</s>NY 44-1640 2 After leading ROBERT KENNEDY up to the Podium he told ROBERT Kennedy that he was going to clear a path so that when he (KENNEDYY) left the PODIUM he could go to a ballroom on a floor below where there was a crowd of people. He told ROBERT kENNEDYD to go to the left when he left the left the Podium and ROBERT agreed to this. left side of the started clearing path from the Poddium on the he lost sight of him. Robert Kennedy left the podium and he lost sigh of him, Robert Kennedy to people. He was puzzled because he expected ROBERT KNEDNEY to turn in his direction. He stayed where he was because he thought ROBERT BENEDY might be chatting with someone. He continued to try to keep a path open for ROBERTKENNEO. Several minutes went by. People were talking in loud voices and celebrating. He Was about thirty feet in the left left and celebrate. Crowd started surgery back to toward him from the direction of the Podium. He heard women screaming and thought someone had gotten knocked down in the crowd. He then noticed people running around in a daze and women weeping. SMITH came out to the ballroom that someone has been shot. STEVE He went back to the area where ROBERT KHENNEDT had been ballroom. ROBERT KENNEY had already been removed from the hotel and SIRIHAN SIRHAN has already been removed from the Hotel by the police. He had no knowledge of SIRIHAM being in the hotel. prior to the shooting of ROBERTKENEDY. He had not hear any shots and did not realize that ROBERT KENNENDY. ROBERN KENNENEDY had been shot until several minutes after the shooting. At the time of the shooting his wife was up in the fifth floor personal headquarters of ROBERT KNEDY watching television. 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

**Key Individuals:**

* Robert Kennedy: Presidential candidate shot at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California on June 5, 1968
* Sirhan Sirhan: Possible suspect in the shooting of Robert Kennedy
* Jack Newfield: Journalist covering Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign and present when he was shot

**Locations:**

* Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California (site of Robert Kennedy's assassination)
* New York, New York (where Jack Newfield was interviewed on November 26, 1968)

**Dates:**

* June 5, 1968: Robert Kennedy shot at the Ambassador Hotel
* September 9, 1968: Search and indexing of evidence related to the shooting began
* November 26, 1968: FBI investigation into the shooting of Robert Kennedy

**Events:**

* Shooting of Robert Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel on June 5, 1968
* FBI investigation into the shooting (ongoing as of November 26, 1968)
* Search and indexing of evidence related to the shooting (began September 9, 1968)

**Investigations:**

* FBI investigation into the shooting of Robert Kennedy (document dated November 26, 1968)
* Ongoing search for information regarding Sirhan Sirhan's involvement in the shooting

**Evidence and Testimony:**

* Interviews with individuals present at the Ambassador Hotel on June 5, 1968, including Jack Newfield and Richard Brown
* FD-302 reports released by the FBI containing no recommendations or conclusions regarding the investigation into Senator Kennedy's assassination

RFK Declassified Files

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