JFK and the Washington Affair

JFK and the Washington Affair

the rumour: 

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• White Wash of the Century

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  During WWII, JFK was in the navy and stationed in Washington. He married a young woman who turned out to be a Nazi spy. His daddy had the marriage annulled and kept the story out of the press. Joe had him sent to the south Pacific to keep him out of trouble. While he and his crew were goldbricking, with one of the two engines idling, their tiny PT boat was cut in half by an enormous Japanese destroyer. Seamen Andrew Jackson Kirksey and Harold W. Marney were killed as a direct result of JFK's incompetence. Kennedy should have been court-marshalled; however, daddy white-washed the tragedy, bribed and/or threatened the surviving crew members and turned him into a faux hero. Let's see if TCM chooses to post this review. I doubt it. The truth hurts.

the rest of the story:

Inga Arvad

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Inga Arvad (1913–1973) was a Danish journalist, noted for a romantic relationship with John F. Kennedy during 1941 and 1942 and for beingAdolf Hitler's companion at the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was born Inga Maria Petersen but changed her name in 1931. She was a motion picture writer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1945^[1] and a Hollywood gossip columnist,^[2] and married cowboy actor Tim McCoy.

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• 1 Career as newspaper reporter
• 2 Romance with John F. Kennedy and FBI investigation
• 3 Marriages and romances
• 4 Death
• 5 References

Career as newspaper reporter[edit]

Arvad was the 1931 beauty queen selected by the Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende.^[3] She attended the Columbia School of Journalismin New York, and then moved to Washington D.C. where she worked as a columnist at the Washington Times-Herald. She met John F. Kennedy in Washington through his sister Kathleen who was a reporter at the same newspaper as Inga. Inga was said to have a good "intuitive style of writing" by her editor.^[4]

In 1935, as a freelance reporter,^[5] she interviewed Hitler and this connection to the dictator would color the rest of her life. She is thought to be among the few Scandinavians to interview Hitler.^[1] He granted her two interviews,^[6] or perhaps three.^[2] Arvad had scooped her colleagues earlier by reporting that Hermann Göring was soon to marry German actress, Emmy Sonnemann.^[5]

She was invited to the wedding and met important Nazis. Through Joseph Goebbels she secured an interview with Hitler.^[7] In her article, a description of Hitler was later translated into English as: "You immediately like him. He seems lonely. The eyes, showing a kind heart, stare right at you. They sparkle with force."^[3] Arvad was Hitler's guest at the 1936 Summer Olympics, which led to her being investigated by the FBI in America as a potential spy.^[5] Hitler had told her that she was a perfect example of Nordic Beauty. A photograph of her with Hitler surfaced and the FBI followed her, finding out that she was dating an American ensign, John F. Kennedy. That the naval officer was Kennedy led to only greater scrutiny and suspicions that were never substantiated. Though she only wrote society news, and Arvad never agreed with Hitler's politics, this connection shadowed her professional life.

Romance with John F. Kennedy and FBI investigation[edit]

In November 1941, while John F. Kennedy served as an ensign in the US Navy's Office of Naval Intelligence, he and Arvad began a romantic relationship.^[3] Arvad was already being followed by the FBI due to the fact she was a resident alien and Hoover's concerns that she was a German spy, as well as her previously being photographed meeting Hitler. When the FBI discovered that the "ensign Jack" that had been visiting the married Arvad was, in fact, a Kennedy, they extended their investigation through wire-taps.^[5] There was no evidence found to show Arvad was guilty of "any wrongdoing" but that didn't deter Hoover's FBI from the continued use of listening devices when Arvad and Kennedy were together.^[8]

Kennedy's superior officer at the time, Captain Seymour A.D. Hunter, was quoted as saying that the U.S. Navy looked at Arvad as similar toMata Hari. They thought she was using Kennedy to find out all she could about what was going on in the U.S. Department of the Navy. Captain Howard Klingman, then assistant director of the Office of Naval Intelligence, called Hunter in his office. Hunter was told that Kennedy needed to be put out of the Navy. Hunter pointed out that the situation was delicate because of Joseph P. Kennedy's having been United States Ambassador to England. However, he believed the young naval intelligence officer was not privy to information that would be "more than a bit embarrassing". Hunter advised that Kennedy be transferred to a seagoing unit.^[2]

Kennedy was reassigned to a desk job in South Carolina in January, 1942 and the relationship ended after a few brief encounters. Kennedy later stated he thought Hoover may have had something to do with his transfer.^[9] Kennedy and Arvad knew they were being followed, and in the FBI transcripts of their encounters they sometimes spoke to "whoever is listening".^{[citation needed]} In the end, Inga stated her time with Kennedy was a "passing affair".^[10]

Marriages and romances[edit]

Arvad married young, and her first husband was Kamal Abdel Nabi, whom she married at the age of 17 in 1931. Her second husband was Hungarian film director Paul Fejos. She appeared in two Danish films, Storm Varsel and the Fejos-directed 1934 film she starred in, Flugten fra Millionerne. She was still married to Fejos when she travelled to the United States, as well as during her affair with Kennedy. Arvad obtained a divorce from Paul Fejos in June 1942.^[11]

She became engaged to Robert Boothby, a member of Parliament in England in May 1945. He met Arvad in Los Angeles, California while he was with an English delegation to a conference in San Francisco, California.^[1] Boothby sent her a twenty-page letter pleading with her to marry him after he returned to England. Arvad accepted, but then broke off the engagement because of a compliment Hitler once paid her as being "the perfect Nordic beauty" and the effect it may have on Boothby's political career. Arvad commented that she despised Hitler's policies and only saw him on the two occasions of her interviews. However, the English press made much of her audience with him and Boothby was soon to be seeking re-election.^[6] Arvad was suspected of being the mistress of Axel Wenner-Gren, a Swedish industrialist on the U.S. State Department blacklist. No proof of such a relationship has ever surfaced.^[2]

Inga went on to marry American actor Tim McCoy in 1946 and became a U.S. citizen.^[12]

She and McCoy had two sons, Ronald and Terence. Tim McCoy met Inga Arvad when he was making a film short shot on an American Indianreservation. McCoy and Arvad resided on a 127-acre (0.51 km²) estate in Bucks County, Pennsylvania named Dolington Manor.^[12] McCoy moved there after selling his Wyoming ranch, the Eagle's Nest,^[13] where he had lived for thirty-seven years. When their first child was born in August 1947, McCoy was 56. He had three children^[14] by a previous marriage.^[15]

In January 1946 David O. Selznick sent Arvad on a tour of twenty-five to thirty American cities to promote Duel in the Sun. She was accompanied by Anita Colby, Florence Pritchett, and Laura Wells.^[16]

Death[edit]

Inga Arvad died of cancer on a ranch near Nogales, Arizona in 1973. She was survived by her husband (McCoy) and their two sons.^[7]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^a b c British Conference Delegate Woos and Wins Film Writer, Los Angeles Times, May 22, 1945, p. A3.
2. ^ ^a b c d Kennedy Affair With Spy Suspect Reported, Los Angeles Times, January 19, 1976, p. B8.
3. ^ ^a b c Bjørn Westergaard (2006-06-24). "B.T. fandt de smukke piger" (in Danish). B.T. Retrieved 2006-11-03.
4. ^ Dallek, Robert (2003), An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, p. 83
5. ^ ^a b c d Matthews, Chris. Jack Kennedy (2011) p. 44, ISBN 978-1-4516-3508-9
6. ^ ^a b Compliment By Hitler Ends Romance With M.P., Los Angeles Times, May 24, 1945, p. 1.
7. ^ ^a b Wife of Actor Tim McCoy Dies of Cancer, Los Angeles Times, December 14, 1973, p. OCA4.
8. ^ Hersh, Seymour (1997), The Dark Side of Camelot, p. 83
9. ^ Matthews, Chris. Jack Kennedy (2011) pp. 44, 45
10. ^ Dallek, Robert (2003), An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, pp. 83, 84
11. ^ Hersh, Seymour (1997), The Dark Side of Camelot, p. 84
12. ^ ^a b McCoy, T. (1988). Tim McCoy Remembers the West. Bison Books, p. 260. ISBN 0-8032-8155-2.
13. ^ McCoy, T. (1988). Tim McCoy Remembers the West, p. 224.
14. ^ McCoy, T. (1988). Tim McCoy Remembers the West, p. xiii.
15. ^ Tim McCoy Announces Birth of Son, Los Angeles Times, August 14, 1947, p. 4.
16. ^ Gold Rush Spurs Opus; New Draftee Heroized, Los Angeles Times, January 18, 1946, p. 9.

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