</s>LA 56-156 AOR/v/h and informed the Los Angeles Police Department that Mrs. WESTAKE, while still living in Pasadena, California. either in the late 1970s or November or the first part of December 1967, gave that gun to a neighbor boy of 1978 Olive that the boy was identified to GEORGE EHRARD as the first of December 1967. gave that Gun to a neighboring boy. She stated Way, Pasadena, 1968, California, 798-3957. Later on the morning of June 5, 1968. The Los Angeles police department was the son. of June 6, 1968 and the Los Angels Police Department was the first time police officer who gave him the gun around the first to the year in 1968 and that he had it on the very short time before he sold it. He stated that he sold the weapon to a person that works with state that he said the weapon of the person that worked with formula, on the northeast corner of Arroyo that Colorado Streets. EHRAD stated that the individual to whom he sold the gun was known only to him as a job, whom he described as a gun was killed only to the Los Angeles Police Department. dual was an Arab. EHARD indicated to the police that he told could recognize and point out this individual he knew as JOB. EhrARD was taken to the Nash Department Store in Pasadena, where he was also identified as MUNIHAN, JOB, EHRAR was taken into the Nash department Store in was taken into ODE. Who was also a water-identified as MURPHAN, Angels Police Department report, officers received informa- tion that ADEL SIRHAN"was also in custody" at the Pasadena Police Department. - 256 - 2025 RELEASE/UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary:  
The document details an investigation into the possession and sale of a .22 caliber Iver Johnson pistol by GEORGE CHARLES ERHARD, who claimed he obtained it from Mrs. DANA TULTA WESTLAKE in December 1967. ERHARD sold the weapon to MINIR BISHARA SIRIAN (also known as "JOE") in February 1968 via a transaction involving another individual described as an Arab. The sale occurred at the P. C. Nash Company in Pasadena, California. ERHARD identified photographs of SIRIAN and another man, MUNIR BISHARA SIRHAN, as individuals involved in the transaction. A photograph of the weapon used in the assassination of ROBERT F. KENNEDY is included.  

The FBI and Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) conducted searches of SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN's 1956 De Soto automobile, registered to STIRIAN B. STIRIAN at 696 East Howard Street, Pasadena. The vehicle was found parked on New Hampshire Avenue and impounded. Items recovered included a "Los Angeles Times" newspaper from June 1963, spent ammunition, a receipt for 22 caliber bullets, keys, and other documents. A key used to access the vehicle was obtained during the search.  

Key People:  
- GEORGE CHARLES ERHARD (sold the pistol)  
- MINIR BISHARA SIRIAN ("JOE")  
- MUNIR BISHARA SIRHAN (identified as "JOB"’s brother)  
- STIRIAN B. STIRIAN (registered owner of the searched vehicle)  
- LARRY SHARKEY (photographer of the assassination weapon)  

Key Locations:  
- Pasadena, California (transactions and residences)  
- P. C. Nash Company, 141 East Colorado Street, Pasadena  
- New Hampshire Avenue, Los Angeles (vehicle location)  

Key Events:  
- Sale of .22 caliber pistol by ERHARD to SIRIAN in February 1968  
- Search of SIRHAN’s 1956 De Soto automobile by LAPD and FBI agents  
- Recovery of evidence including ammunition, receipts, and a newspaper linked to the assassination  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)

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