8 Ibid.
9 EPD, “Muzzling Admiral Burke,” op. cit., 64
10 Arleigh A. Burke Oral History interview 1/20/1967 JFKL; David Allen Rosenberg, “Arleigh Burke: The Last CNO” in James Bradford (ed.) (Quarterdeck&Bridge), 360–93, https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/a/arleigh-burke-the-last-cno.html
11 NANA’s “hold for release” note to managing editors explained that the interview was given on January 12 and cleared for security on January 16, “several days before the so-called ‘gag policy’ was put through by the new Administration” and some papers referenced this fact; CIA memorandum, 2/17/1961: Salinger doubted the interview was held prior to 1/20/1961.
12 EPD (NANA) interview, “Surprise Attack? Impossible,” Philadelphia Bulletin, 2/15/1961; “Sea Borne Missile Strength Holds Russia in Check, Burke Says,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 2/16/1961; “America Power to Destroy Russia; Outspoken Remarks By Navy Chief,” Times (London), 2/17/1961
13 February 1, https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-press-conferences/news-conference-2; Feb 8, 1961 https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-press-conferences/news-conference-3
14 EPD, “Muzzling Admiral Burke,” 65; “Military Cold War Education and Speech Review Policies,” Report by Special Preparedness Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee, 1962; “Investigations: The Muzzled Military,” TIME, 2/2/1962; “Investigations: More Than an Accent,” TIME, 2/9/1962
15 Col. Barney Oldfield, “After Elk Creek: Everything; Encounters with Arthur Sylvester, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs” (undated)
16 Ibid.
17 NEWS CONFERENCE 4, 2/15/1961, JFKL; https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-press-conferences/news-conference-4
18 TIME, 2/24/1961
19 “That’s Burke’s story,” Sylvester quotation in “Admiral Burke’s Views Disturb Pentagon Again,” Washington Star, 2/16/1961
20 Stan Optowsky, “The Fuse Was on Delay,” New York Post, 2/16/1961
21 “Pierre Salinger Syndrome,” https://www.techopedia.com/definition/2451/pierre-salinger-syndrome; https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/10-tips-for-telling-fact-from-fiction6.htm; Times (London), 10/18/2004, online. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/pierre-salinger-0l763sh3g26
22 CIA provided Salinger a White House briefing “on the background of Mr. Ilias Dimitrakopoulos.” 2/17/1961, Pierre Salinger file, JFKL; memorandum for [redacted], Discussion with Mr. Pierre Salinger Regarding Mr. Ilias Dimitrakopoulos, “At the end of briefing Mr. Salinger requested and received copies of the classified summary correspondence which related directly to his interest in this case.” CIA, no. 147, 2/17/1961; Salinger on 2/16/1961 telephoned J. Edgar Hoover to accelerate an updated FBI check on the missing Greek journalist. Hoover immediately replied, sharing 1959 Naval intelligence information that “He writes reams on where other people stand but…no one connected with our embassy knows where he stands.” FBI added information about his having been married to a woman who was investigated for having had a roommate who defected to the Russians. Hoover to Salinger, 2/16/1961. CIA updated Salinger on EPD, 4/5/1961
23 Amb. Briggs to SecState, Confidential, no. 1557, 2/16/1961; Briggs Airgram to SecState reviewing Greek press coverage of interview, 2/17/1961
24 Grogan, “Restored Prestige of Ilias Dimitrakopoulos” forwarding CIA memorandum and attachment, which expressed concern that, despite efforts to block exclusive interviews, EPD obtained and published high-level interviews with the vice president, Under-Secretary of State Chester Bowles, Admiral Burke, and the heads of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Development Loan Fund, 2/14/1961; CIA’s deputy director of plans report “Restored Prestige of Ilias Dimitrakopoulos Since His Trip to US,” 3/10/1961, included with CIA letter to Salinger 4/5/1961.
25 USIS from Michael Listgarten, 4/13/1961.
26 [Redacted], 6/8/1961
27 [Redacted], 8/1961
28 [Redacted], CIA, May 1961
29 “CIA discussion with Pierre Salinger regarding Mr. Ilias Dimitrakopoulos,” 2/17/1961
30 According to the CIA, the President and DCI met to discuss further EPD actions, including efforts to “seal Dimitrakopoulos off from sources of ‘exclusive interviews.’ ” On 8/30/1962, the CIA followed up earlier conversations with Salinger to impress on him that EPD was much more dangerous than “just a pest.” Salinger requested and received more detailed derogatory (and false) information.
31 Years later, when Elias accused the CIA, at Kennedy’s press secretary’s instigation, of being responsible for the break-in caper, Salinger didn’t deny his role but told a reporter “I just don’t remember anything about that.” Jeff Nesmith, “Did CIA Ransack Greek Journalist’s Office,” Cox News Service, 1/7/2000
32 Burke later told an author that EPD “saved my neck…This man stood by me and told the truth.” Margolis, 80
33 “Tribute to the 6th Fleet—A Mighty and Trusted Friend,” ADP editorial, 4/12/1961, inserted in Congressional Record by Cong. Porter Hardy, 6/26/1961
34 “Let Them Speak,” ADP editorial, 9/26/1962
35 Potter, 437
36 Ibid., 437–8
37 Jack Anderson and Jan Moller, “Did Kennedy mistrust butcher Bay of Pigs?,” United Feature Syndicate, 11/21/1997
38 Admiral Anderson letter to EPD, 7/18/1961
39 “Visit of Greek Prime Minister,” JFKL, Greece, 61–3, April 1961, Box 117; Tapley Bennett, Jr., Deputy Chief of Mission, ADST; Woodhouse (Karamanlis), 108–9
40 “Caramanlis Visit, Washington, April 17–20, 1961, Briefing Book,” Position Papers, Tabs A–I, JFKL
41 Ibid., Draenos (Andreas), 36–7; Draenos, “Liberal Awakening,” 134–6
42 Richard Westebbe, Interview, 12/11/2011
43 Nathan Thrall and Jesse James Wilkins, “Kennedy Talked, Khrushchev Triumphed,” NYT, 5/22/2008; Frederick Kempe, “The worst day of JFK’s life,” Reuters.com/berlin1961/2011/05/27/the-worst-day-of-jfks-life/
44 Clogg (Parties), 40–43
45 Clogg (Concise History), 152; Katris, 96–7; Roubatis, 156–7; Stern, 14, 26; Draenos (Andreas), 39–40; “Athenian” (Rodis Rouphos), 42; FRUS, 1964–68, XVI, xxxi–xxxii
46 Brewster ADST
47 EPD (US Naval Institute Proceedings,) 5/2001, 69
