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**Key Individuals:**

* John F. Kennedy, President of the United States
* Robert F. Kennedy, Senator
* SIRHAN SIRHAN, alleged assassin of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and possibly involved in a plot to assassinate Philippine President Marcos
* Luis Castillo Vasquez, allegedly involved in a plot to assassinate Senator Robert F. Kennedy and deported from Manila on February 10, 1968
* Neal H. Cruz, investigated SIRHAN SIRHAN's connections to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy

**Dates and Locations:**

* June 5, 1968, Los Angeles, California (SIRHAN SIRHAN's alleged involvement in the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy)
* February 10, 1968, Manila, Philippines (Luis Castillo Vasquez's deportation)
* Chicago, Illinois; Washington D.C. (investigations into SIRHAN SIRHAN and Luis Castillo Vasquez)

**Significant Events:**

* Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968
* Deportation of Luis Castillo Vasquez from Manila on February 10, 1968
* Investigation into SIRHAN SIRHAN's connections to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy

**Investigations:**

* FBI investigation into SIRHAN SIRHAN and his alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate Philippine President Marcos
* Investigation into Luis Castillo Vasquez's alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate Senator Robert F. Kennedy

**Evidence and Testimony:**

* Mrs. CAROL BURGESS, wife of Lance Corporal BERNARD BURGESS, U.S. Marine Corps, advised on June 14, 1968, that she had known SIRHAN SIRHAN while she was employed from about November 1967 to about January 1968
* SIRHAN SIRHAN told Mrs. BURGESS he had changed his name to SIRIRAN so he could have two similar names
* Mrs. BURGESS said SIRHAN SIRHAN believed in what he called "Witchcraft" and believed he had power to do greater things than did others

**Other Information:**

* Lee Harvey Oswald left the Soviet Union in 1957 and returned to the US (reported by a confidential telegram from Beirut on June 14, 1968)
* A wire service report carried by Beiruit press on June 4 stated that Oswald had been in Mexico City for several weeks before returning to the US
* John F. Kennedy, President of the United States, was assassinated on November 22, 1963

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