</s>FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIO. June 27, 1969 . Date: ROBERT J. COTTER, 10249 Ronald Court, Indianapolis, Indiana, employed during the Summer of 1969 at the Stark Wetzel Company, Inc. Indianapolis, advised me will be a Senior at St. Meinrud College, St. Medina, Indiana, in September, 1969. COTTER stated that on May 17, 1969, he left Evanville, Indiana that he may be on the state of Oregon at Portland, where he worked for the State of Oregon there, he advised his work in 1968, and his KENNEDY of campaign there, for Los Angels, California, and upon his arrival at Los Angeles, he stayed at the Sky Villa Hotel. At about 9:00 P.M. or 10:00 PM. June 1, 1968, he went to the Ambassador Hotel of the hotel. COTTER advised he was not the Ambassador Room of the Hotel. Cotterer advised he went on the Ambassador Center the Embassy Room, so he went into the floor under above-maned room and watched he was one of the television set. He recalled the program went off the television setup and then he received the program when he was asked to set up a television set and then and there was mass confusion. He stated someone yelled for a doctor and it sounded like a number of people had been shot. He advised he did not know Senator KENNENDY had been shot until they announced it on television. COTIER stated he walked around the hotel for a while looking for some of his friends, they then went to their car and returned to their motel at about 2:30 A.M ., June 8, 1968. COTER advised at no time did he have any indication of any conspiracy in the Ambassador Hotel on the night of the shooting. -57- 6/26/69 Indiana, Indiana LA 56-156 6/62-1957 OF SA MARK B. MILLEN /jbb 6/28/69 by Date dictated: This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the F.E. It is the property of the FBI and is licensed to your agency; It end its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

**Key Individuals:**

* Robert J. Cotter
* Daniel P. King
* John Puetz
* Kathy Cwik
* Russell F. Davis
* Linda Louise Elliott
* Justin Moorhead
* Khatbar Khan
* Ellenore Severson
* Arthur A. Dichell
* Joe Pye
* Adam Clayton Powell
* Francis De Buda
* Donald Clark
* Roy Donald Murray
* Marvin E. Pappan
* Big Boy Ryan (IRL Rhynes)
* Robert Bolivar de Pugh
* Walter Patrick Peyton

**Dates and Locations:**

* May 17, 1969 (Cotter interview) - Los Angeles, California
* June 1, 1968 (Kennedy assassination) - Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California
* March 5, 1969 - San Diego, California
* March 13, 1967 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
* June 10, 1968 - Bristol, Oklahoma
* May 31 or June 1, 1968 - Los Angeles, California
* March 25, 1969 - Oklahoma

**Significant Events:**

* Kennedy campaign
* Ambassador Hotel shooting
* FBI investigations
* Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) proceedings
* Joe Pye TV show appearance by Arthur A. Dichell and his wife on March 13, 1967
* Francis De Buda's employee Donald Clark inquired about Sirhan Bishara Sirhan after Senator Robert P. Kennedy's assassination
* Roy Donald Murray pledged money for a "contract" to kill Senator Robert F. Kennedy if he were nominated for President
* Marvin E. Pappan recalled an individual who expressed a desire to have Senator Robert Kennedy killed and was identified as Big Boy Ryan (IRL Rhynes)
* IRL Rhynes denied involvement with the Minutemen organization, but stated he had been approached by them in the past

**Connections to JFK, Assassination, or Related Investigations:**

* Khatbar Khan's family members were involved in the Kennedy campaign
* Ellenore Severson identified Khatbar Khan as a person she had seen at the Ambassador Hotel
* Russell F. Davis was present at the Ambassador Hotel on the night of the shooting

**Evidence, Testimony, or Findings:**

* Photographs of Khatbar Khan and his family members
* Testimony from Ellenore Severson and other witnesses
* FBI investigations and reports

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