</s>Case Number: 174- HQ-1 Sub 1 Serial(s): 82 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Syracuse, New York, March 1966
* Bomb hoax call made to Senator Robert F. Kennedy's office in the Federal Building on March 1, 1966
* Anonymous telephone call reported by Onondaga County Sheriff's Office
* FBI notified and investigated
* Search of Senator Kennedy's office and adjacent offices conducted by Kennedy guard; nothing significant found

John Edgar Hoover, Director, FBI
* Letterhead memorandum enclosed with transmission to Albany (1741-1) on March 2, 1966
* Concerns individual believed to be covered by agreement between FBI and Secret Service concerning Presidential protection
* Categories checked include:
	+ Attempted or threatened bodily harm to government official or employee
	+ Threatened or attempted to redress grievance against imminent visit to government officer or employee
	+ Background potentially dangerous; identified as member or participant in community movement; under active investigation as member of other group or organization initial to U.S.
	+ Subversives, ultrastrangers, racists and fascists meeting one or more criteria:
		- Evidence of emotional instability or irrational behavior
		- Employment record including arrests or convictions; conduct or statements indicating strong anti-U.S. sentiment
		- Prior acts including arrest or conviction; conduct or statements indicating propensity for violence and antipathy toward good order and government
	+ Individuals involved in illegal bombing or bomb-making

United States Secret Service, Syracuse, New York
* Notified at 5:25 p.m. on March 1, 1966 by FBI
* Special Agent George Peet notified at 5:25 p.m.
* B.J. Corcoran, New Orleans Police Corps Group, notified at 5:55 p.m.

John Edgar Hoover, Director, FBI (continued)
* Transmission to Albany (1741-1) on March 2, 1966
* Enclosures include letterhead memorandum and other documents

RFK Declassified Files

174-hq-1-1_sec_000_ser_82.pdf

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