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Bobby Och Jackie Bobby och Jackie En kärlekshistoria c. david heymann Översättning Marianne Mattsson Heymann_Bobby_Jackie-3-korr(2).indd 3 2011-06-15 13.30 Bokförlaget Forum, Box 3159, 103 63 Stockholm www.forum.se Amerikanska originalets titel Bobby and Jackie Copyright © C. David Heymann 2009 Originalutgåva Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Svensk utgåva enligt avtal med Sane Töregård Agency AB Omslagsbild Getty Images Omslagsdesign Anders Timrén Tryckt 2011 hos ScandBook AB, Falun ISBN 978-91-37-13610-3 Heymann_Bobby_Jackie-3-korr(2).indd 4 2011-06-15 13.30 Till RKH 1912–2008 Heymann_Bobby_Jackie-3-korr(2).indd 5 2011-06-15 13.36 Heymann_Bobby_Jackie-3-korr(2).indd 6 2011-06-15 13.30 Författarens anmärkning Den första gången som jag hörde ryktas om en romans mellan Robert och Jacqueline Kennedy var under research- och inter- vjuarbetet inför Kalla mig Jackie, min biografi från 1989 om den före detta presidenthustrun. På den tiden levde Jackie, så det är därför lätt att förstå varför intervjuobjekten inte gärna ville gå närmare in på ämnet. Efter Jacquelines död 1994 – och efter att jag hade påbörjat arbetet med RFK, min Robert Kennedy-bio- grafi från 1998 – var personer som jag hade intervjuat tidigare, och även sådana som jag talade med för första gången, plöts- ligt mycket mer beredda att gå in på förhållandet. I nästan alla biografier som kom ut om Bobby eller Jackie efter det drog man fördel av mina rön. Författare som Edward Klein, Christopher Andersen, Sarah Bradford och Peter Evans tog upp förhållandet mellan Bobby och Jackie och bidrog i vissa fall med nya uppgifter utöver de redan kända. Efter utgivningen av RFK forskade jag vidare i saken och fick in ytterligare material och information. Till min hjälp hade jag bland annat tidigare hemligstämplat FBI- och Secret Service- material som blivit offentligt 2007. Det var rapporter och PM från 1964 till 1968, åren som romansen pågick, och de bekräftade det som jag redan hade fått fram under mina intervjuer. Jag kun- de på så vis pussla ihop en heltäckande bild av det komplicerade förhållandet mellan två av 1900-talets mest omskrivna personer. Robert Kennedy har i tidigare biografier alldeles för ofta fram- ställts som något av en korgosse, fast han i själva verket hade samma tendens att hoppa över skaklarna som hans bröder, Jack Heymann_Bobby_Jackie-3-korr(2).indd 7 2011-06-15 13.30 8 C. David Heymann och Ted Kennedy. Personer i den inre kretsen, bland andra Ted Kennedy och hans systrar, kände uppenbarligen väl till situa- tionen. Både Bobby och Jackie sörjde efter mordet på Jack Ken- nedy 1963 och det är inte svårt att förstå att de kunde inleda en så omöjlig relation. Förhållandet utvecklades och fördjupades och upphörde inte på grund av bristande eller förlorad ömhet, utan på grund av praktisk nödvändighet när RFK bestämde sig för att ställa upp i presidentvalet 1968. Det står även klart varför Jackie under de förvirrade dagarna efter Bobbys död sökte tröst hos Aristoteles Onassis, gick med på att gifta sig med honom och lämnade USA för att låta barnen växa upp utomlands. Trots samstämmiga uppgifter från de personer i den inre kret- sen som citeras i boken tvivlar jag inte för ett ögonblick på att det kommer att finnas läsare som förhåller sig fortsatt skeptiska till att Jackie och Bobby verkligen hade en romans. Under arbetet med att skriva fyra böcker om familjen Kennedy har jag stött på personer som fortfarande förnekar JFK:s hejdlösa kvinnohisto- rier, både före och efter det att han blev president. FörNew York Times, ofta kallad USA:s mest inflytelserika dagstidning, tog det runt trettio år att i tryck erkänna att Jack Kennedy haft ett antal förhållanden utanför äktenskapet. Om nu JFK hade alla dessa påstådda kvinnoaffärer, frågar sig tvivlarna, hur kan han då haft tid att styra landet? En liknande fråga skulle kunna ställas när det gäller Robert och Jackie. Om ett sådant förhållande pågick, hur klarade de i så fall av att dölja det för allmänheten? Svaret på den första frågan är att president Kennedy i så hög grad delade in sitt liv i olika fack att han lyckades styra landet samtidigt som han förde ett hyperaktivt sällskapsliv. Svaret på den andra frågan är att offentliga personers privatliv helt enkelt inte bevakades av media på 1960-talet, framför allt inte i den grad som sker i dag, när minsta feltramp eller sexuellt snedsteg blir omskrivet, grans- kat och omskrivet igen. Det kommer kanske också att finnas läsare som frågar sig om det ens är nödvändigt att fläka ut biografiska personers inre liv Heymann_Bobby_Jackie-3-korr(2).indd 8 2011-06-15 13.30 bobby och jackie 9 eller privatliv. Som levnadstecknare har det alltid varit min över- tygelse att det inte går att bortse från sexuellt (eller personligt) beteende om man vill förstå en människas liv, det gäller särskilt ifråga om offentliga personer. Uppgifterna om att Robert och Jackie Kennedy inledde ett kärleksförhållande efter JFK:s död – och det av skäl som jag i den här boken försöker förklara – kastar ett helt nytt ljus över vilka de var och hur deras tankar kan ha gått. Det visar bland annat att de kämpade med många av samma frestelser och känslor som vi andra. Det ger oss en bättre uppfatt- ning inte bara om dem, utan även om oss själva. Heymann_Bobby_Jackie-3-korr(2).indd 9 2011-06-15 13.30 Heymann_Bobby_Jackie-3-korr(2).indd 10 2011-06-15 13.30 Kapitel 1 ◆ lockan 12.30, amerikansk centraltid fredagen den 22 Knovember 1963, när president John Fitzgerald Kennedys bilkortege närmade sig Texas skolbokslager vid Dealey Plaza i centrala Dallas, ljöd en serie skott. Utanför akutintaget till Park- landsjukhuset tvärnitade sex minuter senare den Lincoln Conti- nental-limousin som presidenten och hans hustru hade färdats i tillsammans med Texasguvernören John Connally och hans hustru. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy vägrade att låta de väntande läkarna lyfta ut presidenten ur baksätet och höll sin döende man i sina armar tills livvakten Clint Hill från Secret Service lade sin kavaj över det gapande såret i JFK:s huvud. Jackies kläder var så kraftigt nedstänkta med blod och hjärn- substans att den första säkerhetsvakten som hon mötte på sjuk- huset trodde att även hon hade skadats, och inte bara guvernören och presidenten. Lady Bird Johnson, vicepresident Lyndon John- sons hustru, anlände till Parkland strax efter rikets första dam och såg henne stå för sig själv i den smala korridoren utanför det akutrum dit man hade fört presidenten. ”Jag har aldrig sett någon se lika ensam och sårbar ut som Jackie gjorde i den stun- den”, berättade Lady Bird senare för Vita husets stabschef Ken O’Donnell. Mrs Johnson lade armarna runt presidenthustrun och frågade om hon inte ville byta om, men Jackie skakade på huvudet. ”Jag vill att människor ska se vad de har gjort med Jack”, svarade hon. När skotten föll över den öppna cabrioleten hade Jackie av allt att döma försökt komma undan och klättrat ut på bilens Heymann_Bobby_Jackie-3-korr(2).indd 11 2011-06-15 13.30 12 C. David Heymann bagagelucka, men hastigt tvingats ner i sätet igen av Clint Hill. Lincolnen accelererade snabbt från tio till hundratjugo kilo- meter i timmen. Nu ville hon inget hellre än att finnas hos sin döende man. Efter att ha försökt knuffa undan avdelningsskö- terskan vände hon sig till doktor George Burkley, presidentens personlige läkare, vars första tanke var att erbjuda henne ett lugnande medel. ”Jag vill inte ha något lugnande – jag vill fin- nas hos min man när han dör”, sa hon. Trots läkarnas invänd- ningar insisterade doktor Burkley på att man skulle släppa in henne. Bland den medicinska personalen i akutrummet föll Jack- ie ner på ena knäet för att be. Två präster steg in och gav sista smörjelsen. Jackie reste sig. En lång läkare stod framför henne. ”Mrs Kennedy, er make har livshotande skador”, sa han. ”Jag vet”, viskade hon. Doktor Burkley kände efter presidentens puls: det fanns ingen. Ett biträde täckte presidentens kropp med ett lakan. Det var för kort och fötterna stack ut, vitare än lakanet. Jackie tog hans högra fot och kysste den. Sedan förde hon lakanet åt sidan. Hon kysste honom på munnen. Hans ögon var öppna och hon kysste även dem. Hon kysste hans händer och fingrar. Hon höll hans hand och vägrade en lång stund att släppa taget. Klockan 14.31 gjorde den tillförordnade pressekreteraren under Texasbesöket, Mac Kilduff, det officiella tillkännagivandet om presidentens död. ”Jag gick till Ken O’Donnell, som hade anslutit sig till Jack- ie i akutrummet”, sa Kilduff. ”Jag sa till honom att jag måste gå ut med något slags tillkännagivande. Det sprang omkring för många reportrar som redan visste – eller som åtminstone hade starka misstankar. Det var bara en tidsfråga. Ken sa: ’Varför frå- gar du mig? Fråga presidenten.’ Jag visste exakt vad han menade, så jag gick och letade reda på Lyndon Johnson. Han fanns i ett annat akutrum tillsammans med Lady Bird och Secret Service-mannen Rufus Youngblood. Heymann_Bobby_Jackie-3-korr(2).indd 12 2011-06-15 13.30 bobby och jackie 13 Jag visste inte hur jag skulle titulera honom. Jag tänkte inte kalla honom Lyndon. Jag kallade honom herr president och Lady Bird flämtade till. Jag sa: ’Vi måste tillkännage president Kennedys död.’ Jag kunde se hur han måste anstränga sig för att tänka klart. Han sa: ’Det här kan vara en sammansvärjning, vilken som helst. De kan vara ute efter mig, talmannen, utrikesministern. Vem vet? Det är bäst att vi ger oss av från Dallas snarast möjligt. Jag väntar tills du har gjort tillkännagivandet och sedan åker vi.’ ” Godfrey McHugh, presidentens adjutant från flygvapnet och nära vän till familjen Kennedy, sprang ihop med president- hustrun och Ken O’Donnell utanför akutrummet.
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