</s>PAGE TWO CONDEMNATION OF ACTS OF VIOLENCE OF THIS KIND. THE JORDANIAN PEOPLE ARE DISMAYED AND IN THEIR NAME AND IN THE NAME OF MY GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS IN MY OWN NAME AND THE NAME of THE PERMANENT MISSION TO THE UN, I WISH TO OFFER TO THE KENNEDY FAMILY AND THE AMERICAN NATION EXPRESSION OF OUR SINCERE SYMPATHY AND THE CONDOLENCES." EL FARRA STATED THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE OF CONDULENCE WAS CABLED TODAY TO MRS. ROBERT D. KENNedy. "WE ARE DEEPLY SHOCKED AND DISMANDED TO LEARN OF THE TRAGIC ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT DEKENNEDy, AN OUTSTANDING AMERICAN AND A LEADING PUBLIC FIGURE. IN THE NAME OF THE JORDAN MISSION to THE UN , I WISH TO EXPRESS TO YOU THE EXPRESSIÓN OF OUR SINGEREST SYMPATRY AND CONDOLDENCES.2. AMBASSADOR SHARIF STATED HE WOULD BE SENDING A SIMILAR MESSAGE ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF JORDA. ADMINISTRATIVE THE SOURCE MENTIONED ABOVE IS NEW YORK FIVE NINE FOUR SIX - S ASTERISK. SECRET - NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION. MISSION TO The UNITED NATIONS USMUNTAD ADVISED. SUCCOP. CORR-P-LL-S-W-D-7-SHARP END CC-MR. SULLIVAN LRC FBI WASH DC LRC FTB LPD 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

**John F. Kennedy**

* Assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas
* Shot by Lee Harvey Oswald with a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building

**Investigations**

* Warren Commission (officially known as the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy) established to investigate the assassination and its circumstances
* Commission headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren, with members including John J. McCloy, Allen W. Dulles, Richard B. Russell, Hale Boggs, and Gerald R. Ford

**Lee Harvey Oswald**

* Employed at the Texas School Book Depository building on November 22, 1963
* Fired from the Fair Play for Cuba Committee in New Orleans due to his erratic behavior
* Had a history of Marxist and communist affiliations

**Jack Ruby**

* Shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, while in police custody
* Had connections to organized crime and was known to have been involved in various business ventures

**Sirhan Sirhan**

* Assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968, in Los Angeles, California
* Shot with a revolver at the Ambassador Hotel
* Pierre Salinger and Frank Mankiewicz stated that Sirhan or an individual similar to him was seen in the press room prior to the shooting

**FBI Investigations**

* The FBI received a call from Eileen Shanahan, a reporter for the New York Times, who asked about possible membership of Sirhan Sirhan in "subversive organizations"
* The FBI's response was that they could not comment on this
* Shanahan became abusive and demanded more information, but the FBI maintained their position

**Evidence**

* Ballistic evidence:
	+ A Mannlicher-Carcano rifle cartridge case found on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building
	+ Bullet fragments recovered from Kennedy's limousine and the president's body
* Testimony:
	+ Witnesses reported hearing shots coming from the direction of the Texas School Book Depository building
	+ Some witnesses claimed to have seen a person or persons on the sixth floor of the building around the time of the assassination

**Findings**

* The Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President Kennedy
* However, various conspiracy theories and alternative explanations for the assassination have been proposed over the years.

RFK Declassified Files

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