`  I believe it is true that Salinger did not make this public.  It was related to me by one of the persons to whom he did reveal it in private family conversation.  (Apparantly, others were also present and may be a source of confirmation; the one from whom I heard it is certainly a reliable witness as to what they believe they heard  what would have to be confirmed is that she correctly heard what Salinger actually said.) Now, the threshold of acceptability seems to be equivalent to a level of proof suitable for journalistic publication, i.e., an editor deems a reporter's story to meet the standards of veracity, reliability and confirmability necessary to put the publication's reputation behind the story.  Note, though, this curious caveat vis-a-vis Wikipedia's policy (insofar as it's precisely stated here by Jack Upland  I realize his remarks do not represent a rigorous restatement, but a casual recounting.)  It is the publication of the claim, and not definitive proof, that constitutes a citable published source. Just to put those at ease who fear this becoming another blah-blah session about ``Well, I'm publishing it on the Internet-and-endless-cyclical-logic-permutations-thereof``, I'm not heading down the 'weird' road on this.  I'm not Bob Woodward, but this was very intriquing given the credibility of the source.  She would rather explode than lie about such a thing, and is a family friend of the Salingers.  (I hate to say this, but one might also infer from my tone, vocabulary, orthography and punctuation that I myself am a level-headed and educated person, and no, I am not a lawyer.) What remains then, it would seem, is to get this whole thing into publishable trim and if it passes muster and goes to print, then there it is.  (Of course, one could cheat and use deep right wingers like worldnutdaily or the like to 'publish' it, but what would that prove?)  Obviously, Pierre Saliger is deceased so there can never be first-hand authentication on this, but not everyone who is alleged to have worked with him on this project is gone, and there are others who heard him amplify on this.  Curious.  Very, very curious. Any comment? Signed, 24.173.158.26`