{"value"=>"Telephone conversations with Bob Battenberg and Arthur Bell"}
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{"value"=>"<p>telephone conversation with Morris Kight, April 15, 1978. Side 1: In separate telephone conversations Manford speaks with Bob Battenberg and Arthur Bell, a staff writer for the Village Voice. They discuss Eddie (Skull) Murphy, a gay ex-convict, doorman-bouncer at the Stonewall Inn, and police undercover informer against the Mafia. In order to achieve the protective visibility which he hopes will allow him to start a new life, Murphy wants to surface and divulge his activities at a meeting of the West Side Discussion Group. Battenberg wants Manford and Bell to attend the meeting, and, by their presence, give Murphy credibility. Side 2: Manford and Bell continue their discussion about Murphy; also Manford telephone conversation with Morris Kight, who among other things, discusses the takeover by the Socialist Workers' Party of various gay organizations, Ed Murphy, Manford's studies and plans for the future, and the situation for gay rights in Los Angeles.</p>"}