MARILYN MONROE AND THE CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000404360010-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2010
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 2, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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PROGRAM The Daily Drum STA11ON WHUR Radio
Pacifica Network
DATE August 2, 1982 6:00 PM CITY Washington, DC
Marilyn Monroe and the CIA
FLOYD DONALD: A theory that actress Marilyn Monroe was
murdered by the CIA and was not a suicide victim, is coming to
the fore again, as we hear in this report from Laurie Lerner.
LAURIE LERNER: Mario Spreglio [?] says he's convinced
Marilyn Monroe did not commit suicide but was murdered because
she was about to tell what she knew about CIA-backed attempts to
kill Castro. Spreglio, who spent more than a decade investiga-
ting the death, says recently demoted LA County Coroner
Thomas Naguchi [?] ignored evidence pointing to murder when he
conducted the autopsy in 1962.
MARLO SPREGLIO: There is a diary that was last seen in
the coroner's office on the date of Marilyn Monroe's death. The
following day it just disappeared and it was stricken off the
inventory. It makes a lot of references to the Kennedys and
people involved in what we believe to be a murder-coverup.
LERNER: Thursday marks the 20th anniversary of the
death of the sex goddess, and Spreglio plans to hold a news
conference on Wednesday demanding that the case be reopened.
SPREGLIO: When I first entered the case approximately
ten years ago, I believed that Marilyn Monroe did, in fact,
commit suicide. But since my lengthy investigation, I determined
beyond all reasonable doubt that Marilyn Monroe was murdered and
did not commit suicide.
SPRECLIO: We believe that she was murdered by a vashion
(?) of the CIA.
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LERNER: Why, because of some alleged involvment with
the Kennedys?
SPRECLIO: Well, as to the involvment, I'll hold that
till the press conference, if you don't mind.
LERNER: Once again, that press conference is on
Wednesday. Stay tuned.
I'm Laurie Lerner in Los Angeles, reporting for the
Pacific News Service.
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