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    FREEDOM OF INFORIVIATION

    AND

    PRIVACY ACTS

    SUBJECT: MARILYN MONROE

    MAIN FILE

    FEDERAL BUREAUOF INVESTIGATION

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    THE BEST COPY

    OBTAINABLE IS

    INCLUDED IN THEREPRODUCTION OF

    THESE DOCUMENTS.

    PAGES INCLUDED THAT

    ARE BLURRED, LIGHT, OR

    OTHERWISE DIFFICULT

    TO READ ARE THE

    RESULT OF THECONDITION OF THE

    ORIGINAL DOCUMENT.

    NO BETTER COPY CAN BE

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    MA.RlLYN MCINRDE

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    ew Havan an Lasiingules are raquastad in searahthsir indieea, contact informants for infarmnien a suhvaraivaaatiwity at HlG and varity tbs lanai rusianse aauhjaat in thair'ar&a.

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    Efi"L5_U9{.u 0?4; 27hefollowinginformationwasre eivedi'romb'1and whoha.v.e_t1urnishedreliableinformationinthe

    past, on2/28/62. Extremecareshouldbe usedin reportingany of this information to avoiddis1o.sureof sources11110were associating closely with subject duringher visit toMexic0.Z9 * Q:___.

    ThissourceadvisedthatMARILYN MONROE,themoviev.actress, was recently in Mexico on vacation and whileinMexico associated closely with certain membersof the AmericancommunistGroupin Mexico ACGM!.SourcechamcterigedtheEACGMas a loose association of a predominantly social nature-ofg-esentand/orpastmembersof the CommunistParty,USA,and-~"-theirfriends andassociateswhoshare co-mnonsympathy

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    n 2/21/62,_via1tad subject in her Vsu.~i"-e#1116! at the Baits} Con>ine>1t&.l Hiltonav-*5; 5:9!!P_,H,, Thevisit

    was arranged thrnugh New Ybrk friena an was baaeon hisformer friendship with ARTHR HELLER, her former Aan. Hestaye abcut an hear and she agreed to gs with n2/23/52 toToluea, !~exi::c~:,for theday.~

    Subjeet arrived in Mexieu an 2/19/52 rnmAM1ami._la? entryintn Mexicorepartediy wasarranged byRRANK SINAthrough former President MIGUEL ALEM&N. She was accamaniedy an agent, ahair dresser, and &n interior desarator. Thelatter was identified asEUNIGE GHHCHILL,awiuw about 65frmm ins Angeles. cHUR$HILL said her husban was a violenttwae*un1onist who waa afunctimnary in the furniture wmrkerssectlmn of ihe AF of L arpenters Hnion whe died four av fiveyears ago.3118 itientifiedhimaaa1-3.1301pioneer butdidnot ientify him as aleftist She~1B a part time interiar decorainr and *1se nlaima ta be &n aasistant er Dr. WEXLEY,;ubject*s analy.-st.gu>,,

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    aecerding ta CBURQHILL, tha snbgeat was mush isturhedby ARTHURMILLER*s marriaga on 2/2Q/52 an&.fee1a Eike anegatadsex Bymbel." BHURGHILL saiathat subject has alot at leftistrubbed aff from MILLER." Subject repartedly spent same timewith RQBERT KENNEDY at the home sf the PETER LAWFORDBin

    Hollywood. Subject reportely chall n ed Mr. KEENEDY an somepaints prcposedta herby MELLER;2j&Subject wasacquaintepi withFbaccgrou~nd andPprinci lesvexpregae 2*iasity as0hiarelatienshi wthe %m11Y-

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    n 2/21/52,,gvisited subject in hersuitef#11HD}at the Hctel Sun inenal Hi1ton_at =oa F.M. The visitwas arrangezi thmugh Haw Yqrk friends and was based on hisfarmer friendship with MILLER, her fem Vuahand. He Jstayed about an-hour and shaagrsed to gm with on .2/23/62 ta IQ1.uca, Mexiea,far the ay. V A

    Subject arriveciin" Mexico-tin 2/19/62frum I41 _[. 4]#1-~Her entry into Mexico reportedly was arranged by FHA A >Ailth:aug;h former Pr-esient MIGUEIL S-l=:=e~+was"*am:: .niedby an agent, ahair ziressem an :.!.nt:e:~:Lor' claccmator.Thelatter wasidentified as,*-av widowabout 55ffrom Les Angeles. CHUMEHILL sa. dh.er_huabanI.'*:*-4-**---**"' "1-';""ff_v__""""""" "-

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    -MARILYN MONROE'S DEATHcn " ~

    - Walter 'Winchell's columnin the July 8, 1963,issueof the "New ,York Mirror" contained thestatement, "Photoplay'scurrent article on theman whokilled Marilynpractically nameshim." 7

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    Inaccordance with your request, therefollows a brief review of theinformation concerningMarilyn Monroe-in theAugust, 1963,issue oi"Photoplay"magamne. Onpage 10,a columnbyWinchell begins whichstatesthat -Marilyn -

    Monroe's.deat_h fjand.the marriedman responsiblefor it was stillgetting considerabspace inthe foreignpress. Jwinchellsays theauthor of-the articles,which aresyndicatecl-in paperson theContinent, claimshe personallyinterviewed manypeopleinllollywpod and NewYork whowere awareof Miss Monroes problemsandclaimed his.ensation.aJ.story was"big news."The "big news?Etccordingito Winchelwas thename ofthe "marriedman" involved.Winchell says"many ofus'75_

    _papersand inthe magazineshave hintedat thename, andthe foreigncorrespondent.has jumpedto conclusions. Winchell saysthere is no proofthatthe married manwaslthevillainggnd manyofMissMonroe'sfriends nowbelieve theoverdoseof sppills was an accident. Winchell claimsmuch ofthe foreigncorrespon-dent'sstorywas recognisedbyhim ashaving appeared in".Photop1ay" andinthe Hearst newspaperfor whichWiichell writes.- - _rm j I-

    ' ;;_;., 'l_The-article concerningMiss Monroebegins onpage5un er the =capo ag son At Large!"Areviewof thisarticl veils W'1nchel1's claimthat itpractically names'EE'1i1"".1'a.Marilyn is nothing morethan a- plug for acheap magazine. Achially, thearticle comesno|way nearidentifying anyone.The only"clues" tothe identityof-thealleged marriedman whohad anaffair with Marilyn and"caused" hersuicide when. _he rejected her could apply to any numberof prominent individuals.

    These "clues"are: that the nian_'.f1s*;happi1ymarried aactlhaschildren;:/that youcan seehim ina croudand reachtont_and'to'i1ch; thatheis a greatman, famous, knownthe nyorldover; thathe canbe seenon toevision andinmovie theaters;

    that peoplelook him andconsider lgiglfegglcgcclgildren lucky;he is mention31 t . . -. - . _ J . .mos dailyinnspapersand magazm, dlm|1,f_cns1" h

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    RE; PHGI'QPL..?LY"ARTICLE C!NERNINGM.ARILYIIOl~IROESDEATH > _

    _ Thea.rtic_1eallegestheaffairbetweenthismailandItviissMauree-

    man was celebrating hisgood fortunein r-sackinga heightin his career he never beforeczireamad"wnnldbe ussihie The remaindermiihe article ailegedly mstlines

    Ibagandmringthe"worsttimeofhe:c~1ife'am:Ithebesttimeof his...""Theallegedltheendsf the ramamzeandNiisaMonr0esfinal eifnrtsto renewtherelationship.The article statas that shetelephonedthe manan3:1ndaLynight, August5, 1962,andwhenhe sai hewauldjnntieave~his wife andmould matsee Miss Mam-ue.a11y*m0resheswallaweda,"handful"of sieepingpills. -Theartic1e,claims shelater calledthe man.a,ga31:,.implyingthat shemid him of havingfakeinthe pills, ml? to havehimhang up on her and statesthat the lastsmmd she heard the "buzzing mi thereceiver in her hand." after the man broke the teiephonieconnectien.

    The article statesthat Miss I&fcrnr0e*shnlsekeperl}a.is'92>*anished?andthat her publicityagent, Pat Newaomhe,is newwarkmgin Washingtan,D. C. -

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    lea,"monieally; broughtalongatallheran-paintedbyheraelf.Quitoa

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    playing baaeballwith the San.FranniaeoGiants.HowaboutSammhnllatll.J1-YrHarry Belalonte? Nat 1}. Cole?Diahaon Carroll, leading lady of NoSl:rinp"'onBroadway? Pravda; in cueou;:forgotten,Paul,isRussianfor

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    lust about ten years ago Delbert Mannand Paddy Chayelekyreceived.respective-ly, 89,000 and ll3,000 for the directionand acreeuplayof "Marty." It madea for-

    tuneforinlandlord!andotherl.T0535Delbert andPaddy each receive $150,per lm. Flue hefty percentage.

    SophieLorenwill prgtraya6Q-year-oldwoman in "Yesterday, Today and Tomor-row.Whadda Waabel

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    em-E at that tine the: he bed to-have a celebrationof hie good fortune. Hie ca-reer had reacheda height he neverbeforedreamed it would. and there were obvi- oualy better,much better things in storefor him. And what better celebration than

    to have theworlda moat deeirable sex ayrubolin lore with him? .

    WithMarilyn, it war not goodfortunebut nnhappineeathat drew her to hint. Shewaagettingolder.eliewanafraid ahewasloeingher beauty,she weeafraid she'd

    gt:oatonher Her lastpi::to;'inot made mo expected oI

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    moneyiortheprodnnernwlowouldhireher.Andhadnt20thumredher?

    ltloatofa.ll,ahehatlucverIonndthelove shed'beenlooking for, the love thatwaagoingtomalreher iorgetallherpu:unluppineu. the lovethatwould make

    her world a beautiful place.-So|hewentonlookin3.Andnot&nding.

    She him. She needed hie con- dence and his vitality. Becauseif thisman waa ao condent of himself and of hie luture. and since he"d chosen her.didn'tthat meanhe believedin her, too?And if hebelievedin her, then shecouldn'tpossibly beat had anthe thought shewar.

    ltlgba he will mag! met

    Besides,to her. therewu always the

    faint pouibiliry that he would tnarry berg-

    And.it it be-camepnbllnknowledge,erhetwould happento hiawork? Would he hebearnirchedbyscandaljust when hie lile'adream waa eloae to the brink of comingtrue? He'dbetter eeeMarilyn leer. l-ledbetter try to atop seeing heraltogether.

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    Jlndthemorehetriedto.atopseem;her, the more deaperateMsnlyn became.There were the phonecalla. the threats.the pills again. _ l

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    none left.'Shehadtogethelplheoalledhirn. .

    First,bethought:If thisget:out anfdz-rough.I con!get involvedin somethinglikethis.Then,She:faking.She:threo_8-lsuedme before.She'llnever really do at.

    He toldher againhe eouldnlgetin- ivolvedthat he was a married man. Be

    bung up. AIt all took less than a minute.IThe last thing Marilyn heard was the

    blazingof the receiverin her hand.CoronerTheodoreI. Gurphey,in his

    oicialreport;noted:MinaMonroehad1oftenexpressedthewiah to giveup, with-draw, andevento -die.On more than oneoccasionin the past, when disappointedanddepreeaed,the hadmadesuicideat-otempt; byusingsedativedrugs.On theseoccasionsthe had ealledfor help andhadbeen rescued.K

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    Murray, who rst sensedthat,somethingwas wrong.The light in Marilyn: bod-roomwasstill burningat threethat mom-ing. She knmlted. There -.-re: no ens.-rer.She tried thedoor. It was locked.

    SheealledMarlyn:psychiatrist,Dr.Ralph Greenson.e hurried over andbrokein the window.When helound her,she was dead. The telephonewas atill

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