</s>APPROVED FOR RELEASE 2025 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 141478 POL 13-10 ARAB Department of State TELEGRAM Kashmiri 3/11 STATES OF MALAYSIA Xe POL 15-1 US 2-18-70 074. PAGE: 01 KARACHI 00311 i807332Z. 7 2-17-70 ACTION: SY-03: INFOL OCT-01 NEA-13 FBI-01 CIAE-00 INR-07 INSAE-00 RSC-01 INFO: OCT-00 SS-20 NSC-10 RSC.10 RSR-01 VO-02 SC-02 EUR-20 L-03 INS:03: R: 180590-FEB 70: 1305595: FM: AMSONSUL KARACHI TO SECTATE: WASHDC: 4259: AMBEMBASSY: RAWALPINDI AMBASSASSY NEW DELHI. NEW DELHI FOR: RSO: T: THIS: MESSAGE DEALS WITH ALLEGED:PLOT: BY PALESTINIANS TO ASSASSINATE: ALLEGENED: NIKON: "SOURCE: IS-ON-ONE OFFICER: RANATE: AN INTERVIEWED:MEDIY: POLITICAL OFFICER AT CONGEN: IN: ABSENTLY OF SECURITY: OFFICER: WHOMI'S SOUGHT TO SEE: SEE: IS: UNKNOWN: TO US AND WE CANNOT EALES: HE'S. HE'LAGHS: US AND HE CANNOT EVALUATE: HIS: TALE : HE'LS. YEARS: AFTER ROBERT: KENNEDY ASSASSINTATION WITH DETAILS ABOUT SIRHAN: 2. ACCORDING RANA: ELEVEN: MEMBERS: OFI AL-ASIAFIA. RE- CENTLY COMPLETED: SMALL-ARMS: AND EXPLOSIVES: TRAINING: IN: DUBAI: OF THESE: FIVE: HAVE:ASSASSINATION MISSIONS: IN: DUBAL: OF THISES: 5/5/15/15. HAVE: ASSESSINATION MISSION: OTHER: HIGH OFFICIALS: ARE TARGETS: ALLI-ELEVEN: AND PRESENT "ON LEAV'S: BUT MEMBORS OFI U.S .- BOUND:GROUP: TO PROCEED TO CITIES: IN EUROPE: AFTER TEN: DAYS: AO TO ASSISTANCE: IN EUROPE; AFTERTEN: DURAN: CENTERS: IN MID-SUMMER: THOSE: SCHEDULED! FOR US: WILL: BEGIN ENTERING COUNTRY: SEPARATELY FROM: VARIOUS: POINTS: USING FALSE! PASSSPORTS: ASSASSASSASSINAATION ATTEMPT ON PRESIDENT SET FOR SEPTEMBER: OCTOBER. 3

Summary:  
A State Department telegram from Karachi, dated February 17, 1970, details an alleged plot by Palestinians to assassinate Robert F. Kennedy (referred to as "Nikon" in the text). The report cites an informant, Rana, who claims eleven members of a group called Al-Asiafia received small-arms and explosives training in Dubai. Five of these individuals are linked to assassination missions targeting high officials, with plans to proceed to European cities after ten days using false passports. The document notes that some members may have left for the U.S., while others remain in Dubai. It also mentions a potential September/October attempt on the President’s life.  

Key People:  
- Rana (informant)  
- Sirhan Sirhan (named as an assassin)  
- Zakarach, Yahaya, Rashidh Tahaa, Karami, Ali bin Ali, Yousef, Aboul, Hakiti, Traderani, and others associated with the alleged plot.  

Key Locations:  
- Dubai (training site for the group)  
- Karachi (origin of the telegram)  
- Rawalpindi, New Delhi, Washington D.C., Bandar Abbas, Arjan, and other unspecified locations mentioned in travel routes.  

Key Events:  
- Alleged training of Al-Asiafia members in Dubai.  
- Planning for assassination missions targeting high officials.  
- Intent to move to Europe after ten days using false passports.  
- Mention of a potential presidential assassination attempt in September/October 1970.  

Key Organizations:  
- Al-Asiafia (group allegedly involved in the plot).  
- U.S. Department of State (via telegram and intelligence reporting).

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