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category: "Intelligence & Government"
tags:
  - Person
  - Politician
  - Israel
summary: "President Lyndon Johnson's most trusted aide whose 1964 arrest led to discovery of a private cash cache from pro-Israel fundraiser Abraham Feinberg."
born: 1918-03-23
died: 1985-11-23
location: "Jolly, Texas, USA"
---

Walter W. Jenkins was President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s most trusted personal aide. He was involved in handling cash supplied by [[Abraham Feinberg]] for political purposes. In October 1964, Jenkins was arrested on homosexual solicitation charges, which became public three weeks before the 1964 presidential election. This incident led Johnson to order [[Myer Feldman]] and [[Bill Moyers]] to clean out Jenkins's safe, where they found a private cache of money, including funds from Feinberg.[^1]

### Footnotes

[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 14.