Hughes’ love life had its complications, the Bureau noted. In June 1946, an agent reported that Lana Turner was staying at the Sherry Netherland Hotel in New York, registered as Mrs. Stephen Crane — her married name. Hughes was also staying at the hotel. Johnny Meyer had made the reservations.

Hughes would take no phone calls except those from Mrs. Crane. He’d visit Turner’s suite every evening, take her to dinner at the El Morocco nightclub and return to the hotel with her later.

“He [Hughes] is believed to have spent almost every night with Lana Turner in her suite,” the report noted, adding that while in New York, Hughes took a long-distance call from actress Linda Darnell.

“[Name blacked out] reports that the conversation consisted principally of Hughes telling Linda Darnell how much he loved her, and she in turn told him about her film work and further indicated that she was about to divorce her husband so she might marry Howard Hughes,” it added.