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4 te Sas ; to. tom, J,eringten (Press | Office) ta. “ky Ge Oiniiti2 1 - Mr. Sizoo 7 “ATE eye fp My! ) TNWEGRMA TION" Sap ba sl a“ NEREIN TS UNC T2 89 LF ino Bi NORMAN MAILER nent 3 INFORMATION CONCERNING To advise of speculation concerning FBI complicity in the death of Marilyn Monroe propounded by author Norman Mailer in his soon-to-be-published biography of the deceased actress. "Marilyn, "a 270-page biography (New York; Grosset and 2unlap,) priced at $19.95, is scheduled for publication on 8/1/73. It reportedly has a first American printing of 285,000 copies and is the August selection of the Book-of-the Month Club. Following Miss Monroe's death by drug overdose in 1962, there was a spate of rumors, originating on the West Coast, alleging she was having an affair with the then Attorney General Robert F, “ennsdy, audtnat-her-deatir-was in some way related to this and/or was the result of a plot revolving around some of her associates who allegedly had past Communist Party affillations or sympathies. These rumors were embellished upon at that time in various sensational-type gossip magazines and in a short book pub- lished in July, 1964, entitled "The Strange Death of Marilyn Monroe” by Frank A. Capell. These allegations were branded false and no factual support existed for them. Mailer, in his new book, has repeated sonie of these / same rumors and has given them a bizarre twist. As to whether Miss Monroe took her own life, Mailer answers "possibly" - and then suggests other possibilities. One of these is the suggestion that the FBI, CIA or the Mafia found it of interest that Robert Xennedy, brother of the President John «Kennedy, > was reputed to be having an affair with the movie star. Mailer ms suggests that "right-wing" FBI and CIA Agents had a “huge motivation" 7 to murder Marilyn Monroe in order to embarrass the Kennedy family, ic 4-~-400-970923 (Norman Mailer) “O59 = Y/OO1P— < 1 - 105-40018 (Marilyn Monroe) NOT RECORDED s SZ AUG 2 1973 we RPF:rlc °o —_— CONTINUED - OVER (6) 65aus ‘71975