</s>DEPARTMENT OF STATE Department of State TELEGRAM STATES OF AMICIATI AMERICA 2.2 CONFIDENTIAL 531 PAGE 31 LONDON .9947 1618192 50 ACTION SY 03 INFO EUR 15/NEA 13/SS 20/NSC 10/RSC 01/RSR 01/SSO 00/NSCE 00/063:N E.V.T.W.S.V .- S.V-S.A.E. O P 1617502 JUN 68 OFFICE OF SECURITY FM AMEMBASSY LONDON. TO SECTATE WASHDHIC IMMEDIATE A249 INFO AMEMBSASSY AMMAN PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BEIRUT AMEMGBASSY JERUSALEM AMEMBSASY TEL AVIVI CONFIDENTIAL L. LONDON 9947 SUBJI KENNEDY ASSASSINATION REF: STATE 1831941 LONDON 99545, 99646. 1. JON KIMCHE PROVIDED EMROFF FOL. ADDITIONAL INFO FROM HIS SOURCE EVENING JUNE 16. A. ON ONE TRIP TO EAR EAST SIRHA. SAILED FROM NEW YORK AS CREW MEMBERS ON ANOTHER AT QATANA TRANSITED CANADA. B. O. SIRHAN REPORTEDLY HAS AT QATAANA TRAINING CENTER NEAR DAMASCUS JUNE-SEPT. 1964. C. IN FEB. 1966 SIRHAM WENT TO SEIRUT AND STAYED WITH A PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN FAMILY AT AL BEUT AND HAMA. THEN HE SPENT THREE MONTHS AT MA'ADI TRAINER CENTER, CAIRO, AND TWO MONTHS IN GAZA STRIP. Do. S IRHAN'S FATHER NOW HAS LARGE SUM OF MONEY FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE. FALSE REPORT ALLEGING RECORD OF PREVIOUS MENTAL INSTABILITY AND PERIOD IN MENTAL HOSPITAL BEING PREPARED. 2. KIMCKE NOTED IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO CHECK SOURCE'S INFO THAT SIRAHAN AWAY FROM U.S ., FOR TWO PERIOS OF MONTHs. 3. EMBOFF ASKED HOW SOURCE REACTED TO IDEA HIS MIGHT BE CONF IDENTIAL 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

John F. Kennedy: 

* Assassinated on November 22, 1963
* Investigation led by Warren Commission, later by House Select Committee on Assassinations

Sirhan Bishara Sirhan:
* Arrested for assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968
* Investigated by FBI and other agencies
* No clear connection to JFK assassination found

Jon Kimche: 
* Provided information about Sirhan's activities to British authorities
* Claimed reliability of his source, but was doubted by some officials
* Shared information with reporting embassy prior to father-partner info sequence

Abeer Rayan: 
* Shot and killed in Chicago on June 8, 1968
* News media speculated that killing was politically motivated and connected to JFK assassination

Richard S. Buckley: 
* Represented Sirhan in California court case
* Requested expedited delivery of letter to Sirhan from Department of State

Los Angeles Police Department:
* Released Johnny Levard from custody after finding abandoned suitcase with his name on it
* Investigated possible connection between suitcase and Sirhan, but found no link

Santa Monica Police Department: 
* Located and opened abandoned suitcase containing personal items and a toothbrush
* Took custody of the suitcase and transported it to police headquarters

Veronica Deems: 
* Employee of Boutique Women's Shop in Miramar Hotel lobby
* Provided original information about abandoned suitcase

Mrs. Sara Ellis: 
* Turned in slip of paper with statement that "The Arab Rat" killed Senator Kennedy and got his gun from Carl Brehart

Russell Parsons: 
* Requested protection from death threats, but was denied by Los Angeles Police Department and FBI

Mrs. Helen Schodowski: 
* Found letter in typewriter at Alpine Hotel in Ecorse, Michigan
* Contained derogatory remarks about Senator Kennedy and stated he deserved what he got

RFK Declassified Files

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