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================================================== Page 1 ================================================== Valaaa 10-49581 DEFARTMENT OF JUSTICE RECORDS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE MATERIAL HUST NOt BE REMOVED FROM NOR ADDED TO THIS FILE " WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE RECORDS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE order of the Attorney General THIS FILE HAS BEEN CHARGED AS INDICATED BELOW N Requested by Division Date Issued Returned CELU 554L 6zDI ~d Keuu pu3a ? 6" EL7AN 3 4 Ross 3,313EaTri k:<X 5 & 1 E 1 %2/ 4 N By Me _ ================================================== Page 2 ================================================== '/y]6 F] ! 50 BY 34 On FEB 5 1988 e SUMMARY 0F SKOOTING - AT APPROXIMATEL Y TWELVE FIFTEEN A.1., JUNE FIVE LAST 1 SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY HAD JUST PROCLA IMED VICTORY In CALIF- ORNIA PRIMARY ELECTIoN At EMBA SSY ROom, AMBA SSADOR HOTEL , TKREE FOUR ZERO ZERO WILSHIRE BOULEVARD , Los A NGELES. As SENATOR KENNEDY AND PARTY WERE LEAVING EMBASSY Room TKROUGH A KITCHEN EXIT, A SERIES 0F SHO TS WERE FIRED BY UNSUB (SUBSEQUENTLY IDENTIFIED As/ SIRHAN BISHA RA SIRHAN) AT SE NA TOR KENNEDY. SENATOR KENNEDY FELL BACKIARD onto FLoO? 45_SIRHA N WAS WESTLED To FLOOR AND DISARMED BY SENA TOR KENNEDY CAMPAIGNERS FORMER OL YMPIC DECA THLCN CHAMPION RAFER JohnSON A ND Los ANGELES RAMS LINEMA N ROO SEVELT GRIERY; SIRHAM TURNED OVER To Los ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT (LAPD) . SIRHA N REFUSED To ADMIT IDENTITY To LAPD A ND CARRIED NO IDENTIFICATION . SIRHAN BOOXED As "Jo HN DOE" on CHA RGE 0F ASSA UL T WITH InTEnT To COMMIT MURDER . DEPH 4S; JA4241969 RA.O k ================================================== Page 3 ================================================== PAGE Two LA 56-156 SENA TOR KENNEDY CRITICALL Y WOUNDED WItk BULLET In BRA In A ND H7 ANOTHER In RIGXZ SHOULDER . SENA TOR KENNEDY IMMEDIATEL Y TAXEN To LOS ANGELES CENTRAL RECEIVinG HO SP ITAL FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT AND THEREAFTER TRA NSPORTED To NEARBY HOSP ITAL 0F THE GOOD SA MARITAN, TWEL VE TWELVE SHA TTO STREET, Los ANGELES , SIX NEUROSURGEONS A T KO SP I TAL OPERA TED on SENA ToR KENNEDY FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS To REMOVE IHE TWENTY Two CAL IBER BULLETS WHICH HAD FRAGMENTED InTO SEVERAL PARTS InTo SENATOR KENNEDY 'S RIGKT BRAIn AREA _ 0 THER VICTIMS 0F SHOOTInG BY SIRHAN WERE PAUL SECHRADE, DISTRICT SIX HEAD, UNITED AUTO WORKERS, LoS ANGELES, WKO RECEIVED SCALP WoUnD AND WAS LATER RELEA SED FROM HOSP I TAL; WILLIAM WEI ABC NEWS REPORTER , ABDOMINAL WOUNDS, PRESENTLY COnFINED KA ISER HOSP ITAL , LoS ANGELES; MRS . EL IZABETH EvANS, LEG WoUND A ND SCALP LACERATION, PRESENTL Y CONFINED AT HUnTinGTon MEMORIAL HO SP ITAL , PASADENA ; ERQIN STOLL , TELEVISIOn SOUND MAN , FooT WoUnd , PRESENTLY CONFI NED KAISER HOSP ITAL ; IRA GOLDSTEIN, CO NTINENTAL NEWS SERVICE , BACK AnD LEG MoUnDS . SEL , ================================================== Page 4 ================================================== PAGE THREE LA 56-156 MEDICAL EXAMINATION 0F SIRHAN BISHA RA SIRHA N BY PHYSICIAN AT LAPD JAIL , JUNE FIVE InsTANT - DR . FIno , PHYSIC IAn on IHE STAFF AI TKE LAPD JAIL , ADVISED BUAGENT JUNE FIVE LA THAT SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN WAS EXA MI NED AT Two ZERO ONE AM, JUNE FIVE LaST, UNDER NAME "JOHN DOE DA SH SUSPECT" MED ICAL FInDinG S INDICA TED SWELL ING 0F HIS LEFT ANKLE, POSSIBLE SP RA NO FRACTURE; CONTUSION 0F LEFT INDEX FINGER ; HEMATOMA 0F LEFT FOREHEAD AND MINOR ABRA SIONS ABOVE FACE . TKE MEDICAL EXA MINATIoN WAS CoNDUCTED BY DR . E. C, LANS And THERE Was No OTHER PERTINENT INFORMA TIon In TKE MEDICAL REPORT . ~DESCRIPTIon 0F FACIL ITIES WKERE SIRHAN CONFINED AT LoS ANGELES CountY JAIL - INSPEC TOR RALPH C , WEL CH , OFFICER In CHARGE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY JAIL , ADVISED JUNE FIVE LAST THAT SIRHA N IS CoNFINED To An EIGHT FOOT BY TEN FOoT HO SP ITAL ROOM LOCA TED on THE SECOND NT FLOOR 0F THE HO SP I TAL SECTIOn 0F TKE 'Los ANGELES COUSTY CENTRAL JAIL . THIS RooM CONTAINS No WINdOwS A ND HA s A SINGLE STEEL DOOR , WHICH HA S A TWEL VE INCH BY TWEL VE Inch GLASS WINDOW WHICH PERMITS TH An OUTSIDE GUARD To VIEW ZE ROOM. THE ROOM ConTAINS A N EIGHT Inch HIGH WELDED STEEL BED , SECURED SOL IDL Y To THE FLOOR . THE ST , IN, 20 k: ================================================== Page 5 ================================================== PAGE FO UR LA 56-156 BED CONTA Ins A FOA M RUBBER MA TRESS, BLANKETS A ND PILLOW TKE ROOM ConTA InS A CO MMODE AnD A TWEL VE IncH BY SIXTEEN Inch TEMPERED GLASS MIRROR . LOcA TED NEAR THE COMMODE A ND AFFIXED TO THE WALL , Is A n EIGHTEEN Inch BY SIXTEEN Inch Ns STEEL SHELF WHICH ContA- IMGf coat HOOKS , THE ROOM ALSO Fe CONTA Ins A WASH BASIN , TOWEL TOWEL A ND A STGGL TOILET PAPER FIXTURE WHICH IS AFFIXED SOLIDL Y To TKE WALL . INSPECTOR WELCH ADVISED THA T SIRHAN IS CURRENTL Y WEARING A PRISON ISSUED PAIR 0F PAJA MAS AND no TOILET ARTICLES ARE PERMITTED In THE CELL EXCEPT on REQUEST 0F SIRXAN_ WELCH FURTHER ADVISED IHAT no ELECTRONIC DEVICE 6 IFFIN SIRHAN'S CELL , NOR WILL ONE BE INSTALLED . WELCH STA TED THA T SIRHAN WILL BE FED THE STANDARD HO SP ITAL MENU THREE TIMES A SELECTED AT RANDOM FROM Cc MEALS PROVIDED ALL INMATES, A ND THE ONL Y 0OFASIONS on WHICH HE WILL LEA VE HIS ROO M, UNDER ESCORT , WILL BE FOR PURPOSES 0F RECEIVING MEDICAL ATTENTION A ND SHOWERS . BAR , DA Y, ================================================== Page 6 ================================================== PAGE FIVE La 56-156 WELCH STA TED THAT WHEN SIRHAN ARRIVED At TKE Los A NGELES CountY CENTRAL JA KE Was IMMEDIA TEL Y EXA MINED BY THE MEDICAL STAFF OF THE FACILITY AND THIS EXA MINA TION INCLUDED A KEAD To TOE X-RAY . It WAS NOTED DURING THE EXA MINATION ThAT SIRHAN WA S SUFFERING FROM A FRACTURED FINGER , WHICH WAS IMMEDIATEL Y SPLINTED , A ND An ACE BA NDAGE Was APPLPED To HIS SWOLLEN ANKLE DURING JUNE FIVE LAST, SIRHAN REQUESTED AND RECEIVED SOME COPIES 0F Los ANGELES DA ILY NEW SPAPERS _ WELCH STATED THAT A JAIL GUARD ConSTaNTLY SURVEILS SIRHAN THROUGX TKE GLAsS WINdoW 0F HIS HO SP ITAL ROOM DOOR WHENEVER HE IS ALONE In THE ROOM. THE ONL Y EXCEPTION TO THIS PROCEDURE IS WHEN SIRHAN IS VISITED BY A PHYSICIAn OR HIS ATTORNEY , At WHICH TIME THE GUARD WOULD CHECK THE WINdOW AI FIVE MINUTE INTERVALS. AnYoNE VISITInG SIRHAN' S CELL, InCLUDInG HIS ATTORNEY , MUST FIRST HA VE THE PERSONAL APPROVAL OF SHERIFF PETER J , PITCHESS. UNDER no CIRCUM- STA NCES WILL SIRHAN BE BROUGHT To An INTERVIEH AREA In TKE Ja IL BECAUSE 0F SECURITY REASONS. IL , Akc :: ================================================== Page 7 ================================================== PAGE SIX LA 5 6-15 6 IT WAS INDICA TED THA T NO COMPL ICA TIONS OTHER THA N THE FRACTURED FINGER AND SWOLLEN NKLE WERE NOTED DUR InG THE PHYSICAL EXA MINA TION 0F SIRHA N BY PRISO N MEDICAL OFFICER DR PHILLIP ATTALLA FURTHER 9 TKERE WERE No INDICA TIonS THA T SIRHA N HAD BEEN USInG AnY FORM 0F NARCOTICS A ND DR . ATTALLA INDICA TED TKERE WS no INDICATION 0F AnY FORM 0F NARCOTIC WITHDRAWAL INSPECTOR WELCH STATED THAT In HIS CONVER SA TION WITH SIRHA N JUNE FIVE LAST , HE FOUnD HIM To BE VERY ARTICULA TE In HIS SPEECH WITH VERY LITTLE DISCERNABLE ACCENT WELCH STA TED THAT A COMPLETE LoG IS BEING MA INTAINED DUR I NG SIRHAN'S INCARCERA TIOn A T THE Los ANGELES Co UnTY CE NTRAL JAIL A ND THA I CoPY 0F THIS LoG TOGETHER WITH ALL MED ICAL REPORTS , WILL BE MA DE A VA ILABLE To THE FB I WITH THE PERMISSIO N 0F SHERIFF PITCHESS VACANT ADJOINING CELL To SIRHA N ' 5 AT LOS A NG ELES CoUnTY CENTRAL JAIL WAS PERSONALLY INSPECTED BY BUAG ENT A ND FOUMD Io BE EXACTLY THE SA ME In SIZE AND CONTENTS As THE ONE DESCR IBED BY INSPECTOR WELCH In WHICH SIRHAN IS CURRENTLY CONFINED , ' ================================================== Page 8 ================================================== PAGE SEVEN LA 56-156 FOR INFORMA TION 0F THE BUREAU, TWo BUAGENTS ARE ASSIGiED LIAISON 0 N A TWENTY FOUR HOUR BASIS AT LOs ANGELES county JA IL WKERE SIRHAN PRESENTL Y CONFINED . SUBMISSION 0F FINGERPRINTS 0F SIRHAN BISHARA SIRKAN To BUREA U- Ts LAPD FURNPHHED FINGERPRINTS 0F SIRHA N DURING EARL Y AM JUNE FIVE LAST AnD THESE FINGERPRINTS TRA NSMITTED VIA UP I PHOTOGRAPH WIRE To WA SHINGTon ORIG I NAL FINGERPRINTS ALo nG 5 WITH PHO TOGRAPHS 0F SENA TOR KENNEDY AND SIRHAN, PERYONALL Y CARRIED BY SA LEROY W , SKEETS TO BUREAU VIA U , S. AIR FORCE PLANE WHICH DEPARTED NORTON AFB , CALIFORNIA AM JUNE FIVE LAST _ AT SA CRAMENTO OFFICE ADVI SED AFTERNOON JUNE FIVE LA SI THWP A SET 0F FINGERPRINTS FOR SIRHAN SIRHAN DATED DECEMBER SIXTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY FIVE, HAD BEEN LOCA TED In CII, SACRA MENTO . THESE PRINTS WERE TAKEN BY TKE CAL IFORNIA STA TE HORSE RACInG BOARD WHEN SIRHA N APPL IED FOR POSITIon 0F EXWERC ISE BOY . A COPY 0F THESE FINGERPRINTS FOR LOs ANGELES And A SECO ND COPY 0F THESE PRINTS FOR IKE BUREAU WERE FLowN TO Los ANGELES BY PSA THIS AFTERnoON . ================================================== Page 9 ================================================== PAGE EIGHT LA 56-156 PLANE MET BY BUAGENT AND COPY FOR BUREA U DELIVERED To PILOT 0F THA FLIGHT NINETY EIGHT WHICH DEPARTED Los ANGELES Gt THREE PM JUNE FIVE LAST FOR WA SHINWHO N , D, C , InCL UDED WITH SET 0F PRINTS FOR Los ANGELES Was A XEROX COPY 0F A DEALERS RECORD 0F SALE 0F REVOL VERHI} PISTOL RELA TInG To A TWENTY TWo CALIBER IVER JohNSOn CADET REVOLVER , SERIAL NUMBER X FIVE THREE SEVEN TWo FIVE. THIS G UN WAs SOLD AUGUST TEN NINETEEN SIXTY FIVE, TO ALBERT LESL IE HERTZ BY TKE PA SADENP ZGun SHOP Inc., PASADENA 0 WEAPON USED In SHOOTInG - LAPD ADVI SED WEAPoN USED BY SIRHA N In SHOOTING 0F SENA TOR KENNEDY AND OTKERS WAS TWENTY Two CALIBER IVER JoKNSON PISTOL , SER IAL no . K FIVE THREE SEVEN Two FIVE . LAPD ADVISED PISTOL CONTAINED EIGHT SHOTS AnD ALL EIGHT SHOTS WERE EXPENDED . THIS PISTOL REPORTED SOLD AI PASADENA , CAL IFORNIA In SIxTY FIVE , RECORDS CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT 0F JUSTICE SHOW THIS PISTOL SOLD AUGUST TEN , SIXTY FIVE To ALBERT LESLIE HERTZ , SEVEN SEVEN EAST VALLEY, ALHA MBRA , CALIFORNIA , WxO ADVISED POLICE PISTOL LA TER GIVEN To HIS Son-IN-LAW AI SAN FRANCISCO , WkO SUBSEQUENTL Y LOsT IT, ================================================== Page 10 ================================================== PAGE NINE LA 56-156 LAPD ADVISED PISTOL SUB SEQUENTL Y TRACED THROUGH SEVERAL PARTIES TO MUN IR SIRHAN, EMPLOYED BY NASH' $ DEPARTMENT STORE , PA SADENA , CAL IFORNIA LAPD ADVISED MUNIR SIRHA N WAS NOT COMPLETEL Y COOPERATIVE WHEN INTERVIEWED SUBJECT' S BROTKER , ADEL SIRHAN SUB SEQUENTL Y APPEARED AT PASADENA PD AT TEN FIFTEEN AM LAST, WAS INTERVIEWED BY BUAGENTS A ND PD OFFICIERS AND IDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPH 0F SUBJECT As HIS BROTHER , SIRKAN BISHARA SIRHAN _ PISTOL USED In SHOOTInG RECOVERED AT THE SCENE PRESENTLY MA INTA INED As EVIDENCE BY LAPD ~EXAMINATIoN 0F PERSONAL EFFECTS FOUND 0N SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN WKEN ARRESTED BY LAPD - on JUNE FIVE LAST BUAGENTS EXA MINED ITEMS 0F PERSO NAL PROPERTY FOUND on THE PERSON OF SIRHAN WHEN ARRESTED BY LAPD . INCLUDED In THESE ITEMS WERE FOUR ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES , SERIAL NUMBERS h ZERO FOUR FIVE SIX EIGHT THREE EIGHT NINE SERIES ONE NINE FIVE ZERO D ; L ZERO ZERO THREE TKREE NINE ZERO Two FIVE A , SERIES ONE NINE FIVE ZERO L ONE THREE ZERO EIGKT FIVE TWo SIX FOUR A , SERIES ONE FIVE FIVE ZERO ; L ZERO EIGHT FOUR THREE A, E; ================================================== Page 11 ================================================== PAGE TEN LA 56-156 ONE TKREE ONE ZERO A, SERIES 0 NE NINE' FIVE ZERO D . ALSO FOUND WAS OWE FIVE DOLLAR FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE, SERIAL NUMBER L SEVEN TWo Two THREE FIVE TWo SIX ZERO SERIES ONE NINE SIx THREE A . ALSO FOUND WERE FOUR ONE DOLLAR FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES, SERIAL NUMBERS L FOUR NINE FOUR NINE THREE SEVEN SIX SEVEN D , SERIES ONE NINE SIX THREE A ; L FIVE TwO SEVEN FOUR ONE SIX SIX D, SERIES O NE NINE SIX THREE A; E FOUR NINE FIVE SIX FIVE FIVE O NE FOUR C, SERIES ONE NI NE SIx THREE L FOUR ONE ZERO FOUR FIVE THREE EIGHT ONE D , SERIES 0 NE NINE SIX THREE A . OFFICERS ALSO FOUNd ONE SILVER COLORED CA R KEY, A SonG SHEET CONTAINING THREE VERSES (ROBERT KENNEDY CAMPAIG N SonG) ; ONE TEAR SHEET FRO M Unknown NEWSPAPER CONCERNING SENATOR KENNEDY; TEAR SHEET FROM PASADENA INDEPENDENT STAR-NEWS 0F DAvID LAWRENCE' S COLUMN "PARADOXICAL BOB " PHOTOGRAPHS 0F ALL 0F THE ABOVE DESCRIBED ITEMS WERE OBTAINED . A , A;. ================================================== Page 12 ================================================== PAGE ELEVEN LA 56-156 ~MATERIAL FOUND In ROOM 0F SIRHA N BISHARA SIRHAN AT SIX NINE SIX EAST HowaRD, PA SADENA en ADEL SIRHAN, BROTHER 0F SIRHAN SIRHAN, ACCoMPANIED BY LAPD DETECTIVES A ND BUAGENT WENT To SIRHAN FAMILY RESIDENCE AT SIX NINE SIX EAST HOWARD, PASADENA . SIRHAN SIRHA N' S ROOM SEARCHED BY LAPD AFTER IKEY RECEIVED CONSENT FROM BROTKER . AMoiG OTKER ITEMS FOUND AND SEIZED BY LAPD WERE TKE FOLLOW ING : ONE 7 PAGE 0F HANDWRITING BEA RING DATE MA Y EIGHTEEN SIXTY EIGHT , NINE FORTY FIVE AM, WHICH CONTA Ins NUMEROUS 7 SENTENCES, A MonG WHICH ARE MY DETERMINATION To EL IMINATE RFK 1S BECOMING MORE THE MORE 0F An UNSHAKEABLE OBSESSION" "RFK MUST DIE DA SH RFK MUST BE KILLED . ROBERT F , KENNEDY MUST BE A SSASSINATED" THIS STATEMENT REPEATED NUMEROUS TIMES . NEAR THE BOTTOM 0F THE PAGE Is WRITTEN "ROBERT F , KENNEDY MUST BE ASSASSINATED BEFORE FIVE JUNE SIXTY EIGHT" 0 TWo . ANOTHER PAGE ConTA InS THE HA NDWRITIEN STATEMENT "THE SO CALLED PRESIDENT 0F THE UNITED STATES 0F AMERICA WILL BE ADVISED 0F THEIR PUNISHMENTS FOR TKEIR TREASONABLE CRIMES AGAINST THE THE THE STATE. MORE OVER WE BEL IEVE buo ================================================== Page 13 ================================================== P 6 ELVE E TW LA 56-156 THAT THE GLORIOUS UNITED STATES 0F AMERICA WILL EVENTUALLY BE FELLED BY A BLOw 0F An ASSASSIN' S BULLET" THREE . ANOTHER PAGE COnTAIns IHE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: MBA SSADOR GOLDBERG MUST DIE DIE DIE" REPEA TED NUMEROUS TIMES. on THIS SA ME PAGE APPEARS "GOLDBERG WILL BE ILLIMINA TED" FOUR . ANOTHER PAGE CoNTAINS THE STATEMENT ~KENNEDY MUST DIE DA SH KENNEDY MUST FALL" , REPEA TED NUMEROUS TIMES. FIVE . on A CARD APPEARS THE STATEMENT "RFK MUST BE DISPO SED 0F LIKE HIS BROTKER Was" SIX. ANOTHER' PAGE CONTAINS THE STATEMENT I ADVOCA TE THE OVERTKROW 0F TKE CURRENT PRESIDENT 0F THE (OBSCENE) UNITED STA TES 0F AMERICA L0 I KAVE no ABSOLUTE PLANS YET DA SH BUT Soon WILL COMPO SE SO ME 0 SEVEN 00 ANOTHER PAGE CONTAInS THE STATEMENT ~WELL , MY SOLUTION To THIS TYPE 0F GovT. TODAY IS TO DO AWAy WITH ITS LEADERS AND DECLARE ANARCHY, THE BEST FORM 0F GOvT . OR no Govt" EIGHT . ANOTHER PAGE CONTAINS THE STA TEMENT 0 I BEL IEVE That I CAn EFFECT TKE DEA TH 0F BERT C , ALTFILLISCH" 9 (EMPLOYER 0F SIRHAN WHEN THROWN FROM HORSE SEPTEMBER TWENTY FIVE SIXTY "A ================================================== Page 14 ================================================== PaGE THIRTEEN LA 56-156 SIX) 0 NINE ALSO FOUND WAS An HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE CAL IFORNIA CADET CORPS FOR SIRHAN B , SIRHAN, DA TED JUNE THIRTEEN , SIXTY THREE, BY REA SON 0F GRADUA TING FROM JohN MUIR HIGH SCHOOL . CONCERNInG TKE EVIDENCE FOUND A ND SEIZED BY THE LAPD USA WILL IAM MATTHEW BYRNE, JR . , CENTRAL DISTRICT 0F CALIFORNIA , WAS In contAct WITH THE OFFICE 0F Los ANGELES CounTY DISTRIcT ATTORNEY EVELLE YoUNGER JUNE FIVE LAST . MR BYRNE STATES THIS MATERIAL SHO ULD BE KA NDLED LIKE ALL OTHER EVIDENCE , THAT THE CONTENTS SHOULD REMAIN CO NFIDENTIAL A ND NOt BE DISCLOSED PUBLICALL Y PRIOR To TRIAL OR To UNAUTKORIZED INDIVIDUALS . BYRNE ADDED THAT SHOULD TKE ConTENTS BE DISCLOSED , IT COULD KA VE A SERIOUS ADVERSE EFFECT INVOL VING SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION In EITHER FEDERAL OR STA TE COURT AND COULD NEEDLESSL Y SUBJECT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ADVERSE CRITICISM. DESPITE ABOVE , INFORMATION RECEIVED BY TKIS OFFICE INDICATInG EVIDENCE BEING HELD AT RAMPART DIVISION, LAPD, IS, ================================================== Page 15 ================================================== PAGE FOURTEEN La 56-156 In POSSE SSVON 0F LAPD , WAs PERSO NALL Y EXA MINED BY Los ANGELES MA YOR SAM YORTY 0 YORTY REPORTEDL Y READ SOME 0F ConTENTS To VARIOUS uNKnown InDIVIDUALS WKO WERE THEN In THE STATIOn AND WHO MA Y HA VE BEEN MEMBERS 0F NEWS MED IA THESE ITEMS, AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED , HA VE BEEN FORWARDED To THE FBI LAB FOR APPROPRIATE EXA MINATIONS . FAMILY BACKGROUND 0F SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN RECORDS 0F Ins, Los A NGELES, REVEAL THE FOLLOW ING INFORMA TIon CONCERNInG SIRHAN'S FAMIL Y: FATHER, BISHA RA SALA MEH GHA TTAS SIRHAN, BORN PII PII AT TA IBEH, PALESTINE OCCUPATION, GARDENER And GENERAL UTILITY MA N . ARRIVED In UNITED STATES JANUARY TWEL VE, FIFTY SEVEN, WIth WIFE And CHILDREN , DESERTED FAMILY AnD RETURNED To JORDAN In JUL Y , FIFTY SEVEN . SUB SEQUENTL Y ALLEGEDL Y WRO TE THREA TENING LETTERS FROM JORDAN To KIS WIFE DEMA NDI NG THAT SHE AnD THE TWO YOUNGER CHILDREN RETURN To HIM. REPORTEDLY RETURNED To UNITED STATES In MAY , FIFIY NINE , BUT WHEREABOUTS SUBSEQUENT To THAT DA TE Unknown To Ins, LOS ANGELES . ================================================== Page 16 ================================================== PAGE FIFTEEN LA 56-[56 MOTHER, MARY BISHARA SALAMEH SIRHAN, BORN PII AT JERUSALEM, PALESTINE: ACC OMPANIED HUSBAND on PII ENTRY To UNITED STATES In JANUARY, Fifty SEVEN. CURRENTL Y RESIDES SIX NINE SIX EAST HOWARD STREET, PASADENA, CAL IFORNIA. BROTHER, ADEL BISHARA SIRHAN, BORN PII A JERUSALEM, PALESTINE. CURRENTL Y RES IDES In PASADENA PII WITK MOTHER. BROTHER, SHARIF BISKARA SIRHAN, BORN PII In JERUSALEM, PALESTINE. CURRENT RESIDENCE, HIGHLAND PII PARK , CALIFORNIA. PII BROTHER, MUNIR BISHARA SIRHAN, BORN In JERUSALEM, PALESTINE. CURRENTL Y RES IDES PII In PASADENA WITH MOTHER. PII BROTHER, SAIDALLAH BISHARA SIRHAN, BORN AT JERUSALEM, PALESTINE, CURRENTL Y RESIDES PII WITH MOTHER In PASADENA . InS RECORDS INDICATE SAIDALLAH SCHEDULED Io APPEAR JUNE SEVEN NEXT FOR FINAL CITIZENSHIP PAPERS BUT KEARING WILL BE POSTPONED BY Ins To AVOID EMBARRASSMENT TO SAIDALLAK_ END PAGE FIFTEEN ================================================== Page 17 ================================================== PAGE SIXTEEN LA 56-156 PII SISTER, AYDA BISHARA SIRHAN, BORN AT JERUSALEM, PALESTINE. REPORTEDL Y DIED 0F PII LEUKEMIA In ABOUT SIXTY_ ~BACK GROUND INFORMATION CONCERNING SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHA N- InS RECORDS , LOS ANGELES , REVEALED SI RHAN BORN In JERUSALEM, PALESTINE. DESCRIBED PII As FIVE FooT FOUR, ONE OFE EIGHT POUNDS, BLACX HAIR, BROWN EYES . CURRENT ADDRESS SIX NINE SIX EAST HOWARD STREET, PASADENA. WHEN ADEL BISHARA SIRHAN IDENTIFIED HIS BROTHER SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN AS THE SUBJEC T AI TEN FIFTEEN AM JUME FIVE LAST AT PASADENA POLICE DEPARTMENT HE FURNISHED F OLLOWING INFORMATION: SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN GRADUATED FROM JoHN MUIR HIGH SCHOOL In PASADENA In NINETEEN SIxTY THREE AnD THEREAFTER ATTENDED PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, A JUNIOR COLLEGE, FOR APPROX IMATELY TWo YEARS BUT DID noT GRADUATE. HE FORMERL Y WORKED As An EXERC ISE BOY AND APPROXI- MATEL Y O NE YEAR AGo FELL FROM A HORSE AnD SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY. SI NCE TKEN HIS BEHAVIOR HAS CHANGED CONS IDERABL Y AND HE HAs BEEN DI FFICULT Io GET ALONG WITHa XE HAS NoT WORKED FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS. END PAGE SIXTEEN ================================================== Page 18 ================================================== PAGE SEVENTEEN LA 56-156 FRANK STASIK, MILLER AND AMES INSURANCE COMPANY, THREE SIX ZERO ZERO WILSHIRE B OULEVARD, Los AN GELES, ADVISED TKAT SIRHAN SIRHAN, ADDRESS In CARE 0F ROUTE ONE BOX ONE FIVE NI NE B, CORONA, CALIFORNIA, WAS EMPL OYED As A KORSE EXERC ISE BOY BY BERT ALTFILLISCH, ONE THREE TWo ZERO ZERO CITRUS AVENUE, NORC 0, CALIFORNIA, on SEPTEMBER TWENTY FIVE SIXTY SIX WHEN HE FELL FROM A HORSE AND WaS INJURED. SIRHAN SUBMITTED A MEDICAL INSURA NCE CLAIM A ND Was TREATED BY DR. RICHARD NELSON, NORC O. STASKI ADVISED THAT ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY FOUR FOUR THREE SKATIO PLACE, LOS ANGELES , HAD THE POLICY on SI RHAN. CLAIM FILE PERTAI NING To SIRHAN REVIEWED BY BUREAU AGENT JUNE FIVE LAST Ai ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY, LOS ANGELES . FILE REFLEC TS SIRHAN THROWN FROM HORSE 0h SEPTEMBER TWENTY FIVE, SIXTY SIX, WAS IAKEN To A HCSPITAL BY AMBULANCE, And REGAINED CONSC IOUSNESS WHILE HIS LACERATIONS WERE BEING STITCHED. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED OVER NIGHT, SIRHAN CLAIMED INJURIES To HIS LEFT EYE AND BACK A ND CLAIMED ENTITLED To DISABILITY COMPENSATION. oN SEPTEMBER FIVE, SIXTY SEVEN, SIRHAN WAs EXAMINED END PAGE SEVENTEEN ================================================== Page 19 ================================================== PAGE EI GHTEEN LA 56-156 BY DRa FORREST L, JOHNS ON, TEN FIVE TWo WEST SIXTH STREET , LOS ANGELES , AND AT THAT TIME DR. FORREST 'S REPORT INDICATED THAT HE FOUND SIRHAN To BE ALERT, COOPERATIVE, AND SH QWING No EVIDENCE 0F A NEUROTIC PROBLEM , on DECEMBER T [ENTY, SIxTY SEVEN, DRa DLBORI, SEVEN T REE NIE NORTH HIGHLAND AVENUE, SUBMITTED A REPORT Io ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPAnY STATInG HE HAD EXAMINED SIRHAN 0n DEC EMBER EI GHTEEN, SIXTY SEVEN, AnD FOUND HIM Io BE FULL Y REC CVERED. on: APRIL FIVE, SIXTY EIGHT, ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPAnY PAID A TWo THOUSAND DOLLAR DISABILITY COMPANSATION To SIRKAN OUT 0F WK ICK SI RhaN RECEIVED ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AnD FI VE DOLLARS AFTER DEDUCTIonS FOR HIS ATTORNEY AnD LIENS , ================================================== Page 20 ================================================== PAGB NINBTEEN LA 56-156 INFORMATION CONTA INED ON THIS PAGB DBAIS MITE SIRHAN '8 POSSIBLE ASSOCIATION YITE COMUNIST PARTY OF STATE 0F CALIPORNIA THIS INFORVATION RAS SET FORTH IN DETAIL IN MZMORANDOM DATBD 6-_6_68 _ PAGEB DELBIED To PROTBCT IDENTITY OF INFORMANT _ ================================================== Page 21 ================================================== PAGE TWENTY LA 56-156 ~LIAISON WIIH LOS A NGELES POL ICE DEPARTMENT- AT APPROX IMATELY FOUR Amf JUNE FOUR LAST SUPERVISOR ROBERT E. KERTIN WAS In CCMFERENCE WITH LOS ANGELES COP ToM REDDIn, LOS ANGELES DA EVELLE YOUNGER AnD OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF LAS0 AnD LAPD WHEN CHIEF REDDIN CALLED OUT OF CONFERENCE To REC EIVE CALL FROM " WHITE HOUSE. V IPDN RETURN, CH IEF REDDI N CALLED SUPERVISOR KERTIN FROM CONFERENCE AND ADVISED HIM HIS CALL HAD BEEN FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMSEY CLARK WKO HAD TOLD CHIEF REDDIN THE FBI WAS BEING INSTRUCTED To ENTER THE INVESTIGATIon. CL ARK REP ORTEDLY TOLD CHIEF REDDIN THAT THE REASON FOR ASXInG FOR FBI INVESTIGATION WAs NOT BECAUSE 0F AnY CRITICISM OF LAPD AND THEIR KANDLING 0F CASE BUT FROM STANDPOINT TKAT IT WAS FELT TKAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WH OULD TAKE SOME .INVESTIGATIVE ACTIOn To INSURE TKAT TKE PEOPLE 0F THE UNITED STATES WERE AWARE 0F THEIR GOVERNMENT 'S INTEREST In THIS CRIME, CHIEF REDDIN ADVISED THAT KE HAD ADVISED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT HE WOUL D BE MOSE KAPPY To COOPERATE WITH THE FBI . CHIEF REDDIN ALSO ADVISED THAT KE WOULD WELCOME AnY INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY BUREAU. END PAGE TWENTY ================================================== Page 22 ================================================== PAGE TWENTYQNE LA 56-156 AT ELEVEN TWENTY FIVE AM JUNE FIVE LAST, Sac GRAPP, CONFIDENTIALLY ADVISED LAPD COP TOM REDDIN TkAT THE FBI WILL ACTIVEL Y INVESTIGATE ALL FACETS 0F THIS CASE AnD WILL RENDER ALL POSSIBLE INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE Io LAPD INCLUDING TKE SERVICES 0F THE FBI LAB ORATORY IDENTIFICATIOn DIVISION, AnD COVERAGE 0F OUT 0F STATE LEADS _ It Was EXPLAINED To CHIEF REDDI N BY SAC GRAPP THAT THIS IS NOt INTENDED In ANY WAy To IAKE THE CASE AWay FROM TKE LAPD. HE EXP RESSED APPRECIATION AnD THE DES IRE FOR FULL COOPERATIOn, FOR TKE INFORMATION 0F THE BUREAU, Two BUAGENTS ARE ASSIGNED In A LIAIsoN CAPAC ITy WItk RAMPART DIVISIon, LAPD, WHICH IS KANDLInG TKE INVESTIGATIon. An ADDITIONAL FOUR BUAGENTS ASSIGNED L IAISON WIth LAPD HEADQUARTERS . ALL ASSIGNMENTS 0n TWENTY FOUR KOUR BASIS . 5 INTERVIEW 0F MARY BISHARA SIRHAN, MOTHER 0F SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN- MRS , MARY BISHARA SIRHAN, SIX NINE SIX EAST HOWARD , PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, MOTHER 0F SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN WAS INTERVIEWED BY BUAGENTS JUNE FIVE LAST AT EIGHT TWo SIX EAST MENDEC I NO, ALTADENA, CALIFORNIA. SHE ADVISED SHE END PAGE TWENTYONE ================================================== Page 23 ================================================== PA GE IWENTYTWO LA 56-156 KAS FIVE SONS , NAMED SIRHAN SIRHAN, BORN PII MUNIR SIRHAN, AGE NINETEEN; ADEL SIRKAN, A GE THIRTY; SAIDALLAH SIRHAN, BORN AnD SHARIF SIRHAN. PII MRS . SIRHAN ADVISED TKAT SHE WAS AT A LOss Io UNDERSTAND Kow HER Son SI RKAN SIRHAN COULD BE INVOL VED In An ATTEMPT To KILL SENATOR KENNEDY. SHE STATED HE DID noT DRINK OR SMOKE AND HAD No GI RL FRIEND OR ASSOC IATES To KER KNOWLEDCE. SHE ADVISED THAT HE HAD AL WAYS KAD GREAT AMBITIonS BUT CONTINDALLY FAILED To REACH HIS GOALS , SKE STATED THAT WKILE AT A RA NCH In NINETEEN SIXTY SIX, SI RHAN SI RHAN FELL FROM A KORSE A ND SUSTAINED INJURIES To THE LEFT SIDE 0F HIS HEAD, LEFT EXE AD LEFT HIP. SHE ADVISED KE WAS XOSPITAL IZED BEC AUSE OF THESE INJURIES AND In HER OPINIon WAs NEVER THE SAME PERSON FOLLOWING THIS FALL: MRS . SIRHAN STATED THAT SIRHAN SI RHAN KAD STRONG FEELIAGS CONCERNInG JORDON AND TKE ARAB STATES. SHE WAS UNABLE To FURNISH Any MOTIVE As To WHY HER SON WAS INVOL VED IN TKE SHOOTING 0F SENATOR KENNEDY. END PAGE TWENTYTWo ================================================== Page 24 ================================================== PAGE TwENTYTKREE LA 56-156 -INTERVIEW 0F ADEL BISHARA SIRHAN, BROTHER 0F SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN- ADEL BISHARA SIRHAN, BRCTKER 0F SIRHAN SIRHAN, WAS INTERVIEWED BY BDAGENTS JUNE FIVE LAST AT HIS RES IDENCE AT SIX NINE SIX EAST HOWARD, PASADENA. HE STATED KE LAST SA W SIRHAN SIRHAN AT SIX NINE SIX EAST KOWARD , PASADENA, ABOUT HOON, JUNE FOUR LAST. SIRHAN SIRHAN LEFT THE RESIDENCE SH ORTLY THEREAFTER WITHOUI SAYING WKERE HE WAS GOInG OR WKAI KIS PLANS WERE. SIRHAN SIRHAN DEPARTED In HIS NINETEEN FIFTY SIX TWo DOoR DESOTO. ADEL SIRHAN ADVISED HIS BROTHER DID NOI LIKE THE UNITED STA TES POLICIES 0F SUPPORT To ISRAEL In THE ARAB ISRAEL CONFLICT AnD EXPRESSED THIS VIEW POinT. ACEL SIRKAN STATED KE NEVER KNEW HIS BROTHER To HAVE OR USE A GUN AnD KAD NEVER INDICATED In AnY WaY AnY DISL IKE 0F SENATOR KENNEDY , HE ADVISED THAT KE DID NOT KnOw ANY ASSOC IATES 0F SIRHAN SIRHAN. ~INTERVIEW 0F MUNIR BISHARA SIRHAN, BROTHER 0F SIRHAN BISHAR SIRHAN, AT AL TADENA, CAL IFORNIA- MUNIR BISHARA SIRHAN, BROTHER 0F SIRHAN SIRHAN, WAs END PAGE TWENTY THREE ================================================== Page 25 ================================================== LA 56-156 PAGE TWENTY FOUR INTERVIEWED BY BUAGENTS SIX FIVE Last' AT EIGHT TWO SIX MENDOCI NQ, ALTADENA, CALIFORNIA. HE INDICATED HIS RESIDE#CE AS SIX NINE SIX EAST HOWARD, PASADENA, WHERE ~6 HE HAS RESIDED FOR AT LEAST FIVE Io SIx YEARS MUNIR SIRHAN ADVISED KIS BROTHER, SIRHAN SIRHAN, HA D GRA DUATED FROM JoKN MUIR HIGH SCKOOL In PASADENA AMD SUBSEQUENTL Y AITENDED PASADENA CIty COLLEGE FOR ABOUT TWo YEARS. KE ADVISED TKAT ABOUT ONE YEAR AGQ, WHILE WORKI NG As An EXERCISE BOY AT A RANCK AT CORONA, CAL IFORWIA, SI RHAN SIRHAN KAD SUFFERED A HEAD INJURY AS A RESUL T OF FALLING FROM A KORSE AnD KAD BEEN UNDER A DOCTOR'S CARE FOR SEVERAL MoNTKS . MUNIR SI RHAN ADVISED THAT ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGo KE HAD HAD A FIGHT WItH HIS BROTKER A ND KAD NOT SPOKEN TO HIM SINCE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY LIVE In TKE SAME KOUSE. KE ADVISED THAT SIRHAN SIRHAN HAD BEEN UMEMPL OYED FOR ABOUT THE LAST SIX MONTHS AnD WAS LAST EMPLOYED AT A KEALTH STORE IN PASADENA OPERATED BY A GERMAN NAMED WIDENER (PH) . WIDENER REPORTEDLY WROTE A BoOk SHOWING HIS ASSISTANCE To TKE JEWS DURING THE WAR To WKICH SIRHAN END PAGE TWENTY FOUR ================================================== Page 26 ================================================== LA 56-156 PA GE TWENTY FIVE SI RHAN OBJECTED. KE SUBSEQUENTLY TERMINATED HIS EMPL OYMENT WI Th WIDENER As A RESULT 0F THIS DISAGREEMENT . MUNIR SIRHAN ADVISED THAT HIS BROTHER wAS A MEMBER OF AMROC ROSECRUCIANS, A RELIGIQUS QRDER, AND ALSQ STUDIED SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST RELIGION. HE ALSO ADVISED IHAT HIS BROTHER WAS VERY INTERESTED In LANGUAGES A ND WAS FLUENT IN RUSSIAN, GERMAN A ND ARABIC , A ND KAD SOME KNOWLED GE 0F OTHERS . KE ADVISED KIS.BROTKER KAS No CLOSE MALE OR FEMALE ASSOC IATES To HIs KNOWLEDGE, DID NoT DPINK OR SMOKE, AND DID NoT BEL ONG To Any POLITICAL OR RACIAL ORGANIZATIONS . HE STATED IKAT ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGo SIRHAN SI RHAN HAD PURCHASED A KANDGUN FROM A FELL OW EMPLOYEE 0F MUNIR SIRHAN AI IHE F,C , NASH COMPANY AT PASADENA (DEPARTMENT STORE) . HE STATED TKAT KE KAD NQT SEEN THIS GUN SInC E It WAS PURCHASED BY SIRHAN SIRHAN. MUNIR SIRHAN LAST SAW HIS BROTHER AT APPROX IMATELY EIGHT THIRTY AM, JUNE FOUR LAST, AT THE CORNER 0F LAKE AnD WASHINGTON STREETS In PASADENA, WHERE SIRHAN SIRHAN WAS PURCHASING A NEWSPAPER. KE WAS UNABL E TIo SUGGEST Any MOTIVE As Io WHY HIS BROTKER MIGHT HAVE END PAGE TWENTY FIVE ================================================== Page 27 ================================================== LA 56-156 PAGE TWEnTY SIX SHOT SENATOR KEiNEDY, BUT DOFS NO BEL IEVE HE WOUL D HAVE DONE IT FOR Any IMDIVIDUAL OR GROUP AS KIS BROTHER WAS Too DETERMI NED In NATURE. XE STATED TKAT HIS BROTKER HAD LITTLE COMMUNICATION WITK TKE OTHER MEMBERS 0F THE FAMILY WKICH WaS A CAUSE OF FRICTIon BETWEEN HIS MOTHER A ND SI RHAN SIRHAN. HE STA TED THAT SIRHAN SIRHAN READ A GREAT DEAL, MOSTLY BOOKS CONCERNING HISTORY OR POLITICS, BUT HAD NEVER ENGA GED . I N Any POLITICAL DISCUSSIon WITh HIM, INFORMATION FURNISHED BY RONALD Ra HUNILEY, Io NINE ZERO TWo EAST BURNSIDE, PORTLAND, OREGON, To LOS ANGELES OFFICE. AT ABOUT FOUR Am. SIX FIVE LAST LOS ANGELES OFFICE RECEIVED TELEPHONE CALL FROM PERSON IDENTIFyInG HIMSELF AS RONALD Ra HUNTLEY, TWo NINE ZER0 Two EAST BURNS IDE, PORTLA ND, OREGON. HUNTLEY ADVISED HE WAS SENATOR KENNEDY'S PERSONAL BODYGUARD DURING THE SENATOR S CAMPAIGN In RECENT OREGON PRIMARY. HE STATED THAT A WEEK AGo HE WAS WIth SENA TOR KENNEDY AT BENSON HOTEL, PORTLAND, AT WHICH TIME SENATOR WAS CONGRATULATING SENATOR MC CARTHY on HIS VICTORY. END PAGE TWENTY SIX ================================================== Page 28 ================================================== LA 56-156 IWENTY SEVEN AS SENATOR KENNEDY WAS ATTEMPTInG To LEAVE TKE KOTEL HE, KUNTLEY, WAS CLEARING PATH THROUGH CROWD AND KAD OCC ASIon To PUSH TWo MALES OUT 0F THF WAY QF OF SENATOR KENNEDY, AS HE PUSHED on .OUT 0F TKE WAY HE FELT A WEAPoN UNDER TKE MAN 'S SUIT Coat AND IMMEDIATELY SKOVED HIm UP AGAINST A WALL, THE MAN CAUSED N @ FURTHER PROBLEM AND SENATOR KENNEDY WAs NOT ADVISED 0F THE INCIDENT. HUNTLEY STATED KE HAD OBSERVED on TELEVISION PHOTOGRAPHS 0F THE MAN ARRES TED BY LAPD As A SUSPECT In ATTEMPTED MURDER 0F SENATOR KENNEDY . HUNTLEY ADVISED ThAT KE IS CERTAIN ThAT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS IDENTICAL To ONE 0F TKE Iwo MEN HE SHQVED OUT OF THE WAY 0F SENATOR KENNEDY'S PATH AT THE BENSON HOTEL , PORTLAND. HE ALSO STATED THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL WAS APPROX IMATEL Y TWEnTY FOUR YEARS OLD, POSSIBLY LATIN AMERICAn EXTRACTION, FI VE FEET FOUR I NCHES, ONE HUNDRED NInTY FOUR POUNDS, DA RK BROWN HAIR, VERY STOCKY BUILD. HUNTLEY ADVISED TXAT HE WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW BY BUAGENTS AT HILLSBORO, OREGON, A ND WOULD WAIT AT TKREE SEVEN FOUR EAST EDISON, HILLSBORO, UNTIL CONTACTED. PORTLAND OFFICE HAS BEEN InSTRUCTED To IMMEDIATEL Y INTERVIEW KUNTLEY. END PAGE TWENTY SEVEN PaGE ================================================== Page 29 ================================================== LA 56-156 PAGE TWENTY FIGHT LIAIAON WITh REPRESENTATIVES 0F SENATOR KENNEDY AT KOSPITAL 0F GOOD SAMARITAN, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. Two BUAGENTS ARE ASSIGNED 0N A FULL-TIME TWENTY-FOUP HOUR BASIS As LIAIson WITH PIERRE SALINGER A ND TEODORE SORENSON, REPRESENTATIVES 0F SENATOR KENNEDY, AT HOSPITAL 0F GOOD SAMARITAN, LOS ANGELES . AI TKREE TWENTY FIVE PM, SIX FIVE LAST, PIERRE SAL I NGER ADVISED THAT A NEUROSURGEON 0F HOSPITAL 0F GOOD SAMARITAN, WH 0 HAD OPERATED CN SENATOR KENNEDY, HAD 'BEEN In TELEPHONIC COnTACT WITH A DOCTQR In NEW YORK CITY, NAME NOT RECALLED . SALI NGER ADVISED THAI A MEDICAL DISCUSSIon BETWEEN THE DQCTORS Was KELD FOLLOWInG WHICH THIS DOC TOR In NEW YORK CIty APPARENTLY GAVE A PRESS RELEASE INDICATING THAT SENATOR KENNEDY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE. SAL INGER STATED THAT BASED 0N CURRENT INFORMATION, IF SENATOR KENNEDY DOES SURVIVE, HE PROBABL Y WILL HAVE PERMANENT ERAIN DAMAGE. KE FURTHER STATED THAT IT APPEARS DOUBTFUL THAT SENATOR KENNEDY WILL LIVE AnD IKAT IHIS INFORMATIon HAD BEEN GAINED FROM TALKING WIth A DOCTOR 0N THE CASE: END PAGE TWENTY EI GHT ================================================== Page 30 ================================================== La 56-156 PAGE TWENTY NI NE PIERRE SALINGER ALSO ADVISED SIX FIVE LAST THAT MRS JOH N F, KENNEDY IS Io ARRIVE AI LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRP ORT BY PRIVATE PLANE AT FIVE IHIRTY PM, SIX FIVE LAST. SHE WILL BE BROUGHT To THE HOSPITAL 0F GOOD SAMARITAN BY TKE LAPD. SALINGER FURTHER ADVISED ThAT MRS . MARTIN LUTHER KinG, JRa , IS To ARRIVE In LOS ANGELES FRCM WASHINGTon, D. C. , AT FOUR FIFTY FIVE PN, SIX FIVE LAST. IT was INDICATED THAI BOTH THE LAPD AND SECRET SERVICE WERE AWARE 0F TKE ABOVE InFORKATION CoNCERNING MRS . JOHN F, KECNEDY AnD MRS , MARTIN LUTHER KING. JRa LIAISON BY BUAGENTS AT KOSPITAL 0F GOOD SAMARITAN WILL BE MAINTAINED To INSURE IHAT ALL DEVEL OPMENTS In TKIS MA TTER ARE PROMPTL Y REP ORTED To THE BUREAU . ContaCTS WItH T,V , STUDIOS, LOS A NGEL ES , In ATTEMPT To OBTAIN FILM 0F SHOOTING. BUA GENTS VIEWED TAPES AND FILM SHOTS on SIX FIVE LAST MADE BY KNXT, CHANNEL Two, AT AMBASSADOR HOTEL DURInG IIME SENATOR KENNEDY SHOT. BUAGENTS ALSO MONITORED T.V. NEWS SP ECIALS WKICH HAD BEEN RUN BY ABC , CHANNEL SEVEN, CHANNEL FOUR, AND KTTV, CHANNEL ELEVEN. AONE 0F THE END PAGE TWENTY NINE NBC , ================================================== Page 31 ================================================== LA 56-156 PA GE THIRTY ABOVE TAPES AND FILM SHOTS REC ORDED TKE AC TUAL SHOOTIng OF SENATOR KENNEDY, BUT DID SH OW PERIOD SUBSEQUENT T0 SHOOTING, INCLUDI NG THE REMOVAL 0F ASSAILANT FROM THE AREA BY POL ICE. DETAILED SHOTS 0F SENATOR KENNEDY'S SPEECH JUST BEFORE RE LEFT FOR THE KITCKEN AREA, SHOTS 0F HIM: LYiNG WOUNDED on THE FLOOR, AND THE REMOVAL 0F ASSAILANT FROM THE AREA WERE CONTAI NED In SIXTEEN MILLIMETER COL OR MAGNETIC STRIP FILM, WHICH KAD BEEN SHOT BY CBS STAFF CAMERAMAN WILLIAM WILDE: ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE To HAVE A COPY OF THIS SIXTEEN MILLIMETER FILM MADE FOR THE FBI WHICH WILL BE READY In THE MORNInG 0F JUNE SIX InSTANT. RADI0 STaTionS BEING CHECKED To DETERMI NE IF AnY REC ORDInG 0F SHOOTInG, ContACT WITH NBC NEWS, BURBANK , CALIFORNIA, SIX FIVE LAST DETERMINED THAT THEY HAD No FILM DEPICTING THE ACTUAL SHOOTING 0F SENATOR KENNEDY. NBC FILMED SCENES JUST PRIOR To TKE SHOOTInG, ACTIVITIES SUBSEQUENT To TKE SHOOTING AND SC ENES SH OWI N'G IHE ASSAILANT BEING TAKEN FROM THE AMBASSADOR KOTEL BY POLICE OFFICERS . ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE To OBTAIN A COPY 0F THIS FILM WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE on JUNE SIX Instant, END PAGE THIRTY ================================================== Page 32 ================================================== LA 56-156 PAGE THIRT ONE INTERVIEW 0F DAVID OVERH OLT STEVENS, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, FORMER FELL OV} STUDENT OF SI RHAN AT JOHN MUIR HIGH SCHOOL . STEVENS, A SENIOR HISTORY STUDENT AT STANFORD UNIVERS ITY, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, APPEARED AT PALQ. ALTO RES IDENT AGENCY SIX FIVE LAST A ND FURAISKED FOLL OWING INFORMATION RECARDING SI RHA N: STEVENS STATED WAS CASUALLY ACQUAINTED WITH SIRHAN AT JCHN MUIR HIGH SCH O0L, PASADENA, DURING SCHOOL YEAR SIXTY TwO Io SIXTy THREE. STEVENS DESCRIBED SI RHAN AS PALESTINIAN ARAB, BELIEVED To KAVE BEEN BORN In PALESTINE. HE RECALLED THAT SIRHAN AI THAT TIME BITTERL Y OPP OSED AND HATED JEWS, PARTICULARL Y ZIONISTS STEVENS STATED SIRHA N LISTENED To RADIO HAVANA AND STEVENS BELIEVED HIM To BE PRO CASTRO AT THAT TIME. STEVENS NoT AWARE 0F Any ORGA NIZATION, AFFILIATIONS 0F SIRHAN AND HAS NOT SEEN HIM SINCE SIXTY THREE. STEVENS NOT AC QUAINTED WITH MEMBERS 0F SIRHAN 'S FAMILY. STEVENS ADVISED THAT ONE TK OMAS Da GOOD WAs CLOSE FRIEND 0F SIRHAN In HIGH SCHOOL And COULD POSSIBLY FURNISH INFORMATION CONCERNING END PAGE THIRTY ONE ================================================== Page 33 ================================================== LA 56-156 PAGE THIRTY TWo SI RHAN'S POLITICAL VIEWS AS POSSIBLE MOTIVE FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER 0F SENATOR KENNEDY. SAn FRANCISC0 OFFICE ADVISED SIX FIVE LAST GOOD APPARENTLY INDENTICAL To THOMAS DANIEL GOOD, RI B SUBJECT In San FRANCISC Q, WO KAS HISTORY 0F ASSOC IATIOn WITH STUDENTS FOR A DEM OC RATIC SOC I ETY AnD In SIXTY SEVEN POSSIBL Y EXPERESSED INTEREST In JOinInG COMMUNIST PARTY YOUTH GROUP In SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. GOOD ARRESTED BY SAN JOSE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR PARTICIPATION In RIOT on SAN JOSE STATE CAMPUS NOVEMBER TWENTY SIXTY SEVEN. AT TRIAL, GOOD RECEIVED ONE YEAR PROBATION AnD ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR FINE FOR RES ISTING ARREST . MISCELLANEOUS No REC ORD 0F A SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION FOR SIRHAN BI SHARA SIRHAN, BORN Was LOCATED PII Ai SELECTIVE SERVICE LOCAL BOARD, GROUP B, PASADENA, WHEN CH ECKED SIX FIVE LAST. RECORDS, SELECTIVE SERVICE HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, BEING CHECKED Io DETERMINE IF SIRHAN REGISTERED OF SOME OTHER L OCAL BOARD In CALIFORNIA. JOHN HANSON; THOROUGHBRED RACInG PROTECTIVE BUREAU, Los A NGELES , ADVISED THAT SIRHAN SIRHAN WAs A CL OSE FRIEND END PAGE THIRTY TWo ================================================== Page 34 ================================================== LA 56-156 PAGE THIRTY THREE OF KOLLYWOOD RACInG TRaC-K EMPLOYEE MEPL E MAPION MATTESON. MATTESON REP ORTED FOR WORK on JUNE FIVE LAST BUT THEN DEPARTED AnD XAS NOT RETURNED. KANSON ADVISED MATTESON A HpS WRITTEN AnTI DASH SEMITIC LETTERS To THE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY 0F DEFENSE, AnD OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS. INVESTIGATION INITIATED Io LOCATE AnD INTERVIEW MATTESON. LA INDICIES NEGATIVE RE NATTESON. REC ORDS 0F DRIVERS LICENSE DIVISION, DMV, SACRAMENTO, REFLECT CLASS THREE DRIVERS LICENSE ISSUED MARCH EIGHTEEN, SIXTY FOUR, Io SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN, SIX NINE SIX EAST HOWARD STREET, PASADENA. DESC RIBED As BORN FIVE FEET PII Two I NCHES, ONE FIFIEEN PoUNDS, BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES. APPLICATION SIIGNED BY MOTHER, MARY SIRHAN, SIX NINE SIX EAST KOWARD STREET, PASADENA, on MARCH NINETEEN, SIxTY FOUR. SI RHAN STATED FATHER LIVES In JORDAN, SIRHAN #AS CONVICTIoNS MARCH NINE, SIXTY SIX SECTIoN TWo Two THREE FIVE ZERO, VC , PASADENA, And NOVEMBER TWENTY EIGHT, SIXTY SIX, SECTIon TWo ONE FOUR FIVE THREE A, VC , EL MONTE. no REC ORD In THE NAME 0F SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN, BORN END PAGE THIRTY THREE ================================================== Page 35 ================================================== LA 56-156 PAGE THIRTY FOUR WAS LOCATED AT VETERANS PII ADMINISTRATION RECORDS CENTER, LOS ANGELES . ALL InS FILES RELATING To SIRHAN SI RHAN AnD THE SIRHAN FAMILY HAVE BEEN PULLED BY DISTRICT DIRECTOR GEORGE ROSENBERG Los A NGELES, In' CONNECTIon WIth A PROJECT ALLEGEDL Y PERS ONALL Y REQUESTED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMSEY CL ARK AS ROSENBERG COMPLETES EACH FILE, Ii IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE Io BUREAU AGENTS FOR XEROXING. INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE PASADENA POLICE DEPARTMENT TKAI SIRHAN RESIDENC E AT SIX NINE SIX EAST KOWARD , PASA HAS BEEN COMPLETEL Y BL OCKED OFF AND No TRAFFIC IS ALLQWED on THAT BL OCK . THIS SITUATION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL TOMORROW . INFORMATION WAS ALS 0 REC EIVED FROM TKE PASADENA POL ICE DEPARTMENT EVENING 0F SIx FIVE LAST THAT NUMEROUS TELEPHONIC TKREATS KAD BEEN RECEIVED BY MEMBERS 0F THE SIRHAN FAMILY AI THEIR RESIDENCE. END JCR FBI WASH DC TUP DENA, ================================================== Page 36 ================================================== T 3/14/69 JLIBAOAla daw DJ: 166-12C-1 8 Mr < Eaeell Mcclono Route %; Box 194 RLvesvflle, Reat Virginia 26588 Daer M 2 Mcdlone } The nhite Boure hag referrod to tnie Departmant your corrorpondence: poatmarked Januery 7, 1969_ Pleaae excube our delay Ln responding: Ie would be InapproprIate , Be tbia time, lo1 the Dopartment Of Juetioe tp" donnent On . Eho cede Alnce 1t 40 pradantly belng triea: In the fueure;' bwevar, Lf pave tay idd1e1ono} coment Br Qlastlonr , You wloh to adaroee Ghem ,t0 ehe Loe: Angel8b County Officiale vbo Gro In charge of the procoedinge . 8tneprely, JERRIB ROYARD A Mnlatant Attorrey Cenera1 4j CivLl Righee DivLoton EEL Rt OHIJVILARB Abtorney Naatora Section cc ; Records Chrono Corres Unit Ollivierre 1969 APR 1 You May BY' ================================================== Page 37 ================================================== 17 & . 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Certatn court refors are needed and are being eought through bilie_ eurrently betng introduoed 14] an~@ffort co allevlete thade oondltiona Vo ara" ipaLertnr for your information 4 copy of tha Aetorney denorar addre88 bofore the Natiobal #p4 Council on Crieo and belinquonoy . Stnoorely, FTLED JERRIS LDONARD Abelotant Attorney General BY TJ ClvL Righte Diviofon On IVIAR 5 1969 By s ETIEL 4 . OLLIVIELER Attorey wostern' Seotfon CC : Recordsc Chrono Corres Unit Ollivierre FEb 1969 M. 21 , by Gn{agicTative " ; ================================================== Page 50 ================================================== T: 3/13/69 JL:EAO:ls :mBp "DJ 166-12C-1 APR 2' 1968 Mrs . A M_ Shlnn 426 Springdele DrIve Northeebt Atlanta, Georg1e 30305 Dear Mrg Shinn: Pregident Nixon has referred to' thle Department your letter of January 20 1969 We apologlze for our delay In responding 81nce the triel Of S1rhan Sirhan 19 currently In progress , It would be Inappropriate for this Department to comment on" he ca30 If you wIsh t0 question or remark further on the matter, nay WB buggebt that you oontact the Los Angeleg County officlels who are handling the proceedings The Preeldent apprecletes your teking the time to write and adv1se hlm of; your vlews Sincerely , afa JERRIS ' LEONARD Abglatant Attorney General Civil Righte Divlelon ETIEL A. OLLIVIERRE Attorney Western Sectlon cc : (Records Chrono O111vlerre Corres Unlt By : 1

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