</s>10-49591 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RECORDS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE MATERIAL MUST NOT BE REMOVED FROM NOR ADDED TO THIS FILE WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE RECORDS ADVINSTRATION OFFICIE By order of the Attorney General THIS FILE HAS BEEN CHARGED AS INDICATED BELOW C Division Date Issued Returned REPORTING CENTER. Requested by Countee 5541 man (R) 7-6-77 TO TRANSFER FILES 3241 Kewel Ross 2113 main Coma 5-16-78 2-2-84 11-41-68-1-24-69 SECTION 4 Call 166-12-1 3241

Sirhan Sirhan, brother Ishara Sirhan stated he last saw him at 6:06 PM on June 4th at East Hardy Street in Pasadena. Ishara advised his brother did not like the United States and had never indicated any dislike of Senator Kennedy. He also stated that he never knew his brother to have or use a gun.

Sirhan's background:
- Graduated from John Muir High School in Pasadena
- Attended Pasadena City College for about two years
- Suffered a head injury while working as an exercise boy at a ranch in Corona, California

Investigations and evidence:
- Liaison with representatives of Senator Kennedy at the hospital
- Two agents assigned on a full-time 24-hour basis as liaison with Pierre Salinger and Theodore Sorensen
- A neurosurgeon from the hospital had been in telephonic contact with a doctor in New York City, who gave a press release indicating that Senator Kennedy probably would have permanent brain damage

Related individuals and events:
- Mrs. John F. Kennedy is to arrive at Los Angeles International Airport by private plane at 5:30 PM
- Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr., is to arrive in Los Angeles from Washington, D.C., at 4:55 PM

Evidence and testimony:
- Detailed shots of Senator Kennedy's speech just before he left for the kitchen area, shots of him lying wounded on the floor, and the removal of assassin from the area were contained in 16mm color magnetic strip film shot by CBS staff cameraman William Wilde
- Arrangements made to have a copy of this 16mm film made for the FBI

Other information:
- Interview of David Overholt Stevens, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, former fellow student of Sirhan at John Muir High School
- Stevens stated that Sirhan was casually acquainted with him at John Muir High School and described Sirhan as a Palestinian Arab who was born in Palestine

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