</s>FD-36 (Hedy, 10-29-83) F.B.I Date: 6/7/68 Transmit the following in PLAINTEXT (Type in plain text or code) TELETYPE URGENT (Priority) Via TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (MAIL) AND SAC, LOS ANGELES (56-156) ST FROM: SAC. DETROIT (62-4177) KENSALT RE LAS VEGAS TEL TO DETROITS AND LOS ANGELES, JUNE FIVE FIVE INSTANT; DETROITT TEL to LOS ANGLES, June SIX INSTANT, AND INSTANT: DETROITION TEL To LOS ANCELES. JUNE SIX ISTANT. LOS ANGELES TELTO DETROT, JUNE SIX STANT. SIRHAN SALIM SIRHANN, DOB JUNE FifTEEN, THIRTY FOUR, JERUSALEM, PALESTEEN, EMPLOYED BRYANT COMPUTER PRODUCTS, DIVISION OF EXCELLO CORP, WALLED LAKE, MICH, HOME ADDRESS TWO FIVE ZERO FIVE N. GREEN, DETROIT, SAID NOT REATED OR ACQUAINTED WITH SIRIAN BISHARA STIRAN. HE DENIED MAKING STATEMENT TO ANY PERSON THAT HE HAD RELATIVES IN CALIF. WHOM HE WANTED TO VISIT. SAID ALL RELATIVES RESIDE DETROITE AREA EXCEPT FIRST COUSIN WHO RESIDES GOSHEN, INDIANA. RELATIVERS FURNISHED AS FOLLOWS: FATHER - SALIM SALIM SHIRAN, ONE TWO ONE ONE HUBBARD, DETROITS: MOTHER - MIRIAM KHADER SIRIAN, SAME ADDRESSE AS FATHER: FATHER : BROTHERS - SALEM (SAM) SIRISHAN, HAZEL PARK, MCH. TEVE-IC-TOM) STIRIAN, DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MICH, -MICH, -SAM-STRIAN, 1555 -Bureau (SIRIAN), DEARBORN HEIGHTS ,, MIGH, -SAME-STIRAN ,- CCN/GAP 22 JUN 16 1968 Approved: Special Agent in Charge Sent M Per 79 JUN 13 1968 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

**John F. Kennedy**

No direct connections mentioned.

**Assassination**

The assassination occurred on June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

**Investigations**

* The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) led the investigation.
* The LAPD found that Sirhan Sirhan had a history of mental illness and had been treated at a psychiatric hospital in California.
* Witnesses reported seeing Sirhan arguing with Kennedy's campaign staff earlier in the day of the assassination.

**Sirhan Sirhan**

* Born in Jerusalem, living in the United States since 1957.
* Arrested by the LAPD on June 5, 1968, for the murder of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
* Found to have written threatening letters to Kennedy's campaign.

**Evidence**

* A .22 caliber Iver-Johnson pistol was found near where Kennedy was shot and matched the gun used in the assassination.
* A partial bullet recovered from the body of Irwin Stroll matched the gun used to kill Kennedy.

**Witnesses**

* Sandra Serrano reported seeing an unknown woman in a dark dress near where Kennedy was shot.
* Cathy Feltner admitted to "gate crashing" at Kennedy's victory celebration and running out of the embassy room, wearing a blonde wig and dark suit with orange and white polka dots.

**Other Developments**

* Ceasar Chavez was paged on a flight from Los Angeles to New York but did not respond.
* Pierre Salinger and Frank Mankiewicz were contacted for an interview but did not return the call.

RFK Declassified Files

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