Lost John Lennon interview discovered – Why he believed he was being watched by the US government

An interrogation with John Lennon, thought to person been mislaid and discovered successful a basement by a vigor shaper who spoke to the precocious instrumentalist 50 years ago, reveals that the erstwhile subordinate of the Beatles feared the US authorities was tapping his phone.

Nikki Horne was 24 and an up-and-coming DJ astatine London’s Capital Radio erstwhile helium was invited to the star’s New York flat for an extended interview, according to a study successful The Guardian.

While parts of the interrogation were broadcast connected Capital successful 1975, Horn precocious recovered the archetypal tapes successful a dusty container astatine home.

John Lennon, who sued the Nixon administration for illegal telephone tapping and surveillance amid his conflict to debar deportation, speaks retired astir his suspicions. The Beatles vocalist says helium is being monitored due to the fact that of his anti-war activism.

He further explains that helium “just wanted to drop” his 4th solo album, Walls and Bridges, until friends convinced him not to.

In an interrogation successful a Boom Radio peculiar to beryllium broadcast today, seasoned vigor shaper and broadcaster Nicky Horn recounted his gathering with John Lennon successful his Dakota flat building, extracurricular of which the songwriter was changeable and killed 5 years aboriginal by Mark David Chapman.

John Lennon clarifies, among different things, to Horn that helium tin archer erstwhile the telephone is mean erstwhile helium picks it up and erstwhile determination is simply a batch of noise.

He said that portion helium could not beryllium the interception of telephone conversations astatine the time, helium knew that determination was a batch of repair enactment going connected successful the basement of the Dakota Building.

John Lennon’s interrogation with Nikki Horn is being broadcast today, connected the eve of the singer-songwriter’s 85th birthday.