Judyth Vary Baker: Living in Exile

[David Healy]

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How did lho learn of these mafia "free phones"?

Why would lho have been given access to mafia "free phones" to make long distance love calls? That's not helping the mob to make money.

i believe LHO's step father was involved in the mob numbers racket in new orleans, which was 'somehow' linked to the mob heirarchy in dallas... Fwiw

David...John Pic was an insurance man. Ed Ekdahl was an electrical
engineer. Those were LHO's only step-fathers, and both marriages
were brief. I know of no mafia connections. Perhaps you are thinking
of Dutz Murret, who i think was an uncle. He was "reputed" to have
a connection to Marcello. His daughter Dorothea, if my memory is
correct, was in the CIA, and had contact with LHO in Japan. She would
be LHO's cousin, i think.

Jack

The above is quite clear. David said the step-father of LHO
had mafia connections. I wrote that neither Pic nor Eckdahl
had mafia connections. I said that it was Murret who was
alleged to have mafia connections. Anyone who misinterprets
what I wrote needs to read more slowly and comprehend what
is written.

Murret, that's who I was thinking of.... His uncle.... thanks Jack!