Dorothy Kilgallen

I have just discovered that J. Edgar Hoover used Dorothy Kilgallen via Richard Berlin, to spread the rumour that JFK was involved in the Profumo case. On 23rd June, 1963, Dorothy Kilgallen published an article in the New York Journal-American: "One of the biggest names in American politics - a man who holds a very high elective office - has been injected into Britain's vice-security scandal." This was a reference to the John Profumo and Christine Keeler affair. Kilgallen went on to describe one of the girls as "a beautiful Chinese-American girl now in London." She added that the "highest authorities" had "identified her as Suzy Chang."

The other interesting point is that on one memo about the Profumo case, Hoover has made a handwritten comment: "Roy Cohn has this info". Why? Well he was Thomas Corbally's attorney. It was Corbally who in January 1963 tipped off the then American ambassador (David Bruce) in London about the Profumo affair.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKkilgallen.htm

You will find out more about this story here:

John Profumo

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRprofumo.htm

Ellen Rometsch

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKrometsch.htm

Grant Stockdale

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKstockdale.htm

Bobby Baker

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKbakerB.htm

Nancy Carole Tyler

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKtylerN.htm

George Wigg

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRwigg.htm

Maria Novotny

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKnovotny.htm

Suzy Chang

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKchangS.htm