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——, The Man Who Bought The Bank at Monte Carlo This Greek has a word for it—money. Aristotle Onassis, mys- tery shipping millionaire, is still piling up profits with one hand and fighting off a federal jail sentence threat with the other BY MAXWELL ot Jong after he bought the world Grneus ganibfine cusine at Monte Carlo. hate pe P52. Aristotle Soe nites Ouiassts—owhe dsoone nia and not three. amd mashe the world’s vichest one at that—-was asked baa Lepore Hohe tntended ta risk at couple et se ol his estimated three ta feu drundred-millian bucks an an accastomal turn oof the wheel oor flip of the cares. Quam said be did't. cad that he qaeser guaiblead in ili wan, Phase E.BOU ser dim dleet.” he sid. speakig ob dis whialiig fleet. “wad it. Ver ghotde agatist the elerments—ostonmis. dees. ieeberes. You Sbinble that vou will fred whales. Phew, suppose eveTs thang wWwes well anki six iments wou bring back a ened care af After that he Diesest gambto af all You never Gun predict prices of whale oih Masbe Toeet STE million veturn oo nuawbe Peet on $8 ition. 2.2 Phe s the kind of gamibiine (hat interests mie.” its also the Kind of gumbling that best describes Veistonde binieleen-vessel poicdudine be lieopteri costs ame dane than Sac AO a das to operate an Contes Socrates Onassis. a stocks, swarths. Hewavs didded. dk-vcar- ole Greek: Arecntinian. whese rumored miliion clams dor ever day there isan the sear. whose dabbling tu otf tans. portatian ona erand seale. and whose fabulous cominis: snd-gotiigs amoene the piteriationad set have him mite the new colossus af postwar fiance. Bat where or- mictele dinar men would call it gambling if thes risked them all ta Win-or Jose proposition. Quiissis has developed an on- Gites diflereat perspective. The nak chance with him involves the sample quesuen, dT gress clever milion ar onde threes Tn view of his philosophy —it isn't surprisaig dat Onassis regarded by many as the moderndiay Jolin PD, Rockefeller, Sr. or Jas Gould. And perhaps because no ane, probably inelnding Quiassis himself. has even a faintly: accurate pac- ture of just how vase his financial empire really is. Ari. as his pals call him. has come to be known aya Afevfin of Maney or The Mystery Man of Greck Shipping. ii » HAMILTON fois Uae fest soubsaquee which pins Oinassis tost af an! As he secs it. dits ibe as ap upset book. aie when reporters qalloon bamoin his ahossceneloscd Abairhottan office. die re- cerves them worth aud gradousl eat he ise afb seme- where perhaps entertaining roweliy on his vacht. er pore Tikehsy chiorie another initia or so ta untapped dolhirs! pounds on dracechiitas Whots nore. be tells the press austhing they want te Hiidied-oiso whalers. taiikers ADs rand) chtlerent fetinine . tl . el. horow Fic tedls thea ob the and auc stipes dre caistis, He tells them at thi copponations he diends a7 coutrels dr as isc eountites ¢tlbatet parcds with) dis aad uarnac prone pth oon chew beaks: PhO GeUS Cheeni od Fis uiacasienps th New otk. Paris. Buenos Sires. Mottestdea aiygdon the Ficich Ristera. Agid be otetis there brow dre diectehe che caste at Waonte Carlo for SPoavilhian alter the ditceters refused torent lim flice spuice. Pye adso tells thei of fas attracting wile wad two stat wore ad . Vy fal 1 1 . ! . Vat are melee * children. He tells them: how be started at TO. with Sod ted his name. and becuse a millionaire be che thine lie was 2} Vie tells them hens be became a wealthy shipping magnate before he SQ, Ane Justi hell even: discuss openl with thems his present nasty sittuiion. which finds him under federal) indictment lor conspiracy to detraud the wars United States government. weuper for which-if he is found guilts—he could be sent to the clink dor qaite a spell As vou can sec. Ari Quassis is as drank and opera pares ws caiene would care lo daitersew. and it just beats the hel out of him that. fer all his candor and forthpuhtness. he sallay referred to an print as gy miysters mau. Miter all. justowhat does a wus have to do around here td get to he known ax an donest. tellall citizen? The answer to this one would scem to be that dicre are a number of things be might do. He could, for cxunipie: 1. Shed some tight on just how extensive are his yas holdings, which are so confused. deliberately so. ubat it would take a hatter of experts vears to ugirase) them, { } é EWCLOS onc P-/ 4 fy fm "The Man Who Bought the Bank at Monte Carlo" TRUE, THE MAN'S MAGAZINE, Dece 1954, Pg» 17 ee NEU A}! inc eoees hel ALLL INFORISA PON CONTAI HEREIN IS UivULASSIFIED DATE_U/te/e7__ BY SeImacldal