NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (UPI) — A 69-year-old woman  claims President John  F. Kennedy took her virginity in the White House 50 years ago when she was  an intern, the New York Post reports.

Mimi Alford, a retired New York City church administrator, writes in her  book, “Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its  Aftermath,” that she went on to have an 18-month affair with Kennedy, always  calling him “Mr. President,” the Post said Sunday.

The book isn’t supposed to be available until Wednesday but the Post said it  bought a copy at a Manhattan bookstore.

The newspaper said Alford writes that she was just four days into her  internship in the White House press office when she was invited by an aide to go  for a swim in the White House pool. She says the president got into the pool and  talked to her briefly. Later in the day, presidential friend Dave Powers  allegedly invited her to an after-work party at the White House  residence.

She said she drank several daiquiris and Kennedy later invited her for a  personal tour that culminated with the two having sex in a bedroom used by first  lady Jackie Kennedy.

“After he finished, he hitched up his pants and smiled at me,” she wrote,  adding afterward she was “in shock.”   “He, on the other hand, was matter-of-fact, and acted as if what had just  occurred was the most natural thing in the world.”

Alford says she later pondered whether she could have resisted Kennedy’s  advances.

“The fact that I was being desired by the most famous and powerful man in  America only amplified my feelings to the point where resistance was out of the  question,” she wrote. “That’s why I didn’t say no to the president. It’s the  best answer I can give.”  (read more)