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category: "Intelligence & Government"
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- Person
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- Politician
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- Israel
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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."
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born: 1918-03-23
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died: 1985-11-23
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location: "Jolly, Texas, USA"
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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]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 14. |