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- 1 2 Russo (2010:526)
- 1 2 3 4 Gus Russo (2010), Live by the Sword: The Secret War Against Castro and the Death of JFK , Bancroft Press, p161-2
- ↑ United States Tennis Association, U.S. ADULT & SENIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ FBI, 1. October 1965, Mary Ferrell Foundation, He has a silent interest in the Carousel Gambling Casino
- ↑ Time , 1 October 1973, Accusing a Roosevelt
- ↑ William Lambert and Richard Oulahan, Life , 3 February 1967, "The Scandal in the Bahamas"
- ↑ Time, Inc., D/B/A Life v. Michael J. McLaney A/K/A Mike McLaney, 406 F.2d 565 (5th Cir. 1969), It went to the supreme court and he won ,11 February 1969
- ↑ Marcus Stern, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 October 1994, Hill of plenty: Some Americans living in Haiti look down on slum-dwellers
- ↑ The New York Times , October 12, 1994, MISSION TO HAITI: THE RICH; Business Owners Fear Chaos at the Hands of Mobs When Aristide Returns