</s>KENNEDY/COMMUNIST (31) RAMSEY CLARK ASSASSINATION THEORY QUESTIONED Budapest MTI International Service in English 1448 GMT 11 Jun 68 L [Text] The Tuesday HEBZBADAG carries a commentary entitled "From the Hip," which reads as follows: Texas is known as a place where shots are fired rapidly, usually from the hip. Recently we have also become the used judges in Texas being passed forthright, or offroad or if you like, from the used. Just look at the recent example This Texan, a former judge and Dallas lawyer, has been appointed Attorney General Texas at a time. Judge 1967, when Dallas lawyer began to spread widely in the United Texas about the official version of how the president had killed in Dallas. Texas judge could have been put down down perhaps to some prejudiced combinations. Mr Clark's latest statement, however, has made it clear that American Jurisprudence at the present time in great need of its most consistent men such as Clark. In this Sunday interview, Ramsey Clark told us once again it was a murderer had acted alone just as had had been killed by Martin Luther King Jr. in murder. course, Oswald acting alone alone he has beenkilled by Ruby-Acting alone.) (or Let's not bother about the strange popularity of America's lone murderer What we now rather wonder is: While the world's criminologists add (and sound men) question the murderer's connections-with world's result, we may add-U.S. authorities found out! After long months of inquiry agrees with what the Dallas police. who suppressed the official records of evidence, with announced within one hour and a murdered acted alone, indeed; but what about the intricacies of his escape. And bully concerned about him no but what is missing his conviction. While he murderer acted alone; whoever they may find loopholes to escape, and bully concealed about him more than than his conviction comes comes from his father's keeps silent, others, whoever they do find loopholes or escape. What can a further doelse? No and anything to do with Sirant? If we admit that the conspirators, if any, suddenly managed to escape and also that evidence cannot be furnished to prove a conspiracy, one thing is absurd in unacceptable, that is that the suspicion of a conspiracy should be ruled out in inquest. inquosed. From this point, put a premium on political matters from the hip." 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary  
The documents present a collection of Soviet-era political commentary and international media analysis regarding the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) on June 5, 1968, in Los Angeles, California. They describe RFK’s fatal shooting during a press conference at the Ambassador Hotel, noting his injuries to the head, chest, and hip, as well as the immediate detention of Sirhan Sirhan, identified as the accused shooter. The texts frame RFK’s death within broader critiques of U.S. society, linking it to systemic issues such as racial injustice, government repression, and organized crime. Soviet sources reference other high-profile assassinations, including those of President John F. Kennedy (1963), Martin Luther King Jr. (1968), Malcolm X (1965), and Medgar Evers (1963), portraying them as part of a pattern of state-sanctioned or tolerated violence against Black leaders and civil rights activists. The documents also critique U.S. foreign policy, particularly the Vietnam War, as contributing to domestic unrest and societal decay. Soviet commentators condemn American imperialism and describe institutions like the FBI, CIA, and KKK as enforcers of systemic repression. References to U.S. officials such as Mayor Yorty, Attorney General Ramsey Clark, and President Lyndon B. Johnson are included, though presented as part of the broader critique rather than direct investigation findings.  

Key People  
- **Robert F. Kennedy (RFK)**: U.S. Senator assassinated in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968; sought Democratic presidential nomination.  
- **Sirhan Sirhan**: Identified as the accused shooter detained at the scene of RFK’s assassination.  
- **Martin Luther King Jr.**: Civil rights leader assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968; referenced as part of a pattern of political violence.  
- **Medgar Evers**: Civil rights activist murdered in Mississippi on June 12, 1963; cited as an example of racial violence.  
- **Malcolm X**: Black nationalist leader assassinated in Harlem on February 21, 1965; mentioned alongside other civil rights figures killed during the movement.  
- **Lyndon B. Johnson**: U.S. President who declared national mourning following RFK’s assassination and addressed societal crime.  
- **Mayor Yorty (Los Angeles)**: Referenced in statements about RFK’s death.  
- **Attorney General Ramsey Clark**: U.S. official involved in reviewing the RFK case for potential conspiracy.  
- **Vladimir Paronov**: Soviet commentator criticizing U.S. capitalism and violence.  
- **Arthur Schlesinger Jr.**: American historian cited for his views on U.S. political violence.  

Key Locations  
- **Los Angeles, California**: Site of RFK’s assassination at the Ambassador Hotel; location of subsequent hospitalization and media coverage.  
- **Memphis, Tennessee**: Location of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination (April 1968).  
- **Dallas, Texas**: Reference to President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination; linked to RFK’s case via conspiracy theories.  
- **Moscow, USSR**: Headquarters of TASS, the Soviet news agency disseminating commentary on U.S. events.  
- **Mississippi**: Location of Medgar Evers’ murder (June 1963).  
- **Harlem, New York**: Site of Malcolm X’s assassination (February 1965).  

Key Events  
- **Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy (June 5, 1968)**: Shot during a press conference at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; official narrative attributes it to Sirhan Sirhan.  
- **Death of Martin Luther King Jr. (April 4, 1968)**: Cited as part of a pattern of political violence against civil rights leaders.  
- **National mourning declared by President Lyndon B. Johnson**: June 9, 1968, following RFK’s assassination.  
- **Soviet condemnation of American violence**: Framed as an indictment of U.S. imperialism and social decay.  
- **Formation of "special military-police groups" by U.S. authorities**: Targeting civil rights activists; referenced in critiques of domestic repression.  
- **Investigation into RFK’s assassination**: Including FBI inquiries into potential conspiracies and public statements from officials like Ramsey Clark.  

Key Organizations  
- **Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)**: Portrayed as a tool of state control and repression; referenced in investigations and critiques of government involvement in violence.  
- **Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)**: Linked to political violence and surveillance; described as an enforcer of systemic repression.  
- **Ku Klux Klan (KKK)**: Described as an instrument of racial terror operating with impunity.  
- **Communist Party, USA**: Targeted by U.S. authorities for persecution and raids; referenced in Soviet critiques of American policies.  
- **TASS (Soviet news agency)**: Disseminated state commentary on U.S. events, framing them through a socialist lens.  
- **Voice of America (VOA)**: Reported on RFK’s assassination and its political implications; highlighted in media coverage.  
- **Military-industrial complex**: Criticized for its role in perpetuating violence and imperialism; linked to domestic unrest and foreign policy.

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