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DINNER WITH LIONEL LUCKHOO – 24/2/78
Present: Marcie, Jocelyn, Terri Buford, Sharon, Tim
– he said that we should publicize with a first rate film our project / said he told us that a long time ago and we said it was a good idea but nothing was done about it
– he said we are doing a Christian work and need to get that across
– a man came to him with some bad articles [by] David Blackmon and it said JJ claimed he was Christ and this was anti-Christ to do so / we said it was a lie of course and Sir Lionel said he knew but we needed a good movie to get across what we are doing as well as maybe hiring a PR firm in the US to help us with publicity
[Handwritten in margin: “David Blackmon is the general manager of Guyana Stores (formerly Bookers). He is from England.”
– he said we also should put our money in some kind of fund for PT and not for individuals as individuals can die
– he talked about his family and his children and how he had to fight in England for his children and he would not have given up the fight and he would have died for the fight / he was amazed he got his children because his wife was English and he had quite a fight for 2 weeks to get them and it had to go to Appeals even
– he said it should be publicized in the US that JJ is the real father (we said Herb Caen had picked it up and others knew about it) – he said again that Judge Bishop is a young judge and he doesn’t have much faith in him
– he said that he likes to live his life knowing he has done some good things for others, it’s very important to him to know he has done some Christian things
– he was very friendly / seemed to warm up over dinner and he liked Marcie a lot
– said Burnham had offered him some honor but Luckhoo had turned them down as it is only to the right thing, not to be honored
– he said we should send some info on wing beans and cutlass beans to Viola Burnham, as she is always doing research on beans and the protein content (she sends things in to be tested for protein content, etc.).
– he said Forbes Burnham likes the singing of Mahalia Jackson and maybe we should send him our record or a record of Diane [Wilkinson] singing.
– he talked to Forbes some time ago about us and Burnham said that Jim and Marcie must be sincere as they had adopted all those children (of all races).
– he said his daughter is very sensitive (too sensitive) as she won’t eat meat of any sort, and he’s afraid she doesn’t get enough protein (we promised him we would get some cutlass bean plants for his garden) – he said his children are very sensitive to animals also, and if they see a man too hard on his donkey or horse, they go and chew him out, and Luckhoo said it’s kind of a problem for him, the dad/ he thinks it’s very important that his children get an education in the University (London). He takes his children with him often when he travels/ the last time he traveled, his client paid for the trip of his children as well as him (he said his clients are very understanding this way).
– he said about not losing any cases, that it was important until he reached the 200th case, now he doesn’t care so much, except to give good service.
– he said when he finishes the latest murder case, he will go up to Jonestown. / this one is very important as the people are influential though they are tried for murder.
– Hoyt is one of his clients / so is Hamilton Green, as well as the PM / He just won the PM a $40,000 settlement against some business, as well as another cash settlement.
– he told a friend (he wouldn’t give the name, although we didn’t press on it) that he was going to dinner with us and the friend said, “you’re going to dinner with those people”