</s>50-LA-150 VOL LES ser 1-OPEN FBI-CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER LA-LOS ANGELES ASSASSINATION REPORT PART 2 Class/Case M Sub Vol Serial# 0556 158 2 09/01/1988 02/1990 8/11/1202050 RRP00JIC7C 2025 RELEASE UNDER EO

John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Los Angeles Police Department, FBI, Ambassador Hotel, June 4, 1968.

Sandra Serrano, a 20-year-old Kennedy worker, reported seeing a woman and two men, including Sirhan Sirhan, on the stairs near the Embassy Room at the Ambassador Hotel around midnight. The woman was described as wearing a white dress with black polka dots. Vincent Di Pierro corroborated Serrano's account, stating he saw the same woman and Sirhan in the kitchen area.

A search for the woman in the polka dot dress was conducted, but none of the women interviewed matched the description. Sandra Serrano took a polygraph examination, which revealed she had fabricated the story about the girl in the polka dot dress. Vincent Di Pierro also took a polygraph examination, which showed he had been untruthful about what he saw at the hotel.

Laurel Koons was identified as the person accused by friends of being the girl in the polka dot dress. She was in San Diego at the time of the shooting and had an alibi. Muriel C. Lee reported thinking she might be involved in the Kennedy assassination, but her physical description did not match Serrano's account.

Kris Sumter stated she had been wearing a white blouse with small black polka dots on the night of the shooting, but her location at the time did not match Serrano's account. A telephone call was received from John Anthony stating he had obtained information that a Joan London was seen wearing a polka dot dress on the night of the shooting, but further investigation revealed the woman described did not match Serrano's account.

Valerie Schulte was identified as the person wearing a bright green dress with gold polka dots at the Ambassador Hotel on the night of the assassination. She was in the pantry area when the shooting occurred and had been walking beside Kennedy just before the shots were fired. It was determined that Valerie Schulte did not fit the description given by Sandra Serrano, but she was present in the pantry area at the time of the shooting.

The investigation proved that there was no basis for Serrano's allegation that a woman in a polka dot dress had been involved in the assassination.

Kaibar Khan Investigation into the activities of Kaibar Khan brought about allegations of his complicity in the Kennedy assassination. Khan's involvement centered around his participation as a volunteer worker at the Kennedy Campaign Headquarters on June 1 through June 4, 1968. His Middle-Eastern appearance and peculiar behavior caused workers to feel that he had been involved somehow in the assassination.

It was alleged by witnesses that Kaibhar Khan had been seen talking to Sirhan Sirhan at the Kennedy Headquarters. Sirhan was alleged to have been wearing a gun at the time. During the investigation, statements by Khan indicated that he himself may have seen Sirhan as the headquarters on June 4, 1968. The investigation concluded that Khan had probably mistaken another person for Sirhan, and that witnesses had been incorrect about their assertions that Sirhan had been seen at the headquarters.

Khabar Khan first came to the attention of investigators on June 13, 1968, as a result of a check of volunteer cards at the Kennedy Headquarters. The Office Manager of the Kennedy Headquarters, June Isackson, was contacted regarding Khan. She stated that Khan appeared at the Headquarters and volunteered to work for Senator Kennedy. Isackason described Khan as a well-mannered, somewhat over-dressed person who appeared to do strange things.

Khan was interviewed on June 14, 1968, and stated that he had been wearing a cast for an injury which he received while leaving his ex-wife's apartment in March of 1968. The injury occurred when unknown suspects attacked him. Khan reported the incident to West Los Angeles Detectives, but to date the case was unsolved.

Khan confirmed that he advised these people to use his address and phone number. Khan and his half-sister, Maryam Kouchan, both worked at the headquarters on June 2 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Khan and his daughter, Miss Shirriya Khan, worked at the campaign headquarters on June 3 from 3:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. On June 4, 1968, at 2:10 p.m., Khan came to the headquarters accompanied by Maryam Kouchan and his son, Philippe Khan.

Khan was shown a group of photographs, one of which was that of Sirhan Sirhan. Khan then selected the photograph of Sirhan Sirhan and stated that this possibly was the same person he had seen on June 4, 1968, inside the headquarters, but that he could not be positive. Due to the fact that Khan possibly saw someone resembling Sirhan, he was asked if he would attend a lineup. Khan declined the invitation and also refused to volunteer to take a polygraph examination.

Khan further stated that he did not wish to get mixed up in an affair involving the Arabian countries and the Jewish state that might come as a result of the assassination. He stated he did not actually see the young girl talking to the person thought to be Sirhan on June 1, but they were face to face, thought he would not testify in a court of law unless he was one hundred percent sure.

At approximately 8:00 p.m. on June 6, 1968, Khan and Miss Kouchan left the headquarters. They met a young man in his early twenties who had asked Miss Kouchan if they were going to the Ambassador Hotel. When he was informed that they were not, but were heading toward West Los Angeles, the young man asked for a ride.

The young man wanted Khan to go back to the headquarters and get him a Kennedy button or a press pass or something which would enable him to get into the party at the Ambassador. Khan again refused. Khan drove the young man to the vicinity of Westwood and Wilshire Boulevards. The young man gave Khan a piece of paper with his name and address on it.

This was given to Khan in case he could acquire additional campaign passes or buttons that Khan could send to the young man. The younger man's name and address as written on the paper were: Michael Wayne, 1430 South Hippoint Street, #105, Los Angeles, California 90305.

Michael David Wayne was subsequently detained at the Ambassador Hotel immediately after the assassination. He had been observed running from the vicinity of the shooting. It was determined that he was only a souvenir hunter and not involved in the assassination.

Khan was advised that two volunteer workers, Larry Strick and Estelle Sterns, thought they had seen Sirhan Sirhan on June 2 standing near the information desk at the headquarters at about 2:00 p.m. When Strick had asked the man thought to be Sirhan if he could help him, the man replied, "No thanks, I'm with him," and pointed in the direction of Khan.

Khan said that he had no recollection of this incident or of seeing Sirhan at that time. He feels that the only time he could have seen Sirhan was on June 4.

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