Since her time as a White House intern under JFK, the now-Mimi Alford has had various names. But amid that confusion of names, the New York Daily News, not NBC, was the first to get an official statement from Alford, not in 2012, but in 2003.

When sought for news confirmation if she did have an affair with JFK, Mimi Alford confirmed to the New York Daily News that she had. But yet, there is an additional twist.

Mimi Alford might break her silence in her own book hitting stands this week. But her affair was previously told in paperback nearly a decade earlier as well, by another author. The details of the Mimi Alford affair were first hinted about in a 2003 book “An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963? written by Robert Dallek.

Hence, with one book in 2003 previously revealing a JFK Alford affair, and Alford having previously told news in 2006 that she did have an affair with JFK, the former White House intern still was able to shop a book deal.

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In 2009, Alford had retained Mark Reiter to ink a book publishing deal. She was also then married to Richard Alford, a former sports marketing executive.

How did Alford ink such a lucrative deal? Susan Mercandetti told news in 2009 that Mimi Alford wrote a twenty-page pitch. When Mercandetti got the pitch, she said that she was convinced the book would have to be published.

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And yet, it didn’t get published until three years later. In 2009, LALATE wrote extensively about the preparations of the Alford book to hit stands apparently that year. Susan Mercandetti gave a quote to news. Mark Reiter commented to news at the time as well about the book’s anticipation. But three years passed, and the book wasn’t released.

Susan Mercandetti had previously told news that the book is simple yet profound. Some of the choice of words used to describe the book in 2009 are a bit different than the revelations now in print. Alford claims JFK gave her amyl nitrate, or poppers, to use while they had relations. Alford writes that JFK even held the amyl nitrate under her nose.

Suggestions this week that Alford has not told anybody about the affair until this year are simply erroneous. Moreover, Dallek wrote in 2003 “Having a tryst with a 19-year-old doesn’t speak all that well of [JFK's] judgment, but it does speak to the difference of the media in his day. The media of the 1960s was not going to reveal these personal tangles of his … life. The media today is very different.”

Alford says all the relations were consensual.  ”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. That’s why I didn’t say no to the president.”

“Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath” gets published by Random House today. Her interview will air on NBC tonight.  Alford will claim that JFK told her to engage in relations with Dave Powers while JFK watched, and that Alford agree. Alford also will claim that JFK told her to have relations with Ted Kennedy as JFK watched, but that she declined. She will also explain that the President used planes and chauffeured cars to transport her around the country. It remains unclear if those items paid by JFK personally or not.

One man not commenting on the book, ironically, is Fidel Castro. Last Friday, Castro told news about his own book hitting stands “Fidel Castro: Guerrilla of Time“. The thousand page two volume memoir didn’t ink Castro a million dollar publishing deal or a news interview. Rather he appeared on national television last Friday and read from his book, for an exhaustive six hours straight.

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The Daily News was the first to uncover Mimi in 2003. At the time, she was Marion Fahnestock. When asked if Gamarekian’s allegations were true, Mimi told news that they were correct.

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The passage of time from 2003 to 2012 remains unexplained. But six years after the Dallek book, “Mimi” by 2006 was now Mimi Beardsley Alford, married to a former sports marketing executive. For reasons still unknown, in 2009, Mimi Beardsley Alford decided to break her silence. She inked what has been described as a seven figure deal with Random House.

And yet, in 2009, LALATE reported news that the book was set to be released that year. Random House extensively detailed passages of the book for news at the time. But the book didn’t hit shelves for several years.

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But now, three years after those news interviews, the book is finally being released. The affair started when the now Mimi Alford was 19 years old. She writes in her book that JFK asked her to have relations with Dave Powers in front of him.

“Lightning had struck. Later that day, Mimi was invited by Dave Powers, the president’s ‘first friend’ and later the longtime curator of the Kennedy Library in Boston, to an after-work party. When she arrived at the White House residence, Powers and two other young female staffers were waiting. Powers poured, and frequently refilled, her glass with daiquiris until the commander-in-chief arrived.

She adds “The president invited her for a personal tour. She got up, expecting the rest of the group to follow. They didn’t. He took her to ‘Mrs. Kennedy’s room.’” She further writes “I noticed he was moving closer and closer. I could feel his breath on my neck. He put his hand on my shoulder. The next thing she knew, he was standing above her, looking directly into her eyes and guiding her to the edge of the bed.”

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Alford tells news that she never kissed JFK on the lips. She writes that JFK wanted to stay with her day and night. Moreover, Alford was set to get married. But in seven days before JFK’s assassination, JFK asked Mimi Alford to join him in Texas because he felt lonely. “He took me in his arms for a long embrace and said, ‘I wish you were coming with me to Texas.’ And then he added, ‘I’ll call you when I get back.’ I was overcome with sudden sadness. ‘Remember, Mr. President, I’m getting married’”.

Her interview airs tonight on NBC News Rock Center. Alford will reveal her time before the White House, during the affair, and her private grieving following JFK’s death and later in life. She reportedly will tell news that the JFK murder left a shadow on her life, so much so, that the pain would destroy her future marriage.

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In March 2009, LALATE reported that Marion Fahnestock, now Mimi Beardsley Alford, had inked a deal with Random House to publish her book nearly forty years later.

Alford claims the alleged affair lasted eighteen months. The affair was first detailed, however, in another book that claimed the president did have an affair with a young intern named Mimi Beardsley at the same time claimed by Alford.

Until now, Alford has yet to grand a news interview. She is married to Richard Alford, a former sports marketing executive. Susan Mercandetti acquired the book after a twenty page pitch from Alford. She told news a the time “I’ve seen enough to know what an extraordinary heart and soul exists in this book… It’s about a loss of innocence. I was just completely struck by how simple, yet how profound, it was.”

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Alford reportedly got seven figures for the book. Alford is represented by Mark Reiter. He told news previously “As she thought about it, she said, ‘This is a story that I’d like to take control of, rather than have somebody else tell my side of it.’” He added “The story has three acts to it: before the White House, during the White House, and then the really powerful part is what happens afterwards.”

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In a news statement, NBC says of the telecast “Alford claims the affair lasted 18 months and has written about it in a soon to be released memoir, Once Upon a Secret My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and its Aftermath. In this online exclusive video, Vieira previews her exclusive interview with Alford. Vieira’s full report airs Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 9 pm/8c on NBC.”