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    Las Vegas, Nev. Sun jCir. D. 25,983 - S. 25,694) JUL 13 t9?? .Mien's P.C.B. Est. 1888 $?· LAS VISAS SUN Sunday, July 13, 1969_ Pr f !J9*&?║?║ 4?½ ?║L?║?║-fe?║?· :?╜' 9@S-'eA11'SV91ASr8 ?·lfeft?·i JfgWt/ pt/?? 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And rather than take legal action to prevent publication, the former First Lady merely happened to be out of the country when the first in- s bailment, of the embarrassingly titrating biography first appeared in print. Mrs. Onassis learned shout the book from a lengthy memorandum which came into her possession shortly after she returned from her honeymoon in Greece. The document, which amounts to a hurried outline, was written by Frances Spatz Leigh-ton. She is the prodigious Washington author who collaborated as "editor1 Of "My Boss, Jacqueline Kennedy," by Mary B. Gallagher. The memo was dispatched hastily in November, 1968, by Mrs. Leighton to Oscar Collier, a New Yorker she describes as "literary agent for the book. A copy of the memo came into the possession of someone who, for reasons of their own, did not want to see a book of this type appear on the market. The copy was subsequently relayed to a French, newsman who is a close personal friend. oi both Mr. and Mrs. Onassis. The original go-between imped that the foreign journalist would give the Qhassises ample warning to take legal action before the kook - at that time only under discussion - couia become a reality. T?rom everything that is n,;n, the Onassises read the memo together, discussed, it with advisers and decided to ignore it. ?╤rs Leighton indicated last ^eei that neither the Snassises ' or any represent of theirs ever did ?√ß.{Stling to indicate they were liver, aware such a book was in preparation. She referred all queries to ColMer, who could not be r-ached. fact that i had, written best seller about the House Backs "Mv 30 i at the and that bonk my other Kennedy's White Years White. House" because she likes and several of, things, Jackie pergonal secretary ?╟÷ the one who. was hidden away with her upstairs at the White House where no one else could go ?╟÷ sought me out. "That is only several days ago. I have not dallied.. 1 have her under contract. I am almost in a state of shock. It is as if all my training, all my past, books and experience in knowing what, my f>0 million readers want ?╟÷ that's my syndication total ?╟÷ have been leading up to this. "It should make more money than Manchester. It should be the cause celebre for the next few years. It will blow the lid off Washington ?╟÷ and wait till the press hears what Jackie said about, the newsgals covering the social events. And what Jack said. The humor is marvelous. tedv chose rig borrowed insisted ; . Money pi hilarious] the probj her. "Getta it will I All hul insights did she] things -I incident? royalty ; "What] Sardarl to India And what the real in-law situation was and is about the Kennedys and, Jackie. \nd what life was like at the White House. Especially upstairs in the family quarters. *.TnP secretary has all her old notebooks. Everything is in rough first draft. It only takes rewriting into a hook that grabs you and holds you and never lets go. .-You find out. the staff's Bickname for Jackie. You find out how everyone, including the secretary, worshipped Jack. Still does. -You find out how the secretary was Jackie's emissary in dealing with racfc in tense moments, How .lack and she ?╟÷ the secretary ?╟÷ had R r0f,p' about "The Black Book" which meant Jackie's buying. And the money problems. And other problems. Politics. What, Jackie would and would not 'nV> How he handled her. How she handled him. The gav times, the grim times. The humor. spent I secretal played | and the| Which lj handlini theories The id campaif 'Good I coat a charge; Jackie | for clot would | panties; much, j ?╟÷ no J now. J on all motiva|| distresi her st| Jack the Oil tru aboul t "Anl problfij other problej of 11 pl count! is ui prob much| that referoj vant some periel with cornel nswer question the people - and are asking. nift vvanf her husband with when she went suddenly he hospital to have the Li\ A! Natiol ganizl sional of thf