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The Scheme to Hook Up a King With the Wasp Woman and Other Wild Plans

Khalid Elhassan August 31, 2020 34 min

Susan Cabot - Hussein of Jordan — Susan Cabot and King Hussein. Veja

36. A Star-Crossed Love Affair

The scheme to hook up Jordan’s king with Susan Cabot evolved into more than a temporary fling, and led to a star-crossed affair between the Muslim monarch and the Jewish actress. From the start, the CIA’s matchmaking scheme was a sensitive matter. As hard as the duo tried to keep the relationship a secret, details began to leak out.

According to the declassified CIA memo: “During the stay at the Long Beach site, [Cabot] discussed the publicity in the case at some length with the Security representatives … She speculated about the possible sources of certain personal information that she felt had been leaked to the press“.

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Khalid Elhassan

A lifelong history buff, I developed a particular passion for WW2 history as a child, when I spent hours listening to my grandfather, enraptured, as he recounted his wartime experiences in the British East African Campaign and with the British 8th Army in North Africa.

I graduated with a history BA from George Mason University, then went on to get a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. After lawyering for a decade, I moved to sunny Rio de Janeiro and a less demanding career, opening a tourism agency in Copacabana.

A big chunk of my free time is spent blogging (you can follow me on Quora https://www.quora.com/profile/Khalid-Elhassan ) or freelance writing, mostly about my favorite subject, history.