenneman, "Roman, Larry, Sidney, and Me," unpublished.
12. Kiernan, Roman Polanski Story, 251.
13. New York Times, July 24, 24, and 26, 1977.
14. Dick, Engulfed, 146.
15. Ibid., 147.
16. International Directory of Corporate Histories (St. James Press, 1998), 1:451-53; see also Bagdikian, MediaMonopoly, 27-29.
17. Dick, Engulfed, 147.
18. Chicago Tribune, 6-27-78.
19. Quoted in Chicago Sun-Times, 8-28-/7.
20. List at http://www.chicagojewishnews.com/lists_chijews.jsp.
21. Chicago Today, 5-5-72.
22. Chicago Sun-Times, 4-26-73; and Chicago Today, 4-25-73.
23. Chicago Today, 5-3-74; and Wall Street Journal, 5-3-74.
24. Chicago Sun-Times, 5-4-74.
25. Chicago Today, 5-6-74; Chicago Sun-Times, 5-7-74; and Chicago Tribune, 5-7-74.
26. Chicago Today, 4-22-74.
27. Ibid., 4-23-74.
28. Confidential interview.
29. Paul McGrath, Chicago Magazine, November 1973.
30. Chicago Tribune, 9-18-79.
31. Ibid., 1-14-83.
32. Sentinel, 9-21-89.
33. Chicago Sun-Times, 2-5-90.
34. Hefner testimony from his 1983 appeal for a New Jersey casino license, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, Case #A-4188-8lTl, "In the Matter of the Application of Playbov-Elsinore Assoc. for a Casino License."
35. Bruck, When Hollywood Had a King, 360.
36. UPI wire dispatch, 5-13-78.
37. Moldea, Dark Victory, 285.
38. Jack Tobin notes; int. of Dick Brenneman, 12-2-03.
39. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, 9-10-78; also, Los Angeles Magazine, January 1979.
40. Witcover, Marathon, 333.
41. Int. of Steve Hronek, 1-23-04.
42. Int. of Jim Grodin, 1-24-04.
43. Int. of Brian Ross, 4-19-04.
44. Organized Crime Control Commission, First Report, May 1978, obtained from the California State Library in Sacramento (cl690.R4-1978); also, Mike Quails, "Crime Syndicate: $6.8 Billion Annual Take Told," LosAngeles Herald-Examiner, 5-2-78; Bill Farr, "Mafia Making Major California Move," Los Angeles Times, 5 3-78; and Robert Lindsey, New York Times, 5-3-78.
45. Int. of E. Timothy Applegate, 4-12-04.
46. Mike Quails, "Alleged Crime Figure Says List 'Pure Politics,' " Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, 5-7-78.
47. CCC memo to file from William K. Lambie, re Evelle Younger, 4-16-80; and Moldea, Dark Victory, 286.
48. Tobin memo to file (Jack Tobin files), 1-19-69.
49. Mike Quails, "Younger-FBI Feud Sparks Questions," Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, 5-7-78.
50. Int. of Brian Ross, 4-19-04.
51. Int. of Fred Sidewater, 5-6-03.
52. E-mail from Ira Silverman, 4-25-05.
53. Video copies of the program obtained from the Vanderbilt University Television News Archive.
54. FBI teletype, L.A. to director, 8-27-85, Korshak file.
55. "The Brink's Job: U.S. Probing Alleged Mob Link with Movie," Los Angeles Times, 12-14-78.
56. Int. of Leo Geffner, 3-18-05.
57. Harry Bernstein, Los Angeles Times, 3-23-79.
58. "The Hollywood Park Story," 6-19-05, tape from Vanderbilt University Television News Archives.
59. Quoted in Moldea, Dark Victory, 290.
60. Evening Press (Binghamton, NY), 7-20-79.
61. San Francisco Chronicle, 7-12-79.
62. Sacramento Union, 7-15-79.
63. Chicago Sun-Times, 7-22-79.
64. Chicago Tribune, 3-9-80; also 3-5-80.
65. Hauser testimony before Permanent Subcommittee on Government Affairs, 98th Cong., 1st sess., pt. 3, April 27 and 28, 1983.
66. Los Angeles Times, 5-26-79.
67. Kupcinet, Chicago Sun-Times, 2-15-80.
68. Los Angeles Times, 7-2-81.
69. Jim Drinkhall, Wall Street Journal, 8-6-79.
70. Newbart and Pallasch, "The Blues Brothers: 25 Years Later," Chicago Sun-Times, 6-24-05.
71. DOJ memo to FBI SAC, L.A., 3-13-80 (183-967-100), copied in Korshak FBI file.
Chapter Twenty-one
1. Robert W Maitlin, Newark Star-Ledger.
2. October Surprise sources: Leslie Cockburn, Out of Control (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987); Jean Charles Deniau and Bani Sadr, Le Complot des ayatollahs (Paris: Edi
tions la Decouverte, 1987); Ted Go-ertzel, "Belief in Conspiracy Theories," Political Psychology 15 (1994); Gary Sick, October Surprise America's Hostages in Iran and the Election of Ronald Reagan (New York: Times Books, 1991); Steven Emerson, "No October Surprise," American Journalism Review, March 1993; Joint Report of the Task Force toInvestigate Certain Allegations Concerning the Holding of American Hostages by Iran in 1980 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office); U.S. Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations, The "October Surprise"
Allegations and the Circumstances Surrounding the Release of the American Hostages Held in Iran (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992).
3. Re convictions: Zeller, Devil's Pact, 22.
4. Friedman and Schwarz, Power and Greed, 258.
5. FBI summary report, 10-28-83.
6. Williams testimony before the President's Commission on Organized Crime, 1986.
7. Kelley, His Way, 458.
8. "Admitted Mafia Killer Asserts in Book That Reagan Aide Is Tied to Syndicate," New York Times, 12-25-80.
9. "Kup's Sunday Column," Chicago Tribune, 3-8-81.
10. Friedman and Schwarz, Power and Greed, 258.
11. Moldea, Interference, 419-20; and Moldea, Dark Victory, 317-34.
12. Moldea, Dark Victory, 324.
13. Evans, Kid Stays, 306.
14. Re the charges: New York Times, 8-1-80, 9-22-80.
15. Evans, Kid Stays, 309.
16. Letter from Gerth and Bergman to DRAM, 1-28-81, author's files.
17. Grutman and Thomas, Lawyers and Thieves, 143.
18. Int. of Knut Royce, 4-22-03.
19. Chicago Tribune, 2-24-82, 3-8-82.
20. Corbitt, Double Deal, 216.
21. Sources for Playboy-Pritzker: Playboy-Elsinore Appellate Hearings before Superior Court of New Jersey, A-4188-81T1, 6-14-83; In re Boardwalk Regency Corp. Application for a Casino License, 90 NJ 361, 369, 1982; Miller, Bunny, 333-42; Wall Street Journal, various 1982; Chicago Tribune, 2-24-82, 12-16-81, 3-8-82, 4-14 82; Chicago Sun-Times, 4-8-82; and Johnston, Temples of Chance, passim.
22. Miller, Bunny, 342.
23. Chicago Tribune, 11-24-85.
24. Ann Arbor News, 6-8-83.
25. Chicago Tribune, 1-12-83.
26. New York Times, 1-21-83; Chicago Sun-Times, 1-21-83; and Washington Post, 1-21-83.
27. Moldea, Interference, 367.
28. Int. of Mike Corbitt, 3-19-03.
29. FBI telex, L.A. to director, 1-26-83.
30. Hanley biographical data from the Illinois Police and Sheriff's News Web site, http://www.ispn.org.
31. New York Times, 2-20-83.
32. Felch and Tevlick, "Unsung Hero," American Journalism Review, 6-29-04.
33. Int. of Frank McCulloch, 1-5-05.
34. Int. of Dick Brenneman, 12-2-03.
35. Washington Post, 6-5-87.
36. Int. of Denny Walsh, 1-5-04.
37. Washington Post, 7-8-86.
38. Felch and Tevlick, "Unsung Hero."
39. Sharp, Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood, 443-47.
40. Los Angeles Times, 1-24-84.
41. Int. of Connie Carlson, 10-20-04.
42. Int. of David Robb, 9-14-04.
43. Int. of Dan Moldea, 12-13-04.
44. Int. of E. Timothy Applegate, 4-12-04.
45. Hilton testimony, Division of Gaming Enforcement, 6-22-83.
46. Korshak quoted in draft of unsent Applegate 1997 letter to Vanity Fair magazine, supplied to author by Applegate.
47. Business Week, January 1988.
48. Deposition of William O. Pessel Jr. before NJ Casino Control Commission, 11-20-84.
49. NJ Division of Gaming Enforcement interview report of Marshall Korshak and David Mendelsohn, 10-18-83.
50. CCC hearings, 2-28-85,14:2012.
51. Bruck, When Hollywood Had a King, 392.
52. Trump, Trump, 149-64.
53. See Zion, Autobiography of Roy Cohn; and von Hoffman, Citizen Cohn.
54. Johnston, Temples of Chance, 91.
55. Los Angeles Times, 6-27-91.
56. FBI teletype, L.A. to director, 1-11-85, Korshak file.
57. FBI L.A. memo of conversation, 2-14-85 (Korshak file).
58. McDougal, Last Mogul, 442.
59. Zeller, Devil's Pact, 107.
60. FBI memo summarized in Department of Justice summary of Teamsters RICO investigation, 1-15-81, Korshak FBI file.
61. FBI teletype, L.A. to Boston, 12-9-80, Korshak file.
62. Vanity Fair, April 1997.
63. McDougal, Last Mogul, 442.
64. Bruck, When Hollywood Had a King, 393-94.
65. Brenneman notes.
66. Int. of Dick Brenneman, 12-2-03.
67. Chicago Sun-Times, 11-21-85.
68. Williams testimony, 34.
69. Fratianno testimony, 46.
70. Moldea, Interference, 348-49.
71. Niklas, Corner Table, 28.
72. Gianni Russo, unpublished manuscript, 209-19.
73. Int. of Gianni Russo, 4-28-03.
74. Dannen, Hitmen, 272-89.
75. Sources for the mob and MCA: Knoedelseder, "Salvatore Pisello: A Shadowy Figure in Records Deals," LosAngeles Times, 5-4-86; Michael Orey, "Death of a Mob Probe," American Lawyer, July 1988; Dan Moldea, "MCA and the Mob: Did the Justice Department Cut Reagan's Hollywood Pals a Break?" Regardie's, June 1988; Knoedelseder, Stiffed; Moldea, Dark Victory.
76. Quoted in Akst and Emshwiller, "Image Fight: MCA Is Battling Accounts Linking It to Organized Crime,'
Wall Street Journal, 9-12-88.
77. McDougal, Last Mogul, 457-58.
Transcript of 60 Minutes, 11-19-89, obtained from CBS.
Sharp, Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood, 477.
Ibid.
Int. of Marvin Rudnick, 4-2-04.
Sharp, Mr. and Mrs. Flollywood, 449.
Quoted in McDougal, Last Mogul, 446.
Int. of Marvin Rudnick, 4-2-04.
Chapter T w e n t y - t wo
1. Broccoli, When the Snow Melts, 290.
2. Individual Grant Deed from L.A. Recorder's Office, #87-714122, 5-6-87; Cooke: Obit, Washington Post, 4-7 97; and Havill, Last Mogul, especially 128.
3. Los Angeles Times, 1-18-96.
4. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2-18-89, 8-10-89, 3-26-95.
5. John L. Smith, "The Double Life of Moe Dalitz," Las Vegas Review-Journal, http://www.lstl00.com/ part2/ dalitz.html.
6. Reagan-USSR sources: Steele, Limits of Soviet Power; Smith, Russians and New Russians; Richard Ned Lebow and Janice Gross Stein, "Reagan and the Russians," Atlantic Monthly, February 1994; Kennan, At aCentury's Ending; Zinn, People's History, especially 591-92.
7. Kennan, op-ed, New York Times, 10-28-92.
8. "The Quiet Mover and Shaker: The Late Paul Ziffren Was a Hardworking Patriot for Los Angeles," LosAngelesTimes, 6-4-91.
9. Los Angeles Times, 4-4-91.
10. Velie, Reader's Digest, July 1960, 114.
11. Int. of Connie Carlson, 10-20-04.
12. Bio of Ken Ziffren compiled from various articles in Variety online archives.
13. Los Angeles Times, 8-23-92.
14. Los Angeles Times, 11-12-92.
15. Sinatra, My Father's Daughter, 227.
16. Variety, 8-11-93.
17. Int. of David Robb, 9-14-04; and Hollywood Reporter, 8-19-94.
18. Bart, Who Killed Hollywood?, 117.
19. Int. of Dominick Dunne, 4-19-05.
20. Int. of George Schlatter, 4-20-04.
21. Confidential int., 1-14-05.
22. Int. of Virginia Korshak, 1-20-04.
23. Chicago Tribune, 1-20-96.
24. Eugene Kennedy, New York Times Magazine, 12-29-96.
25. Int. of Jimmy Murphy, 2-6-04.
26. New York Daily News, 1-23-96.
27. Chicago Jewish News, 1-26-96.
28. Bruck, When Hollywood Had a King, 244.
29. Los Angeles Times, 1-22-96.
30. Int. of Giann
i Russo, 4-28-03.
31. Bruck, When Hollywood Had a King, 356.
32. Int. of George Schlatter, 1-20-04.
33. McDougal, Last Mogul, 264.
34. Guardian (Manchester, England), 1-23-96.
35. Int. of Mike Wacks, 4-22-03.
36. Int. of Sy Hersh, 5-16-03.