The Washington Merry-Go-Round •„ 4 .4 THE WASHINGTON POST Mondsy. April 14. 1975 €23 . Jackie andA ri: Pre-Nuptial Contract By Jack Anderson even if it turned out to be unfa- would cost her the support of cording to our sources, tt)...a:b. opt vorable, would be told. the Kennedys and that she sim- $20,000 a month. and Lee Whim= . — To the historical interest is ply had to have some money of With the disarming cot:I'm/21 now joined a current public in- her own. for which she is famous,:Jickie For a moment in history, Jac- terest in discovering the dispo- Thus, the marriage was pre- Onassis often complained about queline Kennedy Onassis was sition and control of one of the ceded by a premarital contract her money problems. Upon auperb. The nation will not soon thq world's greatest financial em- as solemn and encompassing as recommendation of a Kennedy forget that time of shock and pires. the leasing of one of Ari's prize family financial adviser, but grief after Dallas in 1963 when We have interviewed dozens supertankers. against Ari's advice, she in- she rose above the shattering of intimates of both Jacqueline vested in the stock market-and personal ordeal to give those The centerpiece of the pre- and Aristotle Onassis. We have lost a reported $300,0th She bitter hours a presence of dig- marital contract was a huge fi- reviewed some of Jackie's per- pleaded with Ari, sari • Ciai nity.and nobility which has be- nancial settlement on Jackie. sonal letters and have exam- sources, to make up come part of our national herit- One source who saw a draft of the loss ined other private documents. which he refused to do, saying age. the contract suggested that the Witnesses have given us de- she should have left it in the tax.: And there were other mo- .amount was around $20 million. tailed accounts of Ari's most free bonds. ments, too, when this most beau- private conversations. Every But sources close to the Onassis tiful of First Ladies helped to fact to be cited here, and in col- financial operations say Jackie She also found her allowance weave the spell—that mixture of umns to come, has been corrob- received a flat $3 million in tax- inadequate. Often before tilt high purpose, vaulting aspira- orated by two or more inde- free bonds. month was up she would send tions and joy in life and the bat- pendent, competent witnesses. Additionally, some sources aide Nancy Tuckermari; wh$ tle—that once was called Came- We can reveal that Jacqueline said, each of Jacqueline's child- was on the payroll of Onassis/ lot. Onassis will not control any part ren would receive the interest Olympic Airlines for about 5201 For the Kennedy legions who of the Onassis empire, nor is it on a $1 million trust fund until 000' a year, to Ari's New York took to her as the keeper of the planned that she will receive an age 21 when the payments will management for funds. • . legend and to the millions who inheritance of any significance. cease and the principal will re- Sometimes Miss Tuckirmari saw her as a latter-day Ma- The keys to that kingdom will be vert to the Onassis estate. would show up no more than 15 donna, her sudden marriage to held by the departed shipping Jackie also, received a days after the allowance Aristotle Onassis—the aging, al- magnate's daughter, Christina. monthly allowance, which been received to beg for m-pir4 ien gnome of colossal wealth Jackie has not been left desti- started out at $30,000 tax-free, money from Ari's financial meta; and sinister reputation— tute, however. For she carefully disbursed by Onassis' New York Croon . Broun. Sources clouded the vision of Camelot. provided for herself in advance office. Later, our sources say heard her appeals describe Up to now, out of respect for of her remarriage. Sources Onassis became angry over them as harrowing. "Thingi: what once was, we have been close to the couple say she Jackie's prodigal spending and simply can't go on this may at content to let the matter rest wheedled a pre-nuptial commit- moved her account to his Monte the house any longer;.! she there in a merciful fog. But we ment from Ari. As he later re- Carlo office where he could would say in protest against never doubted that the time counted to intimates, she watch it more closely. He also Ari's alleged parsimony.. - would come when the full story, pleaded that the marriage scaled down her allowance, ac- °1975, United Feature Syndidate -