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Doctor MILLER stated that he did noc notice
anyone or anything at the hotel prior to the shooting whom
he nOW would suspect had anything whatever to do with the
shooting_ He said he has no informacion whatever re_ garding
the suspect who 18 now in custody and did not notice him
or anyone resembling him prtor to the shooting, and saw
no one fleeing the Shooting area whom he would connect
with the shooting_
Doctor MTLLER further stated that there were
numerous persons Whcm-he can identify, members of the
delegation and others Whom he knows by name who were at
che Ambassador Hotel and that he and his wife could prepare
an extensive list of these persons which he would furnish
when completed
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA TION
6/7/68
Date
PETER SPENCER BERKSON
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age 192, residence, 5200
Mecca Road , telephone Number DI 3-5753, waz interviewed at his
res idence BERKSON advised he is a student at Pierce Junior
College, Woodland Hills California
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and 18 employed 88 a box
part time, a t the Food Fair Market , Tarzana , Ca lifornia He
further added that he is 8 professional free-lance photographer _
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as are his father ALBERT BERKSON of the same addres8
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and his
brother , DENNLS BERKSON
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who res ides at 5422 Quakertown,
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Woodland Hills , California telephone Number 88426669t
BERKSON advis ed that he Went to the Ambassador Hotel
in Los Angeles
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California
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at approxima 10:00 p m
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on
June 4, 1968 , to photograph Senator ROBERT KENNEDY 8 victory
celebration He advised he carried a 35 millimeter still camera
M M with a strobe' light flash atta chnent and was shooting color film_
BERKSON advised he took 8ome general photographs of
the Embassy Room at the hotel prior to Sena tor KENNEDY 8 arrival
in the roonl and also took photographs of KENNEDY during his
victory speech_
BERKSON advised that he followed KENNEDY and his
group as left the stage and was approxima twenty feet
from him as they approached the doors to a kitchen located off
the Embassy Room _
BERKSON advis ed that he could not recall exactly the
next few minutes of activity; however , he recalled that a8
KENNEDY was about to enter the kitchen, he observed a female
Caucasian run
hurriedly away from the hallway or possibly out
Mi of the kitchen and heard her yell, "fire He advised that the
woman appeared to be in her late twenties or early thirties_
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wa& huskily built, had reddish brown ha and was wearing 3
navy blue dress He advised the WOman appeared panicky as she
ran from the area of the kitchen door He could not recall her
to be wearing any hat or sses or any political campa ign
paraphernalia BERKSON advised he did not further observe this
woman; however he believed that she was possibly photographed
by the television and movie cameras which W ere follow Sena tor
KENNEDY S movements as he left the Embassy Room
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BERKSON advised that about this time, he heard what
sounded like two gunshots from the area outside the kitchen
door He could not recall if there were additional gunshots
a8 there was loud screaming and yelling from the approxima
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50 people located in the area from Wlich the shots were
fired BERKSON stated that after hearing the shots
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he
immediately held the camera over his head and took s everal
photographs of the area from which the shots came He s tated that
he did not observe the individual who fired the shot: nor did
he observe the alleged a8sa8sin, SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN
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apprehension follow the a ttack; however, he indica ted he may
have possibly photographed him in the 8 erie: of photographs he
took BERKSON stated that he did not obs erve Senator KENNEDY
at the time he was shot; however he did obs erve and photograph
him while he wa8 lying on the floor He advised that he obs erved
Senator KENNEDY moving his mouth but could not discern what
Senator KENNEDY was saying _
He advised that he observed another man who was
apparently a victim of the same atta ck which felled Senator
KENNEDY _ He obs erved this man lying on the floor near the
kitchen and observed that this man Was bleed profusely from
the back of his head
BERKSON advised that he remained at the hotel until
approximately 1:30 a m , on June 5,-1968 He advised that after
shooting al1 of his film, he assisted his brother DENNIS , who
was , in turn, working as an assistant to one of the NBC newsreel
photographers covering the event
BERKSON advised that he returned home and his father
called the Time-Life Magazine in New York New York, regarding
the film taken by him, PETER BERKSON
BERKSON advised that his father then delivered the
film to the Life Magazine office in Beverly Hills , California
where the film was developed BERKSON advised he was paid $750
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Life Magazine for the fllm and that the film was subsequ ently
forwarded to Time-Life Magazine
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New York New York _ He
advised the film was sent to RICHARD POLLARD , Life Photo Editor,
Time and Life Building
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New York, and that this individual W ould
have copies or krnowl edge of the film_
BERKSON advised that his father left the Ambassador
Hotel prior to the assassination of Sena tor KENNEDY ; however ,
his brother DENNIS was present at the hotel at the time and
could possibly furnish information concerning events relat-
to the assassination
BERKSON advised that the film he shot in connection
with Senator KENNEDY 8 assassination Was now the property of
Time-Life Magazine and that he presently had no photographs
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prints , or nega tives of the film he shot
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
1 6/6/68
Date
RALPH ELMORE , 4238 Mary Ellen Street, Apartment 3,
North Hollywood
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California , furnighed the follow information :
He is employed a8 a televieion engineer for the
American Broadcas Company and was on duty on the evening
of June 4, 1968 , at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles ,
covering the election program involving ROBERT KENNEDY _ He
wa8 situated most of the evening in the vicinity of the podiun
in what he believed to be the Embagsy Room, and KENNEDY talked
to the crowd shortly before midnight that evening
Following KENNEDY 8 talk, he followed the KENNEDY
party to the rear of the podiumn, The group turned right into
a kitchen area located at the right rear of the podium, and
he followed the group , carrying a microphone in one hand and
Wearin g an ear piece in his ear He was aware that the
eventual destination of the party wa: the downstairs Ambaesador
Raom but was not aware of the intended route the group planned
to take to to this room He wa8 of the impression that
ROBERT KENNEDY was directly in front of hin but found out later
that it was ac tually PAUL SCHRADE When the group entered the
kitchen, he es timated that there were approzima twenty
people_ in the kitchen, which included the KENNEDY party and
several hotel employees He then heard four sounds in rapid
succession that sounded like Chinese firecra ckers exploding
The net thing he knew
9 a man was lying on the floor directly
benea th him on his back and the man 8 face was covered with
blood He thought at the ins tant tnie man was ROBERT KENNEDY
and immediately linked elbows with several individuals in the
immediate vicinity in an attempt to hold back the crowds that
had been attracted by the noise t0 the kitchen area and were
attempting to enter the kitchen A fellow worker, an electrician,
was successful in getting GOLDSTEIN and WILLIAM WEISEL out of
the way 80 tha t they would not be trampled by the crowds
GOLDSTEIN had been etruck in the and WEISEL in the abdomen
by bullets
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He then became aware that the crowd was giving mos €
of their attention to a man lying on the floor in front of the
ice ma chine and then realized that this person must be ROBERT
KENNEDY He had the impre8s ion that about 25 Or 30 feet in
front of him there wa s a hand res on a 8erving table holding
a sma11 barreled gun pointed directly at hin and that it wa8
#I spitting flame He lost; sight of the hand and the gun and
does not recall actua seeing the individual holding the gun
He and several others had continued to attempt to
hold back the crowd from the kitchen area by linking elbows
and he remembers one of these individuals as being a large Negro_
He al8o recalls that about this time 8 ome man came charging
toward him Sw inging his arms and shortly thereafter s everal
of KENNEDY 8 assis tants arrived On the 8 cene to render a88istance
to Mr KENNEDY He then realized that the man on the floor a t
his feet wa8 PAUL SCHRADE , and he was subsequently successful
in transporting SCHRADE and WEISEL down the freight elevator
to an ambulance
He does not know and has no recollection of seeing
STRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN at the Ambassador Hotel He saw
SIRHAN 8 photograph in the newspaper later in the
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
6/7/68
Date
JODIE SAMS
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Steward 's Assistant
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Ambassador Hotel,
Los Ange leg
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California, with residence at 187 Ea st 36th Place ,
Apartment 6
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Los Ange Les
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California
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advised that he was work-
ing at the conveyor at the coffee shop in the basement of' the
hotel on Monday night
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June 3, 1968_ Sometime between 9:00 p .m .
and 10:00 P. m on that date an individual Walking in the cor-
ridor ad,jacent to the conveyor asked SAMS how he could out of'
tke building _ SAMS told this individual if he was a guest in
the hotel he could proceed on down to the main lobby and then
out of' the building However , if' he was an employee 01 a trades -
man he should turn around and continue through the corridor to
the rear parking lot The individual mumbled come thing to the
M effect, "i'11 g0 this way and proceeded in the direction of'
the main lobby of' the hotel
SAMS stated the individual did not appeax to be a
guest as he was dressed shabbily and had dirty gray trousers
SAMS particularly noted that the seat of' the trousers were un -
u8 ually dirty_ SAMS stated he took this individual to be a
Mexican because he wa s swar and had what at the time SAMS
thought was a Mexican accent but definitely an accent of S Ore
type
SAMS stated that on Wednesday evening, June 5, 1968,
after the shooting of' Senator ROBERT F KENNEDY he saw a picture
of' the alleged assailant in one of' the Los Angeles newspaper8
and recognized this individual as looking very much like the
individual who had questioned him as to directions in the base -
ment of the hotel on Monday night , June 3, 1968 _
SAMS described the individual t0 whom he had given
directions on Monday night , June 3, 1968 as follows :
Sex Male
Race Possibly Mexican
Mid 20's
Build Slight
Height Short of stature
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Complexion swarthy
Hair Bushy black hair
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
L 6/8/68
Date
Miss ROBIN KAREN CASDEN , age 16, 17012 Mooncrest
Drive EncIno, California, telephone numbers 789-7736
and
784_4325,
was advised of the identity of the intervi
agent as an agent of the FBI At this time, in the presenc e
of her mother , Mrs _ BEATRICE CASDEN
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Miss CASDEN furnished
the following information relative to the shooting of
Senator ROBERT R KENNEDY :
She 18 a fan of Senator ROBERT KENNEDY and ,
accompanied by three of her friends went to the Ambassador
Hotel in Los Angeles on June
1968 ,
in order to hear
Senator KENNEDY 3 speech _ She was accompanied to the
Ambasgador Hotel by her girl friend, CORKY MC MAHON , who
resides at 4334 Oaklane Drive, Encino, California CORKY ' s
boy friend SCOTT HOWARD, telephone number 349-2401, and
LAURIE PORTER , telephone number 789-3230 CORKY does not
have a telephone connected at the present time_
Miss CASDEN recalled that she and her friends
arrived at the Ambassador Hotel at approximately 8:30 p .
and went to the ba llroom They arrived at the doors of
the ballroom at approximately 8:35 p.m., but did not g0 in.
They were unable to into the ballroom inasmuch a8 there
were people at the door checking for pres8 cards She and
the others in her group , at this point, saw LAURIE 8 mother
and father Mr and Mrs JERRY PORTER JERRY PORTER was
recently
eiected
2 California State Senator Mr and Mrs _
JERRY PORTER were also outside the ballroom attempting to
in Inasmuch as they were unable to into the
ballroom, she, CORKY and LAURIE went to the kitchen area
and slipped in and went straight through the kitchen
SCOTT als0 accompanied them_ No one checked them in the
kitchen or at the kitchen door leading to the ballroom
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She did not recall seeing any guards in the kitchen or
at_the
kitchen door_ She actually entered the ballroom about 8:45
to 8: 50 p.m There were several hundred people milling
around in the room _ She noticed a sma11 group of singers
and musicians on the platform. This group also moved around
theballroom entertaining the people _ When
Miss CASDEN and her friends ac tually got into the ballroom,
they met IRA GOLDSTEIN and had 3 short conversation with
him IRA then walked on mingling with other people _
CORKY and SCOTT decided to stay in one place and wait
for the speech & ROBERT KENNEDY _
LAURIE and ROBIN just walked around and talked
to various people_ Later
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LAURIE and ROBIN separated
Miss CASDEN noticed that although people were checking
the other doors to the ballroom, she did not bee anyone
guarding or checking people entering from the kitchen door
and many people came through the kitchen into the ballroom .
She recalled chat Senator KENNEDY came into the
ballroom about 11;45 p.m_ CORKY and SCOTT were still gitting
in chairs c lose to the news telephones _ Miss CASDEN kept
going back and forth to talk with CORKY and SCOTT _ She
met IRA GOLDSTELN again and began wandering around with
him observing the activities Miss CASDEN did not see
Senator KENNEDY come into the ba llroom _ She saw him first
on the speakers platform_ During Senator KENNEDY ' 8 speech
she and IRA went back to the kitchen to a sandwich,
as some man who passed ker mentioned that there were sandwiches
in the kitchen_ They dec ided to make a quick trip to the
kitchen to get a sandwich and come back and listen to the
rest of Senator KENNEDY 8 speech. Miss CASDEN and IRA went
to the kitchen; they observed no sandwiches She recalled
that there were several people in the kitchen in addition
to hotel employees She recalled seeing two waiters and
another employee
cieaning
tables _ She recalled seeing a
person in the rear of the kitchen area who may possibly
have been the suspect , SIRHAN STRHAN _ At that time, she
was just vaguely aware of this individual in the rear of
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the kitchen_ She recalled this person as having dark hair
and appearing to be of Mexican extraction_ She recalled
that he was not wearing a suit; however, she could not
remember the type of clothing this person actually was
wearing_ She stated that she had seen a photograph
of the suspect , SIRHAN SIRHAN , but wa8 unable to state
definitely that the person In the rear of the kitchen
was or we8 not identical to SIRHAN STRHAN .
She also noted there were several men In sults
in the kitchen area and one or two women . She was unable
to recall any specific details or descriptive data on these
individuals _ Her impression is that this a11 occurred
in two or three minutes Then Senator KENNEDY came in to
the kitchen from the ballroom with his party_ She and
IRA GOLDSTEIN stepped back out of his path_ Senator
KENNEDY wa8 shaking hands with people_ He shook hands with
a waiter near Miss CASDEN and then approached her He
smiled and shook her hand and passed on _
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taking about three
steps _ At this point, Miss CASDEN heard two separate
consecutive noises resembling a cap gun shot_ Domeone
fell against Mis8 CASDEN at this point and then she heard
the rest of the shots The 8hots came in a jerky_
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but
rapid manner She realized that they were shots after
the person fell against her _ She recalled that there was
a lull between the first two shots and the remainder of
the shots _ During this lull, the individual who fell against
her continued to the floor_ The lull appeared to her a8
only four or five seconds The bhots c ommenced again
ana she heard a woman scream Miss CASDEN moved to the
side toward the wall to avoid the shots and then continued
her movement to leave the kitchen area Later_
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after
reflection of the circumstances _
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she thought perhaps
the person who fell against her after the first two shots
and then fell on the floor may have been Senator KENNEDY _
At any rate, 1t wa8 positively the person who was struck
by the first two bullets_
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Miss CASDEN stated that she did not observe the
person who actually did the shooting: She
made her way out of the kitchen into the ballroom in a
matter of a few seconds She was hysterical, but recognized
her friends
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CORKY and SCOTT, who trled to calm her_
SCOTT left to see what happened and CORKY stayed with Miss
CASDEN and attempted to calm her and wipe some blood off
her face. A plain-clothes man with a badge in his wallet
came up and displayed the badge to Miss CASDEN and CORKY
Thi8 man seeing CORKY Wiping the blood from Miss CASDEN 8
face asked if she had been shot She told him no He
asked if she wanted a doctor and CORKY said yes inasmuch
as Miss CASDEN was still hysterical_ The man imediately
went and obtained something for Miss CASDEN to drink_
She does not recall what it was _ At this point
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SCOTT
came back and Miss CASDEN had calmed down by this time_
The man with the badge had asked then to move out of the
area_
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80 they left_ On the way out they saw LAURIE and
another girl with her. LAURIE and this girl a180 left
together_
Miss CASDEN stated that at the time of the shooting
she was wearing a white sheer dress , with a white on white
flower design _ She recalled that the dress had several
blood spots on it. She stated that she still has the dress
but that it was washed and the spots removed
Miss CASDEN described herself a3 543" 120 pounds ,
hazel eyes
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long brown hair born She was PII
observed to be Caucabian Miss CASDEN sated that on the
night of the KENNEDY shooting she was wearing her hair
long in the back with a ponytail on top, with a white bow
in front of her hair.
She recalled that the actual shooting took place
at approximately 12:15 a.m. , on the morning of June 5, 1968 .
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She was unable to recall any further details
of this matter at this time; however she stated that
s ometime after the shooting, date,
Piace
or time unrecalled,
LAURIE told her something to the effect that she (LAURIE)
had possibly seen the suspect prior to the shooting and
perhaps talking to a guard: Miss CASDEN was unable to
say if LAURIE was kidding or just hysterical.
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FD-3 02 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date
6/8/68
Mrs _ CAROL ANN BRESHEARS , 5709 Ewing Canyon , La
Canada
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California
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was interviewed at Kennedy For President
Campaign Headquarters_
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5615 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles ,
California, and she furnished the following information_
She has been a volunteer campaign worker for the
KENNEDY Group for the past four months
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and wa S in attendance
at the election returns party at the Ambasgador Hotel in
Los Angeles on June 4 , One of her paramount duties as
a campaign worker involved taking charge of the KENNEDY Girls:
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On the evening of June 4, 1968, she was in the
Embassy Room at the Ambassador Hotel and had 8 number of the
KENNEDY Girls stationed near the stage - Near midnight
3 awaiting the arrival of Senator KENNEDY , on the right side
of the stage a8 one faces the stage, she noticed a girl on an
elevated section which had been prepared for a television
camera This was seemingly out of place since she was
wearing a white dress with MC CARTHY written over the dress in
blue letters_ She also noticed that the girl was not wearing
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yellow press badge which was required of most of the individuals
present in the Embassy Room This girl was in her early 208 ,
between 125 to 130 pounds , ana had shoulder length, dark hair
Following his speech_
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which ended shortly after
midnight
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Senator KENNEDY exited from the stace through a
curtained entranc e in the rear of the stage and proceeded
with his party toward the double doors Leading to the kitchen
area on the right rear section of the stage, She estimated
that there were about ten persons in Senator KENNEDY 8 party
which included his bodyguards , newspaper and ROOSEVELT
GRIER_
She was standing between the stage and the entrance to tbe
double doors leading to the kitchen, about six or eight feet
from these double doors _ She spoke briefly to Senator KENNEDY
as he passed with his party and shortly after that
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after he
had passed through the double doors, she heard shots . The
first two sounded like popping balloons , but the next eight
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ghots sounded like gun shots and they all sounded similar
She ran forward toward the kitchen area and believed that she
saw Senator KENNEDY falling to the floor_ There were about 20
people in the kitchen at the time and she did not see anyone
holding
a gun or shooting a gun She did notice three or four
people who appeared to be SC uffling in the kitchen area . She did
not see SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN and does not know anything about
this individual
There was a Jot of shooting and yelling going on
in the room and one WOinan came out of the kitchen area with
blood on her head. She heard someone calling for a doctor
and immediately proceeded to the press area on the other side
of the stage in an attempt to find a telephone to call for a
doctor_ Several doctors were subsequently located in
attendance and went back to the kitchen area to treat the
injured Later_
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she returned to the press area and obtained
some ice to be used in treating the injured. Because of the
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she was unable to into the kitchen area but managed
to pass the ice through the crowd into the kitchen area 'She
did recall seeing Senator KENNEDY Lying on the floor with
afot of blood around his head - Another boy who had apparently
been injured was seated in a chair in the kitchen area and was
being treated
She has no knowledge of' why anyone would want to
shoot ROBERT F KENNEDY except that apparently someone did not
wish to see him become President of the United States .
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA TION
Date 6/4768
On June 5 , 1968
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Mr ENRIQUE RABAGO , 6652 Na omi
Street
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Buena Park, California
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eccomparied by HUMPHREY
CORDERO
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912 South Maple Avenue
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Los Angeles
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California
voluntarily eppeared at the Los Angeles Office of the FBI
to furnish information they believed pertinent to the assault
of Senator ROBERT F KENNEDY at the Arabassador Hotel on
June 5 ,
Mr RABAGO and Mr CORDERO requested that cbex
be interviewed together and this interview was conduc by
PAUL CHAMBERLAIN
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JR
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who identified himgelf to. them as a
Special Agent of the FBI
Mr ENRIQUE RABAGO advised that on the Fourth of
June 1968_
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he treveled to the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire
Boulevard Los Angeles accompanied by his friend HUMPHREY
CORDERO
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to observe activities at the KENNEDY Election Head
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quarters RABAGO stated that he and CORDERO arrived at the
Ambassador Hotel in his
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RABAGO ' s
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panel truck at s ome time
between the hours of 9 and 9:30 PM_ Mr RABAGO advised that
he parked his panel truck several blocks from the Ambassador
Hotel in that no closer parking speces were available and he
and CORDERO then proceeded to the front doox of the Anbassador
Hotel
RABAGO advised that he and CORDERO were both dressed
in casual clothing and because of this he hesitated to enter
the main lobby of the hotel He stated
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however
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that he
and CORDERO did enter at CORDERO ' s urging
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but became separated
due to the large crowd approximately ten minutes after their arriva"
RABAGO stated that since he could not locate CORDERO ,
he returned to the porch area at the main entrance to the
hotel where he hoped to locate him RABAGO advised that upon
arriving at the front porch
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he noticed a greet many people
standing and talking about the election and RABAGO disclosed
that he entered into 8 general conversation with a number of
people standing there _ Mr RABAGO advised that it was at this time
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that he first observed an individual whom he later recognized
to be identical with the individual whose picture appeared
on the front page of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner on
June 5 RABAGO advised that the local newspapers
identified the individual in question as SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN _
RABAGO advised that this individual was
standing
on the porch
alone sipping from a drink and he stated that at thi8 time
he engaged this man in conversation concerning the election
RABAGO advised that he said to the individual
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whom he later
Mi learned to be named SIRHAN Are we going to win?" and to
MI} this SIRHAN replied II think we re going to win RABAGO
said that he
replied
to SIRHAN
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"I don 't know
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ahead now"
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to which SIRHAN replied , "Don 1 t worry about him
if he doesn't Win
9
the son of a bitch, he 18 a millionaire and
he doesn 't need to win He just wants to g0 to the White
House but even if he wins he 8 not going to do anything for
you or for me or for any of the poor people RABAGO advised
that this man continued talking to him and told him that
"KENNEDY did not care about any poor people and merely sought
M1 t2 gain the Presidency for personal reasons RABAGO advised
also that this individual was apparently becoming very disgusted
with Mr KENNEDY and told him that "KENNEDY
was going to
II the Presidency _
RABAGO stated at this point in the conversation he
wa8 about to leave in disgust when his friend HUMPHREY
'CORDERO
located him on the front porch RABAGO stated CORDERO asked
him where he had been and after explaining
9
CORDERO said to
him "Let ' 8 go back into the lobby RABAGO stated that he
repiied to CORDERO in the negative in that his clothes were
not adequate to which CORDERO replied
9
by turning to the
individual
9
whom he later learned to be identical to SIRHAN
and saying
9
"Look at my friend
2
he doesn 't want to g9 in
II because of his clothing What do you think of that? RABAGO
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advised that to thi8 comment the individual in question
replied re voters_ I can go in there like this 2
just returned from the RAFFERTY Headquarters 11 RABAGo stated
that SIRHAN then proceeded to relate an incident to HUMPHREY
CORDERO that had occurred to him inside the RAFFERTY Campaign
room_ RABAGO disclosed that SIRHAN told CORDERO that he had
gone in to order a drink and that the people in there had
stared at him and obviously disliked him because of his
clothing RABAGO advised that he continued by telling CORDERO
Mi I that the wheels stared at him while he ordered a drink
11 II from the hostess and that he showed them by paying for his
drink with a 820 bill and leaving the change for the hostess _
RABAGO stated further that SIRHAN told HUMPHREY that "Its
the money you have that count8 , not the way you look"
RABAGO stated that at this point in the conversation,
he walked towards the television monitor and that this was the
last time in the evening that he saw this individual whom
he later learned to be identical with SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN
RABAGO advised again that the individual in question
was positively alone when he observed him and at no time did
he ever see this man speaking with anyone but hinself or
HUMPHREY CORDERO
RABAGO stated that from his conversation with thig
man he defini- obtained the impression that SIRHAN
9 did not like Mr _ KENNEDY personally due to the fact that
he was a millionaire
RABAGO stated that he had never seen the individual
3 identified as SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN, before and that the length
of his conversation with him was approximately five minutes
long.
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RABAGO advised that he and CORDERO stayed at the
campaign headquarters watching the election results until
approximately 10:15 to 10.30 PM, at which time they left
for their homes in his panel truck_
RABAGO advised that later that evening
9
possibly
in the early hours of the following morning, he heard the
news of the shooting of ROBERT KENNEDY on his radio_ He
stated , however that it was not until the following that
he first saw a television picture of the man accused of shooting
Mr KENNEDY RABAGO advised that he positively recognized
this individual to be the same as the man he had spoken to
at the Ambassador Hotel on the previous evening_
3
June 4 , '13668,
RABAGO advised further that on the afternoon of June 5 ,
9 he again saw this individual' 8 picture on the front page of
the Los Angeles Herald Examiner in Which he wa s identified
a3 the accused assaulter of ROBERT F KENNEDY He disclosed
that he saw
this picsure in the Herald Examiner when HUMPHREY
CORDERO purchased the afternoon paper and brought it to him
RABAG? advised that immediately after seeing this
picture he and his friend
9
HUMPHREY CORDERO drove to the
Los Angeles Office of the FBI where they arrived shortly after
5 0 'clock and were interviewed by SA PAUL CHAMBERLAIN
9
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
6/7/68
Date
On June 6 , 1968
2
Mr ENRIQUE RABAGO _
$
6652 Naomi
Street
9
Buena Park, California voluntarily returned to
the Los Angeles Office of the Federa1 Bureau of' Investigation
accompanied by HUMPHREY CORDERO , 912 South Maple Avenue
9
Los
Angeles
9
and furnished the following free and voluntary
statement to Special Agent PAUL CHAMBERLAIN , JR _ and Special
Agent THOMAS J_ BEVANS who identified thenselves to him as
Special Agents of the FBI_
"Los Angeles California
June 6
9
'i968
"I_
9
ENRIQUE RABAGO make the following free and
voluntary statement to PAUL CHAMBERLAIN JR _ and
THOMAS J BEVANS
9
who have identified thenselves to
me as Special Agents of the FBI
If am an American citizen born in San Antonio_
2
Texas and have attended two years PII
of high school in Mexico. I can read and write in the
English language _
0 On June 4 , 1968 I travelled to the Ambasgador
Hotel on Wilshire
Boulevard
in Los Angeles to observe
the activities at the KENNEDY election headquarters .
I was accompanied on this trip by my friend
9
HUMPHREY
OTTO CORDERO_ We arrived in the vicinity of the
Ambassador Hotel at approximately 9:00
Vet
9.30 p. m.
9
June 4 , 1968 , parked several blocks from the hotel and
walked to the main entrance to the KENNEDY headquarters .
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)
California Los Angeles 56-156
On at File #
SA THOMAS J BEVANS ana
SA PAUL CHAMBERLAIN
)
JR/Pc /nmb/sdb 6/7/68
by Date dictated
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"I did not feel like going in to the building in
that I was not dressed in a suit , but was wearing
casual clothing_
9
however , my friend, HUMPHREY CORDERO ,
urged me to go in with him We entered the main lobby
of' the hotel and after approximately ten minutes I
became separated from CORDERO due to the large number
of' people standing around
"I could not see HUMPHREY CORDERO and I there-
fore walked to the porch area at the front of' the main
entrance on Seventh Street hoping that he would find me
there Upon arriving on the front porch, I noticed
a great many people Standing there talking I started
talking to several of' these people in a general con-
versation conce rning the election returns and it was
at this time that I first observed an individual whom
I later learned.to be identical with SIRHAN BISHARA
SIRHAN from pictures in the 'Los Angeles Herald Examin-
er! as well a8 local television programs This in-
dividual was standing on the porch alone sipping from
a drink and I engaged him in conversation concerning
the election I said to him 'Are we going to win? ' and
he answered 'I think we are going to win At this
time I said to him 1 I don 't know MC CARTHY is ahead
nowi 1 and he replied 1 Don 't worry about him if he
doesn 't win, the son of' a bitch, he '8 a millionaire
and he doesn' t need to win He just-wants to go to
the White House
9
but even if' he Wins he 8 not going
to do anything for or for me or for any of' the
poor people This man continued talking to me and
he told me that KENNEDY did not care about any poor
people and merely sought to gain the Presidency for
personal reasons ! I feel that this man was becoming
very disgusted with Mr KENNEDY and at this time told
me that 'KENNEDY was going to the Presidency'
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this point I became disgusted with this
individual '8 Opinions and was about to wa Lk away
when my friend , HUMPHREY CORDERO , arrived HUMPHREY
CORDERO asked me where I had been and I told him
I had bec ome lost in the crowd and had c ome to the
porch to wait for him HUMPHREY said to me 'Let' s
go back into the lobby and I told him that I did
not want to return because my clothes were not good
enough _ At this point HUMPHREY turned to the man
I later recognized from the Los Angeles Herald
Examiner to be the man accused Of' assaulting ROBERT
KENNEDY and beckoned to me saying Look at my friend
9
he doesn't want to go in because of' his clothing
What do Jou think of' that?! To this comment the
man in question replied We re voters We can g0 in
there like this I just returned from the RAFFERTY
headquarters At this time he told HUMPHREY CORDERO
about an incident that occurred to him inside the
RAFFERTY campaign room He told HUMPHREY that he
had gone in to order a drink and that the people
in there stared at him and obvious Ly did not like
him because of' his clothing_ He also told HUMPHREY
that these big wheels watched him as he ordered
a drink from the hostess and he continued by telling
CORDERO that he 'showed them by paying for hig drink
with a $20.00 bill and leaving the change for the
hostess He told HUMPHREY at this point , that
'it 1s the money you have that counts , not the
way you look- I cannot positively quote the above
conversation between CORDERO and this man because at
the same time I was watching a telewision monitor
concerning the election results
this point I walked into the main lobby to
be closer to the television set and this was the last
time I saw the man in question This individual was
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M 'positively alone when I saw him and at no time did
I see him talking With anyone but HUMPHREY CORDERO
or myself I definitely got the impression from
talking with this man that he did not like Mr
KENNEDY personally because of' the fact that he was
a millionaire
"The entire length of' my conversation with tis
man was approximately five minutes
"HUMPHREY CORDERO and I stayed at the campaign
headquarters until approximately 10:15 or 10:30 p m _
at which time we left going in my panel truck to
our homes
"Later that evening I first heard of' the shooting
of' ROBERT KENNEDY on the radio, but it was not until
the next that I first saw a television picture
of' the man who i8 accused of' shooting Mr KENNEDY .
I recognized thie man to be the same a8 the man I had
spoken to at the Ambassador Hotel on the vious
evening _ Later this same
5
June 5,
6988;
I
again saw this man 's picture on the front page of
the Los Angeles Herald Examiner identified as the
individual accused of' assaulting ROBERT KENNEDY
I first saw this paper when HUMPHREY CORDERO purchased
it and brought it to my truck_ Imnediately after
seeing this picture and discussing the situation
HUMPHREY CORDERO and I drove to the Los Angeles Office
of' the arriving at approximately 5:00 5:30 p .m
where we were interviewed by Special Agent PAUL
CHAMBERLA IN
9
JR _
"Special Agent CHAMBERLA IN has shown me photo-
graphs of' six male Caucasians and fror these pictures
I picked the photograph of' an individual whom I an cer-
tain was the individual that I had talked to on the
night of' June 4 , 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel
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"To the best of my memory the man I talked with
at the Ambassador Hotel can be described as :
"Male
Caucasian
Height between 5'4"
T
5'5"
Weight 120
7
130 lb8 ,
Complexion
L
dark
Hair
L
dark, very kinky
Age early 20s
Characteristics appeared to be of' Mexican
origin;
appeared to be educated,
but arrogant
"I have read the above statement consisting of'
this page and five others and it 18 true and correct
to the best of' my knowledge _ I have initialled all correct-
ions
"/8 / ENRIQUE RABAGO
6652 Naomi St
Buena Park, Calif'
"witness
Is / SA PAUL CHAMBERLAIN , LA , 6/6/68
MI Is / SA THOMAS J BEVANS
9
FBI, Los Angeles
9
6/6/68 =
After furnishing the above-s igned statement RABAGO
added further that in his opinion the individual he
identified
from photographs as being identical with the man he had con-
versation with on the evening of' June 4 , at the Ambassador
Hotel was there alone RABAGO stated he based this only on
an impression.
On June 6 1968, Mx 'RABAGO picked the photograph of'
SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN from among photographs of' six individuals
which were exhibited to hin by SA PAUL CHAMBERLA IN , JR _ a8 being
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the individual he had observed and spoken to at the Ambassador
Hotel at approximately 9:30 PM , on the evening f June 4 , 1968 .
The following 18 8 description obtained through
observation and interview of ENRIQUE RABAGO
Residence 6652 Naomi
Buena Park, California
no telephone)
Occupation Auto mechanic unemp Loyed
Marital status Married
Wife INDOLECIA
9
emp loyed as
sewing machine operator
C Martini Company
308` East Ninth Street
Los Angeles
9
California
Sex Ma le
Race White Mexican extraction
Date of Birth PII
Place of Birth San Antonio
9
Texas
Height 5'8"
Weight 165 pounds
Hair Black
Eyes Brown
Military Service United states Navy
Admitted Arrests Arrested on suspicion of
theft El Pa8o , Texa 8 , date
unknown , disposition releas ed;
arrested Los Angeles , California
1966 1967 as being an illegal
alien, disposition released
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date
6/7/68
On June 5 ,
9
Mr HUMPHREY OTTO CORDERO _
2
912
South Maple Avenue Los Angeles California
9
accompanied by
ENRIQUE RABAGO , 6652 Na omi Street , Buene Park, California
9 voluntarily appeared at the Los Angeles Office of the FBI
to furnish information believed pertinent to the assault
of Senator ROBERT F KENNEDY at the Ambassador Hotel on
June 5,
On June 5 , 1568_
2
Mr CORDERO and Mr RABAGO were
interviewed together SA PAUL_CHAMBERLAIN JR_
who identified hinself to them as a
Special Agent of the FBI_
Mr CORDERO advised that on the evening of June 4 ,
he traveled with his friend
9
ENRIQUE RABAGO in his ,
RABAGO ' s , panel truck to the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire
Boulevard He stated that they went to the Ambassador to
observe the activities in connection with the campaign
activities of ROBERT KENNEDY He advised that they
arrived at the Arbassedor Hotel at approximately 9 9:30 PM,
after parking some two blocks away .
CORDERO advised that he and RABAGo entered the front
entrance of the Ambassador Hotel into the KENNEDY Campaign
Headquarterss &fter 8 sia 11 delays due to the reluctance on
the part of his friend RABAGO
5
to enter the room due to the
casual nature of his clothes CORDERO advised that after
approximately ten minutes he beceme separated from his friend
9 RABAGO , due to the nature and size of the crowd
CORDERO advised that after looking for RABAGO for
approximately five minutes he wa Lked to the porch area at the
front entrance 'of the hotel where he saw RABAGO speaking to
another individual who was sipping from a drink- He advised
that he walked up to RABAGO and asked him where he had been .
CORDERO advised that after a short conversation with
RABAGO ' s , he told hin
9
'RABAGO , to return to the :lobby
of the Ambassador Hotel CORDERO stated that RABAGO objected
saying that he wa s not dressed properly to which he
5
CORDERO
On 6[5168_
at Lo8 Angeles CelifornieFile # Los Angeles 56-156
by SA PAUL CHAMBERLAIN JR [sdb Date dictated
6/7/68
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to
your agency; it ad its contents are 'not to be distributed outgide your agency_
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Ji replied
9
Look at the guy standing next to you he ' s dressed
in the same manner that we are i1 CORDERO
disclosed
that the
individual he had used as an example replied to him
shouldn t we g0 in there
9
we re putting them in office I
just came from the RAFFERTY Campaign Center and Lounge As
I wa lked in the hostes s looked down at me because they were
dressed like millionaires and I was dressed like this I
took out a 820 bill
9
bought a drink and left her the change.
Then she w2 8 a11 smiles It goes to show you that its not
how you look, it8 wha t you ii CORDERO stated that this
individual,
;
appea red to be extrenely aggravated by the fact
that he was looked down upon by rich people and CORDERO
advised that he said to him that these "Rich people looked at
me as if I was dirt" CORDERO stated that this individual
1 11 told him that he had showed then indicating the rich people
9
by his actions involving the $20 bill
CORDERO advised that he definitely received the
impression from his conversation with thig individual that he
was particularly discontented and disgruntled with "rich
Mi people" particularly because of the incident occurring at
the
RAFFERTY
Lounge
CORDERO stated that his conversetion with this
individual lasted only a few minutes and terminated when
ENRIQUE RABAGO wa lked away from the group and was followed
closely by hinself CORDERO
CORDERO advised that at no time did he observe this
individual speak to anyone but himself or RABAGO He stated
als0 thet he has never seen this man before and after the
termination of his conversation with him on the night of
June 4, 1968
never saw him again during that evening_
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CORDERO advised that he and RABAGO remained at the
Ambassador Hotel until approximnately 10:15 or 10:30 PM , at
which time they left for their homes in RABAGO 8 panel truck.
CORDERO stated that the first he heard of the attack
upon Senator KENNEDY was late in that saie evening on the
radio He advised that the following
9
June 5; 1968
9
he
met ENRIQUE RABAGO in dowintown Los Angeles 2t which time
RABAGO told him that he had seen the picture of the individual
accused of shooting Senator KENNEDY and was positive that
this was the same man that they had conversed with on the
previous evening to the Ambassador Hotel
CORDERO advised that he and RABAGO waited until the
late edition of the Herald Examiner came on the s tands at which
time he
9
CORDERO
3
purchased the paper and immediately recognized
the photograph of the individual appearing on the front page ,
who was accused of shooting Senator KENNEDY, as being the same
Inan he had spoken to on the previous evening at the Ambassador
Hotel CORDERO stated positively that the man he had spoken
to at the Anbassador Hotel was identical with the individual ,
SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN whose name and photograph appeared in
various Los Angeles newspapers
CORDERO advised that he and RABAGO immediately traveled
to the Los Angeles Office of the FBI where were interviewed
by SA PAUL CHAMBERLAIN
9
JR _
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FD-3 02 (Rev. 4-15-64 )
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
6/7/68
Date
On June 6
9
1968
9
Mr HUMPHREY CORDERO 912 South
Maple Avenue , Los Angeles
;
California
>
voluntarily returned
to the Los Angeles Office of the Federa1 Bureau of Investigation
accompanied by ENRIQUE RABAGO , 6652 Naomi street , Buena Park,
California
9
and furnished the following free and voluntary
statement to Special Agent PAUL CHAMBERLAIN
9
JR _ and Special
Agent THOMAS J _ BEVANS who identified theiselves to him as
Special Agents of the FBI_
Angeles California
June 6,
1968
Mf I, HUMPHREY OTTO CORDERO_
9
mde the following
free and voluntary statement to PAUL CHAMBERLAIN , JR.
and THOMAS J BEVANS who have identified thenselves to
me as Special Agents of the FBI
Ii
PII
I was born in New York City , New York,
PII and have attended three years of high school
at Dewitt Clinton High School, New York, New York.
I am able to read and write English fluently .
ii On the evening of June 4
9
1968_
9
I travelled
with my friend
9
ENRIQUE RABAGO in his panel truck
to the vicinity of the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire
Boulevard We went to the Ambassador to observe the
activities there in connection with the election re-
turns concerning ROBERT KENNEDY We arrived at the
Ambasgador Hotel at approximately 9:00 9:30 p. m _
after parking some two blocks away We entered the
front entrance to the KENNEDY campaign headquarters
6/6/68 Los Angeles
9
California Los Angeles 56-15
On at File #
SA THOMAS J BEVANS and
SA PAUL CHAMBERLA IN , JR. /Pc/nmb/sdb 6/7/68
by Date dictated
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI, It is the property of the FBI &nd is loaned to
your agency; it and its contents are 'not to be distributed outside your agency.
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"and after approximately ten minutes I became se -
parated from my friend
9
ENRIQUE RABAGQ, because of'
the large number of' people in the crowd _ I looked for
ENRIQUE for about five minutes at which time I walked
to the porch area at the front entrance where I 'Gaw
ENRIQUE" talking to another individual who was sipping
a drink I walked up to ENRTQUE and asked him where
he had been - He told me had become separated by the
crowd and had walked to the front door to see if' he
could find me
"I told ENRIQUE to come with me and we would
go back into the lobby , but he objected saying that
he was not properly dressed to return inside in that
he was wearing casual clothes I told him Look
at the guy standing next toyou he '8 dressed in the
same manner that we are At this time this in-
dividual said words to the effect that { why shouldn t
we go` in there, we 're putting them in office He
also said 1 I just came from the RAFFERTY campaign
center and lounge As I walked in the hostess look-
ed down at me because they were dressed like
millionaires and I was dressed like this I took
out a 820.00 bill, bought a drink (indicating the
M one in his hand ) and left her the change At this
point he said 'Then she was al1 smiles It goes to
show you, it'8 not how yo look, it's what you got _
He appeared to me to be very aggravated by the fact
that he wa8 looked down upon by these rich people
and he said that these rich people looked at me as
if I was dirt 1 He implied that although everyone
in there looked to be a milionaire , he had showed
them 1 by his actions involving the 820.00 bill
"I the impression during my conversation
with this man that he was discontented and especially
disgruntled with rich_people
2
particularly involv
the incident at the RAFFERTY lounge
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conversation with this man lasted only a
fem minutes and the conversation: ended when ENRIQUE
RABAGO and I folloved by this man returned into the
lobby of' the 'Anbagsador to watch the election results
on the television monitor I, at no time , observed
this man speaking to anyone but myself and RABAGO _
After parting with this individual I did not see hir
again during the evening RABAGO and I etayed at
the Ambaseador Hotel until approximately 10:15
10:30 p . m at which time W e left for our homes in
RABAGO'g panel truck
"iThe first that I had heard of the attack upon
ROBERT KENNEDY was later that evening on the radio
The following
9
June 5, 1968 ENRIQUE RABAGO met
me in downtown Los Angeles and told me that he believed
the individual Ve had talked to on the previous even-
ing was the man accueed Of' shooting Senator KENNEDY _
We waited until the late edition of the Herald
Examiner came out a t which tine I looked at the photo-
graph of the man on the front page Tvho wa8 accused
of' Shooting Senator KENNEDY and I positively recog -
nized him as be the man that I had spolen to on
the previoue evening at the Ambaeeador Hotel_
"Immediately after view ing thig paper RABAGO and
I drove to the Los Angeles Office of the FBI where we
were interviewed by Special Agent PAUL CHA MBERLA JR
June 6 , 1968, Special Agent CHAMBERLAIN
showed me the photographe of' 8ix male caucasians and
fro thege photographs I posit ively identified one man
as being identical with the individual I had seen at thc
Anbaeeador Hotel on the night Senator KENNEDY was shot
Iito the best of my memory I would describe this
individual, that I saw at the Ambassador Hote 1 as
follow S :
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"My
day
ing
IN,
"On
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"Male
Caucasian
Mi 5'5
Weizht very elight , about 125 lb8
Complexion dark
Haix daxk, very kinky
Age early 20e
Characterieiics appeared to be Latin;
appeared intelligent
iiI read xhe above statements consieting of'
this page and four others and I find then to be
true and corrcct to the bet of' my know ledge
"/8/ HUMPHREY 0 _ CORDERO
912 So Maple Av Apt {11
Los Angelee
9
Calif 90013
iWitnees
:
/s / SA PAUL CHANBERLAIN
9
JR _
9
FBI, Los Angelee ,
6/6/68
[e / SA THOMA S J BEVA NS
5
Log Angelee
9 Ii 6/6/63 _
On June 6 HUMPHRFY OTTO CORDERO after fur 4
nighing the above s lgned statemlent fwrnished additiona lly
the iripreesion that the individual he identificd as be ing
at the Arbassador Hotel on xhe evening of' June 4 , was
alone CORDERO adv ised tha t this wa8 baged only on an im-
pregeion received by hin) through convergakion with this in-
dividual
On Jane 6 , HUMPHREY OTTO CORDERO wae exhibited
a series of six phocographs of male individuals by SA PAUL
CHA MBERLA IN
9
JR From these photographs CORDERO picked thc
photograph of SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN as being identical with
ihe individual With Whom he had conversation a t the Ambassador
Hotel on the evening 0f June 4, 1968 .
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The following is a description obtained through
observation and interview of HUMPHREY OTTO CORDERO :
Residence 912 South Maple Street
Apartment 11
Los Angeles California
telephone
"688-9545
Occupation Mechinist unemployed
Sex Ma le
Race White Puerto Rican extraction
Date of Birth PII
Place of Birth New York , New York
Height 5'10"
Weight 155 pounds
Hair Black
Eyes Brown
Marital Status Single
Admitted Arrests Admits several drunk arrests
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PBD : nmb
The f'ollowing investigation wae conducted on June
8 , at Los Angelee , California by SA PHILLIP B_ DIELY :
ALICE WAY, Clerk, Retail Merchants Credit Agsociati-
Los Ange Leg
)
California , advised that she was unable to locate
any record for HUMPHREY OTTo CORDERO and ENRIQUE RABAGO .
MICHAEL LINDSEY
9
Los: Angeles County Sheriff'8
Office
9
advieed that he I8s
Clexbie
to locate a record for
ENRIQUE RABAGO _ LINDSEY made available a file for HUPHREY
OTTO CORDERO which shows a Municipal Court warrant nuber
E 091273 was isgued at Oceanside Celifornia on 1, 1967
fox HUMPHREY 0 CORDERO_
535 Wai1 Street
9
Los Angeles
California, charging a violation of' @ection 23122 of' the Califor-
nia Vehicle Code poseession of opened conta iner alcoholic
bbeverage and Section 40508 A of' the Vehicle Code failure to
appear
Recorde of' the Los AngeLes Police Department reflected
tha t ENRIQUE RABAGO, Los Angeles Police Department number
345549 R, residence 6652 Naomi etreet, Buena Park_
5
California,
described as a male Mexican, born in Texas
9
PII
ii 5'5' 160 pounds
was arrested June 1
9
1967 on a charge of'
illegal entry No dieposition to this arrest was s hown in the
file which reflected RABAGO spoke poor Engligh and had no passport
or imigration papers
Records at the_Loe Angelee Police Department_
49
reflected
that HUMPHREY OTTO CORDERO Los Angeles Police Department nuiber
788713 C FBI number
93245 &,
has a crimina] record dating to
1955 inc
iuding
arrests for possession and sale of' heroin and
intoxication His laet arrest was shor n as Majy 10 , 1968 by the
Los Angeleg Police Department on a charge of' a Vehicle Code
violation at which tine his address vae S12 Maple Street Loe
Angele 8 ,
"8alifornia
Prior residences were shown a2
725` 8outh
Wall, Los Angeles California and 7021 Pacific Boulevard
9
Hunt -
ington California His most recent OCc upation was shown
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a2 machinist for FCM Corporation and former enployments inclade
8 machinist at North American and waiter for the Statler Hotel _
CORDERO ' 2 alia8es incladed Huriphrey Otto Corde Humphrey
Gardero Hernandez , Iumpares Cordero and Huphrey R Cordero.
His Social Security Number is shown as PII
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FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64 )
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
6/8/68
Date
On June 7 1958 , the office of Mr ROBERT MC GHEE
} Capaian Manager_ Rafferty For Senator Coznittee, located in
the Republican State Central Cormittee Headquarters was
telephonically contacced by SA PAUL CHANBERLAIN
)
JR.
Mr MC GHEE adviged that
5
to the best of hig
Imowledge_
9
rale barcenders and weitere were in the
Rafferty Carpaign Heacquarters located in the Venetian Roon?
at the Anbaesador Hotel on the evening of June 4 1968
Mr MC GHEE advised rurther that , to the beec of his knowl-
Mi ecge there were no hosteeses serving drinls in the
Rafferty Canpaign area; however_
3
he stated that there were
several fenale party workezs working in the Venetian Roon
on the night in question
On
S[7s8
at Loe Angele:
J
California
File # Los Angeles 56-156
by SA PAUL CHANBERLAIN JR_ Ldr/vjh_
Date dictated
6/8/68
This document containg neither recommendations nor conclusiong of the FBI. It i8 the property of the FBI and is loaned to
your agency; it ad 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
6/8/68
Date
Mr BLAISE MINNS 3007 West Fifth street , Apartment 2,
Los Angeles
9
California
3
advised that he was employed in the
Venetian Room at the Ambassador Hotel as a waiter on the evening
of June 4, 1968.
Mr MINNS advised that he did not hear that any of
the employees received a 820 tip for a drink on the night of
June 4-5, MINNS advised that although there were no
female emp_ working in the Venetian Room on the night of
June 4-5,
'1968e8_
there were several female RAFFERTY ca mpaign
erployees who might have been able to order and deliver drinks
to customers
On
6/8/68
at
Los Angeles
$
California
File #
Los Angeles 56-156
SA PAUL CHAMBERLAIN JR_ Irdn/sro 6/8/68
by Date dictated
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to
your agency; it ad 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
June 7 , 1968
Date
SEROUS A MASHAYEKHI, employee Chandler Shoe Store ,
363 South Lake Avenue
9
wa $ interviewed
at
the Chandler
Shoe Store at which time he furnished the following
information:
On the night of June 4, 1968 he went to the
Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles , with his friends
)
LONNY
and JANET WORTHEY , to await the election returns and
to participate in the anticipated victory celebration for
Senator ROBERT KENNEDY _ He and the WORTHEYs arrived at the
hotel at about 8:30 P.M. and went to the Embassy Room
They found that could not admittance to this room
because it was apparently reserved for the press He and
the WORTHEYs then went to the first floor of the hotel and
to a room which had been reserved for the use of the KENNEDY
campaign workers victory celebration.
At about 9.30 P.M., while still in this roon,
he went to one 0f the two bars in the room, which he described
as the larger bar_ He noticed an individua1 standing against
a wall adjacent to the bar This person appeared to be
out 0f place inasmuch as he did not seem to be joining in the
apparent festivity nor was he wearing any campa ign buttons
or any tother items indicating his affiliation with the
KENNEDY campaign _
Since having seen newspaper photographs of the
alleged a88888in of Senator KENNEDY
3
he believes this
individual to be identical with SIRHAN SIRHAN, He carried
oneno conversation with this individual and never saw him again
during that evening_ This individual was wearing a sport shirt
and slacks , light in color_ He observed no individuals
standing near this person_ As WORTHEY ' s wife was pregnant
and not feeling well, MASHAYEKHI and the WORTHEYs left
the hotel tout 11:30 P M_ and returned to Pasadena
MASHAYEKHI furnished the following descriptive
information regarding himself:
461
On 64768 at Pasade California File # Los Angeles 56-156
SA JAMES R PACE
by SA BILLY DALE HIBBARDLJRPImaklmet Date dictated 6/7/68
This document contains 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 to be distributed outside your agency.
they gain
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Sex Male
Race White
Date 0f birth PII
Place of birth Tehran, Iran
Marital status Married
Ii Height 5'10
Weight 160 pounds
Citizenship Iranian
Occupation Shoe salesman
Address 252 South Mentor
Apartment 8
Pasadena, California
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FD-3 02 (Rev. 4-15-64 )
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA TION
6/7/68
Date
LONNY L.WORTHEY , employee
9
Chandler Shoe Store,
360 South Lake Avenue was interviewed at the Chandler Shoe
store , at which time he furnished the following information:
On the night of June 4, 1968
9
he and his wife
acc ompanied a friend SEROUS A MASHAYEKHI _
3
to the Ambassador
Hotel to await the
election
returns and participate in the
anticipated KENNEDY victory celebration They arrived at the
hotel at about 8:30 or 9:00 p.m. and after finding that they
could not enter the Embassy Room_
9
went to' the first floor of
the hotel and to a room which had aparently been reserved for
KENNEDY campaign workers victory celebration At about 10:00
P.m 9
when going to the bar to a coke for his wife
9
he
accidentally bumped into an individual at the end of this
bar After seeing newspaper photographs of S IRHAN SIRHAN
he believes the individual he bumped into was S IRHAN
SIRHAN _
WORTHEY apologized for bumping into this person to which this
individual made no reply_ A few minutes later WORTHEY
observed a female standing along side this individual, but
he did not observe them talking with each other With the
large number of persons being in the room , he was not sure
that this female was in company with this individual He
did not see this individual or the female at any time later
in the evening_ He and his wife and MASHAYEKHI left the
hotel about 11:30 P . m and returned directly to Pagadena
6/7/68 Pasadena, California Los Angeles 56-156
On at File #
SAs JAMES R PACE and
BILLY DALE HUBBARD/JRP :mak 6/7/68
by Date dictated
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your agency; it and its contents are 'not to be distributed outside agency.
463
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FD-3 02 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA TION
Date
6/8/68
Miss SANDRA SERRANC , 2212 North Marenge Street:;
Altadena , (794-6514)
9
advised she was co-chairman of the Youth
for KENNEDY Committee for the Pasadena-Altadena area SERRANO
advised she is 20 years old and employed by United Insurance
Company of America , 727 West 7th Street
3
Los Angeles (627-9134)
a8 a key punch operator Mis8 SERRANA advised she
lives
with
her aunt and uncle, HERMAN and CECELIA MAGDALENO
9
at the
above address Her parents are MANUEL and AMPARO SERRANO ,
1949 West 27th Street, Lorain; Ohio (216-282-9048)
Miss SERRANO advised that at approximately 8:30 p.I. ,
June 4, 1968, she left the Youth for KENNEDY Pasadena
Headquarters with four other committee workers to g0 to the
Ambassador to await the primary results Thls group went in a
car belonging to GREG ABBOTT
9
10og Arcadia Street_ Arcadia
MICHAEL FRANCHEK , 3556 Milton Street , Pasadena
"7Ge0tt38652383
9 GFORGE FREDERICKS JR_
9
281 Crescent Drive ,
9
and
IRENE CHAVEZ , a friend who rooms with Miss SERRANO 8 aunt and
uncle at the North Marengo address , were includet in the group
Miss SERRANO advised that while at the Ambassador
waiting for the primary returns , she had someone buy her a
drink, a screwdriver According to SERRANO
9
at approximately
11:30 p.m. , she walked out of the ballroom area to an outdoor
terrace stairway because it had become too warm and crowded
in the ballroom She sat on the fifth or six step of the
stairway which lead to an upstairg area_ Miss SERRANA could
not describe what this upper area was Two or three minutes
later
9
which SERRANO estimated to be approximately 11:35 p.m . 9
three individuals approached her on the stairway_
9 a woman and
two men, and walked past her up the stairs As the woman got
1i #t to her this woman said, Excuse uS and Miss SERRANG moved to the 8iae
S0 they could pass SERRANO said she felt these three
people were together since they were
walking together
up the
I1 stairs and the woman had said, Excuse uS
After approximately 20 to 25 minutes , which Miss
SERRANO believed wa8 shortly after midnight , she heard what
she thought was six back fires from a car Four Qr five were
-464 -
On
6/6-7/68 at Altadena_
5
California
File #
Los Angeles. 56-156
by
SA RICHARD C BURRTS /bje_ 6/8/68
Date dictated
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real close together During this 20 or 25 minutes , no other
person went up or down this stairway past her Approximately
30 seconds after hearing what she thought was back fire, this
8 ame woman who had gone up the stairs came running down the
stairs toward her
9
followed by one of the men who had gone
up the stairs with her Miss SERRANO stated that as this woman
ran down the stairs toward her , the woman shouted, "we shot
M him we shot him Mis8 SERRANO 8aid "who did you shoot ?"
MP to which this woman replied "Senator KENNEDY Miss SERRANO
was asked if this woman
couid
have 8aid M He shot him mi or
M M shot him rather than We shot him SERRANO insisted the
I Mi_ 11 word was "We but volunteered that she realized that we
could have meant we 9 meaning we as a group of KENNEDY supporters
or a8 we as society in general
Miss SERRANO did not notice in which direction these
people went after they passed her on the stairs since she
looked up the stairs behind her and immediately left and wa lked
back just inside the hallway area She met a gray uniformed
M security officer just inside the door and said to him, Is it
T M true they shot him? This uniformed officer replied
9
Shot
M II and she replied, Senator KENNEDY Miss SERRANO said at
this point the uniformed officer told her she must have had too
much to drink_ SERRANO commented she still held her drink
gla8s A few minutes later a group of five or six people came
towards her from the ballrocm area and SERRANO said to them _
I 'Tney have shot him These people did not answer her but she
MI "1 heard one comment from the group
9
Oh she 8 crazy and another
if comment
9 my God
At this point_ Miss SERRANO advised she looked for a
public phone
S0 she
couid
call her parents in Ohio She said
at about 12:15 p .m
9
she found a
public phone Miss SERRANO
s8id she knows she had $3 00 in change and thinks she tried to
pay for the toll charge but had trouble with the phone and believes
she ended up reversing the charges to her parents phone While
SERRANO was talking to her mother trying to explain to her that
Senator KENNEDY had been shot , people started to pound on the
door of the phone booth trying to in_ One of these people
465
"They
who ? "
"Oh
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was (first name unknown) FRANKSTEIN
5 a KENNEDY Coz worker,
and she asked him if it was true that Senator KENNEDY was
shot He replied "Yes SERRANO then tried to explain
to her mother that it was true but felt she did not really
it across to her mother and hung up the phone. Miss
SERRANO stated she was crying and near complete hysteria and
did not know what to do
SERRANO was asked to explain why she would call
her parents long distance in Ohio before she had confirmed
It the fact that Senator KENNEDY had been shot She said, If
you could have seen the expression in the face and heard the
Mt way she said, We shot him
9 you would have believed her too
After leaving the telephone_
9
SERRANO walked back
towards the ballroom area and recalls meeting GREG ABBOTT
She tried to tell ABBOTT what she had seen but could not
him to understand She then met DAVE HAINES
9
another Co-worker
for the Youth for KENNEDY Campaign
9
and could not get him to
understand since he had a giri with hin who was crying and
completely hysterical SERRANO then sat in front of a
television set and said aloud_
9
"I saw these people come down
II the stairs
9
what am I going to do? A person in the area told
her she should find & police officer to tell her story to
SERRANO walked out of the ballroom area and met her friend
9 IRENE CHAVEZ She tried to explain her story to IRENE but could
not get her to completely understand They walked out of the
hotel area towards the parking lot but found they could not
leave the parking area and started to return to the hotel As
they returned to the hotel, SERRANO walked up to a man and 8aid,
"I saw them run down the stairs
9
what can I This man
identified himself as Mr AMBROSE a District Attorney from
Beverly Hills
9
(836-5685) and toid
her to come with him and
he would find a
police Officer to tell her story to_ SERRANO
said they found two uniformed police officers and these officers
took ner to an area ingide the hotel where they were keeping
witnesses While she was sitting in this area 9 a person asked
her if she was a witness She briefly told this person what she
had seen and before she realized it
9
she was being interviewed
on television at which time she gave her story the best she could
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Miss SERRANO said after this. television interview_
9
she was taken to the Rampart Substation of the Los Angeles
Police Department and interviewed and then taken to the Homicide
Division of the Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters and
reinterviewed _
Mis s SERRANO described the woman she saw on the stair-
way as being a white female 23 to 27 years of age , tall,
medium build, 125 pounds She had dark brown hair , ear length
(bouffant style) and wore a white voile cloth dress with black
quarter inch polkedots The dots were about 12 to 2" apart
This dre8s had three quarter length sleeves a bib coliar with
a small black bow and wa8 A-lined style SERRANO said she took
special note of the dress since she had a friend with one just
like it) This woman wore black shoes and no purse _ SERRANO
II said this woman did not wear glasses and had 8 nose
11 #1 which she described as a BOB HOPE type _ SERRANO said she
felt she could identify this individual again
SERRANO described the male individual whom she saw
g0 both up and down the stairs with this woman a8 being a white
male (Latin extraction)
9
5'5" tall , 21 to 23 years , olive
complexion
9
black hair long straight
9
hanging over his
forehead and needed a haircuk He wore dark pants , light shirt
9 and a gold or yellow cardigan type sweater and had nothing in hi8
hands SERRANO said she was not sure 1f she could identify this
person again
Miss SERRANO described the other male individual who
she saw only go up the stairs with this woman 88 being
8 white
male (Mexican-American)
9
about 23 years of age , 5' 3" tall,
curly, bushy hair and wore light colored clothes She said
after seeing the picture of SIRHAN SIRHAN in the newspaper
9
she felt certain this was the same person she saw g0 up the
stairs with this woman
Mi8s SERRANO wa 8 asked if she was certain of the events
as described above She said she realizes she was near hysteria
over the shooting, but was sure of the events she described_
SERRANO said she had only the one drink and was not taking any
type 0f medication or
piils
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On June 7 1968 _
9
SERRANO was taken to the Ambassador
Hotel and asked to
iocate
and reenact the incident described
by her above
She had difficulty in locating the stairway she
described but once she found the stairwey
9
she was able to
orientate and describe the events as she recalled them This
stairway is located on the south side of the Ambassador Ballroom
and 1S. used for emergency fire stairs Large double doors
open onto the stairway from a hallway adjacent to the Ambassador
Room From this doorway _
9
the stairs go down to ground level
and up to double fire doors leading into the Embassy Room
which 18 located directly above the Ambassador Room It is
noted that Senator KENNEDY gave his speech in the Embassy Room
and the Ambassador Room below was used to accomodate the over-
flow crowd Television sets had been set up throughout the
Ambassador Room in order to witness the events taking place
upstairs _
Miss SERRANO advised that she had gone to another
exit door before finding the exit to these stairs but could
not out because a uniformed guard told her she wa s not
allowed to go out the doors She said there was no guard at
the double doors she went out to this stairway and the doors
were closed She noted that a uniformed guard whom she
described as a white male , approximately 27 years of age ,
with dark hair wearing a gray uniform
9 was inside the door
when she went back into the hallway area This is the guard
she asked if 't;,was true that Senator KENNEDY had been shots
SERRANO located a bank of public telephones located
in the hallway leading to the main entrance of the Ambassador
Room a8 being the bank of telephones she found to make the call
to her mother She said that there are five phones in
this bank and she identified telephones 386-
'0826l8F
or 386-9837
a,8 the phone she used
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This same date Miss SERRANO was taken to the
NBC Studios
9
Burbank
$
California
2
and a11 film coverage
taken by NBC at the KENNEDY primary celebration was reviewed
by Miss SERRANO She was unable to locate anyone in this
film she thought might Je identical to the woman or the men
she hed seen n the stairway
Los Angeles Police Department Detectives C . J_ HUGHES
9
C _ A CALVERT L; L_ SANDLIN TOM STRONG
9
and U S Secret
Service Agent ANTHONY SHERMAN
9
Jr acc ompanied SA RICHARD C _
BURRIS and SERRANO at NBC and at the Ambassador Hotel
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FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
June 8, 1968
Date
Detective C_ J_ HUGHES Rampa rt Division,
IAPD , accompanied SA RICHARD C BURRLS and SANDRA SERRANO
when SERRANO reenacted the incident described by her in which
she claimed to have heard some backfires or shots at the time
Senator KENNEDY wag shot
HUGHES stated that he was aware of the kitchen
location of the Embas sy Ballroom where KENNEDY was shot, and
it was his Opinion that it would have been impossible for
SERRANO to hear 22 shots on her location on a stairway
described by her He said this was especially true because
of the crowded conditions of the Embassy Room; and he knew
that many people much closer than SERRANO who were inside
the building did not hear the shots
On 6/7/68 at Los Angeles
5
California_ File # Los Angeles 56-156
by
SA RICHARD C BURRIS cea 6/8/68
Date dictated
This document contains neither recommendations nor
conclusiJnQ
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.
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FD-3 02 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
June 7 ,
Date
Miss IRENE CHAVEZ , 2212 North Marengo Street ,
Altadena (794-6514 ) age twenty-one_
2
advised she was a worker
in the Youth for Kennedy campaign She 8aid she lives in the
home of her friend SANDRA SERRANO and went with SERRANO to
the Ambassador Hotel the night of June 1968, to await the
primary results
Miss CHAVEZ advised that abput five minutes after
the shooting of Senator KENNEDY , she met SERRANO in a hallway
outside the ballroom_ She said SERRANO was crying and near
hysteria and told her about seeing two people, a man and a
woman , run down the stairway where she had been sitting and
the woman had eaid some thing about they had shot Senator
KENNEDY _ Miss CHAVEZ said she understood from SERRANO that
she thought these people had shot Senator KENNEDY and not
just the fact that Senator KENNEDY had been shot
Mis 8 CHAVEZ said that after trying to ca Lm SERRANO
down_
9
they met a man who C laimed to be a district attorney and
took SERRANO to the police for interview_
Mise CHAVEZ said she congidered SERRANO to be a
stable person and never knew her to imagine things or maKe
up stories
6/6/68 Altadena , California Los Ange les 56-156
On at File #
SA RICHARD C BURRIS/mca/rah 6/6/68
by Date dictated
This document contains neither recommendationg nor concl-
lusiok? &E 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.
1968
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RCB/oje
On June 5, the Los Angeles Police Department
issued the following A11
'oints
Bulletin describing the
unidentified female wearing a white polka dot dress :
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nrrANI DBAACIIA D1 V401UIv
TT-3
To'T. KENNEDY SHOOTING JUNE 5 0 1968 DR 68 521 466
1 RAM 6-5-68 APB _ E M E R G E N C Y
ASSULT WI'TH INTENT' TO COMMIT MURDER 2 IN CUSTODY
SUSPECT SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN 22 AKA SIRHAN SHARIF BISHARA , LAPD BLG
NO . 495-139
p
MALE
9
JORDANIAN
0
DATE OF BIRTH 115
8
BRN , PII
SUSPECT SHOT SENATOR KENNEDY AND FIVE OTHERS , 3400 WILSIIRE BLVD .
0
LOS ANGELES , CALIF USING A 8 SHOT , 22 CALIBER REVOLVER , BLUE STEEL e
IVER JOHNSON , 2 INCH GUN WENT THROUGH SEVERAL HANDS T0 BROTHER OF SUSPECT
PRIOR To SHOOTING
D
SUSPECT OBSERVED WITH A FEMALE CAUC , 23/27 0 5-6 ,
WEARING A WHITE VIOLE DRESS
0
3/4 INCH SLEEVES , WITH SMALL BLACK POLKA
DOT ? S , DARK SHOES , BOUFFANT TYPE HAIR. THIS FEMALE NOT IDENTIFIED OR
IN CUSTODY .
SUSPECT OBTAINED LICENSE CALIF 1965 EXERCISE BOY AND IF IS NOT KNOWN WHAT
RACE TRACKS HE HAS WORKED .
SUSPECT BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN IN JAIL, PASADENA
p
CALIF 12-18-63 , ATTEMPT
MURDER
ANY INFORMATION ON SUSPECT AND DESCRIBED FEMALE CAUC , RUSH
RAMPART DETS
0 0 6 0 0
ATTN
0 0 0
ALL HOMICIDE DETAILS
0
ATTN
0 0 0
LAPD CENTRAL HOMICIDE
ATTN
0 0 0
FBI LOS ANGELES
0
ATTN
0 0 0 0 0
CII? SACRAMENTO
ATTN PASADENA PD
REFER RAMPART DETS LT , HUGHES /MELENDRES DR 68 521 466
POLICE DEPARTMENT LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA RAM VIA LOP
GL/MAC 1230 PDT LOS CJT 44
5-2 , BLK ,