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OO . oe . . . . . - . . 507 West 111th eo. sO New York, N.Y. 10025 agit July 29, 1972 and CONFIDENTIAL le John Stennis, Chairman Select Committee on Standards and Conduct .. Senate Office Building . ~ Washington, D.C. Re: Kennedy-Kopechne Inquest Dear Senator Stennis: Included among the several enclosures herewith is a photo- copy of a letter I wrote you last August 20th, the present purpose of which is to refresh your memory. Photocopies of sequelae to that letter are also enclosed so that you may have the ready bene- fit of full knowledge of subsequent developments. ~ It has taken this long, almost a year, to renew the matter with your Committee for several reasons. One is that, so numercus are the perjuries and so monstrous the hoax of the alleged "acci- dent" and the ettempted “rescue", the task begun proved far greater than then envisioned. Not just the Senator in gucstion, but virtu- ally every surviver of the cook-out party committed peejuay, Ll asi all. And as I went deeper and assembled and organized the evidence, I found myself facing the duty of writing a full-scale book, expos- ing the whole affair for what it was. This could not be accomplish- ed in the relatively short time I anticipated in the late summer of 1971. ‘ Another time-consuming task concerned what I then considered a most obvious and flagrant perjury (alluded to in my letter to Mr. — Fern). My contention was based on what was regarded some years ago as sound, scientific fact. Nevertheless, I decided that obtaining “unimpeachable confirmation from competent and recognized authority - would be the best course before making such an accusation openly. I wrote many letters, but received very few replies. IY also dié further research and discovered that knowledge in the area involved has been extended since it was taught.to me. Not that the earlier teachings have been refuted, but modified. I am still extremels skeptical of the Senator's claim, but a retreat of even less t 1% from a vreviously believed 100% epplicebility forces me to aban Gon accusation of perjury on this particular ground. There is no point in pursuing this specific item further--at least, at this moment--and it is not meniicned in my book. Others abound.