FREEDOM OF INFORMATIONAND
PRIVACY ACTSSUBJECT: ROBERT F. KENNEDY
ASSASSINATION
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APARTMENT ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ K O L L Y ' J O O D * CALIFORNIA. ^ ^ ^ B ^ E S A N PHONINGJ
PRIOR TO JJNS EIGHT LAST AND THREE TIMES ON JUNE EIGHT LAST HAD VARIOUS
COMPLAINTS. HE FINALLY TOLD T H H V " 2 W A S IW0LV3D IN THE KENNEDY
ASSASSINATION; CLAIMS HE KNEW SIRHAN SIRHAN; CLAIMS HE KNEW THAT
ASSASSINATION WOULD BE ATTEMPTED, BUT HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH I T ;
AND CLAIMS HE AND SIRHAN ARE MEMBERS OF SAME G R O U P . ^ ^ J ^ ^ ) ICATED TO
|HE NOW RESIDES IN A HOTEL IN LOS ANGELES WITH SOME COLORED
WOMAN. ^ ^ H H c A N N O T ELABORATE ON ANY OF ABOVE INFO.
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ADVISES SISHAM SIRHAN
AND ANOTHER MAN SEEN /N MC COOK. NE3RASKA, IN CADILLAC
VEHICLE WITH CALIFORNIA LICENSE ON DAY R03ERT KENNEDY
SPOKE THERE. SIRHAN ALLEGEDLY ASKED A DELIVERY MAN IF
KENNEDY WOJLD COME BY A PARTICULAR EATING ESTABLISHMENT
EN ROJTE TO MC COOK.
OMAHA IMMEDIATELY INTERVIE
RESOLVE. ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF LETTER BY 3U:iEArJ.
S'JTEL BUREAU AND LOS ANGELES. '
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[HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.
STATED HE :JAS HOXESICK AND INQUIRED A3Oi|
AVD F^XILY A!*D ASKED HER TO WRITE AMD SEND PHOTOGRAPHS OF
HSR CHILDRED. HE
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ALSO STATED HE WORKED IN HOSPITAL. A30UT FIVE O'CLOCK
PK SAME D A Y W ^ f c PHONED ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B S A Y I N G HE WANTED
NY# PHONE HIM AT
SAME NIGHT AND HE WAS EMOTIONAL AND BROKEN rJP AND COJLD NOT
fALK S O ^ ^ ^ B S P O K E IN GENERALITIES
OM J-JWE FO'JS LAST, A3OJT FOJH FIFTY AK NSW YORK TIME*
^ ^ RSSIDEMCa TO I M F O ^ M ^ ^ ^ P J OF KENNEDY
ASSASSINATION. J ^ P H COJLD H£Art 3AGKG^0JND MUSIC ANI
CLAIMED HE WAS AT HIS APA^TySNT.
OM JJNE EIGHT LAST, A30JT EIGHT FOHTYFUE Mi. N£rf YO*K
T E L L HER HE " A I L E D HEPt A POSTCARD
AND STATED HE HAD 3R0KEN AHK OR HAND AND INDICATED HE HAD
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BEEN ASSAULTED. THIS CALL ENDED AND FIFTEEN KINJTES LATER,
[PHONED AGAIN. HZ WAS CRYING AND SAID HE HAD BEEN IN
HOTEL WHERE KENNEDY ASSASSINATED AT TIME HE
TO TELL HER OF ASSASSINATION. HE USED (JN'RECALLSD WORDS TO
EFFECT HS WAS INVOLVED IN ASSASSINATION. HE SPOKE TO EFFECT
THAT HE AND SI SHAN WERE KEM3ERS OF SAM3 GROUP AND THAT PRIOR
TO ASSASSINATION, SIRHAN HAD STATED HE INTENDED TO SHOOT
KENNEDY. HE* ALSO USED UMRECALLED WORDS TO EFFECT THAT GROJP
HS AND SIRHAN BELONGED TO WAS COXKJNIST. DURING THIS CALL
THERE WAS INTER3JPTI0N AS T H O J G H ^ H A ' I T C H £ D FROM ONE
PHONE TO ANOTHER. Hi CONTINJSD THAT PERSONS IN HIS AND
SIRHAN'S GROJ? tfERE "JPSTAIRS" I* HOTEL WERE KENNEDY
ASSASSINATED AND ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT SHOOT KENNEDY, HE WAS
INVOLVED. HE CLAIMED TWO POLICEMEN W£R5 THERE TO ARREST HIM
BECAUSE THEY THOJSHT HE WAS INVOLVED IN ASSASSINATION. A60JT
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FIFTEEN MINJTES AFTER THIS CALL*
CALL FROM PERSON IDENTIFYING SELF ASi
PERSON STATED* "YOU REALIZE WHAT!
MONITORED* JfHAT I S 0 V ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H ^ A K E ? < ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ E t S K E D IF
THIS tfA^^Hp^LLING AND PERSON HUNG UP. THERE HAS BEEN
NO FURTHER CONTACT F ' R O F ^ H B DURING MAY TWENTY LAST* CALL*
[MSD. HE FORKED IN HOSPITAL* WAS MORE OR LESS IN
CHARGE OF HOSPITAL KITCHEN* AND WAS DATING NEGRO GIRL
WHO WORKED SAME HOSPITAL* NOT
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AMD DESIRE TO BE ADVISED I F V ^ | ^ IN POSITION TO OR INVOLVED
ANY SITUATION WHERE THIER SAFETY JEOPARDIZED.
ABOVE FOR INFORMATION BUREAU AND LOS ANGELES. LOS ANGELES
ADVISED I F V ^ H H I ^ A I N ANY'POSSIBLE DANGER SO THEY
A>JD LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN BE ADVISED.
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RE BIRMINGHAM TEL, JUNE TWELFTH, LAST.
)JLEVARD# CLEVELAND
HEIGHTS, OHIO, ADVIS£D*ON JJNE TWELFTH, LAST, TRAT HE WAS
A KEM3S* OF 830tfN£LL TOJR TWO ONE SIX IN HOLY LAND DURING
PERIOD APPROXIMATELY KAY FOURTEENTH TO MAY TWENTY-SECOND,
SIXTYEIGHT. <l
ON KAY SIXTEENTH, LAST, THE GROUP LUNCHED AT THE SEMADAR
HOTEL RESTAURANT IN MODERN CAESAREA. AT APPROXIMATELY
ONE-THIRTY P . M . , HE HEARD THE RUMOR THAT AN ATTEMPT HAD BEEN
MADE ON THE LIFE OF SENATOR R03ERT F . KENNEDY IN MILWAUKEE,
WISCONSIN. RUMOR FURTHER INDICATED THAT SENATOR KENNEDY
STILL ALIVE, BUT IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
I ADVISED THAT THE NEWS PROMPTED HIGHLY
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EMOTIONAL REACTION WHICH PARTIALLY CLOUDS HIS RECOLLECTION,
BUT THAT HIS CURRENT RECOLLECTION IS THAT INFORMATION
REGARDING SENATOR KENNEDY CAMS FROM THE TOJR GUIDE,!
HE'
STATED THAT TOUR GUIDE ADVISED HE HAD
NEWS "ON THE AIR" IMPLYING RADIO BROADCAST.
STATED GUIDE INDICATED NEWS WAS IN HE3REW LANGUAGE, BUTs
• • • M POSSESSED NO INFORMATION REGARDING IDENTITY OR
LOCATION OF STATION.
^STATED FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO CONFIRM RUMOR
MERE COMPLETELY NEGATIVE. NO INFORMATION HEARD ON HADIO
AVD NOTHING APPEARED IN ISRAELI NEWSPAPERS CONCERNING THIS
MATTER . ^ ^ ^ ^ H ^ H L T H E N ASSWSD R'JVOR TO BE FALSE AND MADE
NO FURTHER INQUIRIES CONCERNING I T . 7 HE FURNISHED TOUR
BACKGROUND INFORMVriON IDENTICAL TO THAT SET FORTH IN
BIRMINGHAM TELETYPE, JUNE TWELFTH, LAST,
INDICES OF THE CLEVELAND OFFICE NEGATIVE REGARDING
CLEVELAND, OHIO,
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ADVISED ON JUNE THIRTEENTH* SIXTYEIGHT,! THAT HE WAS PRESENT
JN HOLY LAND WITH THE BROWNELL TOUR FROM APPROXIMATELY
hit - ^ W T -MAY FOURTEENTH TO MAY TWENTY-SECOND, SIXTY?reHT-
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STATED THAT ON MAY SIXTEENTH, SlXTYfclGHT, THE
TOUS GROUP .HAD LUNCH AT THE SEMADAR HOTEL RESTAURANT IN
MODERN CAESAREA. AT APPROXIMATELY ONE-FIFTEEN TO ONE-THIRTY
p ' . M . , UPON LEAVING RESTAURANT, HE HEARD A RUMOR FROM A
TOURIST, IDE-NT1TY UNKNOWN TO HIM, THAT AN ATTEMPT HAD SEEN
M4DE ON THE LIFE OF SENATOR R03ERT F . KENNEDY IN NEBRASKA,
CITY UNKNOWN. •
COJLD NOT ATTRIBUTE THIS INFORKATION TO
ISRAELI GUIDE ' HO*'Ev/ER, DID INQUIRE TO
[F HE HAD HEARD AMY NEWS" REGARDING THIS INCIDENT,
REPLIED IN THE N£G^TIVE.
^STATED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS REGARD INS THIS MATTER, THAT NOTHING WAS 03SERVED
IN ISRAELI NEWSPAPERS, NOR J ) I D HE HEAR ANY BROADCAST
CONCERNING SAME, SO ASSUMED THIS TO BE A ft'JMOR AND MADE
NO FURTHER INQUIRIES.
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RE SAN. FRANCISCO TEL TO BUREAU, JUNE JWELVE LAST.
ON JUNE THIRTEEN INSTANT, WALTER THOMAS S^JHKE, ALAMEDA
COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, ADVISED ON ONE OCCASION A SHORT TIME AFTER THEY
MET, SIRHAN SIRHAN GAVE RATHKE SOME LITERATURE, WHICH CONSISTED OF A
HALF DOZEN PAGES STAPLED TOGETHER, FROM THE R?hjCRUCIAN ORDER
REGARDING MEDITATION. RATHKE COMPARED J W E D I T A T I O N S Y ROSI CRUCIAN
ORDER TO PRAYING IN CHRISTIAN RELIGION. THE ONLY OTHER TIME ROSICR'JCH
03DER WAS MENTIONED WAS WHEN RATHKE SAvJ S I SHAN IN PASADENA DURING
NINETEEN SIXTY-SEVEN, WHEN SIRHAN SAID HE DID NOT BELONG TO THE ORDER
ANYMORE. SIRHAN STATED DUE TO HIS ACCIDENT, HE DID NOT HAVE ANY tfONEY
AND COULD NOT KEEP UP HIS DUES AND "THEY TERMINATED HIM". SIRHAN INDICAE
TO RATHKE HE WAS UNRAPPY OVER T H I S . RATHKE STATED THESE WERE ONLY TWO
TIMES ROSICRUCIAN ORDER WAS MENTIONED BY SIRRAN AND THEY NEVSR DISCU3SEI
THE 0RDE3 AS TO ITS PHILOSOPHY OR ORGANIZATION.
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^ * RATHKE STATED THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY I S WORLD WIDE WITH WORLD *
AT ADYAR, MADRAS, INDIA, AND THE U . S . HEADQUARTERS ..'
ARE AT WHEATON, I L L I N O I S , WHERE SOCIETY ALSO HAS PUBLISHING HOUSE.
RATHKE STATED" AIMS OF SOCIETY ARE TO BUILD IDEA OF BROTHERHOOD OF MAN
WITHOUT REGARD TO COLOR, SEX OR RELIGION AND TO FURTHER THE STUDY AND
SEARCH OF ALL PHILOSOPHIES AND RELIGIONS. -^ :'- r k
THE SOCIETY I S MADE UP OF INDIVIDUALS OF ALL RELIGIONS AND AT
MEETING, MEMBERS HOLD A "ROUND TABLE" TYPE DISCUSSION OF THEIR VARIOUS
RELIGIONS AND PHILOSOPHIES. -^ : / V ' ^ >" ; ^ - - : > \. > ' - -
FROM NEWSPAPERS, TV OR RADIO NEWSCASTS, RATHKEX£ f t R N E D S1RHAN.
WHILE IN^JAIL, HAD REQUESTED BOOKS WRITTEN BY MADAM SLAWIFKY CPHONETI
AND C . V. LE>gBEAT£R_JPHONETlC), BOTH NOW DECEASED AND BOTH OF WHOM
HAD WRITTEN BOOKS FOR THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. BLAVOTFKY, BORN IN
RUSSIA, MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY, WHERE SHE BECAME CO-FOUNDER OF SOCITY
AND LEADBEATER WAS BISHOP OF CHURCH OF ENGLAND. AT THIS TIME RATHKE
ALSO LEARNED BLAVOTFKY HAD AT ONE TIME WRITTEN A BOOK ON LIVES OF
\l'H^A'.?' RATHKE STATED THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY AND ROSICRUCIAN ORDER HAVE' • ' " • ' — " T ' : - - ' - - 1 - ' • • • • " : " - i : . • • • - ' " r - v - - • - : • • . • • • • • • - i • . . ' • ' • • , • • . • • • ' • ' : • ' • • • - • • . • . . - • • - • • • - • :
NOTHING IN COMMON. HE DESCRIBED ROISCRUCIAH ORDER AS A MYSTIC OCCULT
L ^ ^ F ^ T Y P E ORGANIZATION WHICH DIRECTS ITS FOLLOWERS, WHILE THEOSOPHICAL
'-/SOCIETY'S ONLY PURPOSE IF BROTHERHOOD OF MAN.,
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TO DIRECTOR, LOS ANGELES, AND NEW YORK
FROM ATLANTA 4 4
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RE ATLANTA TEL TO BUREAU JJtfE SEVEN LAST* AND 3IRKIN3HAM TEL
TO BUREAU JUNE TWELVE LAST.
k ' ' R E S BROWSLL TOUR, MAY SIXTYEIGHT, HOLY LAND.
EFFORTS-TO CONTACT AND INTERVIEW
NE, ATLANTA, NEGATIVE. NEIGH30RS ADVISED
EXTENDED VACATION.
^ • • B I B a H H ^ I H m H i l B ATLAMrA* ADVISE!RETIRED A\T3 V I S l T I N G ^ H ^ ^ H H E ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B DURHAM, ENGLAND, AND ON
EXTENDED VACATION. MAY RETURN TO ATIANTA PERIOD JJLY ONE DASH
JJLY FIFTEEN NEXT.
REt DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT EIGHT EIGHT FIVE, ATLANTA TO
LOS ANGELES, JUNE FOUR LAST.
EFFORTS TO COVTACT^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^BTHROUGH TELEPHONE
IN THAJ
US NON-EXISTENT TELEPHONE EXCHANGE IN ATLANTA.
{(. PROTECT)*
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^ADVISED FURTHER REVIEW
OF MANIFEST FOR INSTANT FLIGHT AT CONTACT NO.|
BY ABBREVIATION ATL PA, WHICH MAY
REFER TO A TICKET PURCHASED BU^KKK^^THROJGH PAN-AMERICAN
AIRLINES.
ATLANTA NOT CONTEMPLATING R E C O N T A C T H I K IN VIEW OF THE
FACT THAT OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN TOUR ARE BEING CONTACTED INCLUDING
LEADER, WHO REPORTEDLY HAD DIRECT CONTACT WITH GUIDE WHO
E STATEMENT CONCERNING SHOOTING OF KENNEDY IN MAY SIXTYEIGHT.
LEAD TO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT^BJj^IN ATLANTA 3=:ING LEFT TO
DISCRETION OF LOS ANGELES-
NEJ YORK, AT PAN-AMERICAN AIRLINES. WILL ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE
AIRLINES FOR DELTA FLIGHT EIGHT FIVE FIVE, ATLANTA TO LOS AN5ELES,
JJNE FOUR LAST. WILL ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE TH30-JSH ^AN-AKERICAN
.RECORDS CONTACT NJM3ER OR ADDRESS OF j^mm^mmm ^ D S £ T F 0 ^ T H
LEAD TO INTSRVIEtf RE STATEMENT OF FEMALE PASSENGER A30ARD INSTANT
FLIGHT, FIRST CLASS, WHO STATED SHE WAS GOING TO LOS ANGELES
"TO BE THERE WHEN THE BULLETS FLY ABOUT KENNEDY." WILL DETERMINE
IF 0mmiH!i^lJl lHHHHHHiH^ s A TELEPHONE MO.-FOR PAN-AMERICAN.
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ARMY CRETIRED),
J . S . ARMY INTERNATIONAL RIFLE TEAM,
ARMY MARKSMANSHIP JNIT< F T . BENNING^ GA. , ADVISED JJNE TWELVE
LAST, THAT 0-N MAY TrfSNTY FOCJR LAST HE WAS IN STOCKHOLM,
SWEDEN, WHENHmUmi^Hjj^^COMMANDING OFFICER OF
THE A3MY MARKSMANSHIP UNIT AT FT. BENNING, CAME TO HIM FROM
A SHOOT IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA* ^ H ^ H ^ A S K E D f l ^ ^ I F HE
HAD READ IN A PAPER OR HEARD AN ENGLISH BROADCAST WHICH
HAD HEARD IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA THAT KENNEDY HAD BEEN
SHOT IN THE NECK. ^ H S T A T E D HE HAD NOT HEARD ANYTHING
OF THIS NATURE AND T O L D ^ H H ^ HS THOUGHT IT WAS RUHOR.
iID NOT RELATE EXACT SOURCE OF INFO IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
AND ^^^^fcc^CULD NOT COMMENT CONCERNING SOURCE*
ARMY MARKSMANSHIP UNIT, FT* BENNING, GA., ADVISED INSTANT
DATE m | ^ V 4 S LEAVING WEIS3ADDEN, GERMANY, YESTERDAY
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I GOING TO ENGLAND FOR A WEEK, ADDRESS UNKNOWN.
! EXPECTED TO BE WITH ARMY SHOTGUN TEAM AT SHOTGUN MEET
IN NAMUR, BELGIUM, JUNE NINETEEN THROUGH TWENTY FOUR, NEXT.
j ^ P ^ m H ^ S T A T E M M j ^ E X P E C T E D TO RETURN TO U.S. AND
PRO3A9LY F T . BENNING, SOMETIME AROUND JULY FOUR NEXT, 3UT
COULD NOT GIVE CERTAIN INFORMATION AS TO WHERE HE COULD
3E CONTACTED OTHER TRAN THE SHOTGUN SHOOT IN BELGIUM.
' ATLANTA, AT FORT 3ENMING- MAINTAINING CONTACT, AMU
UNIT, FOR FURTHER INFO RE LOCATION AND POSSI3LE INTERVIEW OF
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FAIRFAX, CALIFORNIA,* . - •>
VISITING WITH HER
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. " \ PASADENA
ADDRESS I S KNOWN TO LOS ANGELES OFFICE OR TO LOS ANGELES POLICE
LOS ANGELES C D N T A C T j ^ ^ E WHEREABOUTS
AND THEN INTERVIEW HER AS REQUESTED YOUR TEL.•if.
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,;'•-• REWFO TELETYPE TO BUREAU JUNE THIRTEEN LAST AND LOS ,
ANGELES TELETYPE TO VFO JUNE THIRTEEN LAST REGARDING INTERVIEWSV . ' - • • • • / • . • - ' • • ' : • ' • • ' •- - • " • - • • •
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WITH MEMBERS OF OFFICIAL KENNEDY PARTY, *."., ' - •; . - . - . / • - • • . : ' • : • • : ' " • ; • • " ' - - - > ' : : ' „ " •
' MISS PAT RIU^Y. S.EHftTOR KENNEDY'S OFFICE ADVISED TODAY ,
COUPLETS KAKIFEST OF PRESS WEM3ERS"EN ROUTE FROfl LOS ANGELES,
EXPECTED WPC MOHOAY WFOJulILL IMMEDIATELY HANDLE INTERVIEWS
OF~THOSE RESIDING THIS JURISDICTION. OUT OF STATE INTERVIEWS WILL
•",-.•'. BE IMMEDIATELY TELETYPED TO INTERESTED OFFICES. "•: >'. ; / ., . > '
.;" V VFO CONTINUING WITH INTERVIEWS THIS AREA, TO DATE NO •
"c, PERTINENT INFO RECEIVED. ;/ .> ^ ' , „• :'.'%}'."' '_' ^ •
.>;,.;. FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS CAN POSSIBLY BE CONTACTED IN NYC , v.
- A R E A THROUGH SENATOR KENNEDY'S OFFICE, TWO ELEVEN EAST FORTY- -:
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MAGAZINE; BILL EPPRIDGE, LIFE MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHER:
WILSON, BOB FUNK AND BILL LEWIS, CBS PHOTOGRAPHERS^f\'.' PIERRE SALINGER PRESENTLY, OK VACATION IN THE BAHAMAS, WILL"
INTERVIEW UPON HIS RETURN. V- ' V ' ' ' - . • T-'HIS
BILL BARRY, ./ORMERSA, HEAD SECURITY MAN SENATORHGZFNEDY'S
OFFICIAL PARTYCBNSTATED HE'FURKISHED.TAPED INTERVIEW LA PD "''
JUNE FIVE LAST. STATED ASSISTED SENATOR KENNEDY'S WIFE FROM
SPEAKERS PLATFORM, SHE STATED "STAY WITH THE SENATOR,- AT ..
THIS POINT ilKKNOWN INDIVIDUAL, POSSIBLY KNOWN TO FRED DUTTOH. /" - • • " " • • • ' ' • ; - . - • ' • ' • • - • - • , : / • . - - - ~ ~ ~ ~ /
CALLED TO G& ANOTHER WAY ARJ DIRECTED SENATOR TOWARD KITCHEN />1/
HALLWAY,, RELATED THAT ROUTE TO VICTORY PARTY WAS THROUGH
CORRIDOR TO THEIR LEFT FROM ANTEROOM AND STAGE*. •.- . ••-.••;
BARRY FOUGHT. THROUGH INTENSE CROWD 18 EFFORT TO CIRCLE; " ,'.'
SENATOR'S RIGHT FLANK AND TAKE CUSTOMARY POSITION IKMEDIATELY
IN FROST OF KENNEDY. STATED SOMEONE DECIDED IT WAS BEST ttf. . '.
SEE THE -PERCIL PRESS" SO THEY COULD GET EARLY A.M. STORIES
BEFORE GOING TO THE VICTORY PARTY IN ANOTHER; ROOM. -/._•. .. ; "*
BARRY ASSISTED IN ARREST OF SIRHAS AND DIRECTED RECOVERY OF
RETURNED TO AID KENNEDY^; BARRY DEPARTING KENNEDY'
RESIDENCE FOR NEW YORK JUNE FIFTEEN /SEXJT
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RE NY TEL JUNE FOURTEEN LAST, RE
INTERVIEVED
ORlBY BUREAU AGENTS, SAWXJOSE, "CALIFORNIA, TODAY.
^ H H L I H H H B H H H B ADMITTED U.S. AT LOS ANGELESOCTOBER ONE, SIXTY ONE, PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIEN NO,
^ H H H f l M U l H l R HAS RESIDED LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK CITY, PANAMA
CITY, REPUBLIC OF PANAMA, AND SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, FOK.VARYING
PERIODS SINCE OVTOBER, SIXTY ONE. BECAME INTERESTED
ORDER, iAMORC) WHILE IN PANAMA CITY NINETEEN SIXTY THREE DASH SIXTY FOUR.
AFFILIATED WITH AMORC WHILE IN SAN JOSE IN AUGUST, SIXTY S I X , AND IS
PRESENTLY MEMBER OF ORGANIZATION HOLDING MEMBERSHIP CARD N(
llN NAME
WHO OBTAINS EXPLOYMENT ASj
I S PROLIFIC LETTER WRITER AND HAS
CORRESPONDED WITH MANY PROMINENT PEOPLE IN U . S . , ACCORDING TO HER
STATEMENTS. CLAIMS SHE HAS WRITTEN TO DREW PEARSON, NATIONALLY
KNOWN CORRESPONDENT, AS WELL AS LATE SENATOR ROBERT F .
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CONCERNING AMORC. ADMITS WRITING LETTER TO ROBERT F . KENNEDY IN
NOVEMBER, SIXTY SEVEN, DESCRIBING AMORC AS THREAT TO KENNEDY FAMILY.
H B A UNABLE^TURNISH SPECIFIC INFORMATION IN THIS REGARD EXCEPT TO
STATE T H A T VHkHkflHiHliHLflf lHHILA Q 1 J 0 T E : IS SPY F0R RUssIA
UNQUOTE. SHE DESCRIBES REST OF AMORC PEOPLE AS HONEST AND LOYAL*
iPPEARS TO BE EMOTIONALLLY UNSOUND, ALTHOUGH PLEASANTA AND
SINCERE IN MANNER-
• H H B H H | H | SAN JOSE, WITH WHOM
{AS BEEN VlSITlW SINCE MAY ELEVEN, SIXTY EIGHT, ADVISES SHE
HAS KNOVt^^HB^SINCE AUGUST, SIXTY SIX. SHE CONSIDERsHp |^^TO BE
A NICE PERSON BUT OBVIOUSLY SUFFERING FROM SOME TYPE OF EMOTIONAL
PROBLEM. H H H H f l L ^ H A S CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY SLEEPING AND
PLACES NUMEROUS SMALL RELIGIOUS STATUES AROUND HER BED PRIOR TO RETIRINC
WILL NOT LEAVE THE HOME WITHOUT SECRETING SMALL '*
R a i G l O U S CHARMS AND ARTIFACTS IN HER HAIR AND UNDER HER CLOTHINt
MAY BE UNDERGOING MENOPAUSE, RESULTINGIN
THESE AND OTHER BIZARRE ACTIONS. f H ^ H p l ^ V A S EXTREMELY
UPSET WITH DEATH OF ROBERT F . KENNEDY. -
)ESCRIBED WFA, AGE
POUNDS, • • ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ • ^ • ^ H H H H B HAIR. ,."V IN VIEW ABOVE, SF CONDUCTING NO FURTHER INQUIRY REGARDINt
FD THREE NAUGHT TWOS FOLLOW.
NEW YORX ADVISED BY AIRMAIL.
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f\ Library of CongressDfegislative Reference Service
Translating Unit
TRANSLATOR'S ABSTRACT
Pate Nov. ?7. 1967
JOffice Sen, ftobert Xen
Kane endAddressof sende
Materialsubmitted, letter dat?A Nov.
YorV
ithanks the Senator for his recent letter. Writes
to ask that the Senator take immediate action against a club celled
"La Orden Rosacruz11 [Order of the Red Cross] in San Jose, California.
Suggests that ell the members be immediately jailed end interrogated
with the exceptions
that they intend to murder the Senator and his fcir.ily. Also suggests
that the Senator write to "Silent Unity", Lee's Surcait, Mississippi,
en organization vhich helps the entire world by ceans of prayer.
^^^^^AvDuld like to talk with the Senator in person, but vould not like
eny publicity in thet way no one vould learn of thsir secret. Thanhs
- the Senator for his attention.[Salutation: Dear
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ATRTRI.
Date: 6/12/68
(Type in plaintext or code)
(Priority)
O/C_
SACs, Los Angeles (56-156) (EnclosuresNew York (44-1640) (Enclosures
From: Director, FBI (62-587)
KENSALT
ReBureau phone call to New York 6/5/68 and New//York airtel to Bureau dated 6/7/68. No copy for Los JjAngeles*. "
Enclosed herewith for Los Angeles and New Yorkare two copies of a translator's abstract o i a letterdated 11/27/67 sent to Senator '""""Hy Th<av.i«>tt.*»r nag
and was sent byj[Brooklyn, New Yol
New York and Los Angeles note that in this letterJ;he writer advised Senator Kennedy thatsjje should take
nediate action against a club calledJ j ^ J ^ ^ j t San Jose, California,.that^aii nTembers
She
gated with the exceptions ^ ^ ^ m mas it is her belief they intend to muraerhis family.
For information oated 6/7/68 that
advised Shewhereaboi
.v. -.' re
contacted; 5ne___^ is unaware of her present
would furnish no additional informationut did state she would endeavor to locatewhereabouts through mutual friends, whom
entity. New York is continuing efforts to,
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Airtel to SACs, Los Angeles fc New YorkRE: KENSALT
„. v- *r -,.- " por information of Mew York it has been determined: that Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, nurderer of Senator Kennedy,. was a member of the Rosicrucian, San Jose, California,& philosophical order with religious implications. New Yorjafford this matter continuous attention in order that,say be Interviewed concerning her letter at the earliesi
late. Interview should be most thorough concerning>allegation. In the future furnish Los Angeles
witb copies of any communications originating in your officei n c a p t i o n e d c a s e . . • . . • .. - ••_, • •:..••
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V ^ K URGENT 6-14-65 FJB - ; V V .,.,:- iT*-.
•'p.'TO DIRECTOR (62-587) AND SAC, LOS ANGELES
FROM WASHINGTON FIELD (173-135) ,-
(56-156) PLAINTEXT:
TECT) WDC FURNISHED COPY OF LETTER FROM
LOS ANGELES, CALI-
FORNIA, DATED WAY TVO NINE, PAST, TO
LETTER PMMHMARKED JUNE
ONE PAST AND RECEIVED B
S T A T E S : , - V .
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APPLICATION FOR I HAVE AR
> ' "PLEASE SEND WE ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT I KIGHT NEED.
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1 AW LEAVING JUKE TWENTY FIVE*., . .
[:.;.' "THANK YOU VERY nUCH. YOURS VERY TRULY/
m ^ H ^ F E L T THIS PERSON MIGHT BE LADY IN POLKA DOT .
DRESS AT SCENE OF KENNEDY ASSASSINATION FOR' FOLLOWING THREE REASONS*,
DATE OF-
LETTER AND DATE OF PLANNED DEPARTURE FROM UNITED STATES.". ALSO
LOS ANGELES, DETERNINE IF .
IS LADY IN POLKA DOT DRESS INVOLVED AND WANTED :. ,
FOR QUESTIONING CONCERNING ASSASSINATION.', -\ • ' . ' ' .
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V ' LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO VIA WASHINGTON
FROM NEW YORK 4 4 - 1 6 4 0 3 P
KENSALT. . ' - . -
V RE NEW YORK AIRTEL TO BUREAU DATED JUNE THIRTEEN,
NINETEEN SIXTYEIGHT AND BREAU AIRTEL TO* LOS ANGELES DATED• : - . - . . • " ' "» - • ' ' •" : • - v
JUNE TWELVE, NINETEEN.SIXTYEIGHT. \ ' ;
COPIES OF REFERENCED COMMUNICATIONS BEING FURNISHED
SAN FRANCISCO BY NEW YORK. LOS ANGELES DISREGARD LEADS ;
SET OUT IN RE HEW YORK .AIRTEL, . , . " - " . :.,;•/
. F O R INFORMATION OF SAN FRANCISCO ON JUNEFIVE ,'
NINETEEN SIXTVEIGHT, THE'BUREAU ADVISED THAT' SENATOR ROBERT
KENNEDY HAD RECEIVED A NUMBER OF THREATENING LETTERS IN :'
THE PAST AND HAD NOT REPORTED, THESE THREATS. ONE OF THESE
LETTERS, IN SPANISH, DAX^D NOVEMBER FIFTEEN,:<NINETEEN "-~: •
SIXTY SEVEN, FROIli
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, CARE/OF
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WAS IN SUBSTANCE AS FOLLOWS. -.. , .*• '-
' SHE THANKED XENNEDY FOR AN EARLIER LETTER THAT KENNEDY
HAD WRITTEN TO HER." (THE REFERENCED LETTER I S WOT /
AVAILABLE AND CONTENTS AJfcvUNKBOWl!) . SHE SPStfE OF AN
ORGANIZATION REFERRED TO AS L ^
THE RED CROSS, SAN J O S E , CALIFORI^A AND ADVISED THAT THISGROUP PLANNED TO KILL OFF THE WHOLE KENNEDY FAMILY,SUGGESTED THAT EVERYONE IN THIS ORGANIZATION BE INTERROGATED
AKD JAILED EXCEPT
•' SHE SUGGESTED THAT KENNEDY WRITE TO SILENT UNITY, - -• • • t •
LEE'S SUMMIT" MISSISSIPPI,' AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS THE .
WORLD THROUGH PRAYER. - -
NEW YORK, WAS CONTACTED NUMEROUS TIMY BY
THE NEW YORK OFFICE AND STATED THAT SHE K N E U ^ H P ^ ^ U T
DID ROT XCOW HER CURRENT WHEREABOUTS, ON JUNE TWELVE,
NINETEEN SIXTY E I G H T ? H H I H I H ' D V I S E D
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' R E S I D I N G . A T | H | ^ H H | H H ^ F T S A N JOSE, CALIFORNIA,
"ACCORDING TP"A LETTER RECEIVED BY '
POSTMARKED MAY TWENTY EIGHT, NINETEEN SIXT1
;" .'
' NUMBER OF YJEARS AND BELIEVES THAT SHE I S ORIGINALLY FR0M;
ECUADOR. SHE DESCRIBEI
OF AGE,
POUNDS. SHE STATED THAT AS FAR AS SHE KNOWS_ . , • • • • • . . • * ' • • . ' • ' • ' • . " • . . - •
UT KNOWS LITTLE ELSE REGARDING . : ^
HER BACKGROUND. flUBBfeWAS QUESTIONED REGARDING
THE MENTAL STATUS ° > f l H | ^ f t N D STATED THAT SHE CONSIDEREDHER PERFECTLY NORMAL."*
IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED-THAT, SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN,' ' .
rJURDERER OF SENATOR KENNEDY, WAS A MEMBER OF ROSICRUCIAN,
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA,A PHILOSOPHICAL ORDER WITH RELIGIOUSIMPLICATIONS* THE BUREAU HAS INSTRUCTED THAT
BE. INTERVIEWED CONCERNING HER LETTER AT THE EARLIEST/
POSSIBLE DATE. INTERIVEW SHOULD BE MOST THOROUGH COHCERNING
ALLEGATION. SAN FRANCISCO HANDLE*1 ^ -
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::; WUPNXXX427PW URGENT 6*l '4 -68 . 'PAC; , . , - ./."•.-^•; '.- ;
TO DIRECTOR < 6 2 r 5 8 7 ) ftNDLOSANGEiES ( 5 6 - 1 5 6 ) (PLAIR)
• • ' • - • • • . -
LOS ANGELES VIA WASHINGTON
FROM NEW YORK (44-1640)"' 2P< • . ' - ' • - . • • . • ' • , ' - • . • •
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• ' ^ " • • " • • * * " * - ^ • ' - j ' .
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LAST.
' ' • • / • • ' . - •
RE NEWARK TELETYPE TO THE-BUREAU DATED JUNE THIRTEENi
hieON JUNE FOURTEEN INSTANT,\
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, WHITE\1ALE,
- • * • -.
POUNDS, VI
SIR HAN".
INCHES,
ENIED KNOWING FJRA NK p0N^koUMWA^OF SIRHAN.'
EMPLOYED ASJ
INTERNAT1 ONAL,AIRPORT, PART TIME INACTIVE
SERIAL NUMBER; - > • > • . \ \ , ,
DENIED ARRESTS
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R E S I D E S
5dLVPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA/ WHERE HE. IS CURREH1#
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FROM PHILADELPHIA C62-49S9>
KENSALT
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LAST.
LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK AND PHILA. SIX THIRTEEN
PHILA., ADVISED SIX FOURTEEN INSTANT THAT HE KNOWS NO ONE BY THE NAME
07 FRAVK DO>itfRU.MMA AND FURTHER HE KNOWS NO ONE BY THE NAME OF HENRY
IS KNO'JS OF NO OTHER DONNARJMKA IN THE HORSE RACING
SI.J. FOR INFORMATH
|lN NO WAY MATHCES THE DESCRIPTION! OF HENRY DONALD
RAMISTELLA, WHICH IS AN ALIAS CF FRANK DONNArliJtWA.
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10:09PM URGENT 6-14-68 I L J '» • - . . • • . . • • • , - • . -
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INTERVIEW OF THOMAS P. 0*pb.~ AID BUTEL JUNE THIRTEEN AUTHORIZING IN-
TERVIEW IN PRESENCE OF ATTORNEY AUBREY GRO^^^ff, '- ^ •'"""'- "
/ GOOD INTERVIEWED IN SF FIELD OFFICE IN PRESENCE OF GROSSMAN THIS
DATE. STATED RECOGNIZED PHOTOGRAPH OF INDIVIDUAL IN CUSTODY IN CONNECT-
ION WITH THIS CASE AS ONE SIRHAN, FULL NAME UNKNOWN, WHO HAD ATTENDED.
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JOHN MUIR HIGH SCHOOL, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, WITH HIM. BELIEVES MET• - " . ' • - : • • • + : • - • . v . , : . . - / •
; . • - • • . • " • • • • • • . • • - - 4 . • , ; ' ' . . . - . . " • " - . •
SIRHAN WHEN IN REVENTH GRADE DURING SIXTY TWO - SIXTY THREE SCHOOLYEAR. CLASSIFIES HIMSELF AS ACQUAINTANCE RATHER THAN FRIEND OF SIRHAN,
STATED" VISITED IN SIRHAN'S HOME ON APPROXIMATELY THREE.OCCASIONS* ON
ONE OCCASION. WENT ON PICNIC WITH SISTER (NOW DECESED) AND MOTHER OF
SIRHAN, ALONG WITH, SOME MEMBERS OF HAYWARD FAMILY ADDRESS UNKNOWN
WHO WERE FRIENDS OF BOTH GOOD'S FAMILY AND MRS* SIRHAN. RECALLED THAT
MRS. HAYWARD ACQUAINTED* WITH MRS./SIRHAN THROUGH CHURCH ATTENDANCE.
BELIEVES SIRHAN MAY HAVE VISITED IN HIM HOME ON ONE.OCCASION. LAST SAW
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SIRHAN IN APPROXIMATELY SIXTY FOUR, POSSIBLY AT PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
WHERE GOOD ATTENDED FROM FALL SIXTY THREE UNTIL JULY SIXTY FIVE, AND- p . - ; • - . - • . • , - - . - . y - . - ' . • ' • . • • • * . , • • i : • • . . ; . . ; . - / • ' . ' • . • • " • • • •
S I R H A N A T T E N D E D A T L E A S T O N E S E M E S T E R . -••• •• • :- < '•-. : . ;% . ? • * ' • • " • • v ' • . • / • - t • • ; • • • . • • * • - ' ' " " . - ' ' * • • ' • ' • • • • • - . .
•' GOOD STATED HE WAS MEMBER OF YOUNG DEMOCRATS WHILE AT PCC.BUT
ROT AWARE OF ANY ORGANIZATION OR GROUP TO WHICH SIRHAN BELONGED* RECALE
SIRHAN HAD SOME CONTACT WITH OTHER ARAB STUDENTS, WHICH GROUP WAS LARGE
AT PCC, BUT HAD NO KNOWLEDGE THAT SIRHAN BELONGED TO ANY ORGANIZATION• • • . • • - • - - . - : » . : - . • . • . - . • • • . • ' • . . . -
COMPOSED OF SUCH STUDENTS. STTED HE RECALLED SXRHAN AS VERY ANTI-• v.
ISRAEL BUT NO OTHER RECOLLECTION OF POLITICAL VIEWS. STATES HE I S
FRIEND OF WALTER CROV£ AND THAT THREE OF THEM ATTENDED JOHN MU1R HIGH
SCHOOL TOGETHER. RECALLED THAT CROWE INFORMED HIM HAD ALSO ATTENDED
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH SIRHAN. KNOWS OF NO CONTACTS BETWEEN :
CROWE AND SIRHAN OUTSIDE SCHOOL, ONLY LITERATURE COMING ".-:...'
TO MIND IN CONNECTION WITH SIRHAN I S POSSIBLY ARAB NEWSPAPER. .
NEVER HEARD SIRHAN DISCUSS OR EXPRESS FEELINGS REGARDING ANY
MEMBER OF KENNEDY FAMILY AND NOTHING IN HIS ACQUAINTANCE WITH V ,--• - • . . • . . - . • , . - • ' .
SIRHAN WHICH WOULD INDICATE MOTIVE FOR HIS ACTION. NO INDICATION ,OF VIOLENCE OTHER THAN STRAIN OF HOSTILITY IN PERSONALITY WHICHALIENATED HIM FROM PEOPLE I N GENERAL, EVEN OTHER ARABS,
^^^^^^^•^^^^^^y^^^^"'' y
> j r . , • DESPITE FACT THAT DURING INTERVIEW GOOD WAS ASKED ON NUMBER
AND MADE H I I VERY HRD TO KNOW*
OF OCCASIONS I F HE KNEW OF ANY GROUP OR ORGANIZATION WITH WHICH
SIRHAN AFFILIATED, AT END OF INTERVIEW GROSSMAN,
STATED HE FELT THAT FBI FIVE YEARS AGO COVERED UP
RACIST AND RIGHT-WING CONNECTION WITH ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT
JOHN F . KENNEDY, AND HE HAS THE SAME FEELING WITH REGARD TO '
CURRENT INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED THIS CASE* GROSSMAN WASEMPHATICALLY INFORMED THAT HIS IDEAS IN THIS REGARD WERE
ABSOLUTELY'ERRONEOUS AND, AS PREVIOUSLY ASKED DURING THE INTER-
VIEW, IF H I S CLIENT HAD ANY INFORMATION WHATSOEVER REGARDING
SIRHAN'S AFFILITION WITH OR OTHER INDICATION OF ^INVOLVEMENT
OF ANYONE ELSE, WHETHER RACIST, RIGHT WING, OR OTHERWISE, THE
FBI DESIRED TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION. GROSSMAN THEN ADMITTED
THAT"NEITHER HE NOR HIS CLIENT HAD SUCH INFORMATION. / %
. FD THREE NAUGHT TWO FOLLOWS. • : : \:"'-'•:. : •'•*"•'
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1»59AM URGENT 6 / 1 5 / 6 8 EXS
TO DIRECTOR AND LOS ANGELES
FROM INDIANAPOLIS C 6 2 - 1 9 S 7 )
KENSALT
MO0RSVILLE»
IND. ADVISED TODAY HE ARRIVED LOS ANGELES MAY TWO NINE LAST TO MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS AT AMBASSADOR HOTEL FOR PRESS ROOM (COLONIAL ROOM) ANDt
DISTRIBUTION ROOM FOR PRESS RELEASES (NORTH ROOM) FO2 KENNEDY CAK?AI<3V<
APPROXIMATELY 9:45 PM TO 10*30 PM ACCOMPANIED ONE ,ROY R^yiER OF
MALI3'JJ CALIF. TO FREE BAR NEAR Ef3ACY ROOK FOR A BREAK AT WHICH
TIME HE CMCMANUS) APPROACHED BY YOUNG MAN DESCRIBED AS APPROXI-
MATELY FIVE FEET THREE INCHES, ONE TWO ZERO L3S., DARK COMPLEXION
WITH HEAVY WELL GROOMED BLACK HAIR/ WEARING SPORT COAT WITH BLUE
STRIPES CONTRASTING WITH TROUSERS, DARK TIE OPEN AT NECK WHO ASKED
FOR ITINERARY OF SENATOR KENNEDY FOR NEXT TWO DAYS MAY THREE ZERO
AND THREE ONE LAST. MCMANUS DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL TO GO TO FIVE SIX
ONE FIVE WILSHIRE BLVD. TO OBTAIN SAME. INDIVIDUAL THEN ASK MCMANJS
WHEN THE SENATOR WOULD 3E IN THAT NIGHT TO WHICH HE CMCMANUS)
ANSWERED 11tOO PM.
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MCMANUS SAW INDIVIDUAL AGAIN BETWEEN 11tOO AND 12*00 PM AT
WHICH TIME INDIVIDUAL AGAIN ASK FOR ITINERARY.
MCMANUS ADDED THAT AT TIME INDIVIDUAL WAS AT FREE BAR HE
(MCMANUS) RECALLED SEEING A PAIR OF DARK BROWN (WITH SHEEN) BUCKLE
LOAFERS WITH HEAVY GRAIN LEATHER NOT WELL CARED FOR P0SSI3LY WORN
BY INDIVIDUAL.
MCMANUS* STATED PHOTOGRAPH OF SIRRAN SIRHAN LOOKED LIKE
INDIVIDUAL IN FACE - ON VIEW BUT THAT PHOTOGRAPH WAS MESSED UP
COt'PARED TO INDIVIDUAL AND FURTHER INDIVIDUAL MAY HAVE RAD LONGER
SIDE3URMS. MCMANUS SAID KE COULD MOT 3E ABSOLUTELY SURE BUT
POSSI3LY ROY RINGER KAY RECALL INDIVIDUAL-
XCMANUS STATED TWO OTHER LATIN TYPES DESCRIBED AS WELL
GROOMED DARK HAIR, LONG SIDE3fJRNS# OLIVE SKIMMED, THIN FACED,
WEARING DARK BUSINESS SUITS ASK3D FOR SCHEDULES MAY THREE ZERO
LAST BUT DID NOT AT ALL RESSM3LE PHOTOGRAPH.
MRS. LISA GWIRTZMAN C/(
JEW YORK CITY AND OR CONSTANCE
CHANCELLOR NAME IN WASHINGTON D.C. PHONE DIRECTORY ADDRESS UNKNOWN
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j VERE PRESENT AT TIME AND MAY RECALL.
1 LOS ANGELES COOTACT MR. ROY RINGER THROUGH PAT BROWN'S LAW
OFFICE LOS ANGELES* CALIF. RE FIRST INDIVIDUAL.
NO LEAD SET FORTH FOR NEW YORK OR W.F.O. AS MCKANJS STATED
OTHERS HAD NO RSSEND3LSNCE TO PHOTOGRAPH.
THREE ERO TWO WILL FOLLOW.
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RE l ^ A N G E L E S TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR JUNE THIRTEEN SIXTYEIGHT,
wCAROL Bffl^ESStitTJAJiaOR. WASHINGTON. WHO WORKED WITH
SIRHAN SIRHAN ArPASADENA, CALIFORNIA, LOCATED AND INTERVIEWED. •
BURGESS HAS NO PERTINENT INFORMATION RE KENSALT, BUT FURNISHED
'BACKGROUND INFORMATION CONCERNING SIRHAN, WHICH BEING FORWARDED
THIS DATE VIA AIRMAIL. - ..' ' " *^ > \ : '•
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KENSALT
RE LOS ANGELES TEL, JUNE FIFTEEN INSTANT.
WHICH IS HIPP ^ HA IHHT- ASH.-3 JHY DISTRICT, FU^MISHED THE
FOLLOWING:
rTr~TYT ~ ^ S \ ' ""' I"' i ^ ' ^ ^ ^ ^ *' =• TRIP WITH BOY FRIEND
T S H O E A S E A AND NOT EXP£CTED 3ACK IN SAM FRANCISCO FOR FO'JR OR FIVE
DAYS. | m ^ ^ : . E F ' J S E D TO DIVJL3E IDEMTITY OF 30Y FRIEND AMD STATED i-JOJLD ;
HAVE PIERCE CONTACT THIS OFFICE IMMEDIATELY UPON1 HER RETJRM. PIERCE I S :
J" A FURTHER TRIP TH30J3H0:JT J . S . JJITH 30Y FRIEND SHORTLY
f€R RETURN TO SAN FRANCISCO.
PIERCE WORKED AT HEALTH FOODS STORE ONLY ON
SJNDAYS FOR THE MONTH OF JANJARY, SIXTYEIGHT AND HAD LIMITED AC3JAIN-
TENANCE WITH SIRHAN. P I E R C E f l ^ ^ ^ ^ H P KJg£*' SIRHAN 13JT DID NOT
HAVE ANY FJRTHER DETAILS REGARDING HIM TO RELATE.
SAN FRANCISCO WILL INTERVIEW PIERCE AS SOON AS P0SSI3LE AND
SJTEL RESULTS.
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TO DIRECTOR AND LOS
FROM OMAHA ( 6 2 - 2 9 0 0 ) 4 P
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RE: BUREAU TELETYPE TO OMAHA JUNE THIRTEEN, LAST,
NEBRASKA, CONTACTED AND HIS
LETTER OF JU£E TEN, LAST, ACKNOWLEDGED JUNE FOURTEEN, LAST.
STATED INFORMATION IN LETTER CANE FROM
AND HE KNOWS NOTHING CONCERNING INFORMATION IN
LETTER,
flm|m NEBRASKA, STATED HE HEARD ./
INFORMATION WHICH'HE REPORTED ^ ° i m | H ^ N JOE'S SPORTING
GOODS, ¥C COOK, NEBRASKA, A CLERK KNOWN AS "WHITEY" IN THAT. . . . i . . • • • -
STORE WAS BEING TOLD THE INFORMATION RELATED IN LETTER TO*
BUREAU BY UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUAL,
.SPORTING GOODS,
-MC COOK, NEBRASKA, STATED PARTY^RELATING INFORMATION TO HIM
REGARDING SIRHAN SIRHAN BEING'DATE KENNEDY SPOKE, WAS
MAY TWELVE, LAST,WHO ALSO
TOLD OF WHY SUBMARINE SCORPION SAN STATED HE
CONVERSATION.ATTACHED LITTLE SIGNIFICANCE TO TH
S T A T E D INFORMATION CONCERNING KENNEDY .
INCIDENT AND SIRHAN SIRHAN BEING I S K COOK, NEBRASKA^ WAS TOLD
HIM B Y H H H H H H L H H H NEBRASK*# WO WORKS WITH
•OBTAINED THE INFORMATION FROM SOME DELIVERY HAN BY NAME OF
NEBRASKA, STATED HE WAS TOLD
TRUCK LINE DELIVERY HAN, OF
MC COOK, DAY OR TWO FOLLOWING SHOOTING OF SENATOR KENNEDY
V H I L E J B ^ ^ J N L O A D I N G FREIGHT AT JEWELL COMPANY, THAT
HAD SEEN PICTURE OF SENATOR KENNEDY'S KILLER .OR TV, THAI
THOUGHT POSSIBLY SIRHAN SIRHAN WAS ONE OF TWO MEN I N A STATION
WAGON WITH CALIFORNIA L I C E N S E , ONE OF WHOM HAD REPORTEDLY,A S K E D l ^ B H B ^ T H C ROUTE SENATOR KENNEDY WAS TO TAKE I * '
MC COOK, NEBRASKA, ON THE DAY KENNEDY SPOKE THERE. THIS WAS
. SUNDAY, MAY TWELVE, L A S T . f l H B s T A T E D KE HAS NO IDEA AS TO
THE VERACITY
DELIVERY MAN FOR I
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OH 6 2 - 2 9 0 0
WHO WEARS GLASSES, ADVISED INSTANT DATE HE ANDJ
OBSERVED TWO YOUNG MEN IN GRAY * GREEN CARRY-ALL TYPE VEHICLE•
WITH CALIFORNIA LICENSE, NUMERALS NOT NOTED. ONE OF THE YOUNG
HEN REPORTEDLY ASK E D ^ ^ ^ f WHAT'S GOING ON*
SENATOR KENNEDY IS COMING AND GOING TO GIVE A SPEECH AT THE
HC COOK AUDITORIUM. KENNEDY THEN PASSED BY AND TWO UNIDENTIFIED
YOUNG MEN LEFT. l f l B $ T A T £ D THE ONE YOUNG MAN WHO DID NOT
SPEAK T < H H P ^ 0 H T OF LOOKED LIKE* SIRHAN SIRKAN, WHOSE
PHOTOGRAPH HE HAD SEEN ON T V ^ B ^ S T A T E D MAN WHO SPOKE TO
\S WHITE MALE, IN TWENTIES, POSSIBLY SIX FOOT, SKINNY,.IGHT HAIR, WORE KHAKI TROUSERS AND THIS MAN'S COMPANION WAS
ABOUT THE SAME AGE, DARK COMPLEXIONED AND POSSIBLY WORE BLUE
JEANS. HE COULD FURNISH NO FURTHER DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION.
^STATED HE WAS. NOT CLOSER THAN, FIVE TO S I X FEET FROM
THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THEY NEVER TALKED TO HIM. HE STATED JfE
CANNOT SAY NOW THAT EITHER OF THESE KEN ARE IDENTICAL ORCLOSELY RESEMBLE SIRHAN SIRHAN. HE ADMITTED DISCUSSING THE
INCIDENT WITI
/ ' 4 H H B H H m C00K* NEBRASKA» STATED ON SUNDAY, HAYTWELVE, LAST, IN THE EVENING, HE STOOD ACROSS THE STREET FROM
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i HE STATED TWO YOUNG MEN CAME UP BY HIM
IN A LIGHT GRAY PANEL TRUCK, MAKE UNKNOWN, BUT AROUND A BINE-
TEED FIFTYFIVE W ) D E L . B ^ ^ O T E D NO L I C E N S E J H ^ S T A T E D .
ONE OF THESE YOUNG HEN ASK HIM "WHAT'S ALL THE EXCITEMENT
ABOUT?", AND HE TOLD THEM SENATOR KENNEDY WAS COMING.
STATED SENATOR KENNEDY THEN PASSED BY AND THE TWO UNIDENTIFIED
MEN LEFT, HE STATED*HE HAD NO FURTHER CONVERSATION WITH THESETWO MEN, AND N O T E D j m ^ V A S SEVERAL FEET AWAY AND CANNOT
UNDERSTAND H O w j m C O U L D OBSERVE AND HEAR SO MUCH. HE NOTED
T H A T ^ H B ^ A ONLY G R E E T E ^ H ^ N D HAD NOT TALKED TO HIM.
>TATED BOTH THESE MEN WERE WHITE, AGE TWENTYTHREE OR '
TWENTYFOUR, BOTH ABOUT FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES, ONE HUNDRED
FIFTY POUNDS, MEDIUM COMPLEXIONED, ONE HAVING LIGHT HAIR AND
;: THE OTHER HAVING POSSIBLY A LITTLE DARKER HAIR, HE STATED • "• • • • • . , * • \ . • *
THESE I N D I V I D U A L S STOOD CLOSE T O H I M , STATED HE HAS SEEN
PHOTOGRAPH OF S I R K A N SIRHAN I N THE NEWSPAPER AND ON TV AND
.":,. I S P O S I T I V E NEITHER OF THESE I N D I V I D U A L S I D E N T I C A L TO SIRHAN
••••'" •''' S I R H A N . ','. .•'. ."' / ; • • / . . - W * : V ' y y ^ - C V - - - - r " . - V ; " ' . . : . . ' - • ' I--.,:-.'•>'• •
i'"^ ^ INTERVIEWS OF ABOVE INDIVIDUALS IN THIS COMMUNICATION ;
^SlV STORY ALTERED AND ADDED TO MUCH BEFORE IT CAME TO THE
f^:-;^I^-'O?;te^;^^- OT^V
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10 LOS ANSELES (56-156)
FROM SAN FRANCISCO (62-5481) '—• .KENSALT*
RE LOS* ANGELES T <TuNE FOURTEEN LAST.
PRESENTLY RESIDING WITH
* p m H M PRESENTLYDOCTOR STATES HE SHOULD
HE WILL BE INTERVIEWED AS SOON AS HIS CONDITION PERMINTS
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FBI LOS ANS.
TED
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^TRAVEL DATES COINCIDE WITH DATES REPORTED BY HIM
IN REFERENCED OKLAHOMA CITY TELETYPE. ^ .
.TILL INSISTS IT WAS SHE WHO MADE THE
STATEMENT RE SEN. ROBERT F . KENNEDY BEING ASSASINATED AS SET
OUT IN REF PHOENIX T E L E T Y P E . ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H ADVISES;
THE STATEMENTS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED IN REFERENCED PX TELETYPE,
v. M H m ^ ^ ^ ^ A D V I S E p THATJ|^^^^^RECEIVED S'UN BURN
APPROXIMATELY MAY TWENTY NINE LAST IN PHOENIX AFTER HIS RETURN
FROM LOS ANGELES. SHE OBTAINED A PRESCRIPTION FOR HIM FROM
ON JUNE THIRD LAST,
SUFFERRED SEVERAL DAYS FROM THE PAIN. . *•_-• .-.,
^ADVISED SHE HAS NEVER CLAIMED TO ANYONE THAT
iVAS MAKING APPROXIMATELY SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
PER YEAR OR THAT HE WAS BRINGING IN DOPE, BUT DID ADVISE THAT
DURING
SAID MARRIAGE NOT KNOWN T ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H T THE TIME, SHE BELIEVED- • ' • #
THAT HE HAD
.?. - . * '
JNDER THE .INFLUENCE OF DRUGS BECAUSE
WOULD NO LONGER LISTEN TO ANY OF HER ADVICE. .
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DENIED SHE HAS EVER TAKEN DRUGS AND ANY
KNOWLEDGE RE THE ALLEGED SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR INCOME.
INTERVIEWED INSTANT DATE, ADVISED KE
DOES NOT RECALL THE INCIDENT SUFFICIENTLY TO STATET THE -
CONVERSATION VAS ABOUT DURING THE VIEWING OF T.V. WHEN SIRHAN
BlSHARA SIRHAN'S PHOTO WAS VIEWED BUT DOES ADVISE HE CAN RECALL
NO STATEMENTS RE VICE PRESIDENT HUBERT HUMPHREY OR SEN. TED
KENNEDY BEING SHOT IN THE FUTURE. :. * :'•'",'. > :
• / • " . ' •
PHOENIX ADVISED INSTANT DATE,
THAT HIS RECORDS INDICATE THAT ON JUNE THIRD LAST
OBTAINED PRESCRIPTION NUMBER
FOR A LOCAL ANESTHEZIA FREQUENTLY USED TO RELIEVE PAIN OF
SUN BURN. THE INITIALS BSK INDICATES PRICE OF ONE DOLLAR AND
NINETY FIVE CENTS; . ^ • : ; •
£v H H I FURTHER ADVISED THAT
*-ABOVE PRESCRIPTIOII. :. ., : •: . ^
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PI/ ft*>n*rnBY COSED. . . . . . . t .LOS" ANGELES - - . ! - -
URGENT 6-1 S-6.S EXR / , ; ..' ^^ ;
TO LOS ANGELES C 6 - 1 5 6 ) P L A I H I E X T
FROM DIRECIOR <62-587> 1? I:. : C,: •
IN WASHINGTON PRESS TODAY IKDICATES PEN \
DONA I V X I C K , PROPRIETORS, AS WELL AS CLERK LAKRY fS^OT,
, SAN:GASRIEL, CALIFORNIA, ADVISED
^ACCOMPANIED BY TWO OTHERS WHEN/MAKING PURCHASE OF
SUTEL" DETAILS OF INTERVIEWS VJITH HERRICKS AND ARNOT.
SEUAUZEDuiLJO
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URGENT 6-J 5-68
X^fV"^ JO. ;... LOS, ANGELES (56-156) .».>;'^-7, V *.iir-.-U-v ;V'^:v-V..'V^f V ^ -. '. •,:
.:V.';^_raoB' SAN FRANCISCO <e?-548i> CP> :2PGS - ^ ? ^ . h - - S ! ; J v . : • • ^ - . :*""•;
KENSALT.! • . • ' • • ' ' . • ^
2jn.IP^U -JlSEVEJflGER,*SAT>RANCISC0^CALIF. , TELEPHONICALLY FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING INFOR-MATION THIS*OFFICE TODAY.: • ' CLEVENGER RECEIVED LETTER FROM
[LONG BEACH, C A L I F . , ADVISING FBI
A G E N T t | B i i B H A D CONTACTED HER STATING HE WANTED INFORMATION s
FROM PHILIP CLEVENGER CONCERNING WHETHER A HITCHHIKER HE HAD PICKED
UP ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WAS IDENTICAL WITH SIRHAN SIRHAN. ! -.
;:,. IN MAY, NINETEEN SIXTYSIX, WHILE CLEVENGER WAS ENROUTE TO CALIF.,
VIA AUTOMOBILE/ HE PICKED UP TWO HITCHHIKER IN TEXAS, EXACT LOCATION
V RECALLED. WHEN THEY REACHED FLAGSTAFF, A R I Z . , HE WAS STOPPED BY
ARIZONA HIGHWAY PATROL AND A CHECK MADE OF THE VEHICLE HE WAS - i ^ S ?
DRIVING. HIGHWAY PATROL BOOKED THE TWO HITCHHIKERS IN FLAGSTAFF ON
TWENTYSIX, MI NETEEN SIXTYSI)f FOR ^ ^ g §CLEVENGER DOES MOT KNOW THE^ IDENTITIES OF HITCHHIKERS BUT
UNDERSTANDS FROM AN ARTICLE WHICH APPEARED I N L I F E MAGAZINE AND AH
v.: *
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INTERVIEW HE HAD WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF LIFE MAGAZINE THAT ONE OF
MTHE HITCHHIKERS M Y HAVE BEEN THE BROTHER OF SIRHAN SlRHAN. •CLEVENGER STATES HE DOES IOT KNOW WHO THE HITCHHIKERS WERE AND
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I S UNABLE TO SAY AT THIS TIME WHETHER EITHER ONE OF THE PI HAY HAVE BEEN
IDENTICAL WITH SIHHAN S I R H A i . V , vi ; •; \ ^ < v 'C\ CLEVENGER I S SOING TO LONG BEACH, SUNDAY, JUNE SIXTEENTH NEXT ;
AND CAN BE REACHED ON MONDAY, JUNE SEVENTEEN NEXT THROUGH HIS MOTHER ;
IN THE EVENT FURTHER INTERVIEW OF HIM I S DESIRED, , ; / ;' ' . • - ^ • " " ' - ^ . i ' r - U . ^ ' r - V ' V ' - , . ; . / ; : . ; ' - : ' - • * > - - . . r : i ' - - . Y - - •-:',-..:.-;. > , . 7 •='-.• '•- - •- ' : > - - 7 : - " r > - - ' • *'"<-
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INDIANAPOLIS, DAJED JUNE SEVENTEEN LAST; ':'':£\
LOCATED TODAY AT)
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, AND STATED
HE HAS NO INFORMATION REGARDING CURRENT WHEREABOUTS W j
• • *
RONALD EDMON^HULEN. STATES: WHEN LAST HEARD FROM i V
RESIDING IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA^ . i r ' : : ' ! ' .
HOWEVER, HE HAS NO STREET ADDRESS. ^STATES HE HAD 1 0 :'./..*\.
INFORMATION REGARDING PAST EMPLOYMENTS OF RONALD EDMON '/;'•'.•
HULEN. ^ ^ H B H A H E H A S HEARD RONALD MENTION PERSON
NAMED CLEVENGER, AND HE B a i E V E S CLEVENGER OWNS APARTMENI
BUILDINGS IN CALIFORNIA, PLACE NOT KNOWN,
BELIEVES CLEVENGER I S WEALTHY,
FROM FAMILY SINCE HE WAS SIXTEEN YEARS OLD,
HAS DRIFTED ALL OVER* THE COUNTRY, ^^BfclLL ADVISE OMAHA
IMMEDIATELY.IF HE SHOULD OBTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING
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RE BUREAU TELETYPE, S I X
EIKTERVIEWED AKD REITERATED
THAI.SHEHA'D HO, ADDITIONAL I«F.OF:KflffIOK BE STATEMENT KADE BY '
TOUf! GUIDE IN TEL AVIV. THAT'ROBERT KENNEDY HAD BEER SHOT. : ; /
• m ^ S T A T E D THERE WERE ELEVEN OTHER MEMBERS I S ' "'., '• » ...
3RDVNELL TOUR fJUKSER SIXTEEN (HOLY LAND PORTION), ALL OF'WHOM -
.HEARD" THE STATEMENT WDE BY THE GUIDE. SHE STATED THESE TOUR
MEMBERS WERE CROM ALL OVER THE U S , AND SHE COULD ONLY RECALL A
{PHOKETIC), AN EPISCOPAL MINISTER FROM -, 2 ,
VISED BROWNELL TOURS, SIRMIKGHAK,
^ALABAMA, CO1JLD POSSIBLY FURNISH COMPLETE KAMES AKD ADDRESS OF, • v - ; - v • • • \ " t : ; \ . . . . . . - • • • ' • • • . — ' . v : - • • : • • • - . . . " - • • . - . ; r - - - . - • • = " • . . - . . • • .
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.; BEEN TRAVELLING IN. EUROPE DURING APR. SlXTYEIGHT AND JOINED '
BROVNELLTOUR NUMBER SIXTEEN (HOLY LAND PORTION) FOR FIVE
FOURTEEN DASH TWENTY SlXTYEIGHT TOfffilRG THE HOLY LAND. ON .'
:: EITHER FIVE SIXTEEN OR. FIVE SEVENTEEN LAST A LICENSED GUIDE,
l|BHBH|BADnnEs^H|HHHBiBHHHI^IBTEL AVIV, ISRAEL, AT THE TIME THE TOUR'DEPARTED IK THE MORNING,
' ANNOUNCED fO THE GHCUP THAT ROBERT KENNEDY HAD BEEN SHOT. '-.'',
AT THIS "TIME/THE GUIDE WAS UKABLE TO FURKISH ANY ADDITIONAL '
IKFGHKATIOK AND SHE WAS KOT AV'ARE THAT SENATOR KENEEDY HAD BEEN.
/ SHCT UKTIL SHE ARRIVED OR RETURNED TO THE US. THE STATEMENT VAS
NEVER RETRACTED BY THE GUIDE ON SUBSEQUENT WORKINGS WHEN •-.•
. QUESTIONED BY "EMBERS OF THE TOUR CONCERNING THE STATEMENT,
AND THE GUIDE ADVISED HE HAD NO ADDITIONAL IKFORKATION CONCERKING
•THE ALLEGED SHOOTING* OF KENNEDY. - ' ; ;.; •. "• ' RE BUTEL; REQUESTED 0 H H I B 3 E HEIKTERVIEUED RE SPECIFICS
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REQORDS INS, SAN FRANCISCO, REVEAL FILE NO.|
IS ASSIGNED TD^^^^^^^^^^^^B^S
REPORTED BY VFO IN RETEL. A REVIEW OF THIS PILE REVEALS THIS
IS A FEMALE, ADMITTED TO THIS COUNTRY ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H TO
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IS A HEK3ER OF THIS FAMILY.
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TO DIRECTOR, NEWARK AND LOS ANGELES ( C O D E ) . ; ; ; .
NEWARK AND LOS ANGELES VIA WASHINGTON-- /;'
FROM MIAMI 4 4 - 1 8 8 0 - . ' v - ' ^ V " ^ '1 •'-- .•*<• V - : ' v
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RE NEWARK TEL T O / U R E A U D A T E D JUNE TEN, SIXTYEIGHT.
RECORDS
MIAMI, A FLOP HOUSE
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FIFTH STREET, : .-.
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TAYED THERE FROM JANUARY TWO,
SIX, SrXTYEIGHT, ; > V. ..; '
THE HOTEL AND
" ™ MIAMI,
HOTEL IS RETAINING 1HE PERSONAL EFFECTS
.WHICH INCLUDE SEVERAL ITEMS OF CLOTHING, -
A CUBAN/FLAG AND "THREE TEXTBOOJ(S PEALING WITH
V.: "ALL ATTEMPTS TO tOCATE AND INTERVIEW j
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AS A RESULT OF A LETTER WRITTEN TO THE CIA" BY1
QN JAN. TWENTYFIVE, SIXTYEIGHT, THAT THE CIA HAD ADVISED
SENDING THE CIA CRANK-TYPE
LETTERS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL Y E A R S . T / ; '. .. - ^ :
IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION BEING
CONDUCTED IN T H I S MATTER BY MIAMI O F F I C E , UACB. . , •,;._••
NEW ORLEANS ADVISED BY AM. : . . k *'_ • ••',.; •".-•
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. . ON THE MORNING OF MAY FIFTEENTH,SIXTY-EIGHT, HIS SOH
MET SOME FRIENDS OF HIS IN THE HOTEL ESPLANARDE AND THEY :
• ' . " • . • • • i - • ; • ; - . - • • • - . , - • - - . • : • - . : : - t . . - . - ' • - • • • : " • - •'•••••
HEARD ON THE PRAGUE RADIO THAT ROBERT F. KENNEDY HAD BEEN SHOT IN'
CALIFORNIA. THESE FRIENDS WERE VERY UPSET AND WERE , "v/;-,;-. '."
DETERMINED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE STORY WAS. ABOUT AN HOUR '. • ' ; • , : ; > • • • v ; . : - . \ • / • • . ; • . . • • • • , / . • . • - • . , • — - • • ; - . • • . . - - . - t
; ; - • • , - ; . . . - . , \ • • • - , • • .
LATER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS NOT TRUE BUT SEVERAL A ,"--
PEOPLE/HAD ALREADY HEARD^ THIS ON THE "PRAGUE. RADII
ADVISED THAT^CHARLES G H R D A N , HEAD OF THE JOINT DISTRIBUTION
COMMITTEE, WAS KILLED SlSt MONTHS AGO IN PRAGUE, REPORTEDLY BY
'ARABS, • HE SAID THAT HE IS JUST ASSUMING THAT' THERE WAY BL-A
CONSPIRACY BETWEEN THE KILLING OF GORDAN AND KENNEDY^
0
P** NJ, ADVISED T
HE I S REPORTING T H I S ONLY BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THERE ; .
POSSIBLY SOME LINK BETWEEN THIS AND THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION.
HE STATED HE HAS LEARNED THAT A TAPE.OF THIS BROADCAST IN PRAGUE
CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE MANAGER OF THE HOTEl
WHERE HE STAYEP."• — : .^'.-''H-b'- '\X-' ^\._ -..-•.; y. -
IRVINGTOS,
ON MAY TWENTY-ONE, SIXTY-EIGHT, SHE RECEIVED
A LETTER FROM HER SISTER,f l^HH|HHHiHHHII^Hl -POST OFFICE IN MALESOV, COUNTY o k KUTNA HARA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, : .' ,
ADVISING "THAT SOME TIME PRIOR TO. MAY SIXTEEN, SIXTY-EIGHT, ' .
SHE HAD HEARD OVER A RADIO BROADCAST THAT SENATOR ROBERT F . KENNEDY
HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE HEAD AND WAS NOT EXPECTED TO RECOVER.
'•".;• . THE LETTER CONTINUED THAT THE NEXT.DAY THERE WAS A • .
RETRACTION DENOTING ERROR IN THAT INFORMATION OVER THE SAME ^ ^
. V' "RADIO STATION, THE LETTER GAVE;NO FURTHER INFORMATION. '•'.
7 : ? U : V'•' ';' THE ABOVE I S BEING FURNISHED FOR INFO PURPOSES '."••.-••
;^';r";-''A_S I T ' I S NOT KNOWN I F A REPORT ON T H I S HAS BEEN'MADE TO THE BUREAU,.
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J- ,,. . RE WFO TEL TO DIRECTOR AND CHIC/CO. JUNE SEVEN.
LAST AND CHICAGO TEL TO DIRECTOR, WFO RE BOOKS REQUESTED BY . ?'•
SUBJECT, JUNE EIGHT, LAST.
TWO COPIES EACH FOLLOWING BOOKS ARE BEING FORWARDED
BUREAU UNDER SEPARATE COVER VIA AIR EXPRESS INSTANT DATE,?;
GBL NO. B NINE ZERO SIX EIGHT ONE THREE NINE. ' / V ^ ^ ; ^ ^
i - ' , QUOTEX TALKS ON THE PATH OF OCCULTISM - AT THE
FEET OF THE MASTER END QUOTE, BESANT AND LEADBEATER. THIS
BOCK INCLUDES LEADBEATER'S WORK QUOTE TAIXS AT THE FEET ^
OF THE MASTBR END QUOTE, NO LONGER IN PRINT, PLUS COMMENTS
BY ANNIE
JQUOTE SECRET DOCTRINE END QUOTE BY BLAVATSKY ^JQUOTE SECRET DOCTRINE END QUOTE, BY BLAVATSKY,
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AMERICAN WHO SUDDENLY APPEARED AT THE OFFlfcB OF SNFE IN LATE
NINETEEN SIXTySEVKN.^j^P^WHEDIATELT SUSPECTED
OF BEING AN INFILTRATOR FOR THE CIA BECAUSB HB ACTED VERT : ^ ^ v f
SPOKE NO SPANISH AND HAD ** DIFFICULTT .
THE ONLY THINGS DISCUSSED WERE
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DISCUSSED U , S . POLITICAL ^ : ; \<
PERSONALITIES W I T f l f l H H A K D NEVER EENTIONKD SENATOR ROBERT
KENNEDY, H H H H H f t U X E G A T I 0 N THAT US FURNISHED THE C
EIGHT PAGE REPORT CONCERNING AN ASSASSINATION PLAN AGAINST
KENNEDY I S COMPLETELY FALSE A N D J | H | B N E I T H E R SAW NOR \ ' '.'• '
HEARD OF ANY SUCH DOCUMENT. HE HEVER HEARD | 0 H B H h
MENTION THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY, "FLAKEY JOS" OR "MRS. MILLER."
B H B ^ £ S C H I B £ D H H H H B ^ AN APPARENTLY DEMENTED PERSON
GIVEN TO EXAGGERATION AND FLIGHTS OF IMAGINATION. 3 ; , : l r ' ; [
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, L O S ANGELES AND SACRAMENTO VIA WASHINGTON.
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[3LIEVES .TELEGRAM SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED
^STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AS
INDIVIDUAL BY NAME OFf lHiH^^f tHESIDES AT THIS*
ADDRESS..
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FROM: BAC, SEATTLE (89-62)
KENSALT - REURTT TODAY
.MRS. CHARLES B. WHITYAKER, MOTHER-IN-LAW OF MRS. JIIL
WHITTAKER, ADVISES THAT MRS. JIM IHITTAKER IS WITH MRS.
ROBERT KENNEDY AT KENNEDY HOUE AND WILL BE THERE UNTIL
TOMORROW JUNE FOURTEENTH.
WFO IMMEDIATELY INTERVIEW MRS. JIM WHITTAKER AS BE-
QUESTED IN REFERENCED TT.
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TO: ^ ^ DIRECTOR \AND kTU3^y/^M'r^ .'."'
FROM: .. '.JACKSON ( 5 6 - 9 4 ) " ";'-; ; ^ > ; - V ^f ^::^:- ;-"';. .V.3 V^:" " -'!'• ^
•"•'' ._" KENSALT .--/'"r:•V;%;^^?^^^V^IV:AY^;:-"^:-^;-"-:'"•'•' '
RE BIRMINGHAM TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR, JUNE TWELVE,
L A S T . ' ' ^ ' P ~ : ' V : ' > ' • Z:::- --'•'•': .•-".="-;.'"•;-•.'' ,-:^ '"-'-; • ' •
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JACKSON, MISS., ADVISED THEY HAD BEEN ON
BROWNFLL^UR IN HOLY LAND FROM MAY FOURTEEN TO TWENTY,t>. — \ ^^^^ --
LAST. DURIHGTOUR, ABOUT MAY FIFTEEN OR SIXTEEN, MR. .
LEARD SOMEONE IN TOUR GROUP MENTION THAT ROBERT
KENNEDY HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE U. S. HE COULD WOT RECALL
WHICH MEMBER OF THE GROUP SAID IT BUT BELIEVES THAT THIS
UNKNOWN MEMBER OF THE GROUP HAD HEARD IT FROM A THIRD PARTY.
THE ALLEGED SHOOTING WAS DISCUSSED BY* MEMBERS OF THE TOUR1-JACKSON1-CLEVELAND (AM)J.-DETROIT (AM)
OS ANGELES (AM)L-NEWARK (AM) •1-SAN ANTONIO (AH)
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FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS ON THE DAY IT WAS MENTIONED, HOWEVER,
KO FURTHER MENTION OF IT WAS MADE ON ANY SUBSEQUENT DATES
TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
— m^ m""""•"••••• E y E R HEARI
ISRAELI TOUR GUIDE KNOWN AS "JAKE" MAKE ANY STATEMENT \
CONCERNING THE U. S. OR THE POLITICAL CONDITION IN THE US.
THEY DID NOT HEAR THE GUIDE SAY THAT KENNEDY HAD BEEN SHOT
AND NEITHER OF THEM BELIEVE THAT THE GUIDE ACTUALLY MADE
THE STATEMENT. 'r.
AM COPIES FURNISHED CLEVELAND, DETROIT, LOS ANGELES,
NEWARK, SAN ANTONIO, AND BIRMINGHAM.
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EDYOFFTCTAL" KENSiEDY PARTY. INCLUDING THE PRESS, ASSEMBLED AT .. * .
TIME OF ASSASSINATION, . LIAISON MAINTAINED, THROUGH). KENNEDY '
SENATE OFFICE; CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS, TWO THOUSAND L STREET,
N.W. IN PROCESS OF DISBANDING; THIS GROUP WILL OFFICIALLY
TERMINATE APPROXIMATELY JUNE FOURTEEN NEXT.-*" PERSON WITH — v
KENNEDY AT TIME OF ASSASSINATION ARE TO BE INTERVIEWED AND - '
IMMEDIATELY SUBMIT APPROPRIATE THREE ZERO TWO OR" INSERT TOW
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LOS ANGELES. ;;^^;>^';^
•. INTERVIEWS SHOULD DETERMINE ANY DETAILS PERTAINING TO
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RELATED ITEMS CONCERNING THE SENATOR'S.DEATH AND FUNERAL.
OFFICIAL PARTY MEMBERS IN PROCESS OF OR HAVE DEPARTED >'^
I' WASHINGTON,, D. C. FOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS., HOME RESIDENCES* : •
BEING
- OVER TWENTY INDIVIDUALS INTERVIEWED WDC» NO PERTINENT
INFO RECEIVED TO DATE. DETAILS FOLLOW. INTERVIEWS THUS
FAR INDICATE KENNEDY BY OWN INITIATIVE WOULD DEVIATE FROM
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RESIDENCE SEABROOK, TEXAS,: SA SECURITY, . J,
J'":?'K-: H OHOUSTON, ADVISED GLENN ,INBOSTON TO V T E N D SON'S GRADUATIONK:* r"
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RESIDING AT SHERATON BOSTON, TELEPHONE SIX ONE SEVEN DASH'''V
TWO THREE SIX DASH TVfb ZERO ZERO ZERO, ROOMS ONE ZERO ONE .
;'**0":; AND. ONE ZERO TWO UNTIL FRIDAY A.M. MAY ALSQ BE REACHED •'v-O:«^S<*f« THROUGH SON'S APARTMENT , • • • • CAMBRIDGE, MASS. ,v-/ r>
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,,,,GLENN'S ITINERARY SHOWS HE WILL VISIT ETHEL KENNEDY IM %
WASHINGTON, D-C., JUNE SEVENTEEN'AND "EIGHTEEN, BEFORE fK v?.
.RETURNING TO..HOUSTON^^-W^C-^^k'i^- J*y?S'lJ
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BE ASSASSINATED, TOO*' ' BY THIS TIME GEORGE HAD RECOVERED H I S '
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; BENKTEL JUNE TEN LAST SUGGEST ING M U M INTERVIEW
MHTEL JUNE ELEVEN LAST INDICATINGBE LOCATED*
MIAMI IMMEDIATELY INTENSIFY EFFORTS TO LOCATE AND INTER-
YIEVmimB^OHCERMNG DATA FURNISHED BY
OBTAIN FULL DETAILS AND COPY OF ALLEGED REPORT.
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LOS ANGELES AND MEW ORLEANS ADVISED BY MAIL.
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, SAN DIEGO (44-387) (44-394)
FROM RICHMOND (44-657) (€2-2248) ..
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FE RICHMOND TELETYPE TO BUREAU, JUNE THIRTEEN
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HER THAT HE V A S ^ H H H H ^ M A HAWAII* SHE SSTATED
INFORMED HER SEVERAL TINES THAT
HE PREFERS B(YS INSTEAD OF GIRLS, WHICH_INDICATES TO HER
HCKOSEXUAL TENDENCIES. SHE STATEDHAS MOVED T o f l M H B ^ ^ A N D IS BOW
UKKNOWN ADDRESS • J - ! .
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AND ( 5 6 - 1 5 6 ) * SEATTLE C 4 4 - 3 7 1 ) AND RICHMOND*
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SEATTLE AND RICHMOND, JUNE ELEVEN LAST, AND LOS ANGELES TELETYPE
TO BUREAU AND SAN DIIGO JUNE ELEVEN LAST; AND SAN DIEGO TELEPHONE
CALL TO SEATTLE, JUNE TWELVE LAST.
ON JfaiZ TWELVE LAST, SEATTLE DIVISION ADVISEDl
FBI N O . ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H POSSIBLY
1CAL WITH INDIVIDUAL REFERENCED SAN DIEGO TELETYPE, WAS
.WANTED AT SEATTLE AS A BENCH WA33ANT WAS ISSUED AGAINST SU3JECT
IM SUPERIOR COURT, SEATTLE,WASHINGTON.
END PAGE ONE
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%l' SEATTLE DIVISION ADVISED DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
*TTLS, WASHINGTON, WOULD EXTRADITE.
ON BASIS THIS INFORMATION,!
DETERMINED TO BE IDENTICAL WITH INDIVIDUAL IN REFERENCED SAN
DIEGO TELETYPE, WAS ARRESTED BY SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT ON
OUTSTANDING WARRANT, SEATTLE.
INTERVIEWED JUNE THIRTEEN LAST
AND ADVISED HE HAS A MENTAL HISTORY. HAD ALSO STATED HE HAD
PREVIOUSLY HAD CLAN-TYPE CONNECTIONS A T ^ m H ^ f ^ ^ I R G INIA <
SU3JECT EXHIBITED STRONG ANTI-NSGRO SENTIMENTS AND STATED
HE WAS GLAD DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, SENATOR R03ERT F. KENNEDY,
AND PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY HAD BEEN ASSASSINATED.
HE FURTHER STATED IF TED KENNEDY ATTEMPTS PRESIDENCY, HE
WILL BE ASSASSINATED AS WELL AS VICE PRESIDENT HUBERT H.
HUMPHREY.
SUBJECT QUESTIONED SPECIFICALLY REGARDING KNOWLEDGE JAMES
EARL RAY AND KING AND KENNEDY ASSASSINATIONS, TO WHICH HE
INDICATED HE DID NOT PREFER TO SPEAK, ON THESE SU3JECTS.
END PAGE TWO
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HAND PRINTS SAMPLES TAKEN FROM
RESEK3LE HAND PRINTING NOTE DEPOSITED AT U. S. POST OFFICE,
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; HOWEVER, SUBJECT DENIES BEING AUTHOR
OF NOTE.
SAN DIEGO PD, JUNE FOURTEEN INSTANT, ADVISED RECEIVED
WORD FROM SEATTLE AUTHORITIES THAT THEY DID NOT NOW DESIRE
TO EXTRADITE SUBJECT, BUT THAT WARRANT AGAINST HIP* STILL
OUTSTANDING IN STATE OF WASHINGTON.
ON BASIS OF ABOVE, SUBJECT BEING RELEASED JUNE FOURTEEN
INSTANT •
ORIGINAL NOTE AMD HAND WRITING SAMPLES OF SU3JSCT BEING
FORWARDED TO BUREAU FOR EXAMINATION 3Y SEPARATE COMMUNICATION.
IN VIEW OF STRONG ANT I-NEGRO SENTIMENTS OF SUBJECT, HIS
ADMITTED MENTAL HISTORY AND HIS STATEMENTS CONCERNING
ASSASSINATION OF TED KENJNEDY AND VICE PRESIDENT HU3ERT H.
HUMPHREY IF BOTH CONTINUE EFFORTS TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF
UNITED STATES, THIS INFORMATION BEING FURNISHED LOCALLY TO
U. S. SECRET SERVICE AND A LETTERHEAD MEMORANDUM SETTING
END PAGE THREE
PAGE FOUR
, COMPLETE DETAILS OF SUBJECT'S ACTIVITIES BEING FORWARDED BY
I SEPARATE COMMUNICATION TO BUREAU TO DISSEMINATION TO U. S-
SECRET SERVICE AT WASHINGTON, D.C*
OTHER OFFICES ADVISED SEPRATELY.
END . ' ..
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f ^ ^ ^ ^ B S T A T E D ABOUT ONE WEEK AGO
SPEAKS BROXEN
EMPLOYEE OF RIH6L1NB BR0THER9. AND BARNUM AND BAILtY CIRCUS,
SHOVED HIM A PHOTOGRAPH OF SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN FROM THE
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NEWSPAPER. THOUGHT THAI A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE
CONCESSIONS TRAVELING VITH THE RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS LOOKED
LIKE SIRHAN. | | H N B 5 T A T E D THEY D1SCUSSED THIS HATTER ANDTHAT IN HIS OPINION flpm^fAS THINKING ABOUT £ F N U ) M M H f c P H )
/ROM TOLEDO, OHIO, C R ^ H H R B H 0 T H E R * HE S T A T E E ( B B | A N D
HIS FAMILY ARE FROM TOLEDO, OHIO, AND THAT AFTER THINKING
ABOUT THE M A T T E R £ H L ^ N D HIS BROTHER DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH
WELL AND ARE A^ABS. 0 H H f c S PRESENTLY SELLING ICE CREAM
SOMEWHERE IN D E T R O I T ^ m ^ BROTHER WORKED FOR A FEW DAYS
IN THE CONCESSIONS IN LOS ANGELES OR SAN FRANCISCO ABOUT TtfO
OR THREE YEARS AGO. . .
)OES NOT KNOW ANYONE THAT HAS VORKED IN THE
CONCESSIONS THAT HE BELIEVES I S IDENTICAL TO SIRHAN*
iRINGLING
BROTHERS, STATEDVHAT HE OBSERVED THE PHOTOGRAPH OF SIRHAN
IN THE PAPER AND WOUGHT ABOUT HIS FORMER EMPLOYEES THAT MAY
HAVE BEEN IDENTICAL TO SIRHAN BUT DOES NOT RECALL ANYONEMEETING SIRHAN*S DESCRIPTION BEING EMPLOYED BY HIM. - P -
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FROM* SAC, SAN FRANCISCO ( 6 3 - 5 4 3 1 )
KENSALT.
' TELEPHONE CALLS RECEIVED FROM TWO INDIVIDUALS THIS DATE WHO
STATED HAD JUST LISTENED TO PAT * I C \ A S L S SHOW OVER RADIO STATION
KNEW, OAKLAND. 30TH STATED MICHAELS K^DE REMARK AT END OF PROGRAM THAT
THE G H L IV THE POLKA-DfT^ DRESS 3EING SOJGHT IN INSTANT CASE IS LOCATED
IN DELANO, C4LI=*ORNTIA. F I R V T INDIi/IDJAL RECALLED THAT MICHAELS DESCRI3EI
HER A3 AN EOC WORKER, 3 J T SECOND INDIVIDJAL RECALLED
CLAIMED SHE WAS EMPLOYED 3Y A CONTRACT AGENCY OF U . S .
MICHAEL ALLEGEDLY STATED INITIALS OF GIRL WERE " J . L . " .
HE ?tJRTHER STATED LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICERS NOtf IN DSLANO S2£KI\'(?
THIS GIRL, AND IF SHE IS LOCATED, THE "tfHOLS CONSPIRACY ifILL C©^E TO
LIGHT".
SACRAtfEMTO AND LOS ANGELES REQUESTED TO ADVISE I F ANY KNOWLEDGE
OF SIJCH INVESTIGATION BY LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT IN DELANO. NO
ACTION CONTEMPLATED 3Y SAN FRANCISCO.
END.
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FOURTEEN LAST RE INTERVIEWS/OF J3ILL E P ^ I D G E ^ LIFE. MAGAZINE
PHOTOGRAPHER ftljf6' JIM Viy^OW; BOB
PHOTOGHAPKERS. S-.V.7
rAND 3ILL LE-vIS; CBS
./ RE LA TEL TO BUREAU AND NY DATED.
JUNE TWELVE LAST -ADVISING' NEW YORK TQ INTERVIEW BILL-'-. .
EPPRIDGE AND FOR HIM TO IDENTIFY "lNDlVI?.l!A"LS IB'-.-.,
. P H O T O G R A P H S ; * ' . ' '•;. \ ^ ' ; r ~ l ~ . - , ' - ' : . . ! " . . " ' . " • ' • ' .--• •-'••'••;'• . • " [ • • . •
: 1 ^ •" RE BUREAU _AIRT'EL".TO," KEW YORK DATED JUNE "THIRTEEN LAST
ADVISING NEW YORK TO FORWARD^HOTQGF.APKS TAKEN 3Y FREE LANCE
PHOTOGRAPHER PETER SPENCER' K P K g P P " . :%"-"-- - ~W ' , ' • . -
'••:::•• B f L L EPPRIDGE, L I F E / / iAGAZIKE PHOTOGRAPHER, WAS \
INTERVIEWED JUNE SEVENTEEN I N S T A N T , H ^ S A I D H E ' D I D KOT-
KEIJNEDrs ROUTEE OF EXIT FROM
A PLANNED ROUTE BECAUSE S I L L J
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SENATOR KENNEDY'S
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STAFF 1'AS flOTlONING FOR SENATOR KENNEDY TO LEAVE THE :
PLATFORM BY-GOIHG TO HIS R I G H T I SENATOR KEBKEPY'WENT OUT,
IKE BACK OF THE PLATFORM.;;: V>;7'';••"• '.' '^ .'?' ; v : ;
COPIESOF PHpTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY EPPRlDG£ AND FREE LANCE.
PHOTOGRAPHER PETER SPENCER BERKSON WERE OBTAINED AND '-.''.'' '_ >
IDENTIFIED AND -WILL BE .SENT TO THE BUREAU UNDER A SEPEARATE
; EPPRIDGE STATED THAT THE CBS CAMERA CREW OF JIM WILSON,
PHOTOGRAPHER, B 0 3 FUNK, SOUtfDWAN, AND BILL LEWIS, ELECTIRICIAN,
I S A FREE LANCE'CREW. OUT OF WASHINGTON," DC, WHICH WAS ' - V"
DOING CONTRACT WORK FOR C 3 S . THIS CREW"iS UNDER THE ;
DIRECTION OF JIM WILSON WHO LIVES IN MC LEAN, VIRGINIA KEAR~ .
SENATOR KENNEDY'S ESTATE* WILSON HAY^HAVE AN OFFICE
IN WASHINGTON, DC, ORliE- MAY WORK OUT OF HIS HOME^ t . ' . !< .
WILSON AND HIS CREWS WHEREABOUTS CAN BE "OBTAINED AT v ":'~'• , . .. : - W ~ - . • • • • . - - : • . . . - -
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VIfiTERVIEW WILSOH; FUNK; AND LEWIS. *¥F0,JS REQUESTED''* *'"
I 0 DrTE^ISE THEIR WHEREABOUTS AND. SET OUT ,A L ^ ' i V ^
if .; r THE KY DOES NOT KBOV IF COPIES. OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ": • • • • • ' • • ' . - • • • . • : . • • • • ' • . • • . • • • / • • • - ' • . . > : ' " v - * - - . ' . • • • • . . - I : " - - ' ' " - - - ' - * " . • 1
BY VILSON AND CRE«,HAVE BEEN OBTAIflED. FfROW CBS. CONSEQUENTLY.
KYO WILL TAKE SO STEPS TO OBTAIN SUCK UNLESSi'jSPEC.lFiCALLV. '
SO INSTRUCTED.-/;" '
• RE'TELKZ DATjrS JUNE FOURTEEN LA.ST/1ENTIONSi_-j?c
POSSIBLE LEADS /Q INTERVIEW JIMMY BR^LI« t KEVf YORK. POST
AND WARRENRO/ERS, LOOK MAGAZINE, "J:'=-'} ' 1 • •? • "'" :' ;,;-" ". " 7 -.f\ •• -•-'-"• • - • • , > / • = : > r - :-"-- •••••.%•:'';;.;•.'•• - V ' . , - '•
BEFCRE/YO MAKES EFFORTS TO OCATE. BRESLIN AND ROGERS,'
LA' IS REG!UEfcT£D TO ADVISE WHETHER OR NOT THEY. HAVE.v.A '
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BEEN INTERVIEWED AND IF NOT TO.SET OUT SUCH A LEAD IF.IT.IS
1Z17.Z DESIRED.
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N E G A T I V E . . • ' ( • •
L J H m M m B B H H h C U B A N HEPRESENTATIOK INEXILE (RECE), MIA^I, A^lSEDvM^fr^CENTLY DEPARTED '•'.
Tfl^^MEI^PLOYMENT IN CHICAGO.
RCAD, CHICAGO, A f\?;3ER OF RECE,
CHICAGO, SHOULD HAVE KNOWLEDGE 0 r ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B P ' H E R X A 3 0 U T S IN
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO BEING FURNISHED SEPARATE TELETYPE CONTAINING• •
APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND LEAD SET FORTH FOR
CHICAGO TO LOCATE ftHD INTERVIEW PEREIRA,
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FBI a PASO
11EG PM URGENT 6 - 1 7 - 6 8 LMT
TO DIRECTOR LOS ANGELES
FROM EL PASO 1 7 3 - 2 4
KENSALT • •
CRISPIN CURIEL GONDNZALEZ, MEXICAN AMERICAN MALE, BN. EL EVE N-
t, \TEN-FIFTY ONE, EPHAHATA, WASHINGTON, FIVE FT. NINE, _ONE_ FIFTY
FIVE L B S , , BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES, IN CUSTODY CHIHUAHUA STATE
^JUDICIAL POLICE^ JUAREZ,' MEXICO, AFTER HE ALLEGED HIMSELF
TO BE mSTERMIND OF KENNEDY ASSASINATION. HE VAS INTERVIEWED IN
DETAIL BY JUAREZ NEWSPAPER REPORTERS AT WHICH TIME HE ALLEGED LONG
TIME ASSOCIATION WITH SlfiHAN AND IMPLIED HE HAD PLOTTED THE KENNEDY
ASSASINATION WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A DRUG WHICH COULD CAUSE
A CO^3PLETE LOSS OF(MEMORY» HE CRITICIZED THE XENNEDY "DICTATORSHIP'
AND STATED SOMEDAY HE WOULD KILL TED KENNEDY* JUAREZ PAPERS WILL
GIVE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO THE S E N S A T I O K A \ . ASPECTS OF THIS STORY
ON SIX-EIGHTEEN-SIXTY EIGHT. N " .:.
IN INTERVIEW WITH BUAGENTS, CURIEL DESCRIBED HATTER AS A BIG
JOKE AND STATED NEWSPAPER REPORTERS WANT NEWS SO HE GAVE THEM NEWS.
' HE ALLEGES THAT HE SAW SIRHAN ON OfJE OCCASION IN THE UNSPECIFIED
'•'" PAST AT THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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HE WAS RECENTLY A RESIDENT THE MANHATTAN PROJECT, APPARANTLY
A JUVENILE HOME RUN BY SALVATION ARMY, SIX ZERO TVq SOUTH VAN NESS,
LOS ANGELES, AND IDENTIFIED PROBATION OFFICER
VERMONT AVE8UE* tgTROPOLII^Nj)I .VISION, LOS ANGELES,
HE ALLEGES ARREST BY HILLSBORO CALIFORNIA PD ABOUT THREE WEEKS
AGO AS ALEJANDRO 2ALfl,OV05KY, MEXICAN CITIZEN, ON VAG CHARGE.
RELEASED TO BORDER PATROL AT SANTA RITA CALIFORNIA AND TRANSFERRED "
TO EL PASO BY PLANE L-TFT PRIOR TO DEPORTATION. AFIER ARRIVAL EL PASO,
HE IDENTIFIED $&f<AND CLAIMED U . S . CITIZENSHIP, OBTAINING RELEASE.
LOS ANGELES VERIFY ABOVE BACKGROUND I F POSSIBLE AND_SUTEL^S
SECRET SERVICE ADVISED LOCALLY.
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FBI WASH DC :
4-15PM URGENT 6 / 1 8 / 6 8 GFH
TO LOS ANGELES EL PASO SAN FRANCISCO
FROM DIRECTOR 6 2 - 5 8 7 2 P
KENSALT
ohztREs CRISPIN CURIEL GOt^ALEZ .
RE EL PASO TEL SIX SEVENTEEN LAST.
INDIVIDUAL POSSIBLY IDENTICAL WITH CURIEL SUBJECT OF
BUREAU FILE ONE ZERO FIVE DASH ONE SIX EIGHT SIX TWO TWO, A
RESIDENT OF COLIMA, MEXICO, PREVIOUSLY RESIDED IN THE US AS
STUDENT. DURING V I S I T , ASSOCIATES NOTED HIS ADMIRATION OF HAZI
DOCTRINES.AND PROCLIVITY FOR ENDORSING COMMUNIST POLICIES.
MEXICAN AUTHORITIES INDICATED HE WAS CONSIDERED A LEFTIST
LEADER AT COLIMA. ON SEVEN ONE SIXTYSEVEN FEDERAL SECURITY POLICE
IN MEXICO DETERMINED CURIEL HAD SENT FAKE MESSAGE TO HIMSELF FROM
NONEXISTENT INDIVIDUAL H. ROBERT FJNSK WHICH IMPLIED ESPIONAGE
ACTIVITIES ON HIS PART. SAN FRANCISCO REFER TO YOUR LETTER TWO
TWENTYSEVEN SIXTYSEVEN DEALING WITH INVESTIGATION RELATIVE TO
CURIEL. .
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RE EL PASO TEL INDICATES CURIEL ALLEGED TO MEXICAN
PRESS HE WAS INVOLVED IN PLOT TO ASSASSINATE SENATOR KENNEDY.
HE HAS ADMITTED TO BUREAU AGENTS INFORMATION IS FALSE. LOS
ANGELES I S CONDUCTING A BACKGROUND INFORMATION RE CURIEL AND
EXTENSIVE PRESS INTEREST IS INDICATED IN HIS STATEMENT.
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.SAN FRANCISCO 01 750>H RDR •.-.' . iilUtWtU Dl bul)Ol kLCSirt ' -:?
; r ^ , ^ TO DIRECTOR ( 6 2 r 5 8 7 > A N D LOS ANGELES ( 5 6 - 1 5 6 ) PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE,'
BOSTON, CHICAGO, KANSAS C I T Y , MINNEAPOLIS, NEW YORKf PORTLAND, SAK DIES
AND SAN FRANCISCO PLAINTEXT ^ ; "• - . , •[-.,•• . •.'. '•••
FROW WASHINGTON FIELD U 7 3 - 1 3 5 ) _ 2F["'.:'.'•'' : " i : • '
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KENSALT
HUGH WC DO?**yo* SEHATOR ROBERT F . KENNEDY'S OFFICE^ NEW
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING, ADVISED INSTANT FOLLOWING COJtKESPQKDEKTS
WERE WITH OFFICIAL KENNEDY PARTY AT AMBASSADOR HOTEL, LOS AKSFLES,
AT TIWE OF ASSASSIKATION. : ' : ; ' ^ '} " -' ' '
ALL SHOULD BE,INTERVIEWED EXPEDIOUSLY AND^RESULTS, IRF OR,,
FD THREE ZERO TWO, IMMEDIATELY FURNISHED TO LOS .ANGELES, PLACE .
PARTICULAR EMPHASIS'OS*WHY SENATOR CHANGED ORIGINAL PLANS TO GO TO
AMBASSADOR ROOM INSTEAD OF PROCEEDING TO*COLONIALROOM. INQUIRE.\
I F SIRHAN OBSERVED PRIOR TO ASSASSINATION. ,' . . ' f ,
;;;-/ LOS , A NG ELES r ED G U T j ^ f $ AND CREW, LOS ANGELES TIMES; ART .
HXO GENERAL; FNU }2S^tt MUTUAL BROADCASTING COMPANY; CARL h~ $ *
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NAMES OF CORRESPONDENTS FROM CHICAGO TRIBUNE/AND CHICAGO DAILY-NEWS).
; - . KANSAS. CITY - JOHN MC CAH.T^, KANSAS CITY STAR - - . ' -V: • • * ; • " • . • _ • • • . ' • - - • . • - " ' " " - ' • • • ' • * ' ' • ' ' ' ' . - • - ' : • • . • ' . ' . . - : i > " " • * ' -
;. MINNEAPOLIS - CHUCK S A I L j f , MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUUE •.v , . • " . ' • * ; • - _ - - • • ' ' - -• ' • • . • ' • • . ' ' J . "
. *';• 'NEW YORK - IAN BRO^fVLONDON DAILY EXPRESS; SYLVIA WRKyrf, LIFE
WAGAZUJE; LESTER B E R S S T S O , NEWSl EEK MAGAZINE; JEWELS VlTCOjfl^S; KEtf •
, HOUSE MAGAZINE; PAUL H E ^ t KEtf.VoBK DAILY.MEVS; t'ARREN VEfiVSf, HEW
.- Y O R K T I M E S . •• ' f . , - •" • . " - " " » • • = . - ' ' • ' " ' ' " • • • . = : • .. -".
PHILADELPHIA - WALTER DOMJITOWf AREA CODE TWO ONE FIVE-LA FIVE-
' t^ AND MATTTHREE ZERONINE, THEN INTERVIEW BILL
WHO WORK WITH THE D0W3R0W £REV F O R ^ S S , PHILADELPHIA.
PORTLAND - HAROLD HUGI^C PORTLAND OREGONIAN
SAN DIEGO. - CORRESPONDENT, SAN DIEGO UNION
. ; SAN J R A N C I S C C T MIKE HARRLI^ SAN FRANC I SCO CRONICAL. P
CORR FOUR LIUES UP FIFTH WD SH'BE D0K3R0W RPT D0M3R0W.
EflD ARD HOLD FOR ACKS > L S ; / ^ ^' "• t'"''
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RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO DIHECTOB AND PORTLAND, JOMX
FOURTEEN; J*^f--/^£^^ 0^''-'\^ARABIAN 8TUDENT, VIKING HALL, ONE NINE
ONE TWO SW SIXTH STREET, PORTLAND, ADVISED THIS DATE THAT
MAJORITY OF ARABIAN STUDENTS IK PORTLAND AREA RESIDE AT .
VIKING HALL AND HE IS ACQUAINTED WITH ALL ARABIAN STUDENTS
AT THIS RESIDENCE.
._•-;'• UNKNOWN TO HIM AND HAS NOT VISITED ANY OF THE AtfBlAJt
STUDENTS AT VIKING HALL TO HIS KNOWLEDGEv , . . . .. v . - v - ' • - •-. •• : :, ' •••• ' ; v v v ; - . •-. .-,-'•
WOULD EEtlAlN ALERT AND IN THE EVENT ANY INFORMATION WAS .
RECEIVEDi REGARDINGflHlB HE WOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACTTHE PORTLANP,OFFICE.^^^ y^^*U^^^ :'^^^: :- ??X?::fP''^'*''''•••' •^/^'
*f- 8ACRAMENT0 AT BTOCKTON, CALIFORNIA. WILL CONTINUE r^'^:f'-
EFFORTS TO L O C A T ^ ^ ^ ^ B A T PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. "" "i
Los Angeltt- PortUnd
itMM'Mm%M&g^^ t:^
• V i ^ ^ i A ^ / W R INFORMATION PORTLAND FOLLOWING TELETYPE SENT TO
L*?- TWELFTH INST* QUOTE RESEAIRTEL T O ^ R E A U JUNE ~
^..JUNE TEN. LAST RE
SACRAMENTO
LAST .AND BUTEL
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' '/i^B- FOR " I N F 6 R M A T I 6 N OF "SACRAJfCNTO.
OLYMPIC COLLEGE, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, ADVISED THAT ON THE
.MORNING OF JUNE SIX LAST,sWHILE HEAND TTUVLHJS.OF OLYMPIC.COLLEGE
WERE' IN A DISCUSSION W I T H f l H | B A STUDENT AT OLYMPIC COLLECT,' ^ .
RELATED THAT THE. ASSASSIN. QF JCENNEDY WAS QUOTE J U S T I F I E D ; . '
THAT HE WAS / •IN DOING WHAT HE. DID END _ ^ ^ _ ^
PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED WITH SIRHAN. BISHARA SIRHAN, HAVING MET HIM
IN SAN F R A N C I S C O . j P i M H ^ D V I S E D QUOTE YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT
THIS TOOK PLACE ONE YEAR FROM JUNE FIFTH. "END QUOTE. " ^ ^ ^ ^ H X : 3
OPINED THA WAS APPARENTLY WELL INFORMED CONCERNING w > "
QUOTE Y0U_ ARABS WILL NOT
S.':;>: GET ANYWHERE BY BLOODSHED END QUOTE ,1 REPLIED QUOTE WE'LL
p THAT IN PREVIOUSiINDICATED THAT HE DOES NOT HATE THE JEWS AS INDIVIDUALS BUT
AGAINST THE"AGGRESSION OF ISRAEL AND THAT HE HOLDS IT AGAINST
THE U.S. AND BRITAIN FOR HELPING ISRAEL. . "
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ACCORDING•r..**1'^ ?>"••• .">•*••*
THAT
REMARKS TO I HAS SAID'..•.."*" »V I,-'"' . :
UNDERSTAND
P l S ^UOTE A GREATMAN END QUOTE AND QUOTE WE DOH%.i£r '••f;!
CURRENTLY EN ROUTE V I A .
PORTLAND, OREGON, TO STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, .TO ENROLL I N SUMMER ;
.SESSIONS A• \
DATE OF ARRIVAL IN STOCKTON
SACRAMENTO ADVISES
STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, HAS NO RECORD OF D SUMMER SCHOOL
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REGISTRATION DOES N £ T START U N T I L J U N E TWENTYFOUR N E X T . .
IBREMERTON, WASHINGTON J
A D V I S E 0 T O D A Y M M ^ E F T BREMERTON LAST WEEKEND FOR •...,;
PORTLAND AND T S AT UNKNOWN LOCATION FOR UNKNOWN P E R I O D P R I O R . . '
BELIEVEITO ^LEAVING. FOR STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA,
MAY BE LOCATED THROUGH ARABIAN STUDENTS AT PORTLAND COLLEGES.. :•;
.,., ., PORTLAND ATTEMPT TO LOCATE AND I N T E R V I E W p ^ ^ K - O R ANY r "•
"* iNFORMATION PERTINENT TO CAPTIONED CASE; "'^'^ ' ? J r * '^ ' ' > ^ ' v " ; * '
COPIES MAILED TO SACRAMENTO AND LOS ANGELES.
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FROM WASHINGTON FIELD (17,3-135). t?
KENSALT.BY CODED TELET.7E
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*,' RICHARD V.'. HAREWOOD, "WASHINGTON POST" REPORTER ADVISED
JUNE EIGHTE/^1 -INSTANT SENATOR R O B E R T / . KENNEDY WAS SCHEDULED
FOLLOWING/HIS VICTORY TALK IN LOS ANGELES AMBASSADOR HOTEL TO
GO TO A/.OWER 3<LLROOM TO TALK TO THOSE ASSEMBLED. HAREtfOOD
- EAID_FRED PULTON, HOVJEVER, WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE WOOD OF '•
THE'CROtfD>ft THAT BALLROOM AND INSTEAD DIRECTED KENNEDY TO ; .' / • - ' - • ' • ' • • • • • • . - • • • , . • • • ; • • . ' • . • • • - • * - . "
TALK 'TO/PRESS-ASSEMBLED IN THE COLONIAL ROOM. SENATOR ;.LK TO/PRESS/ -
NNEDY WAS SKEKNEDV WAS. SHOT EN ROUTE/POP! THE EMBASSY ROOM TO THE
COLONIAL ROOW. ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE FOR VFO TO INTERVIEW _. . • • > . - • ' • . / - . ' . . . • • X . r • • • • • / - . • • • • - • : - " ' " • ' . ' . . / • ' • • . ' • . " •
DUTTON AND FRANK WANKj^ly'lCZ, KENNEDY'S PRESS; SECRETARY ON
JUNE NINETEEN NEXT._
; ^ f e | i F B X L O S A N G E L E S / • ^ • • • . ^ t ^ : : . \ : / w ' j j - y * * •' •/•:"•*•',<•:* - . ; . > > • • ' - . ; :
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RE SAN FRANCISCO TELETYPE TO BUREAU DATED JUNE SEVENTEEN LAST.
INQUIRIES TO DATE UNA3LE TO ESTA3LISH PRZSKfiCZ' OF LOS ANGELES
POLICE OFFICERS IN DELANO, CALIFORNIA, AREA.
AN ESTA3LSIHED SOURCE IN THE DELANO, CALIFORNIA,!
UNAVAILABLE FOR CONTACT THIS DATE. B l | | H D T J S B A C K JUNE: NINETEEN
.NEXT," AND WILL BE CONTACTED AT THAT TIME.
END.
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TO LOS ANGELES (56-156) (PLAINTEXT)
FROM DIRECTOR <62-587) CIPJ
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KEN SALT.
: . RELATELETYPE SUGARY DATED SIX SIXTEEN SIXTY-EIGHT, •
• LOS ANGELES REFER p INTERVIEWS OF EMPLOYEES OF LOCK, -
II STOCK AND BARREL GUN s / o P , SAN GABRIEL, CALIFORNIA, APPEAR-
ISG IN RE TEL. INVESTIGATION RE THIS ASPECT SHOULD BE MOST •
. - THOROUGH AND PROBATIVE TO DETERMINE IDENTITY OF INDIVIDUALS
ALLEGEDLY ACCOMPAWYING SIRHAN SIRHAK TO THIS STORE AND TO ALSO
'•DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SIRHAN SIRHAN MADE INQUIRIES AT.-
THIS STORE IN APRIL, NICETEEN SIXTY-EIGKT, CONCERNING POINT
THREE FIVE SEVEN CALIBER ARf.QR PIERCING A^KUNITION. '-,\
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151 AM URGENT 6 / 1 5 / 6 8 EXS (DFS)
TO DIRECTOR AND LOS ANGELES
FROM INDIANAPOLIS 162-1957) ~• ' " - ' ' ' • • , , . • ; • - ; ' ' • ' • .
:• ' : ; " * ' • " ; ; - •
KENSALT""'••; - ^ - f
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2 N D . ADVISED T^DAY HE ARRIVED LOS ANGELES MAYTWO LAST TO MAKE
ARRANGEMENT/AT AMBASSADOR HOTEL. FOR PRESS ROOM (COLONIAL ROOM) AND
DISTRIBUTJON ROOM FOR PRESS RELEASES (NORTH ROOM) FOR KENNEDY CAMPAIGN./ • • - • . - • • • • • • • - . - • • • : ' • ' . • • : • ' ; • / . .
APPHOXI/ATELY S*45 PM TO 1 0 J 3 0 PM ACCOMPANIED ONE ROY RINGER OF >
/ • • • • • • • • . • • ' • , .' • • • , - - • • • • • • ' • • A
MALIBlf, C A L I F . TO FREE BAR NEAR EMBACY ROOM FOR A BREAlT AT WHICH !: - • • . . - • : . - . • . • . : > • . • / T • • ~ t
TIME HE <MCMAUUS) APPROACHED BY YOUNG MAN DESCRIBEDvftS APPROXI- ;
MATELY FIVE FEET THREE INCHES, ONE TWO ZERO L B S . , DARK COMPLEXION -•-
WITH HEAVY WEtL GROOMED BLACK HAIR, WEARINQV SPORT COAT WITH BLUE--
STRIPES CONTRASTING WITH TROUSERS, DARK TIE OPEN AT NECK WHO ASKED
FOR ITINERARY OF SENATOR KENNEDY FOR NEXT TWO DAYS MAY THREE ZERO
AND THREE ONE LAST. '_MBMANUS DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL TO GO TO FIVE S I X
ONE FIVE VILSHIRE BLVD. TO OBTAIN SAME. INDIVIDUAL THEN ASKED MCMANUSWHEN THE SENATOR WOULD BE IN THAT NIGHT TO WHICH HE (MCMANUS).
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PAGE TWO - • - • , .< . * . •
MCMANUS SAW INDIVIDUAL AGAIN BETWEEN ilsOO AND 12s00 PM AT
WHICH TIME INDIVIDUAL AGAIN ASKED FOR ITINERARY. >: -
MCMANUS ADDED THAT AT TIME INDIVIDUAL^ WAS AT FREE BAR HE
<MCMANUS) RECALLED SEEING A PAIR OF DARK BROWN CWHITH SHEEN) BUCKLE
LOAFERS WITH HEAVY GRAIN LEATHER NOT WELL CARED FOR POSSIBLY WORN •
BY INDIVIDUAL; . [•-'•.". >'- * . . ''! -X .-•='-T
MC MANUS* STATED PHOTOGRAPH OF SIRHAN SIRHAN LOOKED LIKE
INDIVIDUAL IN FACE - ON VIEW BUT THAT PHOTOGRAPH WAS MESSED UP
COMPARED TO INDIVIDUAL AND FURTHER INDIVIDUAL HAY HAVE HAD LONGER
SIDEBURNS. MCMANUS SAID HE COULD NOT BE ABSOLUTELY SURE BUT
POSSIBLY ROY RINGER MAY RECALL INDIVIDUAL. *,
MCMANUS STATED TWO OTHER LATIN TYPES DESCRIBED AS WELL
GROOMED DARK HAIR, LONG SIDEBURNS, OLIVE SKINNED, THIN FACED,
WEARING DARK BUSINESS SUITS ASKED FOR SCHEDULES MAY THREE ZERO
LAST BUT DID NOT AT ALL RESEMBLE PHOTOGRAPH.'
!*RS, LISA GtflRTZMAN C/Oi
CITY AND OR CONSTANCE _
CHANCELLOR NAME IN WASHINGTON D* C, PHONE DIRECTORY ADDRESS UNKNOWN.
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WERE PRESENT AT TIME AND MAY RECALL.
i.OS ANGELES CONTACT MR* ROY RINGER T
OFFICE LOS ANGELES, CALIF, RE FIR^T INDIVIDUAL
BROWN'S LAV
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OTHERS HAD NO RESEMBLENCE TO PHOTOGRAPH.
THREE ZERO TWO WILL FOLLOW. -
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TO* DIRECTOR V ; . ' ' •'- ^ ^ :'r\--I ' ~. :'' ~';'^\:r'':\
-• , L O S A N G E L E S " ' - ' : 1 * ' • / - • ' . - • \ - - ^ ^ : ; - ; : . ' - ^ •^'•"••J.;-,\ - '"/ '• ."'•••>••. " V - ':
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FROM* OMAHA ( 6 2 - 2 9 0 0 ) ' \ - . \ '• '••• '^."; ' - > ' ' V j ^ • - ; f . i v . / 1 . ;
K E N S A L T . / ; V ^ : / ,.;. ...•".' •.'..*.•-•-''." ' / : ^ ' ; . ' - ^ : ^ //'."'.'.?." '• ••
*. RE OMAHA TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR,"JUNE FOURTEEN LAST.
PHONE, ADVISED WHEREABOUTS
UNKNOWN. SHE SUGGESTED
Y KNOW.
IDENTIFIED AS FOLLOWSl
ADDRESS UNKNOWN,
MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA; '
OTTUMWA, IOVA, PHO
LAST KNOWN LIVING
EDAR RAPIDS,
T W O ••-,;
6 n t 6 2 : 2 9 0 0
WASHINGTON, IOWA, H O PHONE;
( 5 > RONALD EDWON HULEJ1, BORI
TWIN BROTHER 01
I WASHINGTON, I OVA, ADVISEI
RONALD EDMON KULEN, LAST KNOWN LIVING IN LONG
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ARE, EXACT ADDRESS AND PHONE DUMBER
NOT AVAILABLE AS MISPLACED DURING RECENT WOVE BV|
KDVISED RONALD KULEN
HULEN SAID HE VAS LIVING WITH SOME PEOPLE/ DESCRIBED AS ;. • "
HIS "NEW BROTHER AND S I S T E R " , RONALD SAID THE LADY, v- -• ' •> •' *•- •
v- : • • • • : • • % - - . • • - _ - • • • • • • • • • - - . * • • - ' " . - , .
; , - • • ' . " * • " , ' • - • • • ' ' • • : •
D O N N A L N U , H A D A B A B Y A B O U T T H R E E W E E K S O L D , /•; . : -= ' ? H H H B H P H B B H H E . } I A D RECENTLY "BEEN / ;.. : >: ' .
-:;'..;• KNIFED" AND ALMOST DIED. HE DECLINED TO DISCUSS DETAILS ^ ''±"SRI
•.^: FURTHER, EXCEPT THAT HE SPENT CONSIDERABLE, TIME IN UNIDENTIFIED,;-
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ON JUNE ELEVEN LAST, B H ^ ^ H R E C E I V E D TELEGRAM T
DELIVERED BY POSTMASTER, WASHINGTON, IOWA, FROM "JACK
•FlVpHERj LIFE MAGAZINE, AREA CODE TWO ODE THREE DASH - ^
CREsVlEW THREE D A \ H ONE FIVE THREE ZERO, BEVERLY HILLS,'
CALIFORNIA"., WHICH STATED "URGENT YOU PHONE ME COLLECT
SOOKES THE PRESENT WHERABOUTS O F ^ H ^ H B ^ O N A L D . HE I S
»dT IN TROUBLE BUT WAY HAVE EXTREMELY VALUABLE INFORMATION."
HmHH^GAVE WIRE T O m i m | V H 0 CONTACTED "LIFE" JUNE
THIRTEEN LAST AND TALKED TO UNKNOWN PERSON IN LIEU OF v
FINCHER. H ^ H I f t u A S TOLD RONALD HULEN WAS REPORTEDLY V
AN ASSOCIAT OF SIRHAN SIRHAN AND THE TWO ARRESTED TOGETHER
IN NINETEEN SIXTYSIX FOR VAGRANCY. FINCHER REQUESTEDi • . • . ' ' • . . • • . • • • • •
RONALD'S ADDRESS, BUT ^ | ^ H & L L E G E D HIS WHEREABOUTS' • _ . " • ' ' » - . . - " • • • : ' - - • • = . . - . . . ; •
UNKNOWN TO HER AND LOCATION NOT FURNISHED TO LIFE ttAGA- ... ' " ' • ' • • • : • - " : • • • / • • . ^ • •
;r - ~ ; - . ' . • ' • ' ' • • - - • • : . . " " - - I - - '
J ! ' . : • . • • . ' - - .
z i N E . . ^ - - - : - . - . - • • • ' ; ; ? : • ; • : : - • . . - - . " .-•• ' • ' ^ : ' - } : \ ? ' : [ • • ' • • - • • • ; • . -
ADVISED SIRHANS UNKNOWN TO
THEM AND NEVER MENTIONED BY RONALD HULEN. THEY BELIEVED
RONALD HULEN IS, _ - . • , < • • • • x , .
BELIEVED p w n TP CI.F&FWflFR POSSIBLY BELLFLOWER, C9LIFOPBA,
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^ RESIDENT KNOWS RONALD HULEN'S WHEREABOUTS.
TOR INFORMATION OF INDIANAPOLIS, RONALD EDMON HULEM, .
WHITE MALE, BORB ^ ^ H H H H H H B M H |
FEET MINE INCHES, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY
POUNDS, BROWN HAIR, BLUE EYES, APPARENTLY ARRESTED MAY
' T W E N T Y S I X , NINETEEN S I X T Y S l x i AT FLAGS!
FOR VAGRAtfCY, IN COMPANY OF PHILIP LEE
TWENTYSIX, NINETEEN SIXTYSIX, AT FLAGSTAFF. ARIZONA,
E CLEVE DAVID
BISHABA" "siR
OTTUWWA, IOWA, ADVISED JUNE SEVENTEEN, PRESENT, THAT SHE
DID NOT FURNISH.HIS WHEREABOUTS.
TATED IT IS HER BELIEF RONALD IS ' iN THE LOHG>
L BEACH OR LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AREA, BUT HIS EXACT
WHERABOUTS. ARE DEFINITELY UNXNOWKI TO HER. SHE STATED
SHE WILL ADVISE I F SHE LEARNS OF RONALD'S WHEREABOUTS.
INDIANAPOLIS. AT MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA. LOCATE-" • • • • " v . • . - . • • ' • • • - • • > : : • • : • . - . - / - 5 - . . . ; - l > - \
FOR INFORMATION REGARDING LOCA-
^ | V T I O H OF RONALD HULEN AND FURTHER'OBTAIN ANDY INFbRMATlOl
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REGARDING RONALD'S ACQUAINTANCE AND ASSOCIATION WITH MUNIR
BISHARA SIRHAN OR SIRHAN SIRHA1. •• " T '. ' • ' , • • ' • " • • • ' • • * . ' ' • - • • • ; " - ~ * • • • • t - . • • • ' : *
LOS ANGELES. AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. I F NOT
ALREADY DONE, WILL CONTACT P H I L I P CLEVEGER, BELIEVED -:
§ELLFLOWERt CALIFORNIA, FOR INFORMATION REGARDING RONALD
HULEN'S WHEREABOUTS.7 V ; ' . : > : V ; ' .'V] ;."f';••."•'.! '.-.•- ." ^ ' - . '..OMAHA. AT CEDAR R A P I D S , IOWA. LOCATE' . .
AND INTERVIEW v H ^ ^ H L ^ H B FOf? INFORMATION REGARDINGLOCATION RONALD HULEN AND ANY INFORMATION REGARDING HIS "
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Attached hereto Is one Xerox copy of Omahateletype to Director, June 14* 1968.
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TO* DIRECTOR
LOS ANGELES
INDIANAPOLIS
FROM* OMAHA C62-2 900?
KSNSALT. RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR AND OMAHA,
JUNE THIRTEEN LAST; OtfAHA TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR , LOS ANSELES,
AND INDIANPOLIS, JUNE SEVENTEEN LAST.
INSTANT DATE RONNIE HVLSM, HOME ADDREj
TELEPHONICALLY LONG
DISTANCE CONTACTED DE5 MOINES, "iOtfA, RESIDENT AGENCY.
HULEN STATED HE WAS ADVISED
IOWA, THAT FBI1
ATTEMPTING CONTACT OF HIM REGARDING SIRHAN SIRHAN,
KENNEDY'S ASSASSIN. HULEN STATED HZ DOES NOT KNOW KENNEDY'S
ASSASSIN, BUT WAS ARRESTED IN MAY, NINETEEN SIXTYSIX,
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, FOR VAGRANCY, ALONG WITH JOE SIRHAN,
BROTHER OF KENNEDY'S ASSASSIN, AND PHIL CUEVENGER, AND A
JOHN HULEN SAID HE DID NOT KNOW HOE SIRHAN OR
MYERS BEFORE HE AND CLEVENGSR PICKED THEMUP WHILE THEY
WERE HITCHHIKING OUTSKIRTS NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
END PAGE ONE.
PAGE TWO
OMl 6 2 - 2 9 0 0
HULEN DESCRIBES CLEVENGER AS A FRIEND WHO RESIDES CASE OF
GENERAL DELIVERY, SAN FRANCISCO* CALIFORNIA, AND WHO
ORIGINALLY RESIDED SOOTH BEND, INDIANA.
CLEVENGER, MAY, NINETEEN SIXTYSIX, DRIVING NINETEEN
FIFTYSEVEN GREEN CHEVROLET GIVEN HIM BY GRANDMOTHER IN
SOUTHBEto, DROVE TO NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, WHERE HE
PICKED UP HULEN. HJLEN STATES HE AND CL2VENGER LEFT NEW
ORLEANS IM VINTTiiTNJ FIFTYSEVEN CHEVROLET ENROUTS TO
CALIFORNIA* THERE THEY EXPECTED TO RZSID?;.
ON OUTSKIRTS OF NEW ORLEANS, OBSERVED TWO MALE
HITCHHIKERS AND PICKED THEM U P . THESE INDIVIDUALS
IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS JOE SIRHAN AND JOHN MYERS.
FOLLOWING U . S . ROUTE SIX SIX THROUGHT TEXAS, OKLAHOMA,
AND NEW MEXICO, GROUP ARRIVED IN FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA.
POLICE, FLAGSTAFF, ARRESTED GROUP FOR VAGRANCY. HULEN
AND CLEVENQER WIRED HOME FOR BAIL MONEY, WHICH THEY
RECEIVED. KULEN AND CLEVENGER PAID 3 A I L AND LEFT FLAG-
STAFF FOR CALIFORNIA IN CHEVROLET, LEAVING SISHAN AND
MYERS IN J A I L .
END PAGE TWO• -"V m
PAGE THREE
HULEN STATES DIDNOT KNOW JOE SIRHAN OR JOHN MYERS
BEFORE THEY WERE PICKED CJP. AND HAS NOT SEEN THEM SINCE
THEY WERE LEFT IN FLAGSTAFF. HULEN STATES HE HAS BEEN
CONTACTED BY LIFE AND SEVERAL NEWSPAPERS TO
WRITE ST03Y OF THIS T R I p \ HULEN DENIED DURING ASSOCIATION
WITH SldHAN OH MYERS ANY POLITICAL MATTERS DISCUSSED OR
ANY INDICATION THAT SIRHAN'S BROTHER PLANNED KENNEDY
ASSASSINATION.
HULSN STATES 17 F31 DESIRES CONTACT VITH HIM#
HE CAH 3E HEACH2D AT HOMS ADDSSSS OR AT EMPLOYEMENf AT
LOMG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
HULE* STATES HE IS WHITE MALE, BORN
IOWA, FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES
IN HEIGHT, ONE HUNDRED SIXTYFItfE POUNDS, DARK BROtfN RAIR,
EYSS 3LUE.
HULEN CLAIMES MO KNOWLEDGE OF CURRZXT RESIDENCE FOR
PHIL CLEVSNGER, ONLY THAT HE CAN B£ REACHED CARS OF GENERAL
DELIVERY, SAN FRANCISCO, C A L I F O R N I A , POST OFFICE.
END PAGE THREE
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LOS ANGELES* IF NOT ALREADY HANDLED, APPROPRIATELY SET
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. TO DIRECTOR 62-537, LOS ANGELES 56-156 . AND WASHINGTON / / • : . :
J ' : 'FIELD 173-135 (PLAIN)
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.JUNE TJURTEE:
AND UEFF GREENFIELD.; PETER 5SJTH;
SMITH SAID TH^T HE (SMITH) GAVE A SOUNDMAN NAMED GERRY- *:';-l
PftS A PASS TO GET INTO THE EMBASSY'RbOK THE NIGHT1 OF"
THE ASSASSINATION AND THAT COSTIGAN WAS ON THE PLATFORM IN ;
* THE VICINITY OF THE LECTERN DURING THE .EVENING. /-COSTIGAN - ~r.; . .-.
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WITH AK ULOADED THIRTY EIGHT CALI3ER REVOLVER IN
AN ATTACHE CASE. DEDELL ASKED SWITH TO'ASK BRUNO IF* BRUNO:
WANTED DEDELL TO BRING BRUNO'S WIFE OUT- TO LOS.ASGELES. .'.'"/
*. .WKEfi SMITH AT A. LATER TITE GAVE THE MESSAGE. TO BRUNO, BRUKO
DESCRIBED DEDELL A S ^ H I B B FRDM SYRACUSE, ;~ '
N E W Y O R X . ' • '- ' ": " ',''• . Q 7 £ T : \ . .•.'•"'•:•'" ." <:•[.--, ' ,• • - '•>• • ' • • • • : • • •' v " - , • • ' . - . • ; •
'• IF COSTIGAN AND BRUNO HAVE NOT BEEN INTERVIEWED' IT I S
SUSGESTED THAT SUCH LEADS BE SET OUT BY OFFICE OF ORIGIN '
TO VERIFY ISFCRSATIOS FROW SMITH. < / ^: % " ' ; . ' < • ";y: , v . ' ; . ; V • < :
A COPY OF THIS TELETYPE I S SENT TO WASHINGTON FIELD
OFFICE FOR INFORMATION AS THAT OFFICE I S CONDUCTING NUMEROUS
INTERVIEWS IN^THIS MATTER. .. :" >.:: ; / ' V ^ v * ^ >',•' . \
JAMES E> TOVfi AND/TIMOTHY A> Kfi\ftN ^FURNISHED NO' J
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'• .p"; IHE;CALLER VAS GARY D W L L WHO. DURING THE itENffgDi *y
' FUSERAL WAS PICKED UP BY TH0\;iEV YORK CITY P d L l C E r •.. ''^ V'?,*••-.. "' V
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SEKT TO LOS "ANGELES. GREENFIELD INTERVIEW '<?ILLVEE SENT *"?."'-." .: i,
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TO DIRECTOR, LOS ANGELES
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RE OMAHA TELETYPE. JJNE SEVENTEEN LAST.
ONALD
I TODAY AT
MICHIGAN CITY, IND.
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LONG a^^CH A3EA,
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YEA3S AVO HAD LAST HEARD FHOM HIM AT EASTER tfHiN HE TELEPHONICALLY
CONTACTED HE^ STATING HE WAS IN L0N3 3EACH, C A L I r • AT THAT TIMS.
H£ STATED HE WAS 'JOSKINS AS A VAIT£rl AT A QiJOTE SVANKY HESTAJ/iANr
EMD Q'JOTE HE CALLED AS HE WANTED HOME ADDRESS OF HIS MOTHER AS
SHE RECENTLY MOVED.
SHE ADVISED SHE DOES NOT KNOW IF HE HAS RAD ANY CONTACT WITH
MJNIH BISHA^A V ^ H A N 0:^ SI3HAN SIRHAN. SHE ADVISED SHE HAS NEVE*
ACQUAINTANCESHEARD OF THESE PEOPLE AND DOES NOT KNOW]
OR ASSOCIATES. SHSE ADVISED SHE DOES NOT KNOW HIS PRESENT WHEREABOUTS
* AND STATED SHE WOULD CONTACT THE FBI IF HE WERE TO CONTACT HER.
COR* 2ND LAST LINE 3RD WORD SH READ SHE " >.
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TO DIRECTOR ( 6 2 - 5 8 7 ) LOS ANGELES ( 5 6 - 1 5 6 ) AND WFO ( 1 7 3 - 1 3 5 )
WASHINGTON FIELD VIA WASHINGTON • . ; • „
FROM CHICAGO ( 8 9 - 6 1 ) 2Pi . - * • •
KENSALT. • ' v . ;
RE WFO. TELETYPE BUREAU ET AL JUNE EIGHTEEN, LAST,
SUN^:DAVE 'CHICAGO finM-TlMgg". ADVI^FH THIS DATE
HE BELIEVED SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY TOOK
KITCHEN ROUTE IN ORDER TO AVOID HEAVY CROWD IN EMBASSY
ROOM AMBASSADOR HOTEL. STATED SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY.
EXTREMELY TIRED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO ASSASSINATIONAND BELIEVES HIS AIDES TOOK KITCHEN ROUTE SO HE WOULD
MOT BE CAUGHT IN CRUSH OF CROWD IN EMBASSY ROOM. SENATOR
ROBERT F. KENNEDY SCHEDULED TO GO COLONIAL ROOM FOR
INTERVIEW BY NEWSPAPER AND PERIODICAL REPRESENTATIVES*
IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO ASSASSINATION. COLONIAL ROOM HAD
mi
SECRETARY TO SENATOR EDWARD F . KENNEDY PRESENT AT TIME
AND MAY KNOW MORE DEFINITELY WHY SENATOR ROBERT F . KENNEDY
END PAGE ONE
BEEN SET UP AS PRESS ROOM. STATES DICK DRAYNE, PRESS
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cPAGE TWO 69-61 . '
TOOK KITCHEN ROUTE, STATES ^ ^
^CHICAGO^PJ^IXJIEKS"* WHO RESIDES L^S ANGELES, WAS AT
HOSPITAL, BUT\DID NOT SEE HIM AT AMBASSADOR HOTEL. BELIEVES
ngWflM - WEST COAST REPRESENTATIVE "CHICAGOVRIBUNE". WHO ASLO
STATES TOM L!
IN EMBASSY ROOM AT TIME ASSASSINATION,
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT "CHICAGO"SUN-TIMES", WHO RESIDES WASHINGTON, D.C«, ALSO PRESENT IN
EMBASSY ROOM. MURRAY STATES HE NEVER OBSERVED SIRHAN PRIOR TO
ASSASSINATION. WASHINGTON FIELD LOCATE AND INTERVIEW DICK
DRAYNE AND TOM LITTLEWOOD, IF NOT ALREADY DONE. LOS ANGELES
LOCATE AND INTERVIEW BOB ROSE AND SY KORMAN. FD THREE ZERO TWOFOLLOWS. ^ — - . \ ^ *
CORR TIME SHD BE 223PM
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407PM URGENT 6 - 1 9 - 6 8 MS
TO DIRECTOR ( 6 2 - 5 8 7 ) & LOS ANGELES ( 5 6 - 1 5 6 )
FROM SAN FRANCISCO C 6 2 - 5 4 8 D IP . / "'
KENSALT
RE WFO TEL JUNE EIGHTEEN SETTING FORTH NAMES OF CORRESPONDENTS
REPORTEDLY WITH OFFICIAL XENNEDY PARTY AT AMBASSADOR HOTEL', LOS
ANGELES, AT TIME OF ASSASSINATION. ' ... • . ,/
INQUIRY AT OFFICES OF SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE REVEAL REPORTER
MIKE HARRIS ON LEAVE IN EAST FOR FIVE WEEKS AND, LOCATION UNKNOWN.
PARREL DUNCAN, CITY DESK, SF CHRONICLE, KARRIS' SUPERIOR,
STATES HARRIS WAS WITH KENNEDY PARTY FOR.ENTIRE WEEK PRIOR TO ASSASS-
INATION BUT ON ELECTION DAY, JUNE FOUR LAST, WAS NOT IN L05 ANGELES
BUT WAS ON DUTY AT SF OFFICE OF SF CHRONICLE DURING ENTIRE EVENING.
HO FURTHER INQUIRY BEING CONDUCTED TO LOCATE HARRIS.
END
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TO DIRECTOR 6 2 - 5 8 7 , LOS ANGELES 9 6 - 1 5 6 AND WFO
v WFO AND LA VIA WASHINGTON CPLAIN)
TROW NEW YORK 4 4 - 1 6 4 0 ' *
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RE LA TEL JUNE EIGHTEEN LAST ADVISING .- • w
GUY REPRESENTING "PICTORIAL PARADE" WAS AT AMBASSADOR
HOTEL, JUNE FOUR DASH FIVE LAST AND REQUESTING INTERVIEW
AND COPIES OF PHOTOS TAKEN BY HER. ' :
CONTACT WITH "PICTORIAL PARADE", ONE THREE ZERO WEST
FORTY SECOND STREET, HEW YORK CITY, JUNE NINETEEN INSTANT,• V
OISCLOSED GUY CAN BE REACHED AT "FLARE HEWS", ONE ZERO
TWO EIGHT CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, DC,
TELEPHONE TWO TWO THREE DASH OUR ZERO EIGHT EIGHT,
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TOJ LOS ANGELES »
FROM CHARLOTTE
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REUHTEL 6 5 5 PM INSTANT. "
ANDERSON, SOUTH CAROLINA COVERED BY COLUMBIA DIVISION. -
LOS ANGELES WLL SEND TELETYPE TO COLUMBIA TO HANDLE LEAD RE TEL.
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FROM SAN FRAJJCISCO (€2-5431) 2P
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KEKSALT
R^URTEL JUNE .SEVENTEEN LAST. ;
EDVJAPD VANViTyERP REINTERVIEWED JUNE SEVEHTEEN, LAST, : - .
AND INFORMATION I N ^ E T E L DISCUSSED WITH HIM. HE IMMEDIATELY RECALLED
"SOL", FURTHER NAME UNKNOWN, VITH WHOM HE LIVED FOR. FIVE MONTHS
IK LATE NINETEEN SIXTYSIX, AT NORCO, CALIFORMIA. AFTER-CONSIDERABLE
COaVEFSATION A. D VIEWING OF PUBLISHED PHOTOS OF SIRHAN,
WAS FULLY CONVINCED THAT "SOL" AND SIRKAN ARE ^DEMTICAL
fANTWERP MET SIRHAN BY CHANCE AT THE HIGHLANDER MOTEL AND LIVED
.WITH HIM FOR FIVE MONTHS. THEY HAD LITTLE ASSOCIATION EXCEPT AS
ROOMMATES. ^ $ j U f J « E . R P HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF SIRHAN'S ASSOCIATES,
ANY ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS', POLITICAL BELIEFS, FAMILY,
ETHNIC BACKGROUND, OR ANYTHING ELSE PERSONAL CONCERNING'HIM.
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j - HE SAID "SOL - WAS A NICE YOUNG. KID WHO SEEDED TO BE OF THE
OPINION THAT KE WAS NOT GETTING A FAIR DEAL IN LIFE MAINLY
BECAUSE KE WAS POR, BUT THIS DID NOT SEEM TO BOTHER HIM UNDULY.
NOTHING OF PERTINENCE WAS RECEIVED FROM VAN ANTWERP.
FD THREE ZERO TV/O FOLLOWS. - , ' •.. ' ._ _.'";" .V
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ST.V LOUIS. NEIGHBOR STATES HE IS ATTENDING
SUMMER SCHOOL, CINCINNATI UNIVERSITY, CINCINNATI, OHIO, NOT
EXPECTED TO RETURN TO ST. LOUIS UNTIL SEPT., NEXT.
I f • FOR INFO CINCINNATI NO PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS.,
L(PROTECT LAYBOY CLUB, ST. LOUIS, ADVISED CLUB
DID NOTJOIN BUT WAS A CASH CUSTOMER. HE \ A D NOT BEEN IN
CLUB FOR ABOUT A YEAR UNTIL JUNE THREE, LAST WHEN HE CAME IN
AND SAID HE WAS NOW ATTENDING HARVARD LAW SCHOOL (BOSTON
CHECKED AT HARVARD WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS).
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HE SAID IN THE PAST YEAR HE HAD RETURNED WITH HIS FATHER
TO JORDAN; THAT HIS FATHER WAS CONNECTED WITH A CONSULATE
OR EMBASSY IN THE UNITED STATES. HE SAID THAT HE SPENT
THREE WEEKS IN A JORDANIAN J A I L M ^ M M S A I D THAT HE WAS
LEAVING ST. LOUIS THE EVENING OF JUNE THREE, LAST FOR TRAVEL
TO CHICAGO AND THEN WAS GOING TO CALIF. REASON FOR TRAVEL
NOT STATED, BUT SAID, "SOMETHING BIG IS GOING TO HAPPEN
WITHIN THE NEXT THREE DAYS . ^ m ^ E L I E V f ^ B ^ t A Y HAVE
KNOWN SOMETHING ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT
HAD A LINCOLN CONTINENTAL CAR ,HE
WOULD SELL CHEAP FOR EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS J
ROM A CHANCE MEETING ABOUT EIGHTEEN MONTHS
AND TOOK A LIKING TO E j ^ ^ ^ B B T 0 L D J H B H E WAS A STUDENT
AT ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY AND WAS STUDYING MEDICINE, AND HIS
FAMILY OWNED A CHAIN OF SUPERMARKETS IN OHIO. HE USED THE
FIRST NAME SAM BECAUSE HIS TRUE NAME WAS TOO LONG AND DIFFICULT.
HE G A f l H ^ ^ n CALLING CARD ON WHICH APPEAR]
ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY,
THE ONLY STUDENT ATTENDING ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY WITH
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UNIVERSITY FALL
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AND
ATTENDED JT. LOUIS
HE IS ENROLLED IN
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INS, ST. LOUIS, HAS NOTHING
INS, WASHINGTON, D.C.,
0 WAS INTERVIEWED BY
\OP HIS FAMILY HAVE EVER
FAMILY RESIDES IN
ON
LOCATED A FILE
FBI, LOS ANGELES. HE NOR MEMB
LIVED IN ST. LOUIS. THEY AT ONE TIME DID LIVE IN OHIO.
INVESTIGATION BY CLEVELAND HAS FAILED TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL
UlJ> I DESCRIBED B ^ | R A N D ^ ^ H ^ A N D LOCATED N M | ^ M F A M I L Y
f'i&it. OWNING SUPERMARKETS, f | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ m ^ U N A B L B TO IDENTIFY - •
A POOR PICTURE OF ff///^//f^KKf/^ZSCRl1MS HIM
AS WHITE HALS, TWENTYONE OR TWENTYTWO YEARS, FIVE FEET
FIVE OR SIGHT INCHES, SLENDER, OLIVE COMPLEXION, BLACK HAIR,
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GOOD ENGLISH WITH AN ACCENT, CLEAN SHAVEN, AND INCLINED TO
BE A LITTLE WINDY. : . "•'
' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ( C O N F I D E N T I A L ) ADVISED
INQUIRY
IN CINCINNATI UNTIL SEPT., ADDRESS UNKNOWN, NO FORWARDING
ADDRESS AT POST OFFICE.
RE BUREAU TEL GAVE AUTHORITY TO LOCATE]
ANB INTERVIEW TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY AND CLARIFY CIRCUMSTANCES
REPORTED B Y ^ ^ H I ^ H B ^ U T E L RESULTS. :
CINCINNATI, AT CINCINNATI UNIVERSITY,
AND HANDLK. •
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TEL JUNE NINE^UST CONTAINING INTERVIEW OF SANDRA SERRANO
CONCERNING THE
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REPORT BEGINNING PAGE THIRTY-SEVEN CONTAINS PHOTOGRAPHS
gERTmJIFUURNISHED BY"7b "TA^-SnooT***^ ©+
INTLEY WHICH WERE TAKEN JUST PRIOR
PHOTOGRAPHS ON PAGES
THIRTY-EIGHT, THIRTY-NIKE AND FORTY REVEAL A GIRL IN A
POLKA-DOT DRESS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE RIGZT HAND SIDE OF
PHOTOGRAPH WITH BACK TO CAMERA. THIS PHOTOGRAPH OF A
WOMAN' IN A POLKA-DOT DRESS APPEARS SIMILAR TO THE DESCRIP-
TION FURNISHED BY SERRANO IN REFERENCED TELETYPE,
LOS ANGELES ADVISE WHETHER THIS WOMAN HAS BEEN IDENTI-
FIED AND INTERVIEWED AND I F NOT, CONDUCT APPROPRIATE
INVESTIGATION TOYDETERMINE WHETHER SHE HAY BE IDENTICAL' A
WITH THE INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED BY SERRANO.
CORR LINE FIVE FIRST WD SH BE FURNISHED
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XSNSALT
RE LOS ANGELES TELETAQE JUNE NINETEEN INSTANT CONCERNING
INTERVIEW OF MEMBERS OF OFFICIAL KENNEDY PARTY.
NEW YORK REQUESTED TO INTERVIEW GEORGE PLIMPTON AND HIS
WIFE FREDDY WHO WERE PRESENT AT THE AMBASSADOR SiOTEL IN CLOSE
PROXIMITY TO SENATOR KENNEDY WHEN HE WAS SHOT. PLIMPTONS
RESIDE AT fl^HHHHHIIHHHHHfeFv Y0RIC*w . 1*9 icuernunc.^^^p^^^j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^K -
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WITH WALTERb^BROW AND CREW PLANNED FOR JUNE TWENTY INSTANT BUT
DOMBROV AND CREW "ftAD TO GO TO WASHINGTON, DC, £ARLY AFTERNOON
JUNE NINETEEN LAST. WILL RETURN TO PHILADELPHIA PROBABLY JUNE
TVENTYONE NEXT. PHILADELPHIA WILL ATTEMPT INTERVIEW THAT DATE.
ANY ATTEMPT TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW IN WASHINGTON,DC, NOT PRACTICAL,
END.
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RE INTERVIEWS OF NEWS MEDIA PERSONNEL.
\TODAY, DICK^SANDERS, ABC TELEVISION ASSIGNMENT MANAGER, ADVISED
BOB CURK IS AT HINAKI LODGE, NEAR KENORA, ONTARIO, CANADA, ON
V A C A T I O N V N T I L JULY FOUR NEXT. CLARK WILL BE INTERVIEWED WHEN HE
R E T U R N S , •*- '
SANDERS ADVISED DENNIS SEASON. UNKNOWN TO HIM BUT MAY BE
ASSIGNED VEST COAST OFFICE AT LOS ANGELES. OR MAY BE AN INDEPENDENT.
ABC PERSONNEL OFFICE OR OFFICE OF FRAZIER KE\D, PAYMASTER FOR ABC
NEWS, BOTH IN NEW YORK SHOULD HAVE RECORD OF BERKSON. NEW YORK
LOCATE BERKSON'AND SET FORTH LEAD FOR INTERVIEW*
INVESTIGATION INDICATES POSSIBILITY THAT FNU sbOTT. WITH STATION
WMCA, NEW YORK, OBSERVED SIRHAN DURING EVENING JUNE F\UR LAST. P.
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LOS ANGELES VIA WASHINGTON .
FROM NEW YORK 4 4 - 1 6 4 0 I P
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RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE DATED JUNE SEVENTEEN LAST
REQUESTING COPY OF FILM TAKEN JUNE FOUR-FIVE LAST BY
JIM WItSON, CBS CAMERMAN.
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NEw\fORK OFFICE HAS NOT SECURED THIS FILM FROM
CBS AS INDICATED IN RE TEL. RAY RYAN, LEGAL COUNSEL,
FOR CBS- SEW JfORK. NEW YORK. HAS RECEIVED REQUEST- Z? '- ' • ' • ' • / • • • ' • • . • - * - . - . • . •• • • . • •>
FROM I T . MANUEL PENA, LAPD, FOR A COPY OF THIS FILM
TAKEN BY WILSON AND FOR OTHER F i t M i CBS- I S - ~ A S C E R W I « 1 M ^
WHAT FILM I S AVAILABLE AND WILL ADVISE LAPD. RYAN
PREFERS TO HANDLE THIS BEQUEST DIRECTLY WITH THE
LAPD AND WILL ADVISE THEM WHAT FILM, I S AVAILABLE
AND THE PROCEDURE NECESSARY TO OBTAIN A COPY.
IN PREVIOUS CR CASES WHEREIN FILM I S DESIRED BY THE
DEPARTMENT* THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH FILM I S DETERMINED
AND THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR I T S PRODUCTION OR REVIEW ARE
MADE DIRECTLY BY DEPARTMENT ATTORNEYS WITH THE LEGAL
DIVISION OF C B S ,
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FROM CINCINNATI : - (175-6)
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JUNE SEVENTEEN, LAST.
BOT
SINGLE, CURRENTLY STUDENT
OHIO, INTERVIEWED TODAY AT
RESIDENCE OLDER BROTHER, ^ r i H B H H J | t GRADUATE
STUDENT,Hpmi||HHH^^U^^^^^^Hm|^^^^^H^^m| |mm^OINCIN>dlHmB^DVIS£D HE DROVE HIS
SIXTY SIX BLUE MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE, SIXTY EIGHT/)LICENSE
IRECTLY TO CINCINNATI FROM ST. LOUIS :-
EXACT DATE UNRECALLED,
' - ' ^ • ' • V i ' ^ ' W ' ^ ^ ^ - ' ••*• ' • • • f ' : : i * - ' - ^ y . ^ ; • . • ' - * T - •'•'
RESIDENCE, |
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EARLY JUNE, SIXTY EIGHT. HE STATED HE HAS NEVER BEEN
IN CALIFORNIA OR PLAYBOY CLUB, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND
KNOWS NOTHING REGARDING KENSALT EXCEPT WHAT READ IN PAPERS.
HE IS CITIZEN OF ARABIA, NOT JORDAN, DISPLAYED ARABIAN PASS-
PORT N U M B E R H I H H l H w I w ^ H ISSUED Ki
AS FOREIGN STUDENT ON SCHOLARSHIP TO|
MARCH, SIXTY SIX. J / ^ t ^ DENIES MAKING STATEMENTS ATTRI-
BUTED TO HIM, INCLUDING, "SOMETHING BIG IS GOING TO HAPPEN
WITHIN^THE NEXT THREE DAYS", POSSESSION OF LINCOLN "
CONTINENTAL, STUDYING MEDICINE AT^fiLU, AND SO FORTH.
STATES NOT ACQUAINTED W I T H ^ H H H w l w f l HAS NEVER USED
NAME
LAST
OBSERVATION OF INTERVIEWING .
LLY COOPERATIVE. HE ALSO ADVISED
COMMON NAME IN ARAB WORLD.'-..,' .. .;[•..,.
NO FURTHER ACTION BY CINCINNATI. 7 '"'":'• **
A H COPY LOS ANGELES. ...,. < .'-.:>-. • •*• ,
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TELETYPE URGENT
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REFERENCE TELETYPE, JUNE SEVENTEEN, LAST, LOS ANGELES TO
PORTLAND, IS AS FOLLOWS:- - • • • . . \ .- - • . - .• • „ •
„ THE NAME TYRONE CHAPitANN APPEARS IN THE NOTEBOOK OF SUBJECT
8IRBAN B. 8IRHAN AND BELIEVED TO BE IDENTICAL WITH A JOCKEY OF THE
SAME NAME, A YAKIHA INDIAN,
AND
•*»
CHAPHANN HAS BROTHER, TOM BSTMO, A HORSE TRAINER PRESENTLY AT
PORTLAND MEADOWS, PORTLAND, OREGON, AND TYRONE BELIEVED TO BE
RACING THERE NOW.
PORTLAND CONTACT
PORTLAND. LOCATE AND INTERVIEW TYRONE CHAPMANN RE ASSOCIATION WITH
SUBJECT, OBTAIN BACKGROUND DATA, AND POSSIBLE MOTIVE FOR ASSASSINATION
OF &FK. SUBJECT WAS KNOWN IN HORSE RACING CIRCLES, CORONA, CALIFORNIA,
A S B O X , B i R H u r . : . v '•••• ' ' . ' \ . " J - : - . v : ' " - K - • • • " • -
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P A G E T W O -" , ; : ' ' . • * . ; - . ' • • • . • • \ : •••••. • .•• . - - . - . - ' . • • •;
IF CHAPUANH HOT LOCATED IN PORTLAND, SET OUT LSAD TO CONTACT
ADDRESS PO BOX
PORTLAND, OREGON,
STATES TYRONE CHAPUANN IS APPARENTLY STILL RIDING AT LONG ACRES
SUGGESTS CONTACT BE HADE WI
LONG ACRES RACE TRACK, TO ARRANGE
INTERVIEW WITH CHAPUANN?
AH COPY LOS ANGELES.
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FROM DETROIT (62 -4177 ) 3P
KEKSALT
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RE DETROIT TELETYPES TO BUREAU, DATED JUNE'SEVSOKD JUNE"
THIRTEEN, U S T , AND BUREAU TELEPHONE CALL TO
DETROIT, DATED JURE FOURTEEN, LAST,
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CONCERNING
CITIZENSHIP. CERTIFICATE UUMBER
ISSUED DETROIT, M ^ | H H H^ ^ ^ I ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H H I N B ^ B B ^ BEING FURNISHED TO
SUPPLEMENT-INFORMATION PROVIDED IK REFERENCED TELETYPE, DATED
JUNE SEVE?J,7 LAST^ IBS FILE REVIEWED A?!D COPY OBTAINED.
SIRHAB ARRIVED V.S* OCTOBER
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SIRHAtf KARRIEf
SIPKAW DESC»I3£D AS A WHITE MALE; FIVE FOOT SEVEN AMD A
HALF INCHES TALL: ONE HUNDRED FORTY L B S . ; BROWN EYES AHD HAIR;
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
[AND MARRIED
SIRHAK'S EC PLOYMEMT A P P L I C A T M ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ P ^ E V I E W E D ; HOWEVER.
DID HOT DISCLOSE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
JETROIT,
(ADVISED JUME FOtRTEEN, LAST,K • '
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TMAT ^ m P B A D V I S E D WZR THAT HE WAS CONTACTED BY THE FBI
OK JUNE THIRTEEN, LAST* A™D APPEARED
I H B A P P A R E N T L Y CONFUSED BECAUSE OF HIS DIFFICULTY IK UNDER-
STANDING ENGLISH AND SHE ADVISED THAT
TO JORDAN JU^E FIFTEEN, TUfCETEEW SIXTY, TO NOVEMBER NINETEEN
SIXTY AND SEPTEt^ER SIXTEEN, SIXTYFCUR, TO- AU3UST TVEKTY, SIXTY-
SIX, ACCORDING TO HIS PASSPORTS. fl||B|[B|ADVISED THAT OTHER
RELATIVES HAVE VISITED XHE NEAR EAST; HOWEVER, O!!LY PALE
RELATIVE SIv.'CE NIMETEEK SIXTY VAS j H H ^ H A V'H0 S P E ;-T F I V E
WE!D(S I " SUKKER OF SIXTYSIX AT TAYPEH, JORDAN.
IfJS, DETROIT, ADVISED FILE REGARDING i B H l | | ^ H H | &
ON MICROFILM AT CENTRAL C3FFICE, WASHINGTON, D , C .
COMPLETE DETAILS RESfi.RDinG FAMILY TRAVEL AND BACKGROUND
END.
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KEKSALT
. RE BU PHONE CALL INSTANT DATE,
IPS FILE RE1
CERTIFIED A CITIZEN 0 N | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H ^ E S NOT SHOW ANY TRAVEL.
HE ADVISED THAT HE HAS BEEN IN U . S . FOR TWENTY YEARS AND RETURNED
TO JORDAN FOR ONE MONTH IN MAY OF NINETEEN FIFTY SEVEN WHILE IF- U,5,
ARtfY. HE'W.S MARRIED VHILE IN JORDAN. HE HAS AFHY SERIAL NUMBER
ADVISED HE
AST\TRAVELED TO JORDAN IN NIRETEER SIXTY TWO
THROUGH NINETEEN SIXTY FOUR. HE ADVISED THAT NEITHER HE NOJ? ANY
OF HIS RELATIVES RESIDING IN U.S. HAVE RETURNED TO JORDAN SINCE
KIKETEEH SIXTY FOUR.
DETROIT TEL TO BUREAU A??D LOS ANGELES DATED SIX SEVEN SIXTY
^ SUBJECT'SCATHES BISHARA
SALAEFH XH ANITAS IN JAYPFK JORDAN DUfclKS HIS VISI]
[HAS NEVER KBOWM KKATTAS
DOES KOT KNOW KHATTAS FAMILY
OR THEIR WHEREABOUTS AND DOES NOT KNOW SUBJECT.* +
IPS FILES DETROIT RE ( H H H H H A ° i : MICROFILM AKD NOT
AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW UWTIL S I X FOURTEEN SIXTY EIGHT. THIS FILE WILL
BE REVIEVED FOR INFORMATION RE TRAVEL TO *fEAR EST AND BUREAU ADVISED
OF ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON SIX FOURTEEN SIXTY .EIGHT..
END. "«*>
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TO CESE THE NAME SIRHAN.
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FROM NEV YORK 44*1640
3SEEEMED BY GOOED TELETYPE
KENSALT*
RE INTERVIEWS OF NEWS MEDIA PERSONNEL.i . ,• •
RE WFO TEL TO BUREAU, NEW YORK AND LA, .
JUNE TWENTY INSTANT REQUESTING NEW YORK OFFICE TO
DETERMINE LOCATION OF DENNIS BERJC^ON FROM ABC IN NYC.- ' ^ ~ 7 *THE SECRETARY TO FRAZIER HEfttf, PAYMASTER FOR ABC,
jx\ NEW YORK, NEW YORK, STAZED THAT DENNIS BERKSON IS A FREE
DASH LANCER WHO DOES WORK FOR ABC. .
BERKSON RESIDES'
WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA, TELEPHONE NUMBEF
NDLE BERKSON INTERVIEW
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URGENT 6/20/6g JDR
TO DIRECTOR C62-567) AND NEW YORK (44-1640)
LOS ANGELES (56-156) PLAINTEXT
FROM WASHINGTON FIELD (173-135) 2P
KEDSALT Y CODED
RE WFO TELETYPE INSTANT.
WILLIAM LEWIS, III, ELECTRICIAN CBS ADVISED TODAY
SENATOR KENNEDY ENTERED EMBASSY ROOM THROUGH FRONT DOOR, PASSING
THROUGH INTENSE CROWD. LEWIS ASSISTED JAMES WILSON, CBS IN FILMING
SENATOR KENNEDY'S EXIT FROM STAGE AREA AND THROUGH KITCHEN PASSAGE-OUG
WAY UP TO AND AFTER ASSASSINATION.
sirfs. LIFE MAGAZINE, WORKING OUT OF LOSWILSON STATES JERRY
ANGELES OFFICE CONTINUED FILMING AS WltSON BECAME TOO GRIEF STRICKEN
TO CONTINUE.
INVESTIGATION DETERMINES THAT SIMS CAN BE LOCATED THROUGH EITHER
ROBERT ORfi OR CASEY DA.'vigp'ljj CBS, NEW YORK, WHILE HENRY KOKOJAN ANDy
IKBA.W. RISSER, NBC, CAITBE LOCATED THROUGH ASSIGNMENT DESK, NBC, CODE
TWO ONE TWO CIRCLE SEVEN EIGHT THREE ZERO ZERO, EXTENSION THREE THREE
•«E*O»E. '
END PAGE Ol£ SOUOfD IHDEXED
APAGE TWO itj
LOS ANGELES, I F HOT ALREADY HABDLEO, IBTERVIEW JOHM MARSHALL,
WARREN W l i ^ 0 N 9 AND ENGINEER, AKA LQtf OF KFVB, )LOS ANGELES* REGARDING
ASSASSINAT101.
1 NEW YORK DETERMINE WHEREABOUTS OF SIMS, KOKOJAN FOR SUBSEQUEIT
INTERVIEWS. P.
END
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FROM SACRAMENTO 6 2 - 7 6 P IP V
KENSALT. • • ' * : •
RE SACRAMENTO TELETYPE, JUNE EIGHTEEN, LAST.
RELIABLE SOURCE l|
ADVISED HE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY
INVESTIGATION BY THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE DELANO
ADVISED HE HAD BEEN TO LOS ANGELES IN
CONNECTION WITH OTHER MATTERS, AND HAD BEEN ADVISED BY THE LOS
ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT. FIVE GIRLS HAD TURNED THEMSELVES IN
AS POSSIBLY BEING IDENTICAL WITH THE GIRL IN THE POLKfl DOT DRES«;tI POU
NO ONE, HOWEVER, MENTIONED ANYTHING CONCERNING A/ SEARCH FOR SUCH A
GIRL IN THE DELANO AREA.
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(PLAINTEXT) '
LOS ANGELES VIA WASHINGTON
FR,ON NEW YORK 44-1640 IP
BY CODED TELETYPEKENSALT
RE WASHINGTON FIELD TEL TO BUREAU, JUNE EIGHTEEN '
LAST, COPY TO NEW YORK, FOR NEW YORK TO INTERVIEW JULES
WITCOVER. /
INVESTIGATION AT RYC DISCLOSED |JULES WITCOVER ASSIGNED
WASHINGTON BUREAU OF NEWKOUSE NATIONAL NEWS/SERVICE,
SEVENTEEN FIFTY PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N O F T / W E S T , '
WASHINGTON, DC. '
WASHINGTON FIELD WILL INTERVIEW WITCOVER ALONG LINES
SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH TWO OF REFERENCED TELETYPE.
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TO LOS ANGELES AND SAJt FRANCISCO
FROM BOSTON 4 4 - 6 4 6
KENSALT.
MISS SUSAN 0•L\ARY, SENA TOBY KENNEDY'S OFFICE, JFK BUILDING,
BOSTON, WSS.. ADVISED T H A T ^ H H B AK/j|Hfcff ELEPHONICALLY
CONTACTED SENATOR'S OFFICE WANTINGVO MEET WITH^NYONE FROM
THE KENNEDY FAMILY AT THE SOUTH END D£POTt STATING HE HAD INFO
WHICH WOULD PROTECT THEM FROM WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHERS.
MISS O'LEARY INDICATED THE SUBJECT FORMERLY RESIDED A1
SAN FRANCISCO, AND APPARENTLY '
CAME EAST AFTER THE SENATOR WAS SHOT. SHE DESCRIBED HIK AS OF
IRISH AND TURKISH DECENT, FIVE FEET SEVEN INCHES TALL, DARK "
BROWN HAIR. \
* ' SAR FRANCISCO SHOULD ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL
AND ADVISE BOSTON OF ANY INFO RE HIS PRESENT WHEREABOUTS.
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1235PM URGENT 6 - 2 1 - 6 8 DWG - '
TO LOS ANGELES 5 6 - 1 5 6 AND SAN FRANCISCO
FROW BOSTON 4 4 - 6 4 6
KEWSALT . ;
RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE DATED SIX TWENTY LAST AND BOSTON
TELETYPE TO LOS* ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO SAME DATE,
GEORGIA BOs\wj
iBOSTONV INTERVIEWED TODAY AND UNABLE TO FURNISH^
ANY INFORMATION REGARDING A TWENTY DOLLAR TIP BY SIRHAN ORANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL AT THE BAR AT RAFFERTY HEADQUARTERS THE
NIGHT OF THE CALIFORNIA PRIMARY.
BOSTON INDICES AND RECORDS OF BOSTON PD NEGATIVE ON
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TOt DIRECTOR, FBI (62-587) ft SAC, WASHINGTON FIELD- • .- (173-135)
FROMj SAC, KEW YORK
K E N S A i z r l -' -:•.,: -..-. •- :••••.•..• \ - \ • -.*:• • : ~, • •- .-... •;
RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND NEW YORK DATED
JUNE EIGHTEEN LAST REQUESTING NEW YORK TO INTERVIEW STANLEY..
pr,A7TNR fiTAPF PHOTOGRAPHER WHO WAS AT THE
AMBASSADOR HdTEL DURING SENATOR KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION
AND TO OBTAIN NEGATIVES OF PERTINENT PHOTOGRAPHS HE MAY .
HAVE TAKEN AND TO SEND THEM TO LOS ANGELES VIA REGISTERED
MAIL; RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE DATED JUNE EIGHTEEN LAST
TO BUREAU AND NEW YORK REQUESTING NEW YORK TO INTERVIEW
WARREN ROVERS, "LOOK" MAGAZINE CONCERNING KENSALT AND*
TO OBTAIN 1NY PHOTOGRAPHS. '
THE SECRETARY TO PAT CARBINE (FEMALE), MANAGING
EDITOR, "LOOK" MAGAZINE, NEW Y|>RK, NEW YORK, STATED THAT
a New York (44-1640) V ' ; J -..<;•4 L os Angeles (56-I56) (AM) i-i,^-.- Supervisor #23
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EIGHT TWO FIVE NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C.,
TELEPHONE NUMBER TWO ZERO TWO DASH THREE FOUR SEVEN HASHTWO ZERO ZERO FOUR. i .
WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE HANDLE INTERVIEWS OF TRETICKAND ROGERS. A^ 0$T*iO {*#**<&+&
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FROM NEW YORK 44*1640 2P
KENSALTm • .
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EIGHTEEN LAST, INSTRUCTING NEW YORK OFFICE TO INTERVIEW
JIMMY
JIMMY Bfr N WAS INTERVIEWED AND SAID THAT WHEJI
SENATOR KENNEDY'S SPEECH ENDED AN INDIVIDUAL WHOM
, BRESLIN THINKS WAS J)ICK DR^IN OF SENATOR EDWARD KE«NEDY.|
STAFF, APPEARED AT THE DOOR OF THE PRESS ROOM IN THE AMBASSADOR
HOTEL AND SAID THAT SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY WAS ON HIS WAY
TO THE^RESS ROOMGX
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AND WA^EN^ROGERS^ SUBDUED SIRHAN. BRESLIN ASKED SIRHAN
AT THE TIME WHY HE DID IT. SIRHAN DID NOT ANSWER.
BRESLIN DID NOT SEE THE ACTUAL SHOOTING/ HE SAW
THE GUN IN THE AIR AND BILL BARRY GRABBING THE ARM HOLDING
END PAGE ONE _
BILL BJ^RRY. JROSIE GRIER. RAFER
WARRENRQfiERS SUBDUED SIRHAN.
JoSujSPj/ GEORGE P L W
PA6E TWO
THE GUI.
BRESLIN HAD NEVER SEEN SIRKAN BEFORE THIS.
BRESLIN HAS SINCE HEARD RUMORS THAT PICMEtPCK OF
SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY'S St*fF CHASED SIRHAN OFF THE
PLATMBRM TWICE AND THAT DICK HAlWOOD OF THE WASHINGTON POST ACTUALLY SAVS
SIRHAN SHOOT SENATOR KENNEDY* -
A COPY OF THIS IS SENT TO WASHINGTON FIELD FOR INFO.
FD THREE ZERO TWO'S WILL BE SENT TO LOS ANGELES*
END - -•• " "
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TO DIRECTOR ( 6 2 - 5 8 7 ) ft LOS ANGELES ( 5 6 - 1 5 6 )
FROM SAN FRANCISCO ( 6 2 - 5 4 8 1 ) 2P
CODED
KENSELT
SHINOFF.RE INTERVIEW OF PAUL SHiflOFF* RE LA TEL TO BUREAU AND SF
JUNE EIGHTEEN LAST. \ ,rR0W A REVIEtf 0F SF PILES THE FOLLOWING MAS BEEN ASCERTAINED,
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GARRY IS A PARTNER IB LAW FIRM OF
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PANT
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HE IS PRESENTLY THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE BLACK
PARTY (BPP) AND IS DEFENDING HUEY P. NEWTON, THE ACCUSED
MURDERER OF AN OAKLAND PD OFFICER, AND MAKES ALMOST DAILY PRESS
RELEASE CRITICAL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. ,
IT IS BELIEVED THAT ANY INTERVIEW OF SHINOFF WILL HAVE TO
BE IN PRESENCE OF GARRY. IT IS NOT BELIEVED THAT ANYTHING WOULD
BE ACCOMPLISHED BY SUCH AN INTERVIEW. THEREFORE, IT IS RECOMMENDED
THAT NO EFFORT BE MADE TO CONTACT SHINOFF THROUGH GARRY TO
ARRANGE INTERVIEW.
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TO DIRECTOR 6 2 - 5 8 7 AND LOS ANGELES 5 6 - 1 5 6 PLAINTEXT
LOS ANGELES VIA WASHINGTON
FROM. NEW YORK 4 4 - 1 6 4 0 2P
iwULltit-li P I bUiiJiJ i L L L l i r tKENSALT . • ' , • -
RE TELETYPE FROM WFO TO BUREAU, JUNE EIGHTEEN LAST.
' > _ SYLV*A wY^GHT, WRITER, LIFE MAGAZINE, NYC, INTER-
VIEWED T H I S D A T E N W U L D F U R N I S H NO INFORMATION REGARDING
SIRHAN SIRHAN. SHE ADVISED SENATOR ALWAYS IN THE PAST
SPOKE TO PRESS AFTER SPEECHES TO VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS
OF HIS CAMPAIGN. WRIGHT SAID THAT A MESSENGER FROM
ROCKET MESSENGER SERVICE. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
IN AMBASSADOR HOTEL FROW APPROXIMATELY EIGHT PM ON
JUNE FOUR LAST TILL NINE FIFTEEN PM ON JUNE FOUR
LAST, AND AGAIN FROM J P ^ R P X I M A J E L Y _ . T E N . T H I R T Y ..PBL.
ON JUNE FOUR LAST TILL TWELVE THIRTY AH ON JUNE-FIVE >~ - . . . • • - 1 . . • — - , — • « • • • • - •
LAST, WHEN MESSENGER FIRST REPORTED TO COLONIAL ROOM,
AMBASSADOR HOTEL AT APPROXIMATELY EIGHT PK ON JUNE FOUR
LAST, HE INFORMED WRIGHT HE HAD NOT HAD SUPPER AT WHICH
TIME WRQ 9 m.ftfrHEft MESSENGER WITH PRESS CARD SO
HE COULD GET IN THE COLONIAL ROOM LATER*
WRIGHT SAID SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE MESSENGER WAS\
END PAGE ONE . B,
PAGE TWO
ATTEMPTING TO ENTER ROOMS ACROSS FROM HER ROOM
THREE FOUR EIGHT AT AMBASSADOR HOTEL. WRIGHT ASKED
MESSENGER "I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO EAT AND MESSENGER
REPLIED IT'S TOO CROWDED" WRIGHT SAID MESSENGER COULD
HAVE BEEN FAMILIAR VITH THE HOTEL AS HE VAS OPPOSITE
HER ROOM SHORTLY AFTER SHE GAVE HIM THE PRESS CARD*
WRIGHT GAVE MESSENGER FILM AT APPROXIMATELY NINE FIFTEEN
PM TO BE DELIVERED TO THE AIRPORT BY TEN PM AND INSTRUCTED
KIM TO RETURN TO THE COLONIAL ROOM FOR MORE FILM*
MESSENGER DESCRIBED AS APPROXIMATELY FORTY FIVE YEARS
OF AGE, GREY QAIR, VELL TANNED, FIVE FEET EIGHT
INCHES IN HEIGHT AND VERY THIN.
LOS ANGELES WILL ASCERTAIN IDENTITY AND INTERVIEW
MESSENGER FROM ROCXET MESSENGER SERVICE FOR HIS
KNOWLEDGE IF SIRHAN OBSERVED, IT IS TO BE NOTED THAT
MESSENGERQAPPEARED TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE HOTEL.
FD THREE ZERO TWO IS BEING FORWARDED BY SEPARATE
COMMUNICATION. '• .
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SAC, ST. LOUIS (44-782)
TELETYPE
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FROM:
KENSALT
RE CINCINNATI TELETYPE JUNE EIGHTEEN LAST, i . :
"" ST. LOUIS .-;••''-*;
UNIVERSITY, THREE SfX. THREE ZERO WEST PINE BLVD., ADVISED JUNE
TWENTYONE INSTANT HE WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY RECORD WHERE AN
INDIVIDUAL USING H A U E f l ^ H H H M B f ^ 1 * LIVED m R E « LOGICAL .INVESTIGATION HAS FAILED TO LOCATENTHIS INDIVIDUAL. IT WOULD
SEEK SOMEONE ELSE IS USING THE NAME AS AN AKA. BECAUSE THERE
WERE NO SPECIFIC STATEMENTS RE KENSALT MADE, BUT ONLY AN IMPLIED
INTERPRETATION GIVEN B 7 ^ H H L H ! H T B F T * ^O^IS WILL CONDUCTNO FURTHER INVESTIGATION OTHER THAN TO A L E R ^ ^ ^ O ADVISE ST. -
LOUIS SHOULDJBBJCX>ME TO THE PLAYBOY CLUB IN THE FUTURE. ;••
FOR INFO WFO AND LA, RE TELETYPE SET OUT INTERVIEW WITH V ^
• • • • • • • • • f l B I I H l H O DENIED HE WAS :E V E R I N P L A Y B O Y C L U B * ; ' V f Y ^ ' z ? ? ^ - '•<•'•-•'?:< v± ••'
AIR MAIL COPT LOS ANGELES.
J Los Angeles (Air Mall)
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FBI SACTO
4 i 5 7 PMJSGENT 6 / 2 1 / 6 8 LMS
TO: LOS A\H5SLES (56-156)
SACSAtfENTO (62-76) (P)
KEMSALT.
, R% LA T£L SIX\
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LAST
, STATE
>6AND HIS SPECIAL ASS>6T^NT> ^BAHMSY
TODAY. TH£Y DID NOT ARRI\/£ IM
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OF PJ.-3LIC IVST*JCTIOM,
SSPA^ATiLY I ?Jri.J
)0M OF A!*3ASSAD0ii
JNTIL ^~TER iLSJ iN 1 THIRTY P . Y . , J . J > E 70JZ, LAST, FO-*
ISfOfiY CSLE3?IATIOV. MSITHEH HAD P£?iSONAL K^OJLSD^H: OF
CVCS IN VS^STIAN *0OX THAT £V£MIN", HQ&SVZR,
FIT7PATHICK S^ID HIS WIFE CLAIMED HA7IM3 £A3LIE3 S££M SIP.HAN1 TH£-l£.
THEY KVSW OF MO S-XJHITY GJA^DS IV V£.»ETIA!IJ R00>! OS OF 3EST?.ICr£D
IWITATIOWAL ZWrLY. SJCH A.RHAVTS^iiMTS* IF AMY# wOJLD H^7E 3 £ £ v
HAVDL5D >3Y ^AFFS.^TY'S CAWPAI5M HrJAD-aUAXTS^S IV LOS AM3SL5S. rlAFFiC.-irY
TH^T THE tTJNS TWSMTYOMS ISJ^JE OF LIF2 MAIA^INS CA--J3ISD
THAT SI SHAN VAS THHOtfN OJT OF y£\i-:TIAN ^OOM AMD .^£FJS£D
A D.^I\iK 3Y A 3M HOSTESS THZRZ, BUT HAD HSASD ^ 0 SJCH STOSY TOM
ANY OTHEX SO'J^CS. APPROXIMATELY TH*EE Z£HO ZS^O TO FOLJS Z£.^0 ZZSO
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ADVISED SHE FLSETIM'SLY 03SE3VED A MAN BELIEVED TO REJ
IN VENETIAN ROOM A30JT TEN MINJTES BEFOiiE RAFFEHTY SPOKE. HE WAS
WEASINt; LIGffT TROUSERS AND A SLJE LIGHT WEIGHT NYLON JACKET, ZIPPED
UP. SHE DOES NOT KNOW ANY OTHE* PERSON WHO SAW THIS MAN OR IF HE
WA S WITH A GROUP, AND DID NOT S££ HIM AGAIN.
END.
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LOS ANGELES 10 I0J55PM JDR
URGENT 6-21-68 EXR
TO DIRECTOR AND LOS ANGELES P L A I N T E X T
FROM WASHINGTON FIELD (173-135) IP
RECEIVED BY CODED 7EETYPE
KENSALT
BOB n«K» SOUND MAN, CBS, VDC, A
JENNIE ROKNELLI (PHONETIC) TELEPHONE
NORTH HOLLYWOOD PASS TO ENTER EMBASSY
CROON TO HEAR SENATOR KENNEDY ON NIGHT OF ASSASSINATION.
RONNELLI WAS APPROACHED BY HAN (UNKNOWN) ASKING FOR^tfSE
OF HER PASS IN ORDER TO GO TO KITCHEN TO SEE SENATOR.
FOLLOWING DAY, RONNELLI SAW SIRHAN ON TEL^ISIOK AND
IDENTIFIED HIM AS UNKNOWN KAN.
LOCATE AND INTERVIEW JENNIE R0NNELL1.
END
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URGENT 6-21-68 6JM
TO DIRECTOR 62-587 LOS ANGELES 56-156 PLAINTEXT
FROM WASHINGTON FIELD 173-135 IP
BY CODED TELENFE
m
KENSALT
DUN 6IFR1RD* LEGAL ASSISTANT TO SEB\
\ . , TOR EDWARD KENNEDY WITH
SENATOR KENNEDY AT KYANNISPORT, WILL BE INTERVIEWED WDC JUNE TWENTY-
FOUR NEXT.
KIEVFRANK MANKIEWICZ, PRESS SECRETARY, TO BE INTERVIEWED TEN A.M.
JUNE TWENTY-FOUR NEXT, WDC.
DALLY CONTACT WITH OFFICE OF FRANK^WTON DETERMINED HIS SCHEDULE
UNCERTAIN AS HE COMPLETES AFFAIRS. ON JUNE'TWENTY LAST DUTTON APPEARED
AT WDC OFFICE FOR FIVE MINUTES, DID NOT REVIEW INCOMING MESSAGES.
WFO URGED OFFICE STAFF TO ADVISE DUTTON TO SET INTERVIEW APPOINTMENT
AT EARLIEST TINE. WFO AGENTS 7ALERTED FOR DUTTON INTERVIEW. .
URDER AND RAY LAHR,GEORGE HARDER AND RAY UPI, ADVISED JUNE TWENTY-ONE INSTANT
THEY WERE NOT AT" AMBASSADOR HOTEL LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WHEN
SENATOR KENNEDY WAS SHOT, WFO INTERVIEWS CONTINUING. P.
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11-14 PM URGENT 6 - 2 1 - 6 8 WPK
TO DIRECTOR 62-587 AND LOS ANGELES 56-156 (PLAINTEXT)
LOS ANGELES VIA WASHINGTON
FROM NEW YORK 44-1640 2P
XENSALT
RE WFOTEL TO DIRECTOR, JUNE TWZNTY, SIXTY EIGHT, REGARDING* •
INTERVIEWS OFvNEWS MEDIA PERSONNEL*
WILLIAM sXpTT, VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF NEWS,
WHCA RADIO, NEVXORX CITY, ADVISES THAT HE WAS AT THE
AMBASSADOR HOTEL IN LOS ANGELES ON JUNE FOUR AND FIVE, LAST,
AT TIME KENNEDY SHOT. REFERENCED TELETYPE APPARENMTY RELATES
TO STATEMENT SCOTT WADE TO ASSOCIATES THAT APPROXIMATELY
ONE AND OXE HALF* HOURS PRECEEDING THE KENNEDY SHOOTING, THAT
HE WITNESSED AN UNIDENTIFIED WHITE MALE WALKING PAST THE
RADIO PRESS TABLE IN A STRANGE MANNER, THIS INCIDENT WAS
RECALLED BY HIM AFTER THE SHOOTING IN THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL
HAD HIS RIGHT HAND IN HIS COAT POCKET WITH HIS LEFT1 r
HAND LCASPED OVER THE COAT POCKET. AT THE TIME, HE THOUGHT MAYBE
END PAGE ONE
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THIS INDIVIDUAL HAD STOLEN SOME OF THE PRESS EQUIPMENT
AND WAS TRYING TO HIDE IT IN HIS POCKET. LATER HOWEVER,
AFTER SEEING SIRHAN'S PHOTOGRAPH HE RECALLED A SIMILARITY
OF SIRKAN WITH ABOVE UNIDENTIFIED HALE AND THOUGHT MAYBE
THIS VAS SIRHAN AND POSSIBLY THAT HE WAS HOLDING A GUN IB
HIS POCKET. THE UNIDENTIFIED MALE, OF THE GENERAL DESCRIPTION
OF SIRHAN, VAS WEARING A LIGHT BLUE ZIPPER WINDBREAXER TYPE
JACKET AND TAN KHAKI TROUSERS.
SCOTT STATED HE VAS HOT IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA
OF THE SHOOTING AND HAD NO PHOTOGRAPHS OF TCE ENSUING EVENTS..
OTHER THAN POSSIBLY THE UNIDENTIFIED PERSON BEING SIRHAN, HE
BS NOT RECALL SEEING SIRHAN EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE
SHOOTING. ' . . . ' . . -
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JUNX 8i>, 1968
URGENT
TO: LEGAT, OTTAWA ( 6 2 - 5 1 3 )
FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI ( 6 2 - 5 8 7 )
KENSALT . . • - ,:
BE LEGAT OTTAWA TELETYPES JUNE FOURTEEN AND NINETEEN,
NINETEEN 8IXTYEIGHT*
FOR INFORMATION OF LO^ANGELE3, JUNE NINETEEN TELETYPE
INDICATES CANADIAN BROADCASTING\COMPANY, PARENTHESIS, CBC, CLOSE
PARENTHESIS, EXPOSED APPROXIMATELY^ TEN THOUSAND FEET OF FILM
RE KENNEDY COVERAGE. APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND FEET UTILIZED
ON PROGRAM APPARENTLY VIEWED B\
COST OF ENTIRE FOOTAGE ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ M W O U L D APPJ
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
SINC^JMIBlNDICATED HE WAS WATCHING TELECAST JUNE FOUR,
LAST, WHICH PERTAINED TO KENNEDY'S CAVALCADE IN CALIFORNIA/
IT APPEARS THIS COVERAGE WAS CONSIDERABLY BEFORE SHOOTING WHICH
OCCURRED TWELVE FIFTEEN A.M. JUNE FIVE, LAST. ACCORDINGLY,
LEGAT OTTAWA SHOULD ARRANGE THROUGH APPROPRIATE SOURCES A
VIEWING OF FILM IN QUESTION IN ORDER
SCENES REFERRED TO IN HI 1 FOLLOWING WHICH,
SEARCHED.SERIAUZED_JSZFILED
JUN241968I - T LOS ANGELES
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TELETYPE TO LEGAT, OTTAWA~~ JtENSALT ~
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DEPENDING UPON EESVLTS, CONSIDERATION COULD BE GIVEN TO
PRINTINO THAT PORTION OF FILM PERTINENT TO THIS INQUIRY.
WITH KE3PECT T O « H H H H B | T H A T CBC CREW MEMHEB
IH LOS ANGEUS3 TBOOCUT HE SAW SZBBAN CLOSE TO KENNEDT
, CAVALCADE PRIOR TO FATAL SHOOTINO, LEGAT OTTAWA THBOUGS
SOUBCE3 DETERMINE IDENTITY OF CREW MEMBER AMD FULL
CiaCUUSTANCES SURROUNDING HIS IDENTIFICATION. EXPEDITE
AND ADYISS. LOS ANGELES ADVISED EX AIRMAIL.
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TELETYPE URGENT• * - - , •S
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TO i DIRECTOR, FBI (62-587) and -.V*-"••"' - • .' • ',' SAC. WASHINGTON FIELD (173-135) .
. . ' • • • * • • . " ' . i r ' * ' . . " • * • i
FROM : SACt NEW YORK (MU -16«• 0) /- ., ': r "
SUBJECT: KEMSALT ,. .;••"-' ' ; / ,
• RE WFO TELETYPE JUNE EIGHTEEN SIXTY EIGHT, EIGHT
ZERO FIVE PM TO BUREAU AND OTHER OFFICES REQUESTING NY TO
INTERVIEW PAUL HCALY. • ;• ...
INOUIRYVT NEV VORK DAILY NEWS REVEALS THAT PAUL
HEALY WORKS OUT OF NEW YORK DAILY NEWS OFFICE IK NATIONAL
PRESS BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C., TELEPHONE NA EI^HT - FIVE
ZERO FIVE NINE. : > ' ; ' ' .;:
• -••' ' WFO HANDLE INTERVIEW OF HEALY. .
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Los Angeles (56-356) (Air Mail)C- New York (<•«*-! 6H0) . :-> :\-L- S u p v . # 2 3 - . .•.- " ' --. v--i'"J *-
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5 : 1 3 PM URGENT 6 - 2 4 - 6 8 AWS
TO DIRECTOR, LOS ANGELES, DALLAS AND WASHINGTON FIELD
IJROM NEW YORK 4 4 - 1 6 4 0 -
KEKSALT; 0 0 : LA.
AU-
RE WFO TEL TO BUREAU, NEW YORK, AND LA DATED JUNE TWENTY
LAST, REQUESTING NY TO LOCATE ^ERRY SIKS CF LIFE MAGAZINE AT
CBS, NEW YORK, AND HENRY KOKOJAN AND A. W. RiSSER AT NBC. '
INQUIRY AT NBC R E V E A L S V H A T H. W. RISSER AND HENRY
KOKOJAN ARE BASED IN DALLAS, TEXAS, FOR NBC. RISSER,*
A'SOUNDMAN, LIVES IN DALLAS AND HAS TELEPHONE NUK3ER EM
KOKOJAN, A CAMERAMAN,
LIVES IN IRVING, TEXAS/TELEPHONE NUMB]
RISSER AND KOKCJAN WERE EVIDENTLY AT AMBASSADOR HOTEL
WHEN SENATOR KENNEDY WAS A S S A S S I N A T E D . . ' . . . .
END PAGE ONE .
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DALLAS INTERVIEW RISSER AND KOKOJAN AS TO THE KENNEDY
ASSASSINATION UNLESS ADVISED TO CONTRARY BY LA.
RE TEL REQUESTED NY TO DETERMINE WHEREABOUTS OF JERRY SIMS
OF L I F E MAGAZINE BY CONTACTING CBS, NEW YORK,
L I F E MAGAZINE, NEW YORK, HAS NO RECORD OF JERRY SIMS,
IN VIEW OF APPARENT MISUNDERSTANDING IN RE TEL AND THE
FACT THAT SIMS WAS WORKING OUT OF LA, NO FURTHER EFFORTS BEING MADE
BY NYO TO LOCATE SIMS.
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1030 PM URGENT 6 / 2 2 / 6 8 PJW
TO DIRECTOR <62-587) & LOS ANGELES ( 5 6 - 1 5 6 )
FROM SEATTLE C89-62) /4PG/
KENSALT
RE LA". TEL TO BUREAU 0&D SE INSTANT DATE
THIS D A T t | H | H m [ ^ ~ B B U ' T C R V I E W £ : D * STATE/ ON JUNE SIX LAST,
'EMPLOYED A T B B ^ B l ^ l ^ B ^ ^ M l ^ U SA/TA MONICA, CALIF., ALSO
EMPLOYED A s H ^ ^ ^ H ^ H B s A t i E HOTEL SAM£ TIME. IN CONFUSION IN
AFTERtfATH OF SLAYING/OF SENATOR R03ERT F . KENNEDY, WHEN PUBLIC NOTICES
PUT OUT RE "taSSING G J ^ H ^ ^ ^ O T I C E D THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS, IN
NO WAY CONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER, WHICH SHE THOUGHT MIGHT BE OF VALUE
IN LOCATING "MISSING GIRL". INCIDENTS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
{, SANTA MONICA PD.
;INCIDENT NUMBER ONE...HOTEL GUEST REGISTERED UNDER NAME
I'M'HATTAN, N.Y. , OCCUPIED ROOM TWO THREE NINE, MIRAHAR HOTEL
SA/JTA MONICA, JUNE FIVE THROUGH NINE L A S ^ ^ ^ ^ S A I D THAT THIS WOMAN
BEEN A GUEtfT AT THIS SAME HOTEL FOR A30UT TWO WEEKS TOTAL, HAVING
PREVI«-«-SLY SpfcYED IN ANOTHER ROOM UNREGISTERED, ACCORDING TO BELLBOY
AS TOLD T ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ M S A I D THAT WHEN FOOD AND MERCHAN
ISE OHDERE£ B ^ m ^ R O M HOTEL AND BOUTIQUE S K O P ^ ^ | | W O U L D NOT SHO
FACE WE ^DELIVER ED. WAS TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AMONG HOTEL EMPLOYEES^
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WHO DID NOT SEE FACE DURING TWO WEEK P E R I O D J M B | s U P P O S E D L Y HAD HER
WIG STYLED AT MIRAMAR HOTEL BEAUTY SHOP SO THAT WIG WOULD COVER PART OFFACE* W ^ L S 0 0F:DERED PANTY HOSE FROM BOUTIQUE SHOP INDICATING HEIGH
WAS FIVE FEET SIX I N C H E S J ^ J ^ T A L K E D T j f l ^ B O N PHONE AND]
VOICE SOUNDED LIKE THAT OF YOUNG WOKAN, NO ACCENT. REGISTRATION CARD AT
HOTEL I N D I C A T E c M ^ R L E F T HOTEL ON JUNE NINE
ONLY ON BASIS THAT REPORTS INDICATED LOS ANGELES PD LOOKING FOR UNKNOWN
WOMAN AT THAT TIME IN CONNECTION WITH KENSALT, AND THAT SHE HAD NO OTHE
REASON TO C O N N E C T ^ I ^ p W I T H INSTANT MATTER OTHER THAN ACTIVITIES NOTED
ABOVE, :
INCIDENT NUMBER T W O . J ^ ^ ^ S A I D THAT ON JUNE THREE LAST AN UNKNOW
MALE LEFT A SUITCASE AT THE DOOR OF THE MIRAMAR HOTEL BEAUTY SHOP
STATING THAT HE WOULD RETURN FOR IT LATER, AND ASKED ATTENDANTS TO LOOK
AFTER SUITCASE. J ^ ^ ^ A I D THAT NO-ONE CAME FOR SUITCASE AS OF JUNE
SEVEN LAST, WHEN TWO MEN, BELIEVED TO BE FBI AGENTS, TOOK IT AWAY.
HEARD FROM BEAUTY SHOP EKPOLYEES THAT SUITCASE CONTAINED MEN'S CLOTHING
J H H S A I D THAT SHE HAD NO REASON TO BELIEVE SUITCASE WAS CONNECTED WIT
KENSALT. . ' " ' ' . • . . ; ,
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SUPRA, LEFT SOMEINCIDENT NUMBER THREE.«|
PAPERS
JUNE EIGHT LAST/ AND SHE NOTICED ONE PIECE OF PAPER CARRIED
NOTATION " f l H I B H H i H L N D THEREAFTER FOLLOWED NOTATION ABOUT DE-
PARTURE OF AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE KENNEDY AIRPORT
(JFK), NEW YORK, ABOUT MIDNIGHT^U^. 'OW THOUGHT THIS FLIGHT WAS FOR
JUNE EIGHT OR NINE LflST. SHE WAS UNABLE TO ASCERTAIN ^^KtKttKt^
WAS A PASSENGER OR CREW MEM3ER ABOARD AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT ON THATDAY THROUGH INQUIRIES AT AMERICAN AIRLINES IN LOS ANGELES. SHE KNEW OF
NO REASON
AND THOUGHT CROSSED HER MIND
CLAIMED THAT SHE KNEW ALL
HAVE NAME OF
BE KISSING GIRL. SHE
ASSOCIATES A N ^ H H B ^ A S N0T
ONE OF THEM. SHE TRIED TO CONTACT FBI LOS ANGELES, BUT ALL LINES WERE
BUSY, SO SHE CALLED FBI NEW YORK SINCE FLIGHT HAD ALREADY DEPARTED.
U3SEQUENTLY LEARNED ™d^//KI&1H*Jt^KE^EK}IS A STEW-
ARDESS WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES BASED IN NEW YORK, WHOM HE KET CASUALLY A
MIR A MAR HOTEL DURING ONE OF HER LAYti V E R s M ( ^ J NOW HAS NO REASON TO
C C O E ^ m P ^ L ' l T H KENS ALT IN ANY WAY. U ^ d NOT BEING INTER-VIEWED. - . - ; • - • ' - • • . • • • -• •• •• _
XORR .-.' •
CORK SECOND TO LAST L I N E TEXT WORD 9 "UACB"
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FROM NEW YOKK 4 4 - 1 6 4 0
K E N S A L T , - • " .
RE AT TEL TO BUREAU, LA, AND, NY DATED JUNE THIRTEEN
LAST AS TO DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT EIGHT EIGHT FIVE OR
EIGHT FIVE F I V / FROM ATLANTA TO LOS ANGELES , JUKE
FOUR LAST. / Jt- ' -
PAN AN, NEW
CITY, STAGED HE CALLED HIS ATLANTA OFFICE. HE AJ^TATLANTA
OOFICE HAVE NO RECORD 0 F 9 ^ B B H | H H f l ^ ^ ^ AND
IIUM3ER FOUR SEVEN TWO DASH THREE ZERO EIG/T THREEE OR
FOUR SEVEN TWO DASH THREE ZERO EIGHT TV/3 HAS NO MEANING
TO HIM OR HIS ATLANTA 'OFFICE. •
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LOS ANGELES 5 6 - 1 5 6
LA VIA WASHINGTON (PLAINTEXT)
FROM NEW YORK 4 4 - 1 6 4 0
KENSALT.
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REINTERVIEW OF NEWS MEDIA PERSONNEL*
RE VFO TEL DATED JUNE EIGHTEEN LAST,
REQUESTING NYO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW WARREN WEAVER, NEW YORK
TIMES. ^^
WEAVER IS ASSIGNED TO THE WASHINGTON, DC OFFICE OF NEW
YORK TIMES, ONE SEVEN ZERO K STREET, NW TELEPHONE
NATIONAL EIGHT DASH THREE ZERO ONE SIX. / -
WFO HANDLE INTERVIEW.END . . - - • '
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LOS ANGELES VIA WASHINGTON -
FROM NEW YORK 44-1640 2P
KRUSAIT
• REWFOTEL TO BUREAU, LOS ANGELES AND. VARIOUS OFFICES,
SIX EIGHTEEN SIXTY EIGHT, WITH LEAD FOR NEW YORK TO INTERVIEW
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BRODIE OF THE LONDON DAILY EXPRESS.
MR. IAN BRODIE, REPORTER FOR THE LONDON DAILY EXPRESS
A l V MADE A TELEPHONE CALL \ROtt MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, TO
SPECIAL A G E N T ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H N THE NEW YORK, NEW YORK
OFFICE.
MR. BRODIE STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN COVERING SENATOR
ROBERT KENNEDY'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, BUT THAT HE (BRODIE)
WAS'IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE FOUR DASH
FIVE, NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT, WHEN SENATOR KENNEDY
ASSASSINATED. • ^
END PAGE ONE
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• WR. BRODIE STATED THAT HARRY BETOPN, A PHOTOGRAPHER
FOR THE LONDON DAILY EXPRESS AND IVOR D A v \ s > A REPORTER FOR THE
LONDON DAILY EXPRESS WERE IN THE AMBASSADOR HOTEL ON THE
NIGHT OF JUNE FOUR DASH F I V E , NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT, BUT THAT
THEY ARE PRESENTLY ON VACTION IN GREAT BRITAIN, BRODIE
ADDED THAT BENSON AND DAVIS WOULD CALL SPECIAL AGENT
WIJEN THEY RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES.
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DENVER IS KOT IK RECEIPT NEW YORK TEL AND LOS ANGELES TEL
O' REFERRED TO IN YOUR RETEL.
SUBMIT APPROPRIATE IDENTIFYING DATA TO DENVER CONCERNING
INVESTIGATION.
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FROM EEU HAVEN ( 6 2 - 2 4 7 7 )
KEKSALT
RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR, JUNE TWO S I X , INSTANT.
PnECOKDS REFLECT B H H H B ^ ^ . R E S T E D
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KEKSALT x
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RE LA TEL TO BUREAU JUKE TWENTY FIVE, LAST,
REFERENCE I S MADE TO SF AlfiTEL OF JUNE/TWNETY LAST TO LA WHICH
ENCLOSED TAPE WDE AVAILA2LE BY RON P.EVKQLDS, PROGRAM DIRECTOR,
RADIO STATION KHEW, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA/
LA FORWARD, TAPE TO FBI L A B C R A T O R / .
SEAT.CHEDSERlAU2£D_j£3==nt!ED
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555PM URGENT 6 - 2 S - 6 8 JRW
TO DIRECTOR ( 6 2 - 5 8 7 ) AND LOS ANGELES
FROM DENVER C 6 2 - 1 5 6 )
KENSALT.
RE LOS\NGELES TELETYPE TO BUREAU JUNE TWENTYFIVE LAST CONCERNING
IDENTIFICATION BUREAU, " SHOW
FOLLOWING NOTATION BY IDENTIFICATION BUREAU EMPLOYEE APPEARS ON ABOVE
. ARREST RECORD "COMM TEND. NO INFORMATION GIVEN; PRINTS TAKEN BY FORCE."
L ' - THISS RECORD SH0|
END PAGE ONE
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VPAGE TWO
DENVER 62-2416
•VISAKE INDIVIDUAL!
fPD RECORDS ALSO SHOW FOLLOWING ARRESJS FOR THIS
LUNCER NAME!
JI NUMBER
FOR INVESTIGATION
DISPOSITION WAS SHOWN ARRESTED FOR
RECORD FURNISHED BY BUREAU APR^ THIRTY, SIXTYTWO UNDER FBI NUMBER
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ k ' H I C H SHOWS
INDIVIDUAL PASO, TEXAS, THEIR
KAY FIFTEEN,
FORTYTHREE FOR VIOLATION OF SELECTIVE SERVICE, DISPOSITION SHOWN AS
TURNED OVER TO FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. NUMEROUS
OTHER ARRESTS LISTED UNDI
INCLUDING ARRESTS BY'
END PAGE TWO
NO DISPOSITION SHOWN. ALL ARRESTS SHOWN ON IDENTIFICATION
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• V DENVER 6 2 - 2 4 1 ' 6
U y J ) RECORD AS OF APRIL THIRTY, SJXTYTWO NOT BEING SET FORTH SINCE MORE UP
TO DATE RECORD OBTAINABLE UNDER FBI NUMBER1
iND PARTIAL RECORD rfVAILABLE AT SO, LOS ANGELES,
RECORDS OF
CONTAII
™* REFLECTS THAT
ECORDS ALSO CONTAIN
END PAGE THREE
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J>1J) DENVER 6 2 - 2 4 1 6
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DENVER PRESENTLY ATTEMPTING TO 03TAIN INFORMATION FROM EEC0RD5
HOSPITAL,
AND WILL SUTEL RESULTS. .
XEROX COPIES OF ABOVE
COPIES OF ARREST RECORDS BEING FOHVARDED TO LOS ANGELES BY OSEPARATE
COr^UNI CATION.1
END - ' > *
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329PK URGENT 6 / E S / S S JOC
TO DIRECTOR ( 6 2 - 5 8 7 ) ftKD LOS ANGELES ( 5 6 - 1 5 6 )
FROM SAN FRANCISCO ( 6 2 - 5 4 8 1 )
KEKSALT
llY?FF.RE PAUL HUGH SHI
REBUTEL JUNE TWENTY FIVE LAST INSTRUCTING THAT 6H1N0FF BE
INTERVIEWED.
>VSHINOFF INTERVIEWED TODAY IN PRESENCE OF ATTORNEY, CHARLES
IN BUREAU CAR AT INTERSECTION OF MARKET AND BEALE
STREETS, S F . SKINCFF STATED HE ATTENDED MEETING OF LOS FPLT7
•K PSr.TY,PEACE AND FREEi:OK HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, tiAY TWENTY ONE
LAST, AT WHICH MEETIN^HE SPOKE AND SHOWED SLIDES OF CUBA.
SHIKOFF STATED PGSSISLY FIFTY TO SIXTY PEOPLE PRESENT AT MEETING
AMD HE RECALLED HEATED DISCUSSION WHEN ONE INDIVIDUAL, LATER
LEARKED TO BE DUARTE, DEMANDED HE BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK. SHINOFF
STATED DID KOT RECALL ANY SCUFFLE OR SMALL PARK INDIVIDUAL DRESSED
IN T-SHIRT AND TRCUSERS, AND WAS UNABLE TO RECOGNIZE PHOTO OF
SIRHAN AS IDENTICAL TO ANY INDIVIDUAL HE RECALLED SEEING AT THIS
MEETING.
FD THREE NAUGHT TWO BEING SUBMITTED TO LOS ANGELES. ,
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T O S A C S A N F R A N C I S C O */ "'"^i.\. ° ' [\ v'[.,.[ • '"'"' >;"- •• '"' *•;-..
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RESFTEL JUNE TWENTY-ONE, LAST, WHICH RECOMMENDED gAUL
SHINOW NOT BE INTERVIEWED. , / V
SAN FRANCISCO SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT CHARLES R. GABRY
AND ARRANGE TO INTERVIEW BHINOFF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEAD \
SET FORTH IN LATEL JUNE EIGHTEEN, LAST. INTERVIEW SHOULD BB r
CONDUCTED PREFERABLY IN SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE BY TWO MATURE
EXPERIENCED AOENTS AND, IF NECESSARY, IN PRESENCE OF GARRY.
INTERVIEW SHOULD NOT BE CONDUCTED AT SHINOFF'S HOME OR GARRY'S
OFFICE. INTERVIEW SHOULD^E LIMITED TO SIRHAN'S ATTENDANCE AT
PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY MEETING ON MAY TWENTY-ONE, LAST. ADVISE
BUREAU AND LOS ANGELES PROMPX^f OF RESULTS.
COPY BEING SENT LOS ANGELES BY MAIL.
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URGENT 6 / 2 6 / 6 8 JDR
TO DIRECTOR ( 6 2 - 5 8 7 ) AND LOS ANGELES ( 5 6 - 1 5 6 ) ' NEW YORK (44-1643)
AND RICHMOND (PLAINTEXT)
FROM WASHINGTON FIELD ( 1 7 3 - 1 3 5 ) 3P
IECQVEB BY CBBEB TElETiPtKENSALT
W f < ROAD,
PIC LEAN, VIRGINIA, WAS AT AMBASSADOR HOTEL WHEN KENNEDY WAS
SHOT. WALINSK^tAIDE TO KENNEDY.
FNU UNO OR UNO LN&7*AMBASSADOR HOTEL MANAGER OR ASSISTANT
MANAGER AT\SCENE OF SHOOTING,V ^"x-^jT?/ AJ^Uf^>
BILL WEISL ALSO, THERE AT/riME Of SHOOTING AND CAN BE
LOCATED THROUGA AMBASSADOR REGISTER.
HAMMILL, FREE LANCE WRITER WHO RESIDES IN NEW YORK
NEAR KENNEDY WHEN HE WAS SHOT.
, NEGRO NEWSPAPERMAN IN CALIFORNIA, WHARE PHOTOGRAPH
- APPEARED IN TIME OR NEWSWEEK AFTER SHOOTING REPORTED TO HAVE
BEEN NEAR KENNEDY WHEN SHOT* THIS INDIVIDUAL SAID HE HAD
END PAGE ONE . . •. - ' • ' • \ •
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SEEN SIRHAN SIRHAN IK COLONIAL ROOM AND SIRHAH HAD BEEN
RUN OUT TWICE.
JULES J. WITCOCOVER, NEWHOUSE NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE, NINE
FIVE ALLENWOOD LAKE, FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, ON VACATION.
LOS ANGELES INTERVIEW,ROY RINGER^ A XENNEDY AIDE OR
REPORTER FOR LOS ANGELES TIMES WHO SAID HIS SECRETARY JUDY
ASKED SIRHAN SIRHAN TO LEAVE AREAS OF AMBASSADOR
GUARDING EVENING OF SHOOTING. ALSO IDENTIFY
U UNO OR UNO LNU, MANAGER OR ASSISTANT MANAGER, AMBASSADOR
HOTEL AND INTERVPLW, AS HE WAS AT SCENE.
UNBUH, CALIFORNIA POLITICAL LEADER PRESENT AND ELIZABETH EVANS-"-T^ 4*P- X1
REPORTED AT SCENE. BILL WE ISL WHO WAY HAVE BEEN REGISTERED >T
AMBASSADOR HOTEL NIGHT OF SHOpTING WAS AT SCENE OF SHOOTING
\(AND SHOULD BE INTERVIEWED.
RICHMOND INTERVIEW ADAM WALINSKY AND JULES
NEW YORK INTERVIEW P E T V HAMMJ
END PAGE TWO
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FREDERICK 6 . D V T O N , KENNEDY AIDE, ADVISED INSTANT DATE
TKAT^HE DECIDED KENNED\ SHOULD ADDRESS THE PRESS III THE
COLONIAL ROOM RATHER THAN TALK TO THE LARGE CROWD OF VOLUNTEER
WORKERS IN SUB-BASEMENT. DUTTON COULD F U R S I S H NO ADDITIONAL
PERTINENT INFO. APPROPRIATE FD THREE ZERO TWO AND INSERTS
SENT BY AIRTEL TO LOS ANGELES, P .
END
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FBI MIAMI
7SXX 735PM DST 6 - 1 1 - 6 8 URGENT
TO DIRECTOR AND LOS ANGELES
FROM MIAMI ( 4 4 - 1 8 8 0 )
vKENSALT
RGT
CUBAN REPRESENTATION IM EXILE CRECE> IS AN ANTI
CASTSTRO ORGANIZATION CONSISTING OF CU3AN EXILES AND
MAINTAINS ITS HEADQUARTERS AT ONE SEVEN EIGHT FOUR
WEST FLAGLER, MIAMI.
RSCE HAS BLANCHES IN SOME Of"THE MAJOR CITIES IN
THE UNITED STATES.
JOSS D A R T E , tfHO LIVES IN LOS ANGELES* CALIFORNIA*^ ~ . . \ i * i « • • • ' ' , . ? •
A SMALL INDEPENDENT Gi SS INVOLVED
IN ANTI COMMUNIST ACT1VITES,
ON MAY TWENTY ONE LAST> DUARTE'S GROUP READ AN
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ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE LOCAL PRESS THAT A PEACE GROUP WAS3 <? ° O :
GOING TO MEET AT THREE EIGHT ZERO ZERO AMSS3JRY, HOLLYWOOD*t
CALIFORNIA. DUARTE AND ABOUT TEN OF HIS CJBAN EXILE
COMPANSIONS WENT TO THIS ADDRESS AND SOUGHT ADMISSION.
THE PEOPLE AT THIS ADDRESS SAID THEY WERE A FREEDOM
GROUP* A30JT SIXTY PERSONS WERE ATTENDING THE MEETING AND
THEY INVITED DUARTE AND HIS GROUP IN. ON ENTERING. DrJARTE
WTED PHOTOGRAPHS OF ERNESTO "CHE" GUEVARRA AND FIDEL
CASTRO R>JZ ON THE WALLS. = c&=zLZ-*=& " <*
A YOUNG FELLOW NAMED PAUL \LNJ)//A STJDENT FROM
THE S^N FRANCISCO STATE COLLSGE(3S# SffATE\
ATED HE HAD JUST
RETURttfED FROM CUBA AND WAS SHOWING MOVING PICTURES AND
SLIDES OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CASTRO IN CU3A. AN
ARGUMENT AROSE BETWEEN DUARTE*S GROUP AND THE PERSONS
ALREADY ASSEM3LED WHEREIN PAUL SAID THAT THE FBI HAD
KIDNAPPED STUDENTS IN MEXICO CITY WHO WERE ON THEIR WAYi
T 0 HAVANA* CUBA AND RETURNED THEM TO THE UNITED STATES*
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ONE OF THE PERSONS ATTENDING THIS MEETING SAID HEt
WAS AN ARA3 AND FROM JORDAN AND IN AN ARGUMENT TRIED TOt
STRIKE DUARTE 9UT WAS RESTRAINED. THIS ARA3, NOT FURTHER•
IDENTIFIED* SPOKE CRITICALLY AGAINST THE (J.S* GOVERNMENTj
AND IN FAVOR OF THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT OF CUBA. THERE-
AFTER, THE PEOPLE ASSEM3LED, WENT OUTSIDE IN THE YARD
OF THE RESIDENCE AND DECIDED TO TERMINATE THE MEETING-
SOME OF THE PERSOMS ACCOMPANYING DUARTE TO THN
MEETING WERE1
AN
DUARTE VAS DESCRIBED AS A VETERAN OF THE U.S. ARMY
DURING WORLD WAR TWO AND LATER A MAJOR IN THE CUBAN
REBEL ARMY UNDER FIDSL RUZ* HE IS POSSI3LY AN AMERICANj ;
CITIZEN.
WHEN SENATOR R035RT F . KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED IN
'''• UDS ANGSLES ON JJNE FIVE LAST THE PRESS CARRIED PHOTOGRAPH£ OF SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN,
JOSE DUA." AND HIS COMPANIONS ALL IDENTIFIED SIRHAN
AS BEING THE SASE INDIVIDUAL WHO ATTENDED THE FREEDOM
KM (44-1980)
PAGE FOUR•
GROUP MEETING IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA ON MAY TWENTY ONE
LAST,
SUCOP
RECE, MIAMI PLANS TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON
JUNE TWELVE NEXT AND MAKE THE ABOVE INFORMATION AVAILABLE
TO THE WIRE SERVICES*
ANGELES TELEPHONE
ANDi
HAS LOS ANSELES TELEPHONE NUMBER
Dl/ARTE REPORTEDLY HA
ANSELES OFFICE I S REQUESTED TO CONTACT DJARTE AND
ASCERTAIN THE FULL IDENTITITES OF THE INDIVIDUALS
WHO WERE WITH DUARTE, AND INTERVIEW THEM FOR INFORMATION
CONCERNING THIS MATTER.
END
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PAUL Sffe* TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED THIS OFFICE AT FIVE
TWENTY PK AND1 ADVISED THAT LOS ANGELES AGENTS HAD CONTACTED HIS MOTHER*
KRS. SHINOFF* AT STUDIO CITY* CALIFORNIA* IN AN EFFORT TO LOCATE
PA'JL. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD BE IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR POSSIBLY A WEEK
OR MORE AND CO'JLD BE CONTACTED THROJGH HIS
THREE HUNDRED NARKST STREET.
ATro^Y , CHARL^SVARRY,^ M ^ M W ^ M M U " 1 I 11,1 i f c * * ^ , , ^ ^ ^
FOR THE INFORMATION LOS AN3ELES* GARRY IS PR03A3LY IDENTICAL TO
THE ATTORNEY WHICH REPRESENTS THE BLACK .PAN'TjaJ-ITV?ARTY IN THIS AREA*
IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER SHINOFF WILL 3E INTERVIEWED WITHOUT HIS ATTORNS
BEING PRESENT.
LOS ANGELES ADVISE SAN FRANCISCO OF THE REASON FOR THE ATTEMPTED
CONTACT WITH SHINOFF AND BEAR IN MIND HIS ATTORNEY*S IDENTITY IN SET-
TINS FORTH LEAD FOR INTERVIEW.
END.
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YOU SHOULD ARRANGE TO HAVE H ^ ^ ^ H B I R V I E W THE
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BETWEEN JUNE TWENTYSEVEN LAST AND JULY TWO INSTANT,
SEVERAL ATTEMPTS MADE TO CONTACT JOAN BRADEN AT HER
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iF THE FBI AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD RATHER HE DID NOT TALK
TO THE FBI BUT COULD MOT STOP HIM IF HE DESIRED TO DO S O . '
OWEN FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION! ' . \
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BETWEEN THREE THIRTY AND FOUR P . M . , ' H E WAS DRIVING ON HILL STREET
AND STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT PRIOR TO TURNING ON WILSHIRE BOULEVARD.
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COULD RIDE I N BACK OF THE P I C K - U P TO WHICH OWEN AGREE* HE DESCRIBES \
THESE INDIVIDUALS AS FOLLOWS! v . / ^ 0 / L ' v ' ^ ^ > ; ^ , --.,-• f- ':•' \
;' ' NUMBER ONEi AGE EARLY TWENTIES, FIVE FOOT EIGHT TO FIVE FOOT TEN,
SLENDER B U I L D , LATIN HAIR SLIGHTLY BUSHY, DARK COMPLEXION, APPEARING
TO BE OF BLACK AMERICAN ORIGIN WEARING SANDLES, TWO TONE MEXICAN TYPE
JACKET POSSIBLY A V E S T , AND A BEDALLIOM. ".;'-• : V ;
NUMBER TWOt AGE EARLY TWENTIES, ABOUT F I V E THREE, SLENDER
B U I L D , DARK BUSHY HAIR, DARK COMPLEXION*WITH LATIN AMERICAN APPEARANCE,
DRESSED I N DARK COLORED KAKI L E V I T Y P E PANTS, DARK GRAY SWEATSHIRT AND
T E N N I S S H O E S . . V / ' ^ V ' V ' '^^- ' • ; ' " ; ? ' - 3 - ' • : • ' • • ' W ; - - • • . • ' " , - . ' • • • " ' • • ' • - ' ' : [ ". '. - I
THEY PROCEEDED WEST ON WILSHIRE BOULEVARD; AT THE INTERSECTION '•
OF WILSHIRE AND VERMONT, OWEN STOPPED FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT, AND AS HE
DID SO,* BOTH MEN GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK. UUMBER ONE WENT DIRECTLY TO
A BUS STOP NEAR WHERE THE .TRUCK STOPPED AND GREETED A MAN AND
WOMAN. THE MAN WAS ABOUT THIRTY TO FORTY, A DARK COMPLECTED I N -
DIVIDUAL, POSSIBLY MEXICAN AND THE WOMAN WAS DRESSED IN SLACKS WITH
LONG DIRTY BLOND*HAIR, WITH LIGHT COMPLEXION, NUMBER TWO STARTED TO"
FOLLOW NUMBER ONE BUT TURNED AROUND AND CAME BACK TO THE TRUCK. HE
STARTED TO OPEN,THE DOOR AND ASKED TO RIDE UP FRONT TO GO TOWARD •• - • * • > ' • • • • • * " : - * ; ' . - . * . . • , v • • • • • • . ' ' ' ' " • - " . • ' . . .
HOLLYWOOD. WHEN OWENS NODDED Y E S , HE CLIMBED IN THE FRONT SEAT* •
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" NUMBER TWO ASKED I F OWEN OWNED HORSES AND OWEN S A I D THAT HE DID*• * ' -
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DUMBER TVO REMARKED THAT HE USED TO WORK AT A RACE TRACK AND NEEDED 4• - • . - - - - - • • • - ' . , . • ' - . . • • * .
A HORSE. OVEN OFFERED TO SELL HIW A HORSE FOR THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. ;
DUMBER TVO SEEMED INTERESTED IN BUYING A HORSE AND ASKED I F OVEN
COULD STOP A MINUTE SO HE COULD SEE A FRIEND WHO WORKED IN A KITCHEN
NEARBY WERE THEY WERE AT THE MOMENT. OVEN TURNED OFF VILSHIRE ON TO •
A SIDE STREET THE NAME VHICH HE DOES NOT KNOW. HE DESCRIBED THE STREET
AS DEAD END SEVERAL BLOCKS LONG. HE PARKED AND WAITED WHILE NUMBER
TVO VENT TO SEE HIS FRIEND. AFTER TEN MINUTES HE DECIDED TO LEAVE
AND AS HE VAS TURNING THE TRUCK AROUND, HE OBSERVED NUMBER TVO COME
THROUGH AN OPEN GATE IN A FENCE BEHIND WHICH WAS A TALL BUILDING WITH :
MANY ROOMS. OVEN VAS LATER ADVISED BY A POLICE OFFICER OF THE
LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY STATION, THAT THIS VAS THE {
AMBASSADOR HOTEL. WHEN NUMBER TVO GOT BACK IN THE TRUCK OVEN ASKED *
I F HE VAS MEXICAN AND HE TOLD HIM HE VAS. FROM JORDAN SAYING HE EITHER 1
HAD COME FROM JORDAN THIRTEEN YEARS AGO OR WHEN HE VAS THIRT-
TEEN YEARS OLD. OVEN DOES NOT RECALL WHICH. NUMBER TVO SAID H I S NAME
WAS JOE AND GAVE A SURNAME WHICH OVEN DID NOT CATCH BUT BELIEVED I T
SOUNDED LIKE ZAHARIAS. AFTER MAKING ONE STOP NEAR -.
HOLLYWOOD MARKET TO V I S I T A SHOE AND.TAYLOR SHOP OVEN CONTINUED ON '-.
VILSHIRE UNTIL NUMBER TWO ASKED TO BE LET OUT NEAR A BOWLING \ '
ALLEY AND GO-GO TOPLESS BAR ON VILSHIRE. AT THAT TIME, NUMBER TVO j
AGREED TO MEET OVES AT ELEVEN P . M . ON THE SAME CORNER AT VHICH TIME
JIE WOULD HAVE THE MONEY TO BUY THE HORSE.
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-"- AT APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN P . M . , OVEN VENT TO THE AGREED MEETING \
PLACE AND OBSERVED A NINETEEN FIFTY-EIGHT OR FIFTY-NINE CHEVROLET,
OFF WHITE IN COLOR, IN WHICH THERE WERE THREE MEN AND A GIRL. OWEN
BELIEVES ONE OF THE HEN AND THE GIRL MAY HAVE BEEN THE COUPLE NUMBER
ONE VAS'TALKING TO EARLIER AT THE BUS STOP. HE COULD NOT GET A
GOOD LOOK AT THE SECOND MA8 I N THE C A R . ' NUMBER TWO CARE OVER
TO THE TRUCK AND SHOVED HIM A ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL SAYING HE
VOULD HAVE THE REST OF THE MONEY THE NEXT DAY I N THE EARLY MORNING.
OVEN SAID HE VOULD BE* STAYING AT THE S T . MARKS'S OR S T . MARTIN
HOTEL WHICH VAS NEARBY AND WHICH HE POINTED OUT TO NUMBER TWO. NUMBER
TWO SAID HE VOULD MEET AT EIGHT A .M. THE NEXT MORNING. AT ABOUT EIGHT
A.M. JUNE FOUR, LAST, HE RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL IN HIS ROOM AT THE >
HOTEL ASXING I F HE VAS THE MAN WITH THE PICK-UP AND THE HORSE. OVEN j
ACKNOWLEDGED HE VAS AND SAID HE VOULD MEET HIM AT THE TRUCK. AS WOEN \
WAS GOING TO THE TRUCK HE SAW THE SAME CAR AS BEFORE PARKED AT THE CURB
AND NUMBER ONE AND THE GIRL WHOM HE SAW BEFORE, VERE SITTING IN THE
CAR. THE MAN VHO HAD BEEN AT THE BUS STOP VAS STANDING AT THE TRUCK '
AND AS OVEN APPROACHED, HE S A I D , JOE COULD NOT MAKE I T . HE OFFERED
OVER A ONE HUNDRED. DOLLAR BILL AND ASKED I F HE COULD BRING THE HORSE
TO THE SAME LOCATION THAT NIGHT AT WHICH TIME THE REMAINDER OF THE
MONEY VOULD BE AVAILABLE. OVEN ADVISED HE COULD NOT Dp THIS BECAUSE
OF PRIOR COMMITMENT. OVEN GAVE THE MAN HIS BUSINESS CARD WITH H I S
HOME ADDRESS AND UNLISTED PHONE NUMBER AND REQUESTED JOE CALL
I F HE WAS INTERESTED I N THE HORSE. OVEN THEN VENT ON TO OXNARD,•* i . . . " w
CALIFORNIA, ON BUSINESS AND RETURNED TO LOS ANGELES IN THE MORNING OF
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V HE WENT TO THE COLISEUM HOTEL TO SEE A MAS NAMED BERT WHO OWNS
THE RESTAURANT AND BAR I N THE HOTEL. WHILE THERE, HE PASSED A T a E -
VISION SET WHERE INFORMATION WAS BEING GIVEN CONCERNING THE XENNEDY
ASSASINATION, DURISG THE COURSE OF T H I S , A PICTURE OF THE ALLEGED
ASSASIN WAS SHOWN* HE IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE PICTURE LOOKED LIKE
THE MAN JOE HE PICKED UP 1 8 HIS TRUCK JUNE THREE, LAST. HE ALSO
OBTAINED A COPY OF THE "HOLLYWOOD CITIZEN NEWS" WHICH CONTAINED
A PICTURE OF SIRHAN B . SIRHAN WHICH HE NOTED LOOXED LIKE JOE.
HE MENTIONED THIS TO BERT VHO SUGGESTED HE GO TO THE UNIVERSITY
STATION, LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND TELL THEM WHAT
HAD OCCURRED. HE DID THIS AND FURNISHED THE LOS ANGELES POLICEDEPARTMENT THE SAME INFORMATION AS ABOVE.
• , ON JUNE S I X , LAST, HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER BOTH ANSWERED TELEPHONE
CALLS RECEIVED AT HIS RESIDENCE IN SANTA ANA AND ON EACH OCCASION. . . . • • . - - • , : • • - • . . . . • /
THE PERSON CALLING HUNG UP WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING. WHEN THE
PHONE RANG THE THIRD TIME, HE ANSWERED AND THE CALLER S A I D , "KEEP
YOUR MOTHER BLANKETY BLANX HOUTH SHUT ABOUT THE HORSE DEALG HE
BELIEVES THE CALLER WAS A MAN BUT HIS VOICE WAS NOT FAMILIAR. -
ON JUNE TWENTY-TWO, LAST, HE RECEIVED A SECOND CALL AT HIS V
RESIDENCE WITH THE CALLER SAYING, "KEEP YOUR MOTHER BLANXETY BLANX' • • •
% 1- • ' • ' - • ' - • ' • - , ' • ' • ' • ' < • • • • " : , • : • • ' > • • • . • • . ' . ' - .
MOUTH SHUT OR YOUR FAMILY^MAY BE HURT*.: _ ; / ; , > {^\\^ , : ;
OWEN CAME TO THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA ON JUNE TWENTY-SEVEN, LAST,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRIOR ARRANGEMENTS MADE WITH REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS TO MEET WITH
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N PALO ALTO, ! CALIFORNIA ON JUNE TWENTY-NINE, LAST.^ • , .
N OAKLAND ON JUNE TWENTY-EIGHT, LAST, AND DISCUSSED1
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VISE TO M E E T ^ ^ ^ ^ N VIEV OF THE THREAT INASMUCH AS HE DID NOT
K N O v f m ^ ^ N D THE APPOINTMENT MIGHT BE A TRAP. flHLJHB*140 0WEN '
ALSO DISCUSSED THIS VITHfm^feAN EX-DUTY SHERIFF A N D f l B | | ^ ^ H H H
A SAN FRANCISCO ATTORNEY. IN LINE VITH THEIR ADVISE, HE DID 1»OT MEET ?
| | B l ^ A N D LATER DETERMINED THERE VAS A f l | M f t " T H THE LOS ANGELES. *
POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO HAD CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT MEETING OVEN IN PALO .
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OWEN PRESENTLY I S STAYING AT THE RANCH O F | H H A M D I S NOT
CERTAIN WHERE HE V I L L GO FROM THERE BUT S A I D HE MAY GO TO A CHURCH .
CAMP NEAR ESKDALE, UTAH. ACROSS THE UTAH L I N E FROM & Y , NEVADA, VITH
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BEGINNING ON PAGE ONE ZERO FOUR EIGHT INFORMATION
RECEIVED FROM JOHN FA EY'' IS SET OUT; HOVEVER, NO INDICATION
THIS INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY .FUKnJ5heJ '
; ^ • / ^ * TO BUREAU OR THAT.AKY ,
INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN INITIATED' TO SUBSTANTIATE OR REFUTE
KIS ALLEGATIONS. .' •- . . . . • • * ' , • ' ' ' - • ' ' •
THIS MATTER MUST RECEIVE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION'AND
• ' Y O U R I N Q U I R Y S H O U L D I N C L U D E B U T N o f ••'•.""*' . '.
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' / AT THE RESTAURANT WHERE FAHEY AND HIS COMPANION ATE AND ANY
" OTHER LOGICAL INVESTIGATION WHICH WOULD VERIFY FAHEY'S
" ' : WHEREABOUTS OH JUNE FOUR L A S T # > r ,- ' -i X V .••'. ',
:"^fcl*•'••-. I * ' I S NOTED THAT FAHEY IDENTIFIED A PICTURE OF MUNI
AS CLOSELY RESEMBLING THE MAN WHO WAS OBSERVI
^ ;-.v••-• 'AND HIS FEMALE COMPANION IN THE HOTEL COFFEE SHOP,
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4 . SIRHAK PON POSSESSES A VOLKSWAGEN. 'ADVISE WHETHER COLOR
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COINCIDS WITH DESCRIPTION OF VOLKSWAGEN AS FURNISHED ; -
B Y F A H E Y . - . '..; . r ' ; - ^ n.'. . • ' "-•/:: •• ;.-. ••-:n.*;V., ' -;..- . ? . " • ' • ' • ' ' . . . ' • ' • • . ; • • . : ; . - . . . • • • • • • - . - . - . - _ . - . . . • . • •
V ' SUTEL TODAY RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED'" '' * . — . • • , \ - . . . -
TO DATE TO PROVE OR DISPROVE THESE ALLEGATIONS. IN THE
F.UTURE INCLUDE SUMMARY OF INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED IN
YOUR DAILY SUMMARIES
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FROM SACRAMENTO ( 6 2 - 7 6 >
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weTELEPHONE CALU^RECEIVED AT THIS EVENING FROM
WAS CALLINGTFROW
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H5 IS PRESENTLY VISITING IN NAPA CO. AT THE|
CPOPE VALLEY), TE1
OWEN STATES HE IS WITNESS IN H03ERT KENNEDY
ASSASSINATION HAVING ALLEGEDLY SEEN THE ASSASSIN (SIRHAN) WITH TtfO
OTHER MEN AND A GIRL PRIOR TO THE ASSASSINATION. HE STATES HE HAS
3SENJ INTERVIEWED BY LOS ANGELES, PD.
OWEN £ H J | i H l H H i l H B 0 ' j J H4S *SCEIVED TELEPHONE CALL FROMAN INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFING HIMSELF AS H H B B B D E T '
LOS ANGELES, PD. OVEN STATES HE HAS .MOT — — —
iSKED TO MEET HIM TONIGHT OR TOMORROW AT THE TOWER, IN Ti
HYATT HO'JSE JN PALO ALTO, CALIF, - HE IS TO CALL TH5 HYATT Hnj/£
FIRST AND ARRANGE TO MEET HIM. ^ ^ ^ ^ H J A N T S TO TAl
CONCERNING THE CASE* . "'' . , r.
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OWEN I S NOW BECOMING FEARFJL SINCE HE HAS NO rfAY OF KNOWING
IF IN FACT HE I S ACTUALLY TO MEET A SONFIDE MEMBER OF THE LOS
ANGELES, P D . HE SAYS H S T ' H A S RECEIVED THREATIN3 CALLS AT HIS
HOME IN SANTA AMft 4TO HE I S WORRIED OVER THE P O S S I S I L I T Y THAT
SOMEONE MIGHT J/TY TO DO HIM HARM.
LOS ANSELES ASCERTAIN IF | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ f t 5 SONFIDE MEMBER
LOS AM55LES, PD AND I F SO I F HE INTENDS TO MEET D :i2N AT HYATT
HOUSE, PALO ALTO. ADVISE SAN
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JLA TELEPHONE CALLS TO SF JUNE TWENTYNINE AND JUNETHIRTY AND SF.TELEPHONE CALL TO LA JUNE THIRTY.
RE SACRAMENTO TEL ADVISED
NAPA, CALIF., TELEPHONED VALLEJO RESIDENT AGENCY JUNE TWENTYEIGHT
TO ADVISE
FROM SANTA ANA, CALIF., VISITING AT RANCH O F ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H POPE
VALLEY, NAPA COUNTY. OWEN CLAIMED TO BE WITNESS IN KENNEDY. .
ASSASSINATION, HAVING ALLEGEDLY SEEN SIRHAN WITH TWO OTHER MEN AND
A GIRL PRIOR TO THE ASSASSINATION. CLAIMED HE HAD BEEN INTERVIEWED
BY THE LOS ANGELES PD, ? \.,^' -
O W E N 0 B H H H H B H A D RECEIVED TELEPHONE CALL FROM
MAN CLAIMING TO B ^ U H V B l H i DETECTIVE BUREAU, LAPD, WHOM
HE HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY MET. M M W A N T £ D T0 TALK T0 0WE:N
CONCERNING THIS CASE^ON JUNE TWENTY EIGHT OR TWENTY NINE
AT THE HYATT HOUjfMOTEL, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA. '
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)> OWEN WAS FEARFT*: OF SEEING ^ H P S I NCE T. V HAD RECEIVED THREAT-::| \ E N | N G CALLS AT HIS HOME AND WAS WORRIED OVER THE POSSIBILITY SOMEONE
WIGHT DO HIM HARM.
BY TELEPHONE CALL JUNE TWENTY NINE LA ADVISED J H H F C - S S I G N E D
THIS CASE ON LAPD. HAD PLANNED TO INTERVIEW OWEN AT NAPA BUT
HAD DEF£RRED INTERVIEW UNTIL OWEN RETURNED TO LA AREA. IT HAD BEEN
O* DETERMINED THAT OWEN HAD H1*ED AN ATTORNEY NAMED OA/FS WHO ONCE
REPRESENTED CARYL CHESS^FTTAND THAT OWE*) WAS TO BE INTERVIEWED BY THE
PRESS WITH HIS HEAD COVERED BY A SACK, DAVIS HAD INFORMED THE LAPD
OWEN WOULD "RETURN TO LA EARLY IN THE COMING WEEK AND WOULD BE AVAIL-
ABLE FOR INTERVIEW. .
ON JUNE TWENTY NINE SF CONTACTED B B H H H H H H B NAPA»C A L I F . , BY TELEPHONE. SHE ADVISED THAT OWEN WAS NOT THEN AT THE RANCH,
SHE SAID SHE WOULD GET A MESSAGE TO HIM CONCERNING THE IDENTITY OF
j - THE "SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER" NEWSPAPER FOR JUNE THIRTY REPORTED- ' /
INFORMATION CREDITED TO GEORGE T. DAVL^T SF ATTORNEY, CONCERN-
ING AN UNIDENTIFIED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MINISTER WHO WAS HIDING IN THE
SF AREA BECAUSE HE HAD EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE CONSPIRATORS IN THE '
KENNEDY ASSASSINATION AND HAD RECEIVED THREATS.AGAINST HIMSELF AND
' HIS FAMILY.
ACCORDING TO THIS STORY, ON JUNE THREE THE MINISTER PICKED UP
TWO HITCHHIKERS IN LA AND AGREED TO SELL THE SMALLER OF THE TWO A
--'• PONY FOR USE AT A RACE TRACK. THIS INDIVIDUAL SAID HE WAS FROM JORDAN
•"".*• AND CAME TO THE U. S. AT AGE THIRTEEN.• - • • • • • • * . ' • • ' • .
ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE THREE THE MINISTER WET THE PROSPECTIVE BUYER
ON SUNSET BLVD. HE VAS ACCOMPANIED BY TWO MEN AND A VOMAN. HE
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SHOWED A ONE HUNI/WED^DOLLAR BILL AND SAID T H t K ^ L AMOUNT OF
|THREE HUNDRED.DOLLARS WOULD BE AVAILABLE AT EIGHT AM THE,
NEXT DAY. AT THAT TIME THE PURCHASER DID NOT APPEAR BUT HIS
COMPANIONS OF THE PREVIOUS EVENING ADVISED THAT HE WOULD MEET THE
•MINISTER AT ELEVEN PM ON THAT DATE. THE MINISTER, HOWEVER, WAS
UNABLE TO KEEP THE APPOINTMENT BECAUSE OF A PREVIOUS COMMITMENT.
ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE FOUR-JUNE FIVE MINISTER SAW TV ACCOUNT
OF KENNEDY ASSASSINATION AND RECOGNIZED PHOTO OF SIRHAN AS THE
SMALL MAN WHO WANTED TO BUY THE PONY. THE MINISTER IMMEDIATELY WENT
TO THE LAPD WHERE HE WAS INTERVIEWED. ON THE SAME NIGHT HE RECEIVED
AN ANONYMOUS CALL WARNING HIM TO KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT IF HE KNEW WH^T
WAS GOOD FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
ON THE FOLLOWING DAY (APPARENTLY JUNE SIX) THE MINISTER WENT TO
OAKLAND, CALIF. ON BUSINESS. HE RECEIVED A CALL AT HIS MOTEL FROM .
A MAN CLAIMING TO B E I ^ ^ ^ ^ F THE LAPD WHO WANTED TO TALK TO
HIM AT THE HYATT HOUSE IN PALO ALTO. THE MINISTER THEN CONSULTED AN
OLD FRIEND,(H^^^^ttfc WHO BELIEVED IT WOULD BE FOOLISH TO
SEE THE UNKNOWN CALLER IN VIEW OF WHAT THE MINISTER KNEW.
REPORTEDLY CALLED THE FBI AND WAS INFORMED THAT A CHECK WOULD BE WADE
CONCERNING THE IDENTITY ^ ^ H H B THIS IS AN ApPftRENT. REFERENCE TO .
THE CALL MADE B Y f M B 7 0 THE VALLEJO RESIDENT AGENCY.
DAVIS IN THIS RELEASE WAS CRITICAL OF THE LAPD AND SAID QUOTE
LOS ANGELES AUTHORITIES HAVE TAKEN THE POSITION THAT THERE IS NO
CONSPIRACY IN THIS CASE, SO THIS MAN'S STORY IS NOT IMPORTANT. UNQUOTE
\,- THIS STORY ALSO REPORTED THAT THE MINISTER HAD NOT HEARD ANYTHING
FROM THE FBI CONCERN I N < ^ | H B THIS IS UNTRUE IN VIEW OF INFORMATION
^ ^ HER GUEST ON JUNE TWENTY NINE.
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P A G E F O U R ' . - •• .
BY WEANS OF TELEPHONE CALL TO LA JUNE THIRTY HO ADDITIONAL
PERTINENT IFORMATION WAS OBTAINED EXCEPT THAT tfHMflHHk *>7j>
DESCRIBED OWEN AS AN EXCITABLE TYPE-
IN VIEW OF THE ACTION PREVIOUSLY TAKEN BY THIS OFFICE IN THIS
MATTER, AND,SINCE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE LAPD FOR
INTERVIEW OF OWEN UPON HIS RETURN TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN THE
COMING WEEK, NO ADDITIONAL INQUIRY I S CONTEMPLATED,
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FROM DIRECTOR (62-587) IP
HBDRD WKENSALT
RE SAN FRANCISCO TEL SIX THIRTY LAST.
ON THE BASI^OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN REFERENCED
TEL, JERRY OW^T SHOULD BE INTERVIEWED IMMEDIATELY TO DETER
MINE WHAT INFORMATION HE HAS THAT MAY BE PERTINENT TO THIS
CASE.
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ATTORN-ZY SSOSGS T. DAVIS TELEPHO!^L/ALLY CONTACTED AFTERNOON OF
J*JLY CW*: AM'> H£ STATED WOJF D HAVE O J ^ APPEA-? AT SF OFFICE OF F3I
AT TEN AM, JJLY TJ?O LAST. O'JEN FAILED TO KEE? APpniNT^EMT AKD DVJIS
A~AIN T^LEP^OMICALLY CONTACTED AT ONE PK, JJLY Tv/O, >/Ht-IZJ?ON DAVIS
APOLIGETIC AMD STATED HAD BEEN IN TELEPHONIC CONTACT WITH CO? THOMAS
RZOOl>U LOS ANGELES, AMD TEAM OF INVESTIGATIONS ENTrlOjrE TO SF
FOS PJ=IPOSE OF INTESVIE'.'JIMG O;fEN FOR ALL INFORMATION IN HIS POSSESSION
CON.'CERWIMG THIS ^fATTE^. DAVIS PROMISED WOJLD TELEPHONCIALLY CONTACT
OVJEN AND TH-T-tEAFTER SF OFFICE WOJLD BE ADVISED OF DEFINITE AR3AN3E-
KENTS FOR INTERVIEW. DAVIS DID MOT SECONTACT SF OFFICE, AND AT
TEN AM, JJLY THREE, FURTHER EFFORT MADE TO CONTACT DAVIS TELEPHON1CALLY
HIS SEC^ERARY STATED HE WAS 3JSY BJT THAT SHE HAD DESCJSSED XATTEIR WITH
HIM. SHE RELATED DAVIS HAD APPOINTMENT FOR TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS
END PAGE
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F30Y "OFFICE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY INI LOS ASJSSLE5" TO IMTERVlEd CHSN#
AVD THAT AFTER THIS CONFERENCE OWEN WOJLD 3E MADE AVAILABLE TO F1I
FOR INTERVIEW.
TWO SJ^SE^JEMT CALLS RECEIVED F.iO.*S DAVIS'S SEC3ETA3Y 0^ JJLY
THREE. AT 5LEVEM AY, SHE ADVISED 1NF0HXATI0M HAD JJST 3EEM RZCZMZD
THAT THE "TEA^! OF INVESTIGATORS" HAD JJST ARRIVED AT SF AI.-lPO-iT AMD
WERE RUN'NINS LATE. CCOMTACT WITH LOS ANGELES OFFICE AMD WITH SiCJ.ilT
OFFICE OF SF HILTON HOTEL DETERMINED THAT TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF LA?D
CHECKED IWTO THAT HOTEL DLRIN3 EVENING OF JJLY TvJO). AT T.-JO FIFTY
FIVE ?»:* DAVIS1 SECRETARY ADVISED THAT THE LA TEAX HAD 3ES>J VJITH O
FOR APPRO KI LATELY THREE HOJriS AMD HAD MOV DEPARTED FOR TH£ PRJPOSE
OF GIVING HIV A "LIE DETECTOR TEST". SH£ RELATEU THAT OAVIS A'OJLO
INFORM THIS OFFICE VJHEN OOEN V?A3 AVAILA-3Li FOR INTTSRVISV AMD JJRI7A
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OWEN. IF INTE3*/I£a STILL DESIHED, IT IS SJGSSSTEO SUCH ACTION 3E
WITHHELD UNTIL HE HETUiiNS TO THE SOJTHESM CALIFORMIA AREA
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TOOTH DURING DISTURBANCE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SHOOTING.
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LOS .ANGELES VIA WASHINGTON
FROM NEW YORK AA-16AB
TELETVPc
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ON JULY TEN, NINETEEN SIXTYEIGHT, MISS .
SUSAWNAHy^ROSS, THE DISTRICT ASSISTANT TO UNITED STATES
CONGRESSMAN VJLLIAMFlTZ/^Y.ft.N, TELEPHONE NUMBER AD FOUR-
SIX NINE ZERO ZERO, CABLED THE NEW YORK OFFICE AND STATED
AS FOLLOWS: ' -
ON. JULYJHVE, KEFETEEN SIXTYEIGHT
END AVJ^UE.'NEW YORK, NEW YORK, CONTACTED COKGRESSMAN RYAN
AT HIS NEW YORK OFFICE, AND. STATED THAT JOAN VJEIDKFFI. -
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WEIDNER AND ASSIST IN THIS INVESTIGATION.
iLSO WANTED THE UNITED STATES .
GOVERNMENT TO SEND HER J/^///^ TO HUNGARY AS A CULTURAL
ATTACHE AND TO SOUTH AMERICA AS AN OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE *
OF THE UNITED STATES, TO EXPLAIN THE UNITED STATES TO THE
SOUTH AMERICANS, ' .
MISS GROSS COULD NOT ELABORATE ON ANY OF THIS
INFORMATION AND STATED THAT SHE WAS CALLING ON CONGRESSMAN
RYAN'S INSTRUCTION TO FURNISH THIS INFORMATION FOR THE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE FEDERAL PUREAU.OF INVESTIGATION (FBI).T0 BE PECONTACTED, GROSS.WANTS .
TO KNOW IN ADVANCE.
NEW YORK IS TAKING NO FURTHER ACTION IN THIS MATTER.i . . • ' ' .
END , '".'.
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TO: DIRECTOR (62*587) AND SAC, NEW YORK (44-1640)*
fROMj SAC, WFO
KENSALT.
XE VIRGINIA Omr/PHOTOCRAPHER.
RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO NEW YORK JUNE EIGHTEEN LAST, NSW
YORK TELETYPE TO BUREAU, W O AND LOS ANGELES JUNE NINETEEN LAST
AND VFO TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND LOS ANGELES JULY TWELVE LAST.
GUY ADVISED SHE TOOK COLOR AND BLACK AND VHITE PICTURES AT
AMBASSADOR HOTEL JUNE FOUR-FIVE LAST. PICTORIAL PARADE" OFFICE,
ONE THREE ZERO VEST THIRTY SECOND STREET, NEV YORK CITY, HAS
NEGATIVES FOR BLACK AND VUITE PICTURES AND ALL OF COLOR FILM TAKEN
BY COT,
NEV YORK CONTACT JACK SHAFFER, "PICTORIAL PARADE** OFFICE AND
ARRANGE TO OBTAIN COPIES OF PICTURES TAKEN BY COY AS REQUESTED BY
JLOS ANGELES.
COPY SENT TO LOS ANGELES BY AIR HAIL.
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FOURTEEN LAST, AND LOS ANGELES AIRTEL TO MILWAUKEE, AUG.' N l l E ;
LAST, HO COPY TO BUREAU.
REFERENCED LOS ANGELES AIRTEL ADVISED LOS ANGELES C O • ^ i & & £ ^
•S OFFICE/bULD PROCEED TO W I S . , AUG. TWENTY NEXT TO INTERVIEW*
HENRY PET&RS_AND REQUESTED MILWAUKEE TO ASCERTAIN
IVWHEREABGWTS AND OBTAIN SUFFICIENT BACKGROUNDIRT'FETERS F 0 8 ;
EXPEDITIOUS FBI IDENTIFICATION FILE CHECK
BE SENT TO LOS ANGELES.
CONTACTED AUG. SIXTEEN INSTANT ADVISED HE COULD< . - . • . . - . . - • • . . . . • . , . . .
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KENSALT, 00: LOS ANGELES.. ' '• '
RE TOUR TEL TEN INSTANT. INQUIRY BENSON HOTEL, PORTLAND,
OREGON, SHOWS HAYHES JOHNSON, ROOM NINE TWO THREE, CHECKED
OUT OCTOBER EIGHT LAST, ONE THIRTT P.M., HO FORWARDING
ADDRESS.
WASHINGTON FIELD. AT WASHINGTON, D.C. WILL CHECK WITH
SOURCE FOR CURRENT ADDRESS HAYNES JOHNSON.
LOS ANGELES ADVISED BY MAIL.
Los Angeles (AM)Portland
> • •
10/11/68PLAINTEXT
TELETYPE
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TO: SiC, HEW YORK (44-1640)
FROM: SAC, WFO (173-135)
KENSALT
RE: STEWART Bliy/, A REGISTERED GUEST AT THE '
AMBASSADOR HOTEL, LOS ANGELES, JUNE FOUR LAST.
INVESTIGATION REVEALS STEWART BLOCK IN NYC TODAY,
C/O|
BROAD STREET, ADDITIONAL ITINERARY UNKNOWN. NEW YORK
INTERVIEW BLOCK TODAY RE LOS ANGELES INSTRUCTIONS AND
SUBMIT FD THREE ZERO TWO. P
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N0VEM3ER EL/HTEEN LAST.
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M. CHAHftH. ^MM^MMMMppPRIMCgTOK. HJ. *
/ 4B0VX CAFTIOMBO PERSON WAS OBSEHVKD AT AMBASSA2X>B
HOTEL, LA, C A L I P . , OK JUNE FOUR, LAST. AT TWELVE FIFTEEN A . M . ,
OH JUNE FIVE LAST, 8IBHAH BISHARA 8IRHAN AT THE CONCLUSION
OF VICTORY BALLY BY LATE SENATOR ROBERT F . KENNEDY IN THE
KITCHEN AREA LEADING OFF OF THE EMBASSY BALLROOM SHOT AND
KILLED SENATOR KENNEDY UTILIZING A TWENTY TWO CALIKB>REVOLVER.
ON NOT. TWENTY SEVEN LAST, HOttlRD J . _HA>SAYi
flBB^^011* NJ» ADVISED THAT CHAPMAN, FORMERLY OF
THIS PLANT, HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE DATA PROCESSING
DIVISION, WHITE PLAINS, N . Y . NO HOME ADDRESS WAS AVAILABUI.
KSIGBBORHOOD INQUIRY DEVELOPED THAT CHAPMAN
CURRENTLY RESIDES AT f B H H H H U H H B B Comi*ALL INFORMATION, NEGATIVE OB POSITIVE, SHOULD BE
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3/24/69
PLAINTEXT
TELETYPE URGENT• • . • . • .
FROM:
BUREAU, NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO
DETROIT (25-36295)
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SSA, 00: DE.
FUGITIVE, SSN|
,SSA, OOi NY. . . ' - .
RE DE TELEPHONE CALL TO SAN FRANCISCO AND SACRAMENTO, MARCH '
TWENTY-FOUR, INSTANT.
ON MARCH TWENTY-TWO, f H H H I ^ ^ ^ H J | | B B0RDER PATROL,SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH., ADVIS ED m ^ m ^ S TOPPED ATTEMPTING
TO ENTER U.S. CLAIMING TO BE CANADIAN CITIZEN, AND THAT SUBSEQUENT
INVESTIGATION REVEALED U.S. PASSPORT IN SUBJECT'S NAME. T
FOUND IN VEHICLE WAS EXTENSIVE CP LITERATURE AND PAPERS
CLAIMING ASSOCIATION WITH THE FLO., CP ORGANIZATION IN CANADA.;
SUBJECT C L A I M E D V ^ H ^ H H ^ ^ M ^ H H U H BORN
tAT NYC, A DRAFT DODGER. NCIC REVEALED THAT
LATTER INDIVIDUAL WANTED OUT OF'HTJ- OFFICE,
- •« t/Klt^M>DED SUBJ£CT IN POSSESSION OF LETTER ADDRESSED TO I
LB THREE EIGHT, ONE HUNDRED MC ALISTER ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFi
A*y'
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DESERTERS COKHITEE,BEARING RETURN ADDRESS IN CALIF. OF THE AMERK
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, NO,
IICH ^ ^ ^ ^ D M I T T E D WAS HIS SELECTIVE SERVICE NUMBER,
tTATED SUBJECT IN POSSESSION OF BLANK ARMY DISCHARGE
FORM, WHICH HE SAID HE HAD INTENTIONS OF FILLING OUT, AND ALSO
HAD A LETTER FROM | B | H H H H H p p O N T A I N I N G NO DATE, WHICH
LETTER DISCUSSED NIXON AND JOHNSON AND INDICATED THAT BOBBY
KENNEDY KOULD PROBABLY BE ASSASSINATED AND THIS TIME THE ASSASSINA-
TION SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN LOS ANGELES. '
REGARDING
HE HAD LEFT CANADA APPROXIMATELY TWO AND ONE - HALF WEEKS AGO AND
IS ALLEGEDLY RESIDING IN NYC. ' ^. :* . : ; ; \ ."
STATED SUBJECT NOT IN POSSESSION OF DRAFT CARD,
AND THAT IN ANOTHER LETTER WHICH SUBJECT HAD IN BIS POSSESSION,
HE INDICATED THAT HE "CONVENIENTLY LOST* HIS DRAFT CARD AT AN ANTI
VIETNAM DEMONSTRATION.,( , . . . . . . . .
AUSA, -Wt>M, AUTHORIZED PROSECUTION MARCH TWENTY-TWO, C&RGING
• •'.. •«. J,ir's
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PAGE THREE
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VIOLATION T. FIFTY, APPENDIX, USC, SECTION
FOUR SIX TWO. SUBJECT LODGED CHIPEWA COUNTY SO; TO BE ARRAIGNED
MARCH TWENTY-FOUR, OR MARCH TWENTY-FIVE, NEXT.
SACRAMENTO ADVISED fl^HHl^BlS A DELINQUENT REGISTRANT
WITH LB THREE EIGHT, SAN FRANCISCO, BDT MATTER NOT YET REFERRED
TO USA'S OFFICE.
NEW YORK WILL CONTACT SOURCES AND INFORMANTS AMONG RESISTANCE
GROUPS AND ATTEMPT TO ASCERTAIN I P ^ H J ^ ^ ^ ^ H A S , IN FACT,
TRAVELLED TO NEW YORK.
SAN FRANCISCO WILL CONTACT LB THREE EIGHT, FOR INFORMATION
DETROIT, AT MARQUETTE, MICH.: WILL INTERVIEW;
WILL ATTEMPT TO FURTHER DISCOVER WHEREABOUTS
AM COPY SENT LOS ANGELES.
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FBI BOSTON •
S3SPM URGENT 4 - 4 - 6 9 TJT •
TO DIRECTOR ( 6 2 - 5 8 7 ) AND LOS ANGELES <5G=156)
FROM BOSTON ( 4 4 - 6 4 6 ) ( P )
KENSALT. 00:LA.
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RE LOS ANGELES AIRTEL TOBUREAU, AUGUST FIVE LAST; LOS ANGELES
TELETYPE TO BOSTON, APRIL THREE LAST. .
APRIL FOUR INSTANT, HENRY RONALD RAKISTEtfLA, AKA FRANK
, STATED HE WAS EMPLOYED BY BERT C . ALTERFLISH (PHONETIC),
OWNER OF 6RANJA VISTA DEL RIO RANCH, AS A HORSE TRAINER FOR TWO
YEARS ENDING EARLY SIXTYEIGHT. RAMISTELLA STATES HE I S
[FOR THIS REASON.
SIRKAN SIRHAH, AKA SOL, WORKED FOR RAMISTELLA AS EXCERCISE
BOY AND JOCKEY TRAINEE FOR ONE AND ONE HALF YEARS. SIRHAH CUIT
AFTER BEING REJECTED BY R . L . "BOB" W H E E L ^ AS JOCKEY. WHEELER
KNOWN TO ALTERFISH.
RAMISTELLA WITNESSED SIRHAN FALL -FROM HORSE IN INCIDENT
PUBLICIZED BY NEWSPAPERS. STATES SIRHAN NOT INJURED IN FALL,
TREATED IN HOSPITAL AND RELEASED. SIRHAN BEHAVED NO DIFFERENT
FOLLOWING FALL.
SIRHAN ARGUED POLITICS "COMMUNISM" WITH TWO HUNGARIANS; JOJ^
(LKU) ONLY RAKE AVAILABLE.
.ALTERFLISH KAY BE ABLE TO FURNISH NAMES OF HUNGARIANS.
FD THREE ZERO TWOS FOLLOW TO L A .
. NEW YORK ADVISED BY AIR MAIL.
END
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FBI BOSTON
URGENT 4 / 3 / 6 9 COD IP
TO LOS ANGELES ( 5 6 - 1 3 6 ) AND NEW YORK (44-1640)
BOSTON ( 4 4 - 6 4 6 )
KENSALT
RE LOS ANGELES AIRTEL TO BUREAU, AUGUST FIVE LAST, AND
BOSTON LETTER TO LOS ANGELES AUGUST TWENTY SIX LAST.
RHODE H^LAKD, ADVISED THAT HENRY
, AKA FRANK DCK KAHUNA j f l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H l j
PLACED PREVIOUSLY BY SA M I H ^ ^ P I OF THE NEW YORK OFFICE,
WAS IN A BOSTON HOSPITAL AS OF KAKCH TWENTYSEVEN LAST, HAD
PREVIOUSLY BEEN HOSPITALIZED SPRINGFIELD, MASS., WITH VERY
SERIOUS LIVER CONDITION,
RE LCS ANGELES AIRTEL REFLECTED ABOVE INDIVIDUAL'S NAME
WAS IN NOTEBOOK OF SIRKAN SIRHAN AND INTERVIEW OF RAKISTELLA
REQUESTED,
NEW YORK OFFICE ADVISE IF ABOVE STOP PLACED IN CONNECTION
WITH INSTANT ffcTTEK.
LOS AKGELES ADVISE INTERVIEW WITH RAMISTELLA STILL DESIRED.
END.
NLB
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