</s>426 Springdale Drive, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30305 January 20, 1969 President Richard M. Nixon 106-12-1-1 The White House Washington, D. C. 5 Dear Mr. President: JAN 27 1969 P.40. I want to congratulate you on this Inauguration Day and wish you well. Mine and my family's prayers will be with you during the next four years. Today when you took your oath I wonder what your thoughts were. Mine were that, if an assassin's bullet had not taken away the life of Robert F. Kennedy, he would have stood where you did. I am certain a thought like that must must have crossed your mind too. You have now what you have dreamed about and worked for and, by the grace ( ??? ) if God been given. In gratitude for his stepping aside, through no fault of his own, pay a debt to Robert F. Kennedy as doing all of his power to have the monster known as Sirhan Sihan all go to his speedy reward. I am attaching Henry Taylor's column to let you see what I am talking about. Go on from there there and see that that laws are passed to get rid on all trash like that who killed, rape, main and rob. Never of them with Capitol Punishment, reve it up so that assassinations will stop. When there is no punishment, why keep in the hate. Believe me, mine is no as it is as anyone's in the loss of the Kennedy's I have never recovered from President Kennedy's death. He and his brother could have saved the world and their deaths have set this country back a century-saved now, the world and they deaths set that this country could have century- now, and the death of his father. I go. I do not in World War II on Admiral King's personal staff, my sister was a Navy Nurse, I have a brother who now is a major in SAC - last of all, another brother was killed in Germany in April, 1945. As I look at the cavalier attitude in the Courts in Murderers, I wonder what in the world my brother died for. It is definitely not the country I knew and my sacrificed died for ... It is 1942. Assassage some of my heartbreak at the loss as the Kennedys and see that Sirhan War is known to justice and to HELL as soon as you can. Respectfully yours, Mr. a.M. Phinin

John F. Kennedy was not a federal crime to murder a presidential candidate at the time of his assassination. However, Congress has authorized federal protection for candidates since P.L. 90-331, 82 Stat. 170.

Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated on June 4, 1968, and Sirhan Bishara Sirhan is accused of killing him. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office prepared for the trial of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, which included a list of witnesses who observed him at various locations on June 4, 1968 (Pasadena City College cafeteria and Fish Canyon firing range) and others present at the Ambassador Hotel on June 1-5, 1968.

A letter was sent for consideration regarding reimbursement for costs incident to Senator Robert F. Kennedy's assassination on December 17, 1968, and a response from Ed Reinecke was received on December 20, 1968.

The following individuals were mentioned as witnesses: Marouf Badran, Abdo Malki, Gaymoard Mistri, Anwar Sayeh, Everett Buckner, Henry Montelano, Mike Saccomano, Claudia Williams, Ronald Williams, William Barry, Harold Burra, Frank Burns, Vincent Di Pierro, and Angelo Di Pierrot.

The dates and locations related to these events include:

* December 17, 1968: letter sent for consideration regarding reimbursement for costs incident to Senator Robert F. Kennedy's assassination
* December 20, 1968: response from Ed Reinecke regarding the letter
* June 4, 1968: date of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan's activities at Pasadena City College cafeteria and Fish Canyon firing range
* June 1-5, 1968: dates of events related to Senator Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel

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