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FD-3 02 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA TION
10/7/68
Date
Mrs
0
B. J . GARRETT
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Time Clerk, Engineering
Department_
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District of Columbia Department: of Corrections_
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De C, Reformatory, Lorton Virginia
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advised her records
reflect that NILS G . NILSSON was at work on the shift
of June 3, 4,, and 5,
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9/30/68
at
Lorton; Virginia
File #
Richmond 62-2248
Tos Angeles 56-156
SA JOHN W ELWELL : ddm
10/4/68
by Date dictated
This document containg neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to
your agency; it &d its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
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FD-3 02 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF" 'INVESTIGATION
10/7/68
Date
l-
The Telephone Directories for Woodbridge
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Virginia;
Suburban Virginia; and Suburban Maryland; and Washington, D.
were reviewed_ The Suburban Virginia Directory lists NILS G
NILSSON _ 4 Lake' Drive, Woodbridge; Virginia, telephone number 59453493.
None of these directories listed anyone named KALALL
POSTON_ The_only POSTON listed at the Woodbridge, Virginie,
area' was CHARLES R_ POSTON
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of "D" Street 9 Woodbridge,
Virginia:
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9/26/68 Woodbridge, Virginia Richmond 62-2248
On at File # 688Angeles 56-156
SA ,JOHN W ELWELL : ddm 10/2/68
by Date dictated
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FD-3 02 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OE INVESTIGATION_
10/7/68
Date
0 1-
Mr_ EUGENE P COX, Customer Service Representative,
Eastern Airlines , Washington National Airport (WIA ) Alex-
andr= Virginia, advised that CHARLES R
0
POSTON of '308 . "D"
Street , Woodbridge_
9_
Virginia
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18' employed by
Eastern
Airlines
in their control center
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at WNA , 'Alexandria, Virginia_ He
advised that POSTON is currently on vacation
Mr COX consulted eploynent records and determined
that POSTON was employed" June 3,, 4 , and 5, 1968:
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from 6:30 aom ,
until 2:30 p.m .
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10/1/68 Alexandria, Virginia Richmond 62-2248
at File # bos -Kngeles 56_156
SA JOHN W: ELWELL ddm 10/4/68
by Date dictated
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FD-3 02 (Rev:.4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA TION.
Date
October 23, 1968
Mrs CHARIES POSTON of 308 D Street, Woodbridge ,
Virginie, adviged thet; to her Iow her 'femily 16
the only POSTON femtly in Woodbridge, Virginie_ She
advised ghe 18 familiar with the identities Of ell the
POSTONs in her husband 8 family end the name KALALL
POSTON 1e completely unfenlliar gnd she 18_ not acqueinted
with; anyone by: this name _ In additlon, She 'advised ghe
has never heard. Of anyone by.this name She ` releted that
she is not acquainted with the NILS G, NIISSON fenily of
Woodbridge _ She further advised thet she 18 not acquainted
with anyone who was In Los Angeles California, et the
time of the assassinatLon 0f ROBERT F KENNEDY
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10-15-68 at Woodbridges Virginie
File #
Richmond 62-2248
Log Angeles 56-156
by
SA JOHN W ELWELL: J11
Date dictated
10-18-68
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FD-302 (Rey_ 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAi; 0F {NVESTIGATION
Dofe_
10/21/68
@RANK 8 OKEN _
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Ea lesman, Bulova Watzh, Inc .
New York, New York, aivised that on June 4 1968, ne ves
registered at 'chia Kmhezsador rotel and ori that night ne
was in the outer ballroom ard had is,nea 10 the speech
made senaor KZNN@DY He atatec kie remeined in the
cuier ballrocm and could offe): ro information concerning
%;he actucl anootirg OI' cuncerning any irformatcn relativa
15 SIkHAN $IRHAN
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Qn_
10/18/68 New York, New York
File #_
NY 44-1640
S: JOSEPH P MAY ER/tp 10/21/68
by_ Date dctated
This Jocumenf contains neither recommendatiotls nor cuncl:sions of the FBI: It is the property of #he { E! and is loancd t? Yo ir agency:
i} and its confcnis arc [,31 t0 b0 distributed outsidc Your ogercy.
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FD-3 02 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA TION
Date 9L25/68
LEWIS A PAILET , Vice President , Specialty Food
Sa les Company , 725 Focis Street; was interviewed at his
office and he advised as follows
He and a colleague
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EDMOND G JEA NFREA U, arrived in
Los Angeles
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Ca lifornia
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by plane on the evening of
sJumle 4 9 1968 The trip was a bus iness trip on beha lf of
their compa ny
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and arrangements for the trip were made by
Travel Consultants a travel agency located a t 338 Interna tiona1
Trade Mart, 2 Cana
1 Street
9
New Orleans
9
Louisiana
PA ILET estimated that he and JEA NFREA U arrived at
the Ambassador Hotel
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Los Angeles , a t approximately 9:00 p o M. ,
on June 4 , 1968 They spent a few minutes in their rooms
after checking into the hotel and they both left the hotel
at about 9: 15 p . m , 9 planning to visit some night clubs in
Los Angeles and see the city since neither PA ILET nor
JEA NFREA U had visited Los Angeles before He and JEA NFREA U
went to several clubs on the Sunset Strip before PA ILET and
JEANFREA U separated PA ILET indicated that he Was going to
return to the hotel as he was tired
PAILET continued that he entered the lobby of the
Ambassador Hotel at about 11850 or 11855 P o m , on June 4 , 1968
He observed cons iderable activity in the
Dotei,
and he learned
from bystanders that Sena tor ROBERT F KENNEDY was then
participa in a victory celebration in the hotel following
his victory in the Ca lifornia pr imary in his bid for the
Democratic pres identia1 nomination
PAILET said that when he learned of the Sena tor S
presence in the hotel, he decided to rema in in the lobby area
of the Ambassador Hotel to observe the festivities and to
perha ps See the Sena tor as he left the hotel
He recalls standing near a fountain in the bbby
of the hotel
9 near some television cameras , when he observed
a person run from the corridor leading from the Embassy Room
a nd turn to the right into the lobby of the hotel The person
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On at File #
SA WILLIAM R RUMPH/bnk 9/25/68
by Date dictated
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was carrying what appeared to PA ILET to be some type of card-
board tube , such as those in which blueprints are carried
PAILET reca lls severa1 other people came out of the corridor
immedia tely after the lone individual , and appeared
to have been pursuing him The lone person and the following
group ran to another section of the lobby _
9
out of PA ILET S
sight a nd it appeared that if the group were chasing the
single individua 1 , they ca ught up to him somewhere in the
lobby .
PAILET described the lone individual as a dark
complexioned white ma le who was not wear 3 suit-and-tie
type of attire He reca lls no other details of the individua 1
as he only glimpsed a t him for a short while He remembers
thinking tha t tk lone individua 1 must be some type of celebrity
who was hurrying in order to avoid newsmen and autograph
Seekers He does not reca 11 a single thing more about the lone
ma le he saw be ing pursued, and he did not recognize anything
distinctive or familiar about him
PAILET said that he learned of the 8 hooting of Sena tor
KENNEDY only seconds after it Occurred as word of the incident
spread rapidly by word of mouth among the bystanders in the
hotel lobby_ PA ILET sa id that he does not specifically reca 11
whether he observed the aforementioned individua 1 being chased
before or after he learned of Sena tor KENNEDY' s being shot ,
but he thinks that the pursuit incident occurred before word
came 0f the Sena tor S assault or otherwise he feels he would
have paid much more attention to the person being pursued
PA ILET went on to say tha t after the Shooting became
genera lly known in the Ambassador Hotel
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some television sets
Were Set up in various sma 11 rooms off the lobby and he joined
other bystanders in these rooms to wa tch the subsequent events
on television He said tha t he engaged in sma 11 talk and
discussions of the Sena tor 9 S Shooting with others in the room,
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whose identities he does not know , until a bout 3 : 00 a , m. ,
at which time he went upstairs to his room and Went to bed
During these talks
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he heard nothing mentioned of a cons piracy
or any other pertinent reference to S IRHAN B SIRHAN:
PAILET said that the foregoing constitutes a 1l he
is a ble to furnish on this matter He affirmed tha t he has
never seen S IRHAN and he had heard no talk at a11 in the
hotel regarding SIRHAN'8 presence in the Ambassador Hotel
on the evening of June 4 , 1968 or of any type of conspiracy
that may have been in progress He pointed out tha t at the
time the Senator was Shot
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he had spent a very Short time
in the hotel, this be= only up in his room earlier in the
evening _
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and in the lobby la ter
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and that he had never visited
Los Angeles prior to June 4 , 1968 _
0
PA ILET a lso said that he had not been prev iously
interviewed by any law enforcement officer regarding this
ma tter He mentioned tha t there were just too ma ny people
in and around the Ambassador Hotel on the evening of
June 4-5 , 1968, for everyone to have been contacted
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FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU 0F INVESTIGATION
Oc tober: 1 1968
Date
Bbr' ALLEN PENROD was interviewed at his plaee: of
employment, Genera1 Electric Company , 41 Woodford Avenue
Plainv1lle , Connecticut, wbere be 13 employed in the 8ale8_
marketing division, He stated be re81des at 16 Ellen Dr
Farmington, Connecticut ,
Mr PENBOD stated tbat during the evening O June 4,
19682 he attended 8 sales-customer peeting a t the Ambassador
Hotel, Los Angeles, California He Stated he retired to his
room at @pproxima tely 11:00 PM on the third floor of 'the hotel,
Ke stated the t: at approxima tely 12:30 AM on June 5, 1988 , he
heard a commotion and screandng in the hotel but just thought
it had to do wi th election returns He did not Jlesve his
room, It was not until early morning when he turned on hia
television 'Set tha € he learned tha t Sena tor ROBERT KENNEY
had been shot .
He stated he does not knom SIRHAN SIRHAN, has no
infornation abou t a possible conspiracy
9
and if he Sew SIRHAN
in the hotel 0n the nigbt . of June 4 , 1968, be 18 not aware of
same , since he does not know him,
250_
9/25/68 PlaInville , Connec ticut NH 62-2477
On at File #
by
SA WILLLAM H,_@OOTH, JR . /mnf
Date dictated
9/25468
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'FC-302 '(Rov; 4-(5-64)
FEDERAI; BUREau OF INVESTIGATION:
Date
october: 3, 1968::
Mr Saul Pett,, Reporter, Associated Press
50' Rockefeller Plaza' _ New York, New York stated.that'
at the time of the assassinakion "of Senator Robert
Kennedy, he waS in Washington, D:. C_ After hearing
of the assassination he flew to Eqs Angeles California
arriving at approximately 11:OOam On June; 5
9
1968.
'He regisered: &t the Ambassador Hotel In' view of the
fact that he wa8' not ii, California at the time of , the
shooting Pett had; no information 'a8 to it
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On_ 1o/3/68 aiNewYork:N Y (telephonice-libu_ NY 44_1640
Ey__SA_lrancis L Ceshinlfc Date-dictated
1023/68
This "documenlycontoins neilher: recommendalions nor conclusjons or' "Ihe FBI: Jhe- property ol iIhe FBI gnd 'iq loaned 'Jo ogencye
W'and lis Foilents gre,nol:io be distribuled ouiside' your ogenc_
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FD-302 (Rev. 1-25-60) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA TION
Date
10/2/68
EVELYN , PLANA VSKY
9
217 West; I1th Avenue , Tarentum,
Pa .
9
was interviewed at 'her place of employment, Liberty
Mrror 9 Third and Cherry Streets
She and two companions HENRIETTA STERLITZ
ard DELORES KNAPEK,
vere part of a tour booked FItb
the Sprowles TRA Travel Agency
9
521 Seventh Street,
New Kensington , Pa _ Sbe and ber companLons arrlved
in Los Angeles Om June 2 , 1968 , and reglstered at tbe
Ambassador Aotel
When she learned that Senator ROBERT KENNEDY
was also staylng at tbat hotel , and wa8 to speak l ter
that
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she and ber companIons rema Ined 1n the corrIdor
leading fron the Embassy Room to the lobby from approxlmetely
6 :00 Pomo , @ntil tbe shooting occurred _
She did mot @otice any suspIcLous activity In
the hotel during tbls- period other than two teenage boys
end One teenage gir] wbo
wouid
pop ba lloons and then comment
im bad taste tbat KENNEDY had been ebot .
At approximately 12.15 a.M. , On June 5, 1968=
she heard several shots and heard someone comment tbat
KENNEDY bad been shot A few minutes later she observed
police officers take the asgassin fron the hotel_ Tbis
D28 the ` only timne she bad seen tbat Individual 'After
obzerving SIRHAN belng taken fron' tbe hotel, she returned
to her room
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On
9/24/68
at
BrackenrAdge
9
Pa File # PLtteburgh_44-583
SA WILLIAM LOGAN CURTIS/cml
Date dictated
9/30/68
by
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your agency; It and Its content8 are not' to be dfstributed outside Your agency.
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FD-302 (Rev: 1-25-6 0) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA TION
Date 1L6L68 _
1
MARIE E. RATCLIFFE 307 Veri Drive, wife of ROBERT
W _ RATCLIFFE was interviewed and concurred with the
informa tion furnished by her husband _ She was unable to
furnish any additional informa tion and did not recall seeing
any suspicious individuals or activity during her stay at the
hotel.
Los ' Angeles 56-156
11/1/68 Greentree , Pa .,
253 Pittsburgh 44-583
On Filo
SA WILLIAM LOGAN CURTIS /djk 11/5/68
by Date dictatod
Ths documant contalng neIther recommendatlong nor concluston8 of the FBI: It 18 the property of the FBI ,and I8 Joaned to
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FD-302 (Rev: 1-25-60) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA TION
11/6/68 _
Dato
1
ROBERT W RATCL IFFE _ 307 Veri Drive, was interviewed
and advised that he and his wife MARIE, arrived at the
Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles _ California , at approximately
4:30 PM on June 4 , 1968 _ They were part of a Greyhound
tour out of' Chicago, Illinois_
He and his:, Wlfe ate dinner in the hotel restaurant
and- a t 8;30 PM went Into the Embassy Room to awa it the_
election returns At approximately 10 :30 PM he a nd his
wife, tired from the day S travel, went to their room in
the hotel annex and went to bed .
It was not until the ` following morning at breakfast
that he and bis wife learned that Sena tor ROBERT KENNEDY had
been killed in the hotel
He did not recall seeing any suspicious individuals
or activity during the period of time he was in the hotel .
254 Los Angeles 56-156
11/1/68 Greentree
1
Pa Pittsburgh 44-583
On Filo
SA WILLIAM LOGAN CURT IS /djk 11/5/68
by Date dictatod
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FD-3 02 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date October 1, 1968
Mr WILLIAM R, RAY was intervlewed at his place of
General Electric Company , 41 Woodford Avenue ; Plainville
eGoloecencut,
where he i9 employed a5 a zone sales manager He stated he resides
at 180 Scovilz Road Avon, Connecticut_
Mr RAY stated tha t during the evening of June 4, 1968, he
attended a sales_custoner meeting at the Ambassador Hotel Los
Angeles California He sta ted he had a rOOm on the fourth floor
Of the notel He added he. retired to his rOOm a t about: midnight
He- sta ted that shortly after arr 'iving in his room he heard a
commotion and: a lot Of' shouting He stated he thought" it wa5 the
result 0f election returns He sta ted he had a room on the back
Side of the hotel He closed his window and went to: bed He
added he did not- know about the shooting of Senator ROBERT ` KENNEDY
untii about 6:30 AM on June 5, 1968 when he turned on his television
set_ He checked out of the hotel about 7:15 AM on June 5 , 1968 _
He sta ted he does not know SIRHAN SIRHAN, has no information
about a poss1ble conapiracy and if he Saw S IRHAN in the hotel
on the night of June
4, 1968,
he 1s not aware Of Sane since he
does not know him.
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9/25/68 at Plainvflle_ Connecticut
File #
NH 62-2477
SA WILLIAM A, BOOTH, JR . / mmf 9/25/68
by Date dictated
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FD-302 (Hev. 4-15-64 )
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
10/3/6 8
Date
Mrs AMELIA REGAN Administrator
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Gladman Memorial
Hospital 5958 Colton Boulevard , Oakland , advised a8 follows
On June 2 , 196 8 'she and Mrs KATHERINE VANCE
9
Assistant
Administrator at this hospital, flew to Los Angeles where
they had made reservations at the Ambassador Hotel Los
Angeles , in connection with a Western Hospital Administrators
Seminar She said that they stayed at the Ambassador Hotel
one night and because of the poor rooms ,- she ana Mrs VANCE
moved on
Monday, June 3
9
196 8 ; across the street to the
Sheraton-Wilshire Hotel=
She- said that she was at this hotel on the early morning
hours of" June 196 8 , when they received the news that Senator
KENNEDY had been assassinated and that she has no information
concerning any: conspiracy or the_shooting of Senator KENNEDY
She said that she has not seen 'SIRHAN and would not know what
he looks- like_
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LA 56-156
10/3 /6 8 Oakland _
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California SF 62-5481
On at File #
TUVAL V: FARQUHAR 1 ER 10/3/68
by 'Date dictated
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FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date_
11/12/68
Mrs FRANK ROBERTS , 28 Bruce, Street, Pleasantville ,
New was
interviewed, at which time she furnished the
following information:
She stated that her husband died in January 29688
and inasmuch as all her children were grown
9
she
decided
take a trip to the West Coast _ She said that she contacted
Pleasant Travel
9
Incorporated (Inca ) , Pleasantville 9 New
in order to make arrangenents for such a_ trips She stated that
she then arranged to join a Berry Tour which was leaving from
Chicago
9 on 26 9 1968 This wa5 &
i5 day tour
by rail
through the Western part of the United States and the West
Coast
Mrs ROBERTS stated that she joined the tour in
Chicago _
9 on 26 , 1968 The first stop on the tour was at
the Grand Canyon followed visits to Yosemite Netional
California and San Francisco
9
California She stated that
they left
'San Francisco
by train and arrived in Los Angeles,
on June 3, 1968 _ She stated they Were billeted at the
Ambassador Hotel , Los Angeles She advised that her hotel roon
was located in a in the back of the main hotel and
she was assigned. Room She stated that they arrived late
in the afternoon or
early evening; June 3, 1968
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and 85 8 result
merely ate dinner and looked around the hotel prior to retiring.
On June 1968
9
Mrs . ROBERTS stated that she , along
with other members of the tour , traveled to Knotts
0
Berry Farn
in the Los Angeles area. She stated that they had lunch .at
this Farm and did not return to the Anbassador Hotel until late
in the afternoon of June 1968 Mrs ROBERTS advised that
in the evening of June she had a light supper
9
inasmuch
as they had a great deal to
eat
at the Farm She stated that
she walked around the notel lobby for a
period of time and
observed there were a lot of teenagers and young adults in that
area She stated that Senator ROBERT F KENNEDY was u8ing the
Ambassador Hotel as his Headquarters in connection with the
primary election in California. She stated that she observed
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af
Pleasantville , New York
File #_
NY 4l-1640
by
SA MARTIN F MAHER/bas
Date dictated
11/5/68
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the activities in the lobby until approximately 10:00 p o m . ,
at which time she retired to her room and went to bed. She
stated that she did not observe the activities going on at
the hotel on television.
She stated that on the morning of June 5, 1968
9
she met one of the women tour members 9 EDA WALLENBERGER
9
and
went to breakfast with her She stated that Mrs . WALLENBERGER ,
at that time , informed her that Senator KENNEDY had been shot
at the hotel on the ni of June Yth or the early morning hours
of June Sth_ Mrs ROBERTS stated that she had no information
or knowledge concerning any possible conspiracy by anyone to
assassinate Senator KENNEDY She stated that she has no
recollection whatsoever of observing SIRHAN Ba SIRHAN in or
in the vicinity of the Amnbassador Hotel on June 3rd or
1968_ She stated that wa $ unable to furnish any further
information
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date 9L2ZL68
On September 23, 1968 , Mr
0
HARLYN ROBINSON
9
als0
icnowri 48 M, W & H; ROBINSON
0
1008 Rutledge Modesto , Gelifornia
was interviewed at Modesto Hospital
9
430919tho Street;
Modesto , Celifornia, where he is employed as Hospital
Administratoro M
0
ROBINSON furnished information as follows:
He registered at the Ambassador Botel 9 Los Angeles,
California at about 8:00 pam. or 9:00 PoM0 , June 4, 1968 _
0
He was at the hotel to attend a
Hospital Administrator 0 8
seminar sponsored by & he American College of Ho spital
Adinistratorsa after arrival in Los Angeles did he
determine that Senator ROBERT F KENNEDY was at the, botel
0 After checking: into his rOON , Mr ROBINSON went to the lobby
of the hotel and sat in 2
chair facing the corridor leading
to
the Embassy Rooma The corridor and the lobby
was very crowded
with peopleo_ sat in the lobby from shortly after his arrival
until about 11;30 Pomo $ June 4 9 1968
9
when he went to his
room and went Co bed, During the early morning hours , exact
time not recalled9 he was awakened by a number of persors apparencly
6 "running"' television cable somewhere outside of his roon and
outside of the buildingo He attewpted to call the deskc , but
Was unable to get a response, The following morning, at about
8:00 aoMo 9 Mr ROBINSON walked out 0f the hotel and attempted
to 2 newspaper 0
He could not locate any e Fe went back into
the hotel and was stopped at the door by two cemena They
asked to see his room which he exhlbited
0
He Was theri
allowed to re-enter the hotel In the htel, he picked
uP a news-
Paper from 2 table in the Coffee only then did he deterninel
that Senator KENNEDY had been shot.
During the aforementioned time, Nr . ROBINSON can recall
seeing
Do one resembling the photographs that he has seen Of
SIRHAN Bo STRHAN. He has never at any tine met , or known SIRHAN
Bo SIRHAN_ During the time that he was in the he noticed
and_heard nothing to indicate tbat_Senator KENEDY would later
be shote 25S
On
9/23/68
at
Modestog Galifornia
File #
SC 62-76
SA DONALD H. MOE: 9/23/68
by Date dictated
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your agency; it &nd it8 contents are not to be distributed outside your agency
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Mr ROBINSON knows nothing relative to the shooting
of Senator KENNEDY fron his own personal knowledge and his
knowledge' has been gained through the various news mediao
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FD-3 02 (Rev_ 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date October_io
2
1968
MAUREEN J ROSS
9
1l1 8th Street N
Washington
9
DoC _
9 was telephonically Co ntacced by her mother
MILDRED J ERLEY
2
1780 S9th Avenue
9
Secramento
9
Cali fornia,
ad edvised SA NORMAN P LE CLATR the following
She is employed by the Head Start Division of the
Office 0f Economic Opportui- 200 C Street, Washington,
D.C , She akated she Wa8 0n the Campaign Committee cf
Sezatos ROBERT F KENNEDY ad alchough she had planned Eo
80 to Los Angeles
9
Celifornle, for the evening cf June 49 1968
she decided rot to gQ and remained at her Tother' 8 home in
Secranento She Wels nct aware the senetor had been shot until
told by her mother wha had heerd it OIA television She nexer
heerd 0f SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN prior to the shooting and has
420 krowi Of a conapiracy i2 the shooting
261
10/4/68 Sacranen California SC 62-76
On at -File #
by
SA NORMAN F LE CLAIRI sY
Date dictated
10/ul68
This document containg neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It i8 the property of the FBI:and is loaned to
your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency_
Mra Wo 9
Mra
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FD-3 02 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date
12/15/68
KATHLEEN RYAN
5 3 student at Immacula te Heart College
9 2221 North Weetern Avenue Los Angeles
)
reeidence 1827 Garfield
Place_
)
Apartment 128
0
Los Angelee
3
advised the following:
Mige RYAN said tha t she had done local precinct
work campaigning for Sena tor ROBERT p KENNEDY and wa s known
a8 one of the Kennedy Girlg as a result She attended the
Senator ROBERT F KENNEDY campaign party at the Ambaegador
Hotel, Loe Angeles
9 on the evening of June 44
9
1968 . She
epent a good part of the evening in the roOr on the first
floor below the Embagsy Roon and left the hotel at approximately
11.45 p . m on June 4 , 1968 ,
as she had to meet the curfew
time at her school She wa tched the aftermath of the
ebooting of Senator KENNEDY on television during the early
morning of June 5
9
1968 _
Miss RYAN clained tha t she had not been registered
in the Amba eeador Hotel a 8 a guest at the time but had
eigned a list of Kennedy Girls
9
who were on duty a t the hotel
on June 4 , 1968.
Photographe of SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN and members of
his family were exhibited to Mies RYAN
2
who said she had no
recollection of having ever seen the persong pictured
in the photograph a t any time
On
19/13/68
at Los Angeles California File #Ios_Angeles 56_156
262
by
SA LESLIE F WARREN /pjc
Date dictated 101/68_
Thie document containg neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It i8 the property of the FBI and is loaned to
your agency; it &nd its contents are not to be distributed outeide your agency_
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FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL bUREAUOF INVESTIGATION
Date_ 1/15/68
Mi8s J . J _ S.WiSii) Eiitor, 3t_ Mart:in 8 Pre8s ,
175 Fifth Avenie_
>
New York, New Ycrk, advised ihat: she W? 8
accompanied b3 Mr < IVAN SO (THHA LI: On a iilp in the San
Frencisco and Los Angelez, California areas just preceding
and during the time cf Jenator ROBERT F KENNEDY ( 8 campajgn
i Caifornia She identified SOUTNA El, :8 the authcr of
a veil-iickri goup of ehildrer 3 b;oke etated that he
wa: in tb? Uited Sbates on 8 ~i 8it an tnct she Wa3
accompanyirg him Califoinie fer varicud lectur?s he
nade cjneernirz hie bcoks She otated S"EHALL 12 fro1
UstIouia ard gave the followi_g sddrebs: Qillg End ,
The ratcr, Victoriz 3792, Australia Sne advised that
whike in Californja :r: ar: 3?TTHHAIJ, wete iozether
durilg thciz entira tour_
Miss SAWICKI fusther stated that sne anc
ROTTTHHALI had 3 rererva:'on at; the Azbasnacor Hotel
ir 108 Angeles for ihe even:ng of JUne 08 5 1968;
howevel' , cr 2+rivai were ~uzned awa.; She st?ted thet
*hey arrivcz in Loz Angeles fozZowing the shoocing of
Seinton: KXNNEDY And actually heard 01 the 3ituaticn or
#heir Way from the aifport to tke Ictel.
Miss SAWICKI WSS Iinable to {uznizh any pertinent
infcrmation cc_ ncerr:ing tkz shooting 0f Serator' !ZNNLDY c?
in connection Wih SIZHN B SIRKAN . At the tima they
2 crived at thc notel anjut: ~lilee kours fcllowing ire shooting,
everythirg xes very quiet _
SOFTHHALL woulc not be ~ble to furnish aiy
pertinent information concerning the shooting Cr 3ZREHAN
in that ka Wag with her & 8 above inidicacea
263
On_
1o/i4/58 ~atz_Nel_York New york File 444-1640
34 JOHN BRADSHAW Jr_Liis Date di-tated 10/15/68
This Jocumenf conloins neither recommendalions nor ronclusicns of Ihe FBi: Ii iq #e properly of the FBi ond Is loaned '0 Your agency;
ifond ils conlents ore not to be distribuled oulside ogenc;
ar
j2]
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Your
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FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTHGATION
Date_ 10/2/68
Mx _ JO3EFH SC: LORT oz 27 Fir Avenue @iverton,
Rhode Island, wa8 contacted for int;ervicw at his office
In the United States Custons Building, Providence , Fhode
Island
Fe adviced that &t the tine of thie as3a3sination
0f Senator ROSEFT KZZEDY he Ka}; with his wife in Rooa 24B
at the Anbassador Iotel, Ioz Angeles California He stated
that because of ihis he had no
opportunity
t0 obzerve any _
thing that happened either directly, dlur or after the
awsagvination
Fe said that; the only iten of' interest that ha
could recall Ia: thar 011 the e vening of Junc 2, 1968, a
Sunday evening, 2 ' reception If?8 held for Senator KEIIEDY
1n the Cocchut Grove Club He said that many stars of
the stage and 8creem and other cclcbritieg Mere
present
and Were entertaining_ He said that he and a CCIE DILIEA
of Pittsfield, Massachucetts, and a DCEID DoiD of
Eoston, Massachucetta , noced that a bic sbocly man abouc
6 fect 2 inchzg
9
250 pounda dark hair, larc2 feattres
kept trying *0 bzhii} 'he &lage arez Iie Ta3 told
EeVeral time8 to Jeave tka area but; ;ould nok , until fina
he SC]WLO.T , and the other men told hin t0 out of there and pointed hin
owt to o&her aides; and he wa3 renoved from
tie arza H ga1d thak ha did not know of hig identity and
that this 1a; the only incldenc he sa1 pricr to the 2322881-
nation at any time that causedany 8 li3picion on his part ,
26
On
9/27/68_
af_ Providence Rhode Ialand File #_ 32ston_414_646
by_
SA FZLNCIS E_ RFHY /gb
Date dictated
10/1/68
This: documeni conlains neilher recommendalions nor conclusions of Ihe FBi. m is the properiy of Ih e F8i ond is loaned Io Your ogency;
i15,
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lly
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FD-3 02 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
10/15/68
Date
THELMA SCHAEFFER
5
home address_
9
2122 Massachusetts
Avenue_
5
N. W _
9
Apartment 102, telephone number 223-0605, was
interviewed at the place of her enployment , American Automobile
Association, 1712 G Street , N.W., telephone number ME 8_4000 ,
advised :
She arrived in Los Angeles , California, on June 4,
1968 with FRANCES CALLAGHAN
2 a woman with whom she shares her
apartment in Washington, D.C., for a vacation The two of them
occupied a room on the fourth floor of the Ambassador Hotel
She was aware of the KENNEDY Campaign being held in the
and for awhile in the evening of June 4 , 1968 , both of the
heteldies
sat in the lobby of the hotel just to see the crowa She does
not recall how long sat in the lobby, but does recall that
it was very crowded with people constantly coming in and going
out of the lobby -
Late in the evening, but before midnight , they re-
tired to their room, and shortly thereafter Tent to bed Later
Miss SCHAEFFER Tas awakened by the sound of sirens She turned
on her radio and at this time learned of the shooting of
Senator KENNEDY - Neither she nor Miss CALLAGHAN left their
roor _
She viewed a photograph of SIRHAN B SIRHAN She was
unable to associate the photograph with any event of the even-
ing 0f June 4, 1968.
10/9/68 Washington, D. C . WFO 173-135
On at File #
265
SA HARVEY W JAMES/hwj 10/15/68
by Date dictated
Thie document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to
your agency; it ad it8 contents are 'not to be distributed outside your agency
they
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-FD-302 (Rev. 1-25-6 0) EDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATI
lo/1/68
Date
JOSEPH SCHERR , 433 South Brookside Drive , furnished
the following information:
He is employed_by the Bulova Watch Company and in
connection with this employment was in Los Angeles, California
on June 5 196 8 and registered in at the Ambassador Hotel in that
city He recalled he flew to Los Angeles for a sales meeting and
arrived there via aircraft He arrived in Los Angeles about
7 : 30 PM on June 3 , 196 8 He attended the sales meeting in Los
Angeles on Monday and ' Tuesday
9
June 3 and 4
3
1968 He recalled
that the meeting closed at about 5 : 30 PM on June 4
>
196 8 , at
which time he and others employed by the Bulova Watch Company
wen t into the Embassy Roon of the hotel to see what was going on
in the case of Senator ROBERT F _ KENNEDY S political activities
He recalled the other persons with him were MIKE ROMAN a Bulova
Watch employee , who can be located at 635 Fifth Avenue New York
City, New York; SIDNEY VINE 11334 Park Central Place Apartment
D, Dallas , Texas; HERBERT SEL IGMAN 5915 Fondren Road Apartment
202 Houston , Texas and MALCOLM MILLER 1203 Pennsylvania
)
Northeast,
Albuquerque-
)
New Mexico _ SCHERR said that he and the others named
stayed in the Embassy Room until approximately 8 : 00 PM when they
left and went to dinner They dined at 1 place called Frank and
Musso located somewhere on Vine Street_
SCHERR continued that after dinner all persons in his
group returned to the Embassy Roon of the Ambassador Hotel to
see what was happening in the Senator KENNEDY campaign He
estimated they arrived at the hotel at about 10 :30 or 11:00 PM _
He recalled that on this occasion he "bumped into" ROOSEVELT
GR IER
3
the well known football player in the Embassy Room He
further recalled that a little after
'11:00
PM he had to go
to the bathroom and left the Embassy Roon of the hotel Upon his
return he found the front door locked and after making some in-
quiries of unknown Persons he ascertained that he could regain
entry into the Embassy Room by going through the kitchens in the
back He said in this manner he re-entered the Embassy Room where
he remained until about midnight _ He said since Senata KENNEDY
had not shown up he decided to g0 to his room and get some sleep
since he intended to leave Los Angdes the following SCHERR
said as far as he can recall SEL ICMAN VINE and MILLER were still
in the Embassy Room when he left to g0 to his room He recalled
that when he arrived at his rOom in the hotel he found his roommate
266
On 9/23L68
af
Wichita Kansas File # KC 62_8651
LA 56-156
SA JAMES F MILLER:bjc 9 /24 / 6 8
by Date dicxutod
Thls document contalng neJther recommendatlons nor concluslong of the FBI. It Is the property of the FBI and k8 Joaned to
Your agency; It and Jts contents are not to be dlstributed outside Your agency.
1s ,
day
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KC 6 2-8651
2
LOREN LICKEI 7551 Steinway Road , Lincoln
9
Nebraska
9 was already
there and :eep SCHERR said he took a shower and went to bed
He did recall that while in the process of going to bed he heard
some noises and took it for granted that Senator KENNEDY had
arrived
SCHERR said that approximately 6 : 00 AM
9
on June 5 , 1968 ,
he was awakened by his roommate who informed him that Senator
KENNEDY had been shot He said this was the first information
he had of the shooting and thought his roommate was
kidding him
until he watched sone news on the television
With,regard to SIRHAN B SIRHAN , SCHERR claimed he
did not know hin and did not recall seeing him in the Embassy
Room or
anywhere else in the hotel on the night Senator KENNEDY
was shot
267
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RAL BUREAU OF INVESTI ATON
Date_ October 2. , 1968
NUGHES SCERODER , 2515 Habersham Road , North-
mest
5
Atlanta ; Georgia , Fas intervieed at his place
of employment
3
the Lipsconb Yilis Compahly , 90 Fa irlie
Street
$9
Atlanta , Georgia , and he furnished the follow-
ing information
SCHRODER advised that he and his wife a ttended
8 bus iness convention at Los Angeles dur ing the. latter
part of May
8
1968 _ SCHRODER stated that he was 8 guest
a t the Ambassadox fotel in Los Angeles
9
Ca lifornia
9 while attending this convention and was registered a t
the Ambassador Hoiel for 'he period of May 29 through
June 1 , 1968 SCHRODER staed he left Los Angeles on
June 2 , 1968 , &nd arrived in Atlanta oh the same date
SCHROCER stated that he beard of {he Wobert
Kennedy shooting
on {he morning of June 4, 1968, while
shaving and preparing to leave for mork 2r0m} his home
in Atlanta, Georgia
SCHR ODER advised that he Tas in Aklanta from
Juule 2 through and including June 4 , 1968 and had
absolutely
LJ0 informatiox concerning the circumstances
surrounding Senator Kennedy- S assassination and was unaware
of his 8]leged as8as8in'8 identity
9
SIRHAN B SIRHAN
5 until a{ter his identity was ma de known by the news
media
SCHR ODER could offer no further infornation
in this na tter
258
10/1/68 Atlanta ; Geoxgia Atlanta 44-2412
On_ _File #_
Los Zngefes 33-T56
by 84 JAHNS J ROBE bic_ Date dictated JO/2L68_
This documenf conlains neilher recommendations nor tonclusions of Ihe FBI, I is Ihe property ol the FBI ond is looned Io Your agency;
iland ils conlenis ore nol to be disfribuled oulside YoUr ogency
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FD-302 (Rev '4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date
10/21/68
ARTHUR SCHHARTZ , Sa learan, Buiova Watch, Inc
; New York, New Ycrk, advised that be wa;s rngisered at the
Arba_gador Hotel, Ios Angeles , california cil June b '1968_
He stated he: left tie hokel at approxiiately 1:15 pr for
Chicago , Illinoie on nat and he Te in Chicego mhen
Senaor KENWEDY was Xiiled He coula offer no information
concerning tne' shooting or concerni;;s STRAAN B SrIRHAN ,
269
Jn_
10/18/68
of
New_York, New Yoik Fiie #_ NV 44-1640
by
8A OSEPH P MA YER/tsp
Date dictated
10/21/68_
This docunient contains neither recommendations nor coriciusions of the FBI: ! is the property' of the FBl und is lonned to your agency:
it and its co:tents are nor to be distributed Ou side ;oJr' ugency.
uay
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L0ut inav _ 7 1ru#I
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date_ 10/17/68
1
Mr JAY SCHWARTZ , telephone number oX 5-7090,
Capital Mercury Shirt, New York, NewYork, advised telephonically
he was in Los Angeles on June 4, 1968, the before ROBERT F
KENNEDY was shot at 12:15 A.M. on June 5,
'1968_
Mr SCHWARTZ
stated that he was registered at the Ambassador Hotel and that
he checked out at about 6 P.M_ on
June 4, 1968 . He stated
that he has no information concerning the assassination of
ROBERT F KENNEDY and that he saw no suspicious persons at
the hotel while he; was there =
Mr SCHWARTZ stated that his trip was arranged
through Travel Rite, Incorporated, New York, New York,
telephone number MU 6-2582
270
Telephonically
On
10/15/68_
at_
New York New_York
File #_
NY 44-1640
by
SA HERBERT W KILGORE_ axb Date dictated_
10/16/68
This document, contains nefther recommendalions nor conclusions of Ihe FBI: It is the properly of Ihe FBI and Is loaned to Your agency;
IFand its conlents are not to be distributed outside Your agency.
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FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date ~10/yeg
BICEARD SCHNABTZ , 530 Eillcres: Avenue_
9 [estield; Nerz Jersey , Aduinistrator 02 Infcrmation
Prograng
8
Internatiomal Business Machines Corporation,
Deyton , New Jersey , cn Septembor 25 9 1988, adviged
he Wa8 2t the 'Ambassador Kotel , Los Angeles,
Callfornia, to observe_ IBII Voting machinery in
operation, Most his time_ Mes gpent at the
IBH baflding Dear the AmWassador Eotelo
SCHMARTZ gaid ef*er Viening 8 photograph
Qf 8IRRAN Ba SIRbAM tbat be obzerved nobody in the
vicinity o2 the hocel zesembling the photograph,
SCHARTZ said he Spent the evening or
June 4, 1983; and post 0f the morning hours 0f
June 5, 1988, at the IBHl build:ng Zocated near the
Ambaggador Eotale
271
9/35/63 Dayton, NaJ, Newark 44-872
of File #_
84 JON WALTZEB SADE/mbm 301/63
by Date dictated_
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBl and is loaned to your ogency:
if and its confents are nof to be distributed outside your agency.
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FD-3 02 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA TION
Date September 23 1968
MILTON SCOTT Administrator
3
Novato General Hospital
9
advised on September 20
>
1968
9
that he registered at the
Anbassador Hotel , Los Angeles
9
California on Sunday , June 2 ,
196 8 and was assigned a bungalow at the hotel and believes
the bungalow had number 63 B He said he was in Los Angeles
for the purpose of attending
a seminar for Hospital
Administrators -
SCOTT recalled that he was released from the seminar
at approximately 4 : 30 P . m . on Tuesday_
>
June 4 , 1968 _ He
said it is his recollection he had dinner shortly after
being released from class in the hotel coffee shop_ He
said he went into the lobby of the Ambassador Hotel at
approximately 8 : 00 P. m only to observe the activities then
going on in connection with the anticipated visit of
Senator KENNEDY He said he remained in the hotel and
lobby area until about 10:30 P . M when he left to return
to his own bungalow SO that he could better watch the
activities going on in the hotel on his television set_
He said he was watching on television at the tie of the
assassination
Mr SCOTT said he knows nothing concerning a
possible conspiracy , does not know SIRHAN and did not see
SIRHAN at the hotel on the night of June 196 8
272
9/20/ 6 8 NOVATO
)
CALIFORNIA SF 62-5481
On at File #
SA DALE F NORTON: sif 9 / 23 / 6 8
by Date dictated
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclugiong of the FBI. It i8 the property of the FBI &d is loaned to
your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
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FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date
"9/26/68
Mr CLARK SEAGRAVES
9
Administrator, Santa Maria
Hospital, Parkview Avenue
9
Santa Maria, California
9
advised
that he went to Los Angeles , California
9
on June 4 1968, to
attend an ass 'embly of the American College of
Bospitai
Administrators which was to be held at the Ambassador Hotel
in Los Angeles on June 5 and June 6 1968. He stated that
he checked into the Ambassador
Hotei
at about 3:30 p . m on
June 4 , 1968
9
and that he had dinner at the hotel dining
room on the first floor from about 7:00 p . m until about
8:15 p.m_ after which he sat in the lobby until about 9:30 p. m_
when he went to his room and watched television until he retired
for the night at about 1l:45 p.m. He informed that he could
not recall having seen anyone who resembled SIRHAN B SIRHAN
at the Ambassador Hotel on the night of June 4 ; 1968 and
that he did not visit the Embassy Ballroom that
evening
Further
that he had no information whatsoever which might be of
interest in connection with the shooting of the late Senator
ROBERT F KENNEDY He stated that he checked out of the
Ambassador Hotel and returned to Santa Maria , California, on
the afternoon of June 6 , 1968.
273
On
9/24/68_
at
Sente_Merias California File # Los_Angeles 56_156
by SA WILLTAM B NOLAN JR [fpd Date dictated
9/25/68
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and ig loaned to
your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
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FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA TION
Date
10/22/68
HERBERT SELTGMANN , 5915 Fondren Road,_Hous-
Texas , advised that he 18 a salesman for the Bulova
Watch Company, Houston, Texas He stated thathe was 8
guest &t the Ambasaador Hotel, Log Angele8 , California
the night Senator KENNEDY was shot at that hotel SELTGMANN
said that he was in his room and Irnew nothing of the shoot-
ing until the follav morning when he heard it on the
radio Whiie sha ving He said he Was a guest on the third
floor of the Ambassador Hotel and he recalled hearing jirens
the previous night but since there wag 80 much political
activity in the Ambassador Hotel he cons idered it to be
part of that activity and no further attention to it ,
SELIGMANN advised that he could furnish no
information concerning the shooting of Senator KENNEDY
and that he has never seen the person accused of doing the
Shooting_
0
274
10/16/68 Houston, Texas HO 175-12
On at File #
SA F. WILLIAM WHATLEY , JR:8 jm 10/18/68
by Date dictated
ton ,
ing
paid
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FU-JUL (Kev_ 4-19-041
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date_
10/7/68
ALBERT SHEPARD
9
Paulding Lane"
8
Yorktown Heights,.
New York, advised that he is president of' Albert Shepard
Associates9 als0 known as Motivation Dynamics
a maiket
research company , which was assisting in the
1968 noninating
campaign for Senator ROBERT F KENNEDY
Mr SHEP ARD and his wife ESTHER . SHEPARD ,
were in
Los Angeles, Celifornia in
connection
with the above campaign 9
and on June 1968
ttendede
a celebration the Embassy
Ballroom in honor
o% Senator
KENNEDY Mr SHEPARD left the
affair at about 11: 00 P e m 0 $ June 1968
9
to a midnight
flight to Chicego. It was While on the flight that he learned
of the KENNEDY Shooting
0 As 2 re sult, he could furnish no
assistance in this matter_
275
On_
10/2/68
a
Yorktown_Heights New_York
File #_
NY_4+-1640
by
SA ROBERT G e 0 'NEIL [1p Date dictated_
10/2468
This { documen) contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of Ihe FBI: M is Ihe Properly of the FBI ond Is looned Io Your ogency;
il ond its contenls ore nol to be distributed outside Your agency.
1 9 at
Y 9 get
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V ERAL BUREAU OF INVESTCATION
Date_
10/7/68
Mrs
0
ESTHER SHEPARD , Paulding_ Yorktow Heights ,
New York advised that her husband ,
'ALBER? SHEPARD
18 president
of
Albert Shepard
Associates also know aS
Motivation bynanics,
located at Whitehill and Hun-
'tezbrook Road8
9
Yorktown Heights_
0
She Said that she had &cconpanied her husband to
Angele s California_
9
in connection with the campaign of Senator
ROBERT }
KENNEDY , and attended
a celebration held in KENNEDY ' $
honor at the Anmbassador Hotel on June
5
1968. She said
that her husband left the affair around 11: ml 6 June 4 ,
1968 to catch a midnight flight to Chicago_
0
Bhoxtly
afterwards
she
'left
the affair to return to her hotel room to wa tch it on
television
0
She waS in her room e t the time of the shooting at
12: 15
a Il June 5 , 1968, and therefore could contribute no in- formation" in
this matter.
276
On_
10/1/68
af_
Yorktown Heights , New York
File #_
NY 44-1640
by
SA ROBERT G , 0 'NEIL_
Date dictated
10/2168
This documen! contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. I.is Ihe properly of the FBI ond is looned to Your
,if and ils conlents are nof to be distribuled outside Your agency
Lane_
Los
369
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ogency;
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FD-3 02 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA TION
Date
October 10
9
1968
California State Senator ALAN SHORT
9
State Capitol ,
Sacramento
9
Cali fornia
9
advised as follows
He stated he was a guest at the Ambassador Hotel ,
Los Angeles
9
California
9
June 4 9 1968
9
however
8
he neither
saw nor heard of SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN prior to the shoot
of Senator ROBERT F KENNEDY nor does he have any information
of a
possible conspiracy _ information he might have he
obtained from news reports of the incident
The evening of June 4 ,9 1968 , he and a group of
friends went to dinner at Perino' s on Wilshire Boulevard
in Los Angeles and returned to the Hotel Ambassador He
does not recall the time he returned to the Hotel Ambassador
but noted he departed the hotel at approximately 11 P M . and
proceeded to the International Airport where he boarded a
chartered flight to return home He first learned of the
shooting of Senator ROBERT F KENNEDY from the pilot who
heard a news broadcast of the incident over the radio in
the airplane-
277
On
10/1/68
at
Sacramento. California
File #
SC 62-76
SA NORMAN P LE CLAIR] sY 10/4/68
by Date dictated
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FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64 )
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date
October 3,
Miss MARY RITA SICILIANO , 50 Emerick Lane ,
Loudonville, New York, was interviewed at her place of
employment
9
449 South Pearl Street .
Miss SICILIANO advised that she and her girlfriends
ARLENE BRADY and TERRY HAKER were vacationing in Los Angeles ,
California, on
June 4, 1968
9
and Wexe guests in Room 215 in
the Ambassador Hotel of that city. She stated that between
7:00 and 7:30 PM on June 4 , 1968, she TERRY and ARLENE
went up to Senator ROBERT @ KENNEDY ' $ suite in this hotel
and went inside PROVI PARADE 8 room in this suite=
9
which
she recalled a8 being Roon 520_ She stated that TERRY
9
a hairdresser
9
had previously worked on the hair of Mrs
ROBERT F KENNEDY
9
and went to Miss PARADE 8 room to obtain
payment for this work She said TERRY also was to comb
Mrs KEMNEDY S hair at this time She stated that after
waiting about an hour , she and ARLENE left this room and
went down to the lobby of the hotel_ She stated that TERRY
remained in this room and came down and joined them in the
lobby about one hour later She said the three of them
remained in the lobby for
a while longer and finally she
went up to Room 215 between 1l:30 and 11:45 PM to watch
television She said ARLENE and TERRY remained downstairs
in the hotel She said that she learned that Senator
KENNEDY was shot about 12:15 AM, June 5, 1968 , when it wa8
announced on television She said she was shocked at this
news and had no idea at this time who had shot Senator
KENNEDY She stated she haa no knowledge of any possible
conspiracy in regard to this shooting She s tated she had
never seen STRHAN SIRHAN except on television
On 9/30/68 at AAlbany , New York File # AL 175-12
by SA EDWARD R NASSTF Linh_
Date dictated
10/2/68
This document contains neither recommendationg nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to
your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
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FD-3 02 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
10/28/68
Date
FRANCES S IMONITIS , 6111 Gates Avenue, Ridgewood_
Queens
5
New York, was contacted at her place of employment
the Dimes Savings Bank located at 9 DeKalb Street , Brooklyn,
New York, and furnished the following information
She advised that on June 4,5, she was
a registered guest at the Anbassador Hotel, Los Angeles ,
California She stated that on the evening of June 4,
1968, she left her hotel and went to see the play Camelot
She was accompanied by three of her girl friends
9
also
staying at the Anbassador Hotel_ These girls were ANN
LOCKSHISS ALICE KARALUS and RUTH CROWLEY _ 4l1 of them
returned to
the hotel at approrinately 12:10 a m 9 on
June 5_ 1968 , and went to their hotel roor and turned on
the
teievision
She stated that all of the girls were
in one rooin and at approximately 12.15 a ,m _ on June 5,
1968,
a news bulletin was flashed over the
'television
set stating that Senator ROBERT F KENNEDY had been ghot
She stated that she could not furnish any
information concerning a possible conspiracy in connection
with this matter nor could she furnish any additional
information
10/25/68 Brooklyn, New York File # NY 44-1640
On at 2279
SA PAUL M_ CONRAD / mrl 10/25/68
Date dictated
by
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This docunent Codtatascoeteher reconotezdbeidstrifuceddusides ,ouhegency.
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TD.302 (Rev:' 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVES [iGATION
Dafe_
10221/63
IESLER SvITH; Announcer , WOR, ivew York, New
Iork, advisea he was registered 81 the Ambassador Hoi;el
on June 4 , 1968. He scated thai on the nighb of' une 4
1968, iie Wz 8 wO rking a& the Iptel Biltm re and could offe?
no infcmstion eoncerntng the shcotinrg 3f Sendor KENNEDY
or ary: inforation concerning STRHAN SIRITA N,
280
On_
10/18/68
at
Ne; York, New York F:le #_
NY 44-1640
by
3A JOSEPH P MAYERH,
Date dictated
10/21/68
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF iNVESTIGA -
11/25/68
Dote
Xr FRANK Lo SNELL attorney and partner in
the law firm 0f Snell and
Wiiner
}
Security Building,
advised that he bad been registered at tbe Amba Ssador Hotel,
Los Angeles, California during the 'period June 3-6 1968
for the purpose Of attending a Hospital Administra
tors
Convention Mr _ SNELL advised on the night of June 4, 1968
he had retired at approximately 10:00 p.m _ and was not
aware of the assault on Senator ROBERT KENNEDY: until
awakened in the early morning: hours of June 5' , 1968 by one
0f the other delegates to the Hospital Administrators
Convention
Mr SNELL further advised that he does not know
SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN does not recall seeing him about
the Ambassador Hotel in the evening hours 0f June' 4 , 1968 ,
and has no knowledge of any possible conspiracy in the
bhooting of Senator KENNEDY_
281
PX 175-19
0
11/21_ Phoenfx, Arizona
Flle #
LA 56-156
SA COLIN M DUNNIGAN/mci: 11/25/68
by Dale dictated_
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FD-30 (Hev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date October 196 8
Mr. F. A. SORENSEN, Administrator, Good Samaritan
Hospital
9
15825 Samaritan Drive , advised as follows :
He was
registered at the Ambassador Hotel, Los
Angeles during the first week in June, 196 8
9
in connection
with a convention of hospital administrators He arrived
there on June 2
9
196 8 , a
Sunday , but returned to San
Francisco on Monday evening, June 3 , 196 8 , 50 he could vote
the following day_ He returned to Los Angeles in the late
morning of June 5 , 196 which was after the late Senator
ROBERT F KENNEDY had been shot_ He was not in Los Angeles
on June 4 or
during the early morning hours of June 5
He has no information conce
rning any conspiracy
in connection with the murder of Senator KENNEDY _ He is not
acquainted with SIRHAN
282
On 10/1/6 8
at San Jose California File #
SF 62-5481
by
SA GEORGE HARTLEY Li1 Date dictated
10/1/6 8
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your agency; it and it8 contents: are 'not to be distributed outside your 8gency.
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FD-302 {Bov. 4-15-24}
FEDErRAZ BirZAU Qx [NVZSTGAJON
10/3/63
Dcfo_
J , SCNOSKY 815 Cornecticul Avenue, N:W. , fur-
nished the following infornation:
SONVOSKY advlsed thar he forrerly vorked with ROBERT
F , KENN2Y wnei Hr
0
KENNBY T2s investigating tha rackers and
he becane a close Personal friend of RENEDY ' $ . SONOSKY stated;
hopever; that ha WaS in Ics Ingelcs on June 49 1968
9 On Per"
sonal business and was not there a8 2 Part 0f the KINNEDT
campaign1 ir Califorria_
SONOSKY stated that ha we3 rcgistered .at che Ambagaador
Fotel in Lo3 Angeles .and on the night Qf June &, 1968 , he re-
cells tlze% he "wandazed" aroinnd rhe Enbassy Rocn at tine Ambasgador
until approzirately 7 Pal. $ winen ha went ou1t to dinner . Fe
said Enat he returned to his rooni at epprozimately 10:30 P.M,
and warched the election returng 0i2 television for 8. tine . He
said that he did not g0 to the bellrocm; whero KEEINEJY mci his
supporters, but #ent; inskeed
9,
ro 2 second ballrocn belov tne
bellroom wnerz KMEDY gava his Victory Speech_
SONOSKY stated thet he w28 in this second bellroom
when h2 received word that Sanotcr FEIMEDY had been shot.
SONOSK: stated that he hed been trained 25 an investigator
wuen working for the Sanate Racketa Conriittee 2nd ha attenpted
K0 283235 tha situtaion witn 2 trained eye. He said he .watched
closely th? reaction cf people arcund hiz but, other than thve
hystezical behavicr one would @jpect in such 2
situation; he
Saw
notking unusual_ SONOSFY stated that he saw no bzhavior
which would indicate that any otler perscns Mere invoived
8
nor did ha ever observe the as32ssin. during the tine that he
moved abcut the hotal.
283
On 9L2LLsx_ _at__ Heshinato_J,G
Flle #
H2o 173-135
S4 13 S, BjZCN :isp 9/33/63
by_' Date dictated_
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FD-302 (Rev. 1-25-6 0) EDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGAT
10/2/68
Date
HENRIETTA STERLITZ , 1109 Brackenridge Road ,
Fas Irterviewed a t her place of employnent_
9
Liberty
Birror , Third and Cherry Streets She and tmo conpanions ,
DELORES KNAPEK and EVELYN PLANA VSKY
9
booked 2 torr Witb
Sprowles TRA Travel Agency
9
521 Seventh Street_
9
New Kensington
9
Pa . and left Pittsburgh enroute to
San Francisco and wltima tely Los Angeles
9
Californla.
They arrived in Los Angeles On
Sunday afternoon
9
June 2 , 1968
9
and registered at the Ambassador Hotel_
HENRIETTA @ltinately learned that Senator
ROBERT KENNEDY was_ also staying at that hotel and was
to speak later that day She and her companlons remained
im the corridor leading from the ' Embassy Roon to the lobby
9 outside the rest room area,. in order to see Senator KEENNEIDY
and hear Fhat ha had to say . She advised that they
rema ined in that corridor frOm approximately 6:00 p.E , ,
om Wune 4 , 1968 , until 12:15 a .W. , on June 5 , 1968 ,
when the 8 hooting occurred
Fhtle in the corridor
9
the only suspicious
activity she observed involved *wo teenage boys and one
teenage girl_ They would occasionally pop ba loons ,
which had been placed in the motel for tbe Victory relly
and after the ba loons were popped they voud say , cihat'$
211 the excitement Pq and another vould reply
9
"Kennedy - 8
dead_ OQ They did this several tines a@d
9
at the time ,
she felt that they were just horsing around even thougb
it Gas in bad taste
At approzimately 12:15 2.M 0 , she heard three Or
four shots At the time
9
she thought.tbat someone va3
popping more ba loons until she heard a@ waknown individual
sey
9
shot Kennedy =
9
Kennedy 0 8 dead 79 She did sot
believe it at first, but when she 821 One of KENNEDDY ' s
group <carr i ed out of the hotel and heard all the crying
and commotion, sbe Fas convinced _
28k ,
On
9/24/68
af
Brackenridge
9
Pa File .# Plttsburgb 44-583
by
SAIILLIAH LOGAN_CIRTLS Ic@l Date dictatod
9/30/68
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She S2w individwals tbat she believed to be
officers from the Los Angeles Police Department take
tbe 2888881n from the hotel She had not seem him
during the 8ix Or seven bours she bad been standing
in the corridor. After seeing SIRHAN teken from
tbe hotel she returned to her room _ She could
furnish n0 further infornation concerning this matter_
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FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64)
-FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date_
10/29/68
Mrs . PATRICIA ANN STEWART 11711 Stonington Place,
Silver Spring, Maryland, furnished the following information:
Mrs
0
STEWART is the wife of RICHARD HS STEWART
9
8 reporter of the Boston Globe, end she was registered at the
Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles , Celifornia, on June 4 1968,
Nrrs STEWART spent the evening and night in_her
hotei roon
wetching the campalgn activities on television, She was
not circuleting around the hotel downstairs eround the time
0f the assassination Mr STEWART was at 2 television studio
at Burbankg Californias that night
The only things that she noted which she would
congider unuswal wa8 a Party in an eoining room whieh wa8
very noisy; end which continued t0 be 80 even &fter the
word of the assa88ination of Senator KENNEDY was publicized
on radio and televisiona She als0 felt that it was unusual
when a
helicopter
on the helicopter 31 the hotel left
just &fter the ambulance left the hotel With, pregumably
Senator KEINEDY , and the helicopter did not its lights
on until i& reached an altitude over the building- While
this struck her 38 unusuely she had no information which
would connect the incident with the assassination of Senator
KENNEDY
She wa.5 in pogsession of no information which
would indicate 2, possible conspirecy in the KENNEDY
sssassination she did not know SIRHAN B. SIRHAN
9 nor dia
she ever
recail Geeing hin
about the Ambagsador Hotel
on the night of June 4, 1968.
2286
10/22/68at Silver Sprng, Hd _ BA 44-684
Qn' File #_
SA PAUL Ma VAN DRIESSCHE:mk 10/23/68
by_ Date dictated
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date 9L26L68_
Miss RUTH H STIMSON School of Public Health ,
412 Earl Warren Hall
9
University of California, Berkeley
9 advised that on June 5 196 8 in the afternoon she registered
at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles
)
California
She stated that she was
attending
a program of the
American College of Hospital Adninistrators at that hotel
and stayed only one night, June 5
9
196 8 _ She said that the
shooting of Senator ROBERT F KENNEDY had occurred at mi dnight
the before she had arrived and she was not aware of
any unusual activities and' does not feel she has any pertinent
information conce rning that incident She said that she de -
parted for her residence in- Berkeley , California, on the
afternoon of June 6 , 196 8
287
On 923468 at _Bemke California File # SF 62-5481
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FD-3 02 (Rev. 4-15-64 )
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA TION
9/27/68
Date
CDWARD SULTAN 939 Kapiolani Boulevard ,
Honolulu, Hawaii advised tha t he had been in Los Angeles
on June 5, 1968 but tha t he had not been staying at the
Ambasgador Kotela Ke said that he was a guest at the
Century Plaza Hotel but had attended a sales meeting
of the Bulova Wetch Company at the Ambassador Fotela
He said tha t although he had naturally
heard of the assassination Of Sena tor ROBERT F . KENNEDY
he hed not been present in the area of the assassination
&ad could offer no information in this ma tter .
288
9/23/68 Honolulu, Fawa ii
File #
HN 62-674
On at
SA JAMES JESSEE:sSi
Date dictated
9/23/68
by
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
9 / 30 / 6 8
Date
Mr. ROBERT A SWANSON Administrator, Seaside Hospital,
10.0 A Street, Crescent City
"California,
residence Route 1,
Box 6 85 D furnished the
fcliowing nformation
8
During the week from June 2 , 1968 to June 7 196 8
he was a resident at the Ambassador Hotel, Los
"Aegeies
in company with his wife ANNE and fiveyear old son
BRUCE _
They were in Los Angeles S0 he could attend a convention
of the Hospital Administrators Association that week
Of course he was aware of the political campaign
conducted by Senator ROBERT KENNEDY and Senator MC CARTHY
in connection with the California primary but he was not in
Los Angeles for that purpose and took notice of their
activities in passing- He and his wife had a room on the
second floor of the hotel and observed Senator KENNEDY
addressing
a crowd in the plaza outside their window a
or So before the voting took place _
On June 4 , 196 8 he was in the ballroom sometime
before 10 P.m. as he was interested in what was going to
happen later in the evening when the results were known
However, he retired to his roon and the family slept through
until around 5 a,m. He awoke and turned on the TV set to
see how the voting came out and was then made aware of
the assassination
During the balance of his stay in Los Angeles he
noted the police security around the hotel and the gloomy
atmosphere They returned home on Fri
He has no information on SIRHAN SIRHAN or the
details of the assassination except that gained by reading
and listening to the news media
289
9/22/6 8 Crescent California SF 62-54.81
On at File #
SA RICHARD G MILLER:dp 9/23/6 8
by Date dictated
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA TION
Date
9 /27 / 6 8
Miss ALICE N SYKES Administrative Assistant
Trust Department
9
Bank of America 300 Montgomery Street
who resides t 275 Parker Avenue , Apartment 303 furnished
the following information:
Miss SYKES worked on the staff of the KENNEDY
for President Conmittee of Southern California, Los Angeles ,
California for approximately ten days up to and including
June 4
1968_
She arrived in Los
Angeles
on 24 196 8
at which time she registered at the Ambassador
Hotei
She
stayed at the Ambassador Hotel until the morning of June 5 ,
196 8 when she checked out and then stayed with a friend
LESLIE GERWIN
3031 Dannyhill, Van Nuys
9
California, until
she returned to San Francisco on June 9 , 196.8 _
During the night of June 4 ~ 5 , 196 8 SYKES was
at the Ambassador Hotel and in and out of the various
rooms where receptions were being held for the candidates
involved in the Primary elections on June 196 8 _ She was
in the Embassy Room of the Ambassador Hotel standing
to
the right of the um during the time that the late
Senator ROBERT F KENNEDY was
making his victory speech
just prior to midnight When Senator KENNEDY left the
Podium and went out to the kitchen area behind the Embassy
Room SYKES was in the anteroom and recalls that just after
Senator KENNEDY left the Embassy Room she heard some
noises sounding like breaking glasses but which she now
thinks might have been the shots
Eeegiting
in the death
of Senator KENNEDY and injuries to other Persons
She. was unable to see anything that happened
from where she was and it was not until several minutes
later that there was talk around the Embassy Roon that
Senator KENNEDY had been shot About the same time
STEPHEN SMITH came into the Embassy Room mounted the podium
9
and asked everyone to leave the Embassy Room SYKES went
out into the lobby and went to the reception room of one of
the other candidates to watch the television in an effort to
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9 /24 /6 8 San Francisco California 62-5481
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find out what had happened _ It was while watching the
television that she learned definitely that Senator
KENNEDY had been shot in the kitchen area behind the
Embassy Room
Miss SYKES is not: acquainted with SIRHAN B
SIRHAN and does not recall seeing anyone answering
his description around the Ambassador Hotel She has no
reason to believe that 'any oonspiracy existed in connection
with the asga9sination of Senator KENNEDY
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