OS - PEARSON, DREW; ANDERSON, JACK

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06667945
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2018
• Case Number: F-2013-01125

Approved for Release: 2017/12/04 C06667945
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SUBJECT: PEARSON, Drew
ANDERSON, Jack
A confidential source, in April 1963 provided
information known tor---lfrom various sources concerning Drew Pearson and
Jack Anderson.
stated that although Anderson and Pearson ordinarily alternate
writing articles for the syndicated column Jack Anderson was writing
all the articles and alternately listing himself and Pearson in the
by-line. This was because Pearson was traveling about the country and
was not writing anything for their joint column.
Source stated that Anderson and Pearson had recently brought a man
from Detroit, one Pedicam (ph.), to ghost write a book in their names.
They arranged to have him placed on the payroll of Madame Chenault's
China refugee or relief coemittee, in which either Pearson or Anderson
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has an committee role.
Madame Chennault is a source for Anderson.
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A leg-man for Jack Anderson is. John HenshawlWashington corresponden
for the National Enquirer. He is also a leg-man for Paul Scott (of the Allen-
Scott columa and, apparently without Anderson knowing the final recipient
of the information, has learned certain of Pearson's sources by asking
Anderson--with the information gained in this manner being passed to Paul
Scott. Associated with Henshaw is a Pole named "Alex" who does research
and translations for bothisrand Scott at the Library of Congress.
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