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Aristotle Onassis — Part 4
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Onassis’ newest vacht Christina has a convertible swimming pool—dance floor.
{Dispel the dsty pumen that he made lus biggest pot of
doueh dure the war wher suppesediy out ol pure. this
wattage patiiotistin de cuted over dus ships to the Allies
byt actually ds sotd te tive cleaned up ds charging atl the
watthue trae would bears and that be seoaped toda even
Faster Ix cotlectine the drscimieee every dine the Nazis sak
wirbther ol dis shepaccn Cube. Otissts deteidors even go
@osugp further and state that fie tarned aver te the war
eHorcoonts those slips which were seooldl cd rusty Tie wes
exuduometesens tie one of them sauk. cid ¢hot die miaiieecd
to wet dis best bottouns diiterned im neuial ports for che
uration, where ches d be avathiblo adter the wat.
8. Be a touch mor candid concerning the fact that the
Maqerits of fuis dkeet (hes the Hag af such peculiar maritime
Commtries as Coste Raca. Pagina, Honduras. Dileria caine
Saudi Arabia. As Onnisis hivasedh says about this. it's just
“bosdiress sete Sinec Chase coumiips arent orcede as
Tesards uises. andl have qo dofes ideas about high wages tor
their ships crens When tas suggested that this course,
althoueh adrnittedls good business. might be a little shy of
Taoral vidues, Aris champions stouth iiaintain that the
poor gin does. alter all, hive some ships under the Ca-
Tian flag. as well as it feaw other ships under the colors
other countries which are fairly: advanced in their social
inking. (Scatlers reph: “sure. he bas a few under those
hes onl because be bought and financed them in che
latter countries, and the diaw won't let him transfer them
to the taxfree paradisos of the banat belt.)
4. Give the straight dope on his reasons for busing the
bunk at Munte Carlo. According to Onassis, be shelled out
a million dor the fainous gambling casing because he
necded office space within wesumaing distance of his vfa
"The Man Who Bought the Bank at Monte Carlo"
TRUE, THE MAN'S MAGAZINE, Dec. 1954, Pg. 18
at Gap d Antibes, Preto: flies explaination. Birt the thine
that pedtes Aris defenders is that certian crass Characters
keep hunotine that the real reasen the invstery mai beth
Monte Gerloound prompth fired che directors wherd ye
fascd to rout bing olkee space—is Chat the jaunt biappetis to
be ino one ef the het remuiniug Europe prinapatiiies
which Jevius de dicome teyes. personal or corporate.
6. Ciear up the confusion regardtig bis cittverstipe Borer
either a Turk ora Greek, he Eater Jost bath these dire
Tight eud pretpily became an Argentinian, “Phen, for
wwhile. he we both a Greek avd an Argentinian. monde i
Monesasque—as the citizens of Munea are called—anel ot
late has been making neises indicating his wish to be an
American, In fect. discussing Unde Sans conspiracy suit
against him, he remarked tit the read pounfut thing
about itowas bot that ae could cost hing a big Dbundlo. anel
bs “the greatest government in the world.” This statement
clashes beac-on with another of Onassis’ stated conclusions,
namely that “My favorite comnatry is the one that grants
maxtniuim immunity from taxes. trade restrictions ane
unreasonable regudiauorn.”
G. Another thing he coadd do is porlieps be a touch mare
candid about the clement of gambling be Chetus is preseqt
in the whaling racket. Seme insist drit his beginnings in
hich finance stem from an early-day Antarcoc whaling
expediti oo owhich Ari took a small flyer and which
eu avith
Us witht
Tk.
co “ ,
scruples actually has a pretty sure thing in fishing for a
monsters of the deep. There is further gossip tight
that iis newest expedition after whides has an even sind
elemeut Tish involvedews it dh any he's ever staged in
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