</s>PAGE EIGHT AT TEN FORTHYTHREE AM DR. MEHDY (PHONETIC) A. REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN-ARAB RELATIONS ENTERED THE PRESS CONFERENCE AND EMBRACED MRS. SIRHAN AND ADEL SIRHANA. HE THEN RESPONDED TO QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS. "MEDI STATED THAT HIS ORGANIZATION HAS OFFERED ITS SERVICES TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE ARAB GUERRILLA ORGANIZATIONS. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD ASK THE RELEASE OF THE PRISONERS IN RETURN FOR A PROMISE FROM THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPLY NO FURTHER PHANTOM JETS TO ISRAEL. HE STATED THAT THE HIJACK IS, COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING, A HUMANE ACT WHEN COMPARED TO THE ASSAULT OF ISRAELL ON THE ARABS. PRESS CONFERENCERENCE TERMINATED AT TEN FIFTYFIVE AM. ADMINISTRATIVE RE NEW YORK TEL SEPTEMBER EIGHT, SEVENTY. END. Q DLK FBI LOS ANGELES CU CLR. 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

LUKE MC KISSICK stated he does not intend to enter negotiations with the US State Department concerning the restoring of his passport since he believes such negotiations would be fruitless. He then alluded to Fred Smith, the State Department official upon whose authority his and Mary SIRHAN's passports were revoked.

MC KISSICK expressed disappointment at Secretary of State Rogers' efforts to secure the release of hostages in Jordan and stated that his and Mrs. SIRHAN's prime consideration in their efforts is to save lives. He believes Mrs. SIRHAN could be persuasive with Arab guerrillas due to her son, ADEL BISHARA SIRHAN, being a hero in the Arab world.

MC KISSICK stated that he has not been invited to appear on any TV show as yet but pointed out that he has been in virtual seclusion since arriving in New York. He commented that Mrs. SIRHAN and he would have no problem talking to the guerrillas, where the State Department appears to have problems in this direction.

Mary SIRHAN and ADEL BISHARA SIRHAN departed New York City aboard TWA Flight 153 at 7:55 PM on September 12. Attorney LUKE MC KISSACK will go to Los Angeles to appear in court there on Monday, September 14. The travel plans of Mary and ADEL SIRHAN after their arrival in San Francisco are unknown but they will probably return to Los Angeles.

A loose discreet surveillance is being conducted on Mary and ADEL SIRHAN, and efforts are being made to determine their contacts. Attorneys MC KISSACK and ARE NOT TO BE SURVEILED. The New York Office has used the code name "ALIFIE" for ADEL BISHARA SIRHAN and instructed that San Francisco will do the same. Resolves conflicts in favor of no contact unless contact can be most discreetly handled.

US District Judge Francis F.X. McGohery, Southern District of New York, denied a petition for injunction brought on behalf of Mary SIRHAN and her son ADEL BISHARA SIRHAN during a late afternoon news broadcast on September 11, 1970.

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