Transcript of 166-12c-1_serial_1_section_2_56-la-156_la_report_6.9.68-part_7_of_7.pdf
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SIRHAN What ?
ANOTHER OFFICER GENE
SIRHAN Oh , GENE _
ANOTHER OFFICER I'm really not sure of the correct
pronunciation, it'8 JEN BROZ is the way , the way it wa $
indicated Like I say , that I not sure of As far as the
vehicle nOw , re little more firm ground I mean I am
Possible
SIRHAN What wa8 that?
ANOTHER OFFICER Probably sonebody brought that's
unhappy Some want8 to the 8 0a} offof him They
apparently just ga ve hinl a shower and uaybe they cut the
water off before the 8 0a?
SIRHAN Good , that's huranitarianism_
ANOTHER OFFICER : Well, we try to give them a show
there 8 nothing wrong with that , is there?
SIRHAN shut the water on me
ANOTHER OFFICER Huh?
S IRHAN They shut the wa ter off on me
ANOTHER OFFICER : You mean they shut it off before
SIRHAN I was completely washed
ANOTHER OFFICER Oh Tell, I think that is what he was
conplaining about _ That shut the watez off before he
had the soap off
S8IRHAN oh Tha t 18 really irritating At least I w ould
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ANOTHER OFFICER Well, I, when I wa s in the Pacific in
World Wax II) whenever it rained, we didn t ha ve any fresh
water 80 whenever it rained We rushed out and get lathered up
and to_ A lot of times you ' d get all la thered up and the
ship would run out 0i the storm So there you are , stuck with
a11 the soap Then you have to down
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get the salt wa ter
and wa sh it off Very bad _ You travel? Ha ve you traveled
ruch? Little momento , little souvenir fror my younger days
STRHAN: not from the fifteen years
ANOTHER OFFICER : Oh oh no Service to God and country
or wha tever you want to call it Mom S old apple and
a11 that
ANOTHER OFFICER : You travel much? Or have you ?
STRHAN: If I had the need .
ANOTHER OFFICER : I didn't say would you I said have
you traveled much I don 't thinl, if you do of course ,
you re the
SIRHAN: I lile to travel I wa tch all kinds of travel
programs
ANOTHER OFFICER : You tell me you , you ve never had much
opportunity yourself 01 would you rather not tell me ? Lile
I said If I into an area you don 't want to talk a bout
SIRHAN: Really
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it is not tha t Really I don 't think
travel
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if I had the money I'd love to travel If I don2 ' t
have it naturally yo1 can t do it_ Really, wha t do yau think ?
Ha v e you traveled ?
ANOTHER OFFICER Some But usua with Uncle Sam paying
the expenses Tha t isn't the most luxurious wajy to travel and
you don' % to pick your destination , I ha ve traveled
a little bit within the country I ha ve been to Mexico a
few times
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and that' s about it Saw a lot of islands They ' re
not as romantic as I was led to believe But nOW there are
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STRHAN Lot 0f illus isn't 1t2
ANOTHER OFFICER : Yeah_ But there are sone real nice There
are some that I woula like
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to g0 bact.
SIRHAN NOw 1f Jol g0 to Hawaii?
ANOTHER OFFICER : Nod Hawaii. I bet Hawaii by nOW is SO
comnercialized .
SIRHAN That S what I Tias going to say .
ANOTHER OFFICER : Tha t ha ve ruined wha t charm it has ,
but the orher islands down south or up in central Pacific_
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those are pretty _
STRHAN I wish I was there _
ANOTHER OFFICER : We 'd probably both be happier if we were
there Could I ask you where you were born?
SIRHAN In the world.
ANOTHER OFFICER: Well, okay . Now you can just tell me if
you would rather not answer , you can just tell me that. I'm
I mean , understand I am trying to pry but I won 't if=
say no , that'8 as far as I will g0 _ So are Jou telling
me you re not going to tell me , or you ' d rather not discuss
it , or do you want to play twenty ques tions ?
SIRHAN Wha t S tha t ? Is that a new game ?
ANOTHER OFFICER : No that's an old game _ Tha t' s an old gamne
SIRHAN Old tricl, huh?
ANOTHER OFFICER No _
SIRHAN How does it
ANOTHER OFFICER It'8 not a trick, really. It kind of a
parlor game
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SIRHAN Can I give you a yes or n0 ra ther than seeking
the refuge of ny
ANOTHER OFFICER Right , right, which 18 perfectly
permissable _
SIRHAN It' 8 legal and permissable
ANoTHER OFFICER _ Right. Ha ve I ever tried to you down
for that?
SIRHAN: But just for the tape
ANOTHER OFFICER Oka;y.
SIRHAN Cen I ever do any censoring on that tape ?
ANOTHER OFFICER Censoring?
SIRHAN Yeah
ANOTHER OFFICER Well
S TRHAN Anything or some thing, you krnOw to modify it_
ANOTHER OFFICER No _ If you edit it a t it looses wha t
ever limited value it would ha ve
3IRHAN It is , ig any of wha t I am sa,ying, would be used
against me in court?
ANOTHER OFFICER If you said anything of an incriminating
nature it could be used against you in court certainly_
Just like that The reason I advised you of your rights
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any -
thing you say of an incrimina ting na ture could be used against
yol in court
SIRHAN I see _
ANOTHER OFFICER : Tha t ' s right
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S TRHAN : Justice, too_
ANOTHER OFFICER Wel1 we want you to unders tand that
before you
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you and in your case it Vie s ea Sy because yoU grasp
things very easily_ Sometimes I have a hard time
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cause I
really_
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I feel that these people should understand before
tal -
SIRHAN: I hear you send then to the slaughter, no?
ANOTHER OFFICER : No _ I don 't feel that wa y . Do you
think I send people to the slaughter? I mean
STRHAN Standard type , you know generally this 18 stereo_
type Every average person regards and ha8 an attitude
ANOTHER OFFICER : Yeah . Well_
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I disagree because na turally
I am prejudice in my ownl favor , both as a human being and as
a law enforcement officer_ I mean I would much ra ther feel
that I serve people
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not that I persecute people _ I kcnow you
think possibly that Mr MURPHY and I were putting you on a
little bit when we said that , but it gives` you
a nice feeling
to s ome guy that looks real bad I Irnow you are skeptical
SIRHAN: How do you mean ?
ANOTHER OFFICER You lool like you are skeptical , but to
clear some guy that looks real bad , everything looks this
guy ' s dead nobody believes him even hi8 family say I don 't
know how any son of mine could ha ve done such a thing, and
tney start digging around and you come up with stuff and you
show that the guy didn t do it Tha t ' $ a , that's a nice feeling
Tha t 8S a reward that nobody can appreciate except and if
you don t appreciate it , you re missing a lot of this I'm
not getting through to you_ But I mean it very sincerely_
It18 not a11 tha t wajy . Let'8 face it We re like any other
group Everybody has a different outlook and attitude on the
job Some guys want to cut corners S Ome guys have to do
everything out of the book , and I think no ma tter what field
you g0 into, judges
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doctors
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different kinds of people _ Lots
of safe ground there I think you can go along'`ith that
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SIRHIAN Yes_
ANOTHER OFFICER Could I ask Jou where Jou were born ? In
this country? No ? So I can sa V e a lot of time, if I were
to ask you the proper country you were born in , would you
answer me ? No? Okay . Then we will forget _ We won 't pla;y
that
SIRHAN I didn t say no and I didn't say yes . You gaid
that no _
ANOTHER OFFICER : I was as king you a question and you shool
your head, which to ie indicates negative
STRHAN : I said nothing, really_ Again tha % ! s
ANOTHER OFFICER : Would Jou ? Would you , if I asked you
were you born in such a8 , let S just s2y , if I asked you if
you were born in Ireland in deference to Nr MURPHY and you
had in fact been born in Ireland, would you answer me
SIRHAN I believe _
ANOTHER OFFICER : Would you answer rle truthfully
or would you
no answer? I'l1 strike that because I think you would answer
ne truthf but you might not
SIRHAN Again Again, yo1 re infringing on my first
comnitment
ANOTHER OFFICER O.ajy .
S IRHAN There he 1s
OFFICER Hi.
SIRHAN Hi_ Refreshed ?
OFFICER : Yeah_
SIRHAN How majy pounds did you lose?
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OFFICER I didn t Majybe you better let him g0 back
ANOTHER OFFICER Yeah - You sure you don 't want anything
Jefore you g0 nOW , to eat .
OFFICER : We 're going to arraign you in a little while You re
going to court
STRHAN: Please make sure about my &ttire _
ANOTHER OFFICER Well, I m not sure your mother.
SIRHAN: Well, could I wear my own ?
OFFICER : Huh?
SIRHAN not? I don 't see why?
OFFICER : I don 't thinl 80 . I think tool and booked
it didn't they?
ANOTHER OFFICER Yeah I doubt if it is aveilable
SIRHAN re some
ANOTHER OFFICER Well, we wee They re not going to embarrass
you in front of eh
SIRHAN I would lile this fixed 0p if possible
ANOTHER OFFICER : Well, I don 't think we can remove it
SIRHAN but you krnow
ANOTHER OFFICER Actually you lool very presentable corpared
to when I first saw yol You re cLean , you re neat your eyes
are clear and if we can get you something that
Wili
fit you
a
little better , (End of conversation They lea ve the
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SIRHAN How do Jou quit eating? I mean sort of with yo1=
OFFICER : I' m only in the Seventh Chapter 80 far and
aC tually don 't even kznOw who the , it' s about the Boston
Strangler, and don t even to this point have hardly
one clue; you IznOW , to say that it was this person or that
person _
SIRHAN Tell, I m topically familiar with that , with
the whole
OFFICER : Yeah Wel1
SIRHAN Story about it. The individual hinself how
does it g0 ?
OFFICER Well, al1 of the
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al1 the W Oillen that ha ve been
assaulted S0 far were done in a certain manner He did it
a11 one way He would assault then in a certain manner and
he would use a nylon , one of their nylons
SIRHAN: Oh _
OFFICER Tie it around their necl and then male 3 bow out
of it You know , like it was very , it wa s artistic to him _
Something that he really enjoyed_ It 18 pretty good S 0 far
I ha ven 't really._
SIRHAN Tha t ' s really cool . He he uses that kind of stuff
OFFICER Wel1, it' 6 mainly , it S0 far ercept for two cases ,
ANOTHER OFFICER : Do you want the lights on in here ?
OFFICER No .
ANOTHER OFFICER :
OFFICER No _
ANOTHER OFFICER
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OFFICER : So far it has been mainly on weelends
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except for
two times _ it has &lwajys been on a weelend and it
alway '8 been single women Either a widow W Oilan or a single
girl or s ome thing lile that
STRHAN You mean attractive , a ttractive?
OFFICER : No
9 no Suprisingly , except for two girls
see one was twenty-two and the other was twenty-three Twenty-two
and twenty-three and al1 the others were sixty-five
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sixty-eight ,
sirty-three , fifty-five, pretty you kznow
STRHAN Gee , that' s really something. I wonder often ,
wha t wa S , what was , eh
OFFICER No doubt that is the mall that is demented mind
sexua The way feel nOW possibly that it is a, young
pers and he has 3
psychological
factor that he should
kill his mother , 0r s ome thing=
SIRHAN : Oh
OFFICER Because he had a fairly bad childhood This is
the way the psychologists ha ve been setting up the pattern _
SIRHAN_ But going into a conversation , is it when , is this
before o1 later that he a dmits that he is trying but
Will not believe ?
OFFICER : Well_
SIRHPN
OFFICER Wel1 guys like this see this is a true story
and remember he escaped
bacl in ' 66. Fe escaped from prison
He was out for three or four dajs back in New Yorl and
Pennsylvania
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back in that area , and he had the state in a
real turmoil
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OFFICER : Well, he didn 't do anything far a8 , you lrnow ,
killing anyone else , but he escaped for a few dajs and
then they recaptured hin _
SIRHAN This wa S , this wa s recently , wasn 't it When they
tracked him in the S12OW ?
OFFICER I don ' + Inow if they tracked hin in the snow or
not , I really don T t Irnow It was back in 63 , or 62 or 63 _
SIRHAN Oh no . This 18 like a year ag0 .
OFFICER : Oh this happened back: it started in June
62_ June 62 .
STRHAN Got any children ?
OFFICER Got two A .little girl &nd little boy _
SIRHAN I wouldn t believe that
OFFICER : Yeah, well.
S IRHAN told me
OFFICER The little girl 1s three , three in February _ I
ha ve 3 little He 11 J6 eight months old the ninth
of this month He just 8 tarting he wantc to wa Lk, but
yo1 Izn OW , he kind of , eh.
SIRHAN Trying_
OFFICER He crawls around a lot and gets into everything _
He sure wants to move about
STRHAN: You know it happens about that time You Icnow
OFFICER : It will take another month, he '11 probably_
SIRHAN Start creeping faster
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OFFICER Yeah Of course , he is pretty big though for his
age Kinq Of heavy
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but he around pretty good .
SIRHAN How long, hOW much doe8 he weigh when he was born ?
OFFICER Well, let's ~see , I think eight pounds s ome thing.
SIRHAN Would tha t be mucln?
OFFICER : Wa s12 t too much really considering But after
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he
grew like a little weed _ He just seemed like every week he
gained and gained and gained and now his hands , fantastic
They re and strong - He gets a hold 0f 8 Dmne thing and you
can hardly pull hin Of: , you krnow
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SIRHAN You JrnOw that'8 odd _ You InOW , Ely folks when
ba by
OFFICER Uh huh
SIRHAN
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I bet your wife must have believe
chronologica description of that thing- infant will take_
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will do as he progresses along in months
OFFICER : Right
SIRFIAI : And like you said about eight months Or S0 he
starts wanting to we lk . But sooner , say %hc third month he
is hanging on the grip_
OFFICER Yeah_
SIRHIAN: Hanging on a grip, yeah
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OFFICER : CATHER INE is her first name CATHERINE SUE She
talks 3 lot now , she ' s 8
real
terror
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terror of the
neighborhood
SIRHAN: What other financial responsibilities (unintelligible)
epply for 2 child (being) fron conception to childs
birth and after that , you know , hospital and doc
hemorrhaging
OFFICER : Wha t do Jou men ? Financially_
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SIRHAN Yes , you know , responsibility financial (unintelligible)
OFFICER : Well, here in California
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about the standard fee,
now this is just in the average standard fee like for
a doctor now is about $200_
SIRHAN Tha t ' 8 the full amount?
OFFICER : Well what this counts for 18 like the prenatal care,
where the wife or girl first finds out that she is
pregnant and then she 11 go once 2 week and the doctor
will look at her
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take her pressure and stuff like
this and then the hospital that cost8
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if it is a
normal delivery , you can figure eround about seven
hundred Six hundred or seven hundred
SIRHAN (Unintelligible)
OFFICER: Yeh, its a lot of money , but now my wife , she ran
into a few complications
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and she had to have a little
bit of surgery and then she had to have
SIRHAN Serious?
@FFICER : well nothing serious
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but it did require a little
bit of surgery and that wa s an additional expense
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SIRHAN: Was that caesarean type of
OFFICER : No She didn t have 8 caesarean , she had the
regular normal child delivery , but in about two
days afterwards _
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her infection set in
SIRHAN In the (abdoinal) (unintelligible)
OFFICER : in the uterus area So then she had to have
8 ome operation and the doctors gave her a good
chance But then that raised the costs to &lmost
$1,200_ Real close by the time we figured everything.
By the time it first initially started until we
home It was about that much She had to stay in
the hospital_ a few extra dajs and the hospital bed
alone was $38 a day and that I2s a 3 bed room that
wa sn't a private room
SIRHAN- What do you nean a 3 bed rOOm?
OFFICER : Well, like there were three , it was a kind of privete
It was a ward A three bed ward A private ward
in thi8 particular hospital ran about close to $60 .
SIRHAN: In a day?
OFFICER : Just one If you Laj in bed there it costs you
$60 bucks
SIRHAN They &lwajs look for ra king it in specialized medicine
and things like that beceuse of experience unintelligible)
OFFICER : Well I dor ' t know There 18 S0 many bad things
about it really I think because , well, even though it
is expensive
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whenever I like Because that' s a reason that I
took up Blue Shield instead of Kaiser Insurance
Because now Kaiser yoU can still go to the hospitel
and you go to the clinic and Jou only see the doctor
that is assighed for that certain
SIRHAN you mean just like yoU come here to work and ha
goes there to Work-
QFFICER : Yes
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right He ' s his particular office or
whatever the case majy be
SIRHAN That ' 8 just like working in a gas station
OFFICER: Yeh, no difference.
SIREAN Are we with another body in here ?
037ICER : there' s nobody in here So what about yourself?
How old are you ? You look very young 23?
SIRHAN: (unintelligible) _ I say about a kid, 23 years ,
you been working here two years
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21 to be a Policeman
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oh hell, your about 25 , 28 ,27?
G#FHER: 24 going on 25_ Kind of young , started out yo rg
SILN Well that' 8 the time to start , early .
ONSIcER: Weli that ' s true
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SITiAN: What; are you going to do at night?
37ZICZR: Here? @h we just process the people that come
tha t are arrested , and fingerprint then just X ~f {Ci;
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identical) and around 4.oe it
won 't be too long now , 4:00 or 4.30 ,
then they feed
SIRHAN: I don 't want to mis8 that
OFFICER : Nothing fantastic
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chow 18 not that great .
STRHAN: I don' t know (unintelligible) keeping here
can t afford to be choosy _
OFFICER: But they only feed here twice a S0 at least
SiRHAN: On really _
OFFICER: Yeh. It' s normal It' 8 standard So
SZRTAN : But why at four in the morning?
OFFICER : Well, besides certain things yu have to you
have to do at about five the prisoner and the fellows
that are going to go to court have to be taken in a
bus have to be taken s ome g0 out to the valley ,
s ome go to the court house
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here up town , and
different court houses And they have to start early
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go into process So it S an all night process
SCrAN You don t , you don t usually sit with them?
6j"iCZR: no it' 8 just this particular case they wanted me
to sit in here _
SZTZAN: (Unintelligible)
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OFFICER : No , we don t normally sit with everyone that coines
in because we wouldn t have enough policemen.
SIRHAN : I'd hate to pay for it man , you know , these tex
pajers
OFFICER : Yeh, well
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you can understand on this particular
case there more concerned than usual_
SIRHAN: Yes , 0f course_
2_ OFFICER : I'd like very much to talk to you
4 OFFICER I don t ever knowyour first name , or nick name
like (unintelligible)
EzRHAN: They call me SIRHAN SIRHAN
talking in background)
SIRHAN: Hom Long yOu guys been on this job? (Unintelligible)
OFFICER : Well lets see here - Probably an hour Quite a while
STRHAN: Huh?
2FFTCER : Quite a while
IRHAN: I thought S0 . Good place to learn
JXXJCER: How much schooling have you had?
S4N: I don t know _
{:?ICER: Well, what I mean by this is have you completa- nnigh
school, have you completed college or have yo 1 tc
any special trade schools ?
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SIRHAN: No , none of that , I wish I did
OFFICER : What ' d you hope to get out of life?
SIRHAN: Well, I (unintelligible)
OFFICER: Are you married?
SIRHAN Why did Jou ask me what I've gotten out of life?
OFFICER : Well, what had you ?
SIRHAN Nothing
OZFICER : Nothing, Why?
SIRHAN What do you want to do to me?
OFFICER : Was it Was mistake on your part , theirs?
SIRHAN I don 't know
OFFICER : Are you married , were you married, are you divorced?
SIRHAN I don t know
OFFICER : What do Jou mean you don't know
3ZRFAN Bet thig place is bugged .
0R3ICER : Not this place _ You try to imply too many things _
Your trying to think that yur the big nortorioug
criminal
S,iSN (unintelligible)
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OFFICER : Wel1 they heve policemen sitti: g like this
quite a few times with different (unintelligible)
there' s 3 lot of reasons to protect yourself
B. OFFICER : How are you doing?
A.OFFICER: I'm still eitting You know you can talk
about anything you want to_ Your sure free to talk_
You don t have to think that you can 't sa, this and
that
ETRHAN: I appreciate the (unintelligible) thank you cop
OFFICER : Do you like (unintelligible) ?
SIRHAN: Kind of
OFFICER : How 'd yol hurt it?
SIRHAN: I don 't know _
OFFICER : Lay it dOwn or something? When did it happen?
SIRHAN: I don 't remember
OFFICER : You can't reiember
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UI"ICER: What ' s the matter?
GIxpan: Nothing How ' s the pal of yours?
~ZTCER: Huh?
SIRHAN: How S the of yours?
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OFFICER : Oh he ' s still working on the ca8e Oh yeh, his
identity is broken A man S identity a lwajs comes
to late at one time or another
SIRHAN : I agree
OFFICER : Huh?
SIRHAN : I agree (unintelligible)
OFFICER? Oh sure We may whoever it another falge
impression
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lawyer
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policemen; who
ever the person may farmer
SIRHAN: (Unintelligible) getting ready .
OFFICER : But at one time or another either immediately or
later
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people are going to know why your there and
your real self
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your true identity_
OFFICER : Number 7 looked up like this
STRHAN: Yeh it does _
OFFICER : Even been in jail like this before?
SIRHAN: Right now
OFFICER : Pretty close quarters , makes you feel like you cut
out from society from the world
SIZHAN: Yeh, very (unintelligible)
0FZICER : Well not S0 much that just that doesn t bother me ,
the fast , the wa lls are going to cave maybe
(unintelligible) here for awhile
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OFFICER : You from the LA area?
SIRHAN: A little
OFFICER : Why don t you talk to me?
SIRHAN: don t you let me change Iy shirt?
OFFICER : No they wou ldn 't let me do it because they said the
other prisoners are going to want their shirt changed
to and we don 't have enough shirts for the rest of
the prisoners S0 we can't (unintelligible)
STRHAN: I thought it (unintelligible) I mean , Jou could
adjust it in length, but I don 't blame you your right
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your right
OFFICER : I don t play any punches , I tell you if you can't have
something if you can
SIRHAN: How do you mean? I like it that way .
OFFICER : That' s the way it should be
SIRHAN (Unintelligible)
OFFICER : (Unintelligible)
OFFICER : It was probably was He ' s just new up here .
SIRHAN : (Unintelligible) Very nice man _ You are nice to.
I mean that_
OFFICER : I messed around a11 yesterday I worked in my
yard_ My crazy I've a labradore , darn thing,
I went to great pains and putting in some little fern
bushes in my yard -
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SIRHAN: Hard work_
OFFICER : So the other night he goes out there
2
and what did
he he digs up every fern bush , I think there ' s
about four
9
seven , seven fern bushes and he up
everyone of them
SIRHAN: (Unintelligible)
OFFICER: I think what it there' s a few gophers down in
there down in the ground and I think he smells them
and he starts digging at them _ So I had to do it
a11 over again and take them away from him_
SIRHAN: Tha t S a lot of work.
OFFICER : And then I didn t lay down last night and any
sleep, I usually do but I didn't last night Sleep
today? Take off work an hour
SIRHAN: (Unintelligible)
OFFICER : This is my first day back after two dajs off
SIRHAN: Wha t do you do for sports?
OFFICER : Like to race motorcycles in dirt some
SIRHAN: that' s a lot of fun
OFFICER : It' & kind of dangerous
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but fun
SIRHAN: (Unintelligible)
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iS ,
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OFFICER : I have 8 scrambler now
2
but I'm thinking about
getting a butaco, either a Butaco or a husky marlin
SIRHAN: (Unintelligible)
OFFICER : the Butaco- Who the heck makes that? It might
be English, but I don t know
29
but I know it8 not a
Japanese product _
SIRHAN : Apparently the English, German
9
Italian (unintelligible)
OFFICER : But either that or a husky marlin, that ' s a pretty
good dirt bike
SIRHAN: Where do you race?
OFFICER : I go out to Newhall sometimes there' s a track out
there a couple out there have a ranch, and they
have a pretty good track out there And then s ome -
times go out by Lancaster _ In fact , a good buddy
of mine and I are going out the 16th and race near
Lancaster we are going- It' s a 125 mile course
SIRHAN: 125 miles course?
OFFICER : Yeh _ The biggest one I've raced in was 250 miles
You re shot in your shoes
9
your tired, your com 5
pletely exhausted _ I like to hunt and fish_
SIRHAN: What do you hunt?
OFFICER : I like to hunt especially_
SIRHAN I like to go deer hunting and grunion hunting.
OFFICER : I haven' t gone grunion since Fall of 1965.
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SIRHAN: did you decide to become a cop?
OFFICER : Oh I dcn't know I've alwajs kind of been interested
in law enforcement I have a really good friend
back home that was a State Trooper Highway Patrolman
and he kind of got me interested into it And then
I just felt that that was my way or my little bit of
helping society a little bit
SIRHAN: (Unintelligible)
OFFICER : I should have continued on being a fermer or rancher
That ' s what my dad is , a rancher
SIRHAN: Oh
OFFICER : Still a rancher_ Good life
SIRHAN: Beautiful, outdoor life
SIRHAN Environment and social conditions , then really you
wouldn 't have a11
OFFICER : That means you would have t0 be
SIRHAN If you adapx God made you with that , if you
were exactly like that about environment or conditions
then that woula be beautiful_ you know there
would be no aren % they? How would you Icnow?
OFFICER: Well I thinlc personally =
3
if you were to have that "ype
of society_
3
and_people were going abide by it, to live
it, they would have in my opinion someone
with really much, ah, hardly any goals, you know ,
he didn't really care he just does what he is told to
do and he really, he does his little job whether it
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boy ,
by to, be ,
of ,
'8
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punching hi8 or that and there i8 n0 real gain
because if he doe 8 any more he is not gping to get
any more credit
SIRHAN Well_
9
I tell you I mean I thihk I can under-
stand lookc at animals , talce che horse8 for instance
9
you lcnow even in horses another horse , maine, etc
9
al1 look alile
9
they &l1 act alike you krow and
yet , each one of them I think has some feature
9
regard -
less of their general appearance8 , we re al1 human
beings , right two. Legs, you krnow , some of
us have 8ome physical Teature8 Ihat i8 the reason' for
my belleving you know that type of thing
OFFICER : Well in some sense nOw SIRHAN
9
I Irnew spme horses that ,
speaking of horse8 _ See YOU ve
S IRHAN Yeah, you lmow I gaid that because yoU want my 8ide _
OFFICER : Yeah, yeah, but this 18 really true, you IrnOW , I
mean
SIRHAN You lmow it would be alright if we didn t have the
faculty to realize you krnow you have tb realize the
difference 1n2 features and what have you, then really
you might a8 well loolc at things and consider each other
to be the same
OFFICER : Well a man ' 8 mind should be open to challenges a11 the
time
SIRHAN Right
OFFICER It should be open for
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S IRHAN That 8 what I told you
OFFICER : New ideas or whatever the case may be
SIRHAN Well FRANK he sould be a public spealcer of some sort
He has got a beautiful idea a beautiful outlook_ What
do other officers think about whak you re saying?
What wa8 the sentence?
OFFICER : Oh I thinl ihe general trend This I think very much
the quality and the trend of tche policeman is getting
of higher caliber
S TRHAN Yeah, I think that in relationship %0 what we re dis_
cussing .
OFFICER Oh I don ' t Irnow
8IRHAN What do yol thinlc on the same point?
OFFICER Oh I. A lot of tchem feel very 8imilar ideas I m sure
In fact , I aow of several fellows who I don 't know how
the personally setrle case, but it you lcow it'8 like
any profession There are cases where there 18 misjust
and misuse and injustice and everything else connected
with al1 professions _
SIRHAN I agree
OFFICER : I don 'x care if it'8 the person 'hat may he ' 8 just a
c Ommon labroer, maybe he does , may be he washes out
toilet bowls or the highest person that can gain a posi-
tion in the world _ There T 8 still injustice and maybe
misuse of his power _
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STRHAN Let me say Jou lrnow your the first man, Iplease
Your the first man that ever said that and expressed
in the same way a8 I feel it
SIRHAN The feeling I couldn t quit this feeling The way JoU
described it
OFFICER : How 8 that?
OFFICER Vell you mean
SIRHAN Misuse of authority
OFFICER : Well I think_
SIRHAN Position and things like hat
OFFICER : This happens everyday , it happens 28 a Parent cause I
cach myself once in a while because of la parent of my
little children elling them_different things or this
or that that really if I tell them to da it a different
way or ask them to do it a different way it would still
be accomplished and maybe there wouldn t' be animosity
or maybe they wouldn'% feel bad about it You kow
thi8 i8 true you never think it applies lto this
SIRHAN You re scil1 have God morele8s a8 the malster, you Imow
OFFICER : Everything he learns you teach him the traits he picks
up he copies after the older person
SIRHAN I'm happy for you
OFFICER : You had a pretty , you had more education than just high
school haven t you?
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SIRHAN How do you figure?
OFFICER : Well, I mean yoU re pretty apt , I mean your not any
person that 1s 0f low intelligence and you speal well
and you eh _
SIRHAN Thank yol , your togenerous
OFFICER : Well, maybe jour just a victim of cireumstance
8 IRHAN Beautiful Or of circumstance
OFFICER : Well you lmow you never can tell I mean maybe _ I
don t krnow maybe if circumgtances were different_
9
it
be vice versa I'd be over on the bench and you 1 d be
over here You kcnow _
9
you don'% kcnow
S IRHAN Like we were discussing those men I don t know if you
were listening
OFFICER No I wa8 _ I had to eat my lunch
STRHAN When Mr KTRSCHE plan you lcnow he Went around prosecuting
and things lilre chat He had occabion to be in a vic 5
cim 8 position you Icnow and he had several times lilce
we just said You might be here and I might be there
you know how it i8, you really he other side
Understand the other side hard feelings or whatever
OFFICER : Are you Armenian? The reason I a8lc 18 that I have
a real good friend that I woric for that Ihe has a shop
in Pasadena chat he 1 8 an Armenian and eh
SIRHAN I'll 8it for a minute then see
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OFFICER : Well, don ' % you just bit down there
S IRHAN Al1 right _
OFFICER What ?
SIRHAN (not readable) _
OFFICER Pardon me
S TRHAN I can 't see yoL 28 a policeman
OFFICER : Alrighc _
S IRHAN You Imnow- Jou lcnow you lmow the average
cicizen the average guys ` Ghey have Various types of
ipinion of the police you lrnow
OFFICER Well sure
SIRHAN Can you out of that or do you disagree with me ?
OFFICER No this is rue
S IRHAN So I having_ general concessions of that stereotype
policeman _
OFFICER : Yeah
STRHAN I wonder if they have anything out chere?
OFFICER There i8 no one else around here We got it from next
door but we can t wake him up _ In fact it i89 they' re
a11 awake now cause it i8 brealfast and/a11 of them are
awake
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STRHAN They are al1 awalce now
OFFICER : You were %allcing about stereotype policemen
SIRHAN Yeah, stereotype policemen that that , abbut Jou expres8
the same difference You re the complete reversal The
complete opposite the you the opposite in such a differenc
way You Irnow what I mean That it '8 hard for me t0
thinlc of' you that way . You lcnow what I mean
OFFICER
2
Well , I ah , in 8omne re specc _
3
I hope you just thinl
of mj a8 just another human being
SIRHAN Well we are a11 brothers
OFFICER : It'8 yoU didn t oh, I ask you 5
I said, I ask you if
by any chance you were Armenian because the reason I
asl the cause is because you loolr just apout identical
to a individual I used to worlr for except he was older,
of course And ah he ' s Armenian , a real nice fellow
He came over here from ah Armenia
9
I guess_
SIRHAN : (Chuckcle ) where else would he come from
OFFICER : Yeah, 80 anyway he came over here , oh God, eight or
ten years ag0 himself a good business now Doing
pretty good He just ah his wife went for her citizen,
I gures8 it was her test
IRHAN What ?
OFFICER : Her citizenship _
S IRHIAN : Uh, where foreigners become a citizen_
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OFFICER Yeah, study for citizen_ I guess it is| really
hard. I never really ah a friend I wa3 working with
out in Hollywood_ that his wife was a ah an English
girl, he wa8 in the bervice and he married her over
in England and he brought her home and he said that
she studied a year or over that I gue88; This con-
stant scudying Learning everything have to Imow
I talked to several individuals and chey said it wa8
quit
9
I didn * realize it was tha hardl to become a
citizen _ To pass the test or whatever it i8 _
SIRHAN I'm glad I don 't have to go .
OFFICER : Yeah
SIRHAN So we don' & have to g0.
OFFICER I can see it would be hard to go into 8 strange
country _ Well it' 8 even that way when you go down
into Mexico I g0 down there fishing once in a while
9
and you go down there and it 18 a
complete different
world_
SIRHAN Different environment eh
OFFICER And you g0 down there and try to explain something to
someone and they re lost Maybe they krhow what you re
tallcing about and don t want to let on , or maybe thej
completely Icnow what your talling about One of the
two And boih you re lost and boih you wall off shaking
your heads and wondering wha € 8 happening
S IRHAN : Yeah, and gO , and gO , and go , no hard feelings you krnow
because you Irnow
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language barrier
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OFFICER : It'8 a language barrier sure But that 8 where our
feelings start A lot of cimes it'8 a language
barrier Because a lot of times especially a8 a
policeman this happen
STRHAN How come?
OFFICER : Well if you 8top a Spanish per8o1l You Inow a
Spanish spealring person and he honestlyl really in
general doesn ' % understand English and maybe the cir-
cumstance indicates or something the policeman feels
he does understands the situation then automatically
there 18 a barrier there Because maybe the policeman
feels he 18 trying to cover up or something
SIRHAN Well I, I.
OFFICER Then che person
SIRHAN That 8 right _
9
that '8 where eh
OFFICER : Yeah, now why don t you understand me I tell you the
truth, and yol cel1 me a liar You lrnow and this or
that and mabye you end up parting company and maybe
the person that your interviewing has" gotten a false
impression
SIRHAN Yeah
OFFICER Our first image or whatever the case may be The
same thing with policemen for centuries You ha8
happened a couple of times , with where I honestly
felt that this person understood English and he wa8
using his language a8 an advantage 88 a crutch
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SIRFIAN Yeah, barrier
OFFICER : You know as a crutch-
SIRHAN As crutch, oh
OFFICER : You Irnow and I really 8incerely believe this _ Buc it
was no way that I could prove it _ There wa8n 't any
Spanish spealcing officer available at that particular
time So _
SIRHAN What 18 it then I don t kow if I could say what 1 8
aVerage What i8 the average mentality of people thai
come in
OFFICER : In, in the jail Gee , I don t lrnow vexy, very truth-
fully
9
there is 8ome ah real uneducated | persons Now
some just , some people who have never really had an
opportunity _ Some people have never wanted to take an
opportunity_
IRHAN : Oh , how I wanted to .
OFFICER : You Imow there 18 s0 many people come in here that
they can always blame someone else They can
never , you cnOW , maybe_ maybe there 18 a lot of reasons
someone else may be at faulc for a loc of things
but there are 80 many people blaming everything on
someone else You know they don 'x realize maybe , I
was at fault a little bit You lcnow _
)
maybe just a
little bit I was at fault We are getting back to
doing things again
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S TRHAN Well really, how can how can how can one really get
away from it
OFFICER You can 't
SIRHAN You can t, yeah
OFFICER Thi8 , this the human error You lmow _ The mind The
human mind
SIRHAN To heli with that right .
OFFICER Thanks
S IRHAN I am saying it in the times You must be tired of it
OFFICER : Nah
SIRHAN I thinl, Jou Irnow
9
I, we sort of on terms with each other
the way we "were before
OFFICER : But I don'% lrOW your name I don 't think it's doing
justice to you or right to anyone just to call you JOHN
DOE
S IRHAN You will in time
OFFICER : Why?
SIRHAN Unreadable
OFFICER Who are they?
S TRHAN You Imow a11 them
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OFFICER : Oh, the detectives .
STRHAN Yea
OFFICER Oh , can t you tell me?
S TRHAN Olcay
3
pal , you ready to go
SIRHAN Olcay if I wash my hands?
OFFICER Good -
OFFICER : Come over here , why don 't you wash them over here
We can do it
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A_ OFFICER : I thought some of the things you sa1d _
8ome of the things you mentioned crossed
my mind you wonder here ' 8 , a11
of a sudden here ' 8 a guy that's on your
team &nd now a11 of a sudden he 's on the
other team
STRHAN: Right , right.
A OFFICER and, 1f anything, I think probably they
worked harder because the feeling that
everybody 18 going to be looking at them
say are they going to this guy a break
because he ' 8 one of them? I think they
probably Work harder_ Don't you?
SIRHAN : You to pay? Try in what respect?
A OFFICER : I think they actually worked harder on
him than they Would have under other
circumstances , because everybody Would
be thinking just what Jou are probably
thinking_
9
that this guy is one of them,
they are not going to try to be hard on
him_
SIRHAN: Well, I don't kmnow why do you want to saj
that superficially that they were trying
to do that. He woula have it if he knows
the judges and he knows the whole book yol
might saj
Ba OFFICER: Yeah, but first of all they turn the inves -
tigation and prosecution over to the Attorney
General rather than_
SIRHAN: State police?
B_ OFFICER: Yeah, right , because he was a member of the
District Attorney' 8 staff , District Attorney' s
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Office bowed out , who woula normally
prosecute that type of case, and the
Attorney General' s Office came in, and
took over the investigation and the
prosecution of the case 80 there couldn't
be any allegations of any kind of collab-
oration because he wa8 8 member of the
staff that something wa8 done in that
manner. The toughest part about our
business i8 trying to find out the right
person = The toughest part about
SIRHAN: Wait_ wait, wait, wait_ Trying to find
out the right person?
B OFFICER : To have the right person_ We have more
trouble proving a person innocent than
we do have proving gullty_ I can work
like hel1 on a case trying to prove somebody
is innocent And I probably work harder
on a case to prove this _ So does he
SIRHAN : But really, would you indulge your-
self in it to begin with_ In trying to
prove them innocent _ I mean aren't
you_
B_ OFFICER: Itl8 part of your job
A_ OFFICER: to eliminate them _ it18 part _
B_ OFFICER : of your job _ Seriously now you got a pretty
open mind
9
you think about these things _
SIRHAN : I am alwajys open like I 8aid. I am always a
good listener, but I am very hard to persuade _
A OFFICER : I understand that_ You a case here ,
three suspects alright, you to work hard
If Jou prove a guy innocent_ 8o much the better,
because what you have eliminated them_ Under-
stand me?
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SIRHAN Well, I am not an investigator
9
really
9
80 I am agreeing with you for ar gument sake
A OFFICER : Well
9
all right _ Your taking what I am
saying at face value
9
at least , whether you
it personally or not that S up to Jou
But thats the way we
feei
about it In
other words , we are concerned in finding
the right guy to prosecute
9
and not just
prosecuting I know a lot of people that
think otherwise
9
but that not the case
You know li8ten he and I have a different
job than some people , we 're no different
from you or anybody else
SIRHAN Your human beings _
A OFFICER : That ' s right We try to do our job the
best we can 9 and let me ask you this
Would you purposely try to hang some guy
in a case if you thought he was innocent?
SIRHAN: But really I have such an (mumbles ) indifferent
attitude I entertain a different attitude
toward this business because really the thoughts
and the truth, really
9
re relative Where
there is no factual there is no facts directly
8a,y this is wrong, this 18 right_
9
and you know
everything 1s what you think, it 18 , no ?
A OFFICER: That ' s right
STRHAN: that for me to 8ay that a man 18 , like
you says , you want to hang a man and you
don t t want to hang a and this and that
Really for my conscience sake
9
I Would just
sit down and not commit myself Really
9 because what if I did succeed in having him
hanged ?
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A OFFICER : You are getting ahead of me now _ I'm just
saying if Jou had a preference a8 a human
being, you certainly wouldn't try 'to have
some person even charged with a crime if
you thought he was innocent Now just
you,
yourself
)
I krnow you wouldn't, I don't have to
ask you_
SIRHAN : I don't understand.
A OFFICER : Well, 1f Jou were in our shoes and, well,
I can't sa,y that because I am putting you
back in_ You Wouldn't try to convict an
innocent person , you, yourself Would you
Work hard to convict a person that you
really sincerely believe 18 innocent?
SIRHAN: I don't really know_
9
you re asking me this
question and you are putting me, you're
giving me the responsibility of something
80 fantastic that 18 beyond my mental and
physical ability to cope With, reelly_
mumb ling
A OFFICER: I don't think it 18 beyond your mental ability_
I think you a lot of mental ability and I
think you have been putting u8 on a little bit
here _
SIRHAN: What are you talking about Mr
A OFFICER: See right now right now , you are doing it _
You re very sharp, you 're very sharp
STRHAN: Do you mean that a8 a compliment or a ,
A_ OFFICER : I mean that a8 a C ompliment _ I no reason
to say otherwise_
STRHAN: Well, I actually thank you sir
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A_ OFFICER : 1 owed you one You said something nice about
me and it8 the least I could do, and in this
case, I'm sincere Could I ask you how much
education you have without getting into
forbidden waters here?
SIRHAN: Really , nothing 18 forbidden_
A OFFICER : Well, you know what I mean:
STRHAN: Just for the tape sake, how Would you
interpret what I mean?
A OFFICER: Well, yol mean if you responded to my question
about how much formal education Jou had?
STRHAN: Whatk that?
A OFFICER: This 18 selfish curiosity .
SIRHAN : Very formal education stands 1t'8 really,
again it'8 what you think_ You know , I mean
what it is
A OFFICER : I specified formal because some people who have
no formal education, by formal I would mean
What's the matter? Your knee bothering you? Are Jou
in an uncomfortable position there? Or
SIRHAN : I am trying to pop it_
A OFFICER : Do you Want to put it on the chair?
SIRHAN : that'8 all right _
B OFFICER : Oh, i8 it twisted?
SIRHAN: it'8 hurting some now
B OFFICER : Do you want to it up here?
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SIRHAN : No, no, no . Never Relaxation is
my desire_
B_ OFFICER: You can relax like I do . I relax best with
my feet up
SIRHAN: It sure feels good to be an investigator
doesn't it?
A OFFICER : I enjoy it . It'8 a lot of Work. mumbling
SIRHAN: And a lot of responsibility.
A_ OFFICER: Yeah_
9
lots of responsibility Sincere about
your job which I think I alwajs have been _
SIRHAN: Listen, how Would Jou just concern; me by
what one saj8 and then reversing what he
say8 or
A OFFICER Not usually
SIRHAN: deluding anybody I love Mr JORDAN
you know and turn around an blasti the shit
out 0f hin_
A= OFFICER : Oh well. How do you feel yourself? That '8
the only way Jou can measure sincerity _ It'8
individual 8 feeling nobody knows you
know how sincere I am and I know how sincere
you are_
STRHAN: I agree _
A OFFTCER: You to take everybody and figure out
their face value and go from there Jou know ?
SIRHAN: It'8 a presumption then_
no , no,
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A _ OFFICER : Of what?
SIRHAN I know_
A OFFICER : What do you mean? Presumption of what?
SIRHAN Well, When you face Jourself _
;
you know you
presume something that I don't understand
A OFFICER: Well, now I can explain it to Jou
SIRHAN: Oh , hell, you investigator_
A_ OFFICER : Humm
SIRHAN: You investigators _
A OFFICER : He ' 8 sharp, he ! 8 going to assume nothing_
He won't even let you the words in his
mouth
SIRHAN: Really A11 of them talking at the same time_
$ can't understand_
A OFFICER: That'8 what We re doing; that' 8 what We want
you to do ,
B OFFICER : Wel1, we would like to convey the idea to you
and establish some sort of rapport with you
in some matter that you maybe could feel that
you could trust 48 a8 much as anybody can in
this particular predicament we find ourselves
in The point W e are trying to make to you i8
that We have to do certain things _
STRHAN: Like investigating
A OFFICER : And we re not going to do anything that
shouldn't be done You can prove somebody ! s
innocent . I'd just 38 soon do that a8 prove
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they re guilty _ I'd rather do that You
can more satisfaction More of a satis-
faction_ Something you got to live with and_
SIRHAN: I'11 hold Jou to that statement . I'd like
your number
A OFFICER : You can hold me to it, 80 help me
SIRHAN: Something you to live with_ Really , that's
quite touching_
A OFFICER : That'8 right You leave here and g0 home
SIRHAN: 4 man has the right _ reserves the right to
have this statement at my disposal at any
time _
A_ OFFICER : Absolutely .
SIRHAN: Thank you_
B OFFICER : No question about anything that We do? We Tre
public servants in effect, 80 in effect Jou
might say it'8 public property, within
reasonable bounds ; I mean proper requests ,
proper channels _ Will be honored certainly _
Were Jou just not going to cell me about
your you didn't cut me off or nothing?
SIRHAN: No, I don't, no, no _ Forgive me if I
implied that_ I read a lot
B OFFICER: I gathered that_ You like to read ?
STRHAN : I enjoy it_
B OFFICER : Well, I ean't argue there _ I lfke to read
myself _
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A OFFICER: And what do you like to read?
SIRHAN: Anything you me
A OFFICER: You're not 3 mystery reader , are you?
SIRHAN : I'm a fancier of good mystery stories. I' m
alwajys anxious to krnown the unknown _
B . OFFICER : Not science fiction?
SIRHAN: I don't care much for that Anything really .
Like you 8aid, or I don't know if you meant
it at a11 or remember that
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you know _ you
complimented me on having an open mind
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no?
B _ OFFICER : Right , right _
SIRHAN Well, why Would having an open mind imply
you restrict your source or type of material
you want to read or discu88 or respond to_
B OFFICER : You have any particular_ What have vou
read recently that
appealed
to you? My
readings been remiss here lately but some-
thing Jou really liked
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really enjoyed, that
you read recently_
SIRHAN: Well, like I wa8 telling with Mr _ HOWARD about
the stock market
A OFFICER : Al1 right _
STRHAN: Browse through it; I don't understand any -
thing about it and he didn't understand any -
thing about it I asked him to try to explain
something about it for me . You know how it
goes on and operates like that You know the
transaction type for the actual procedure 18
for acquiring stock and the disposing of it
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and profiting from it and things like that
you know They re really fascinating in
looking at the readings in the paper about
it
A OFFICER: Listen there are a lot of people that spend
a lot of money that don't know much about
it too _ A lot of monej changes hands in
stocks It'8 kind of a legalized' gambling
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B_ OFFICER: If you wanted to buy stock you would do it
just the same way I would
SIRHAN: How?
B_ OFFICER: Call up a broker and say I would like to
buy some stock.
SIRHAN: And hell if you were a gambler you can't
call up any ola bookie and place such a bet _
A_ OFFICER:
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I say its sort of a legalized it8
accepted no stigma attached to it
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even
in church they accept the stock markets _
B_ OFFICER: And let your stockbroker do the rest of
the work Send him the money and
SIRHAN 5 per cent interest? What is their cut
in the U _ S . here
B OFFICER: I couldn't answer your question
A OFFICER : I think it'8 at least 5_
B_ OFFICER: They a commission but huh _
A. OFFICER: On resale I think, automatically
a
piece When you buy it some
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and
when you sell 8ome
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SIRHAN They you both ways huh?
A_ OFFICER: Sure
SIRHAN: Then you can't contact independently can you?
A OFFICER : No _
B_ OFFICER: You have to be a member of the exchange
Ag OFFICER: You have to go through the broker
B_ OFFICER: Yeah That ' 8 _ I never had enough money
to fool around stock markets especially
SIRHAN: I wish I had_ Really that would be a good
adventure to erperiment with
B= OFFICER: Oh it'8 a lot of fun I gue8s I know
people
SIRHAN: You a few dollars to throw away
Ag OFFICER: That'8 the clue right there if you have a
few dollars _
B OFFICER: That you can throw way . You see which is
right
SIRHAN: Well again you know you can find them again
and them back at 5 per cent or whatever
profit
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A_ OFFICER : If you the last the ideal one 18 what buyer
the dollar share and have it shoot up to $95
or $100 a share but it doesn 1 t happen_ At
least if I bought I m sure the company would
go broke
SIRHAN: It ain't no fair if policemen were in a private
enterprise I'd buy a few shares of it just
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because your in it Mr JORDAN _
BS OFFICER: I wonder about our business if it woula
be good _ You were never lacking for
business _
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