</s>SECTION 25 62- HQ-587 ERIALS 855-946 SECTION25 SERIALS 8955-546 DO NOT SERIALs 895-948 DESTROY FOPAR 114.960-0023 HSC-HO-587-254 FOPAN 855.946-942-944-945-943-4-4 BUREAU Fbi - Central RECORDS CENTER Fbi :- CENTRAL RECOROS CENTER HQ - HEADQUARTERS Class / Case # Sub Vol. Serial # COPIED FOR Class /Case # Sub Serial# COPIFIED FOR 002 587 25 85 895 946 INVESTIGATION 5/11/163795 NOV 12 1330 5/1/163965 5/31/13/32-002 Transfer-Call 3421 USE CARE IN HANDLING THIS FILE DESTROY FORA | 1313/31-002 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176 EXCLUSIVITY NUMBERITY FORK. TRANSLATION NUMBERTY FORK TRANSFERENCE OF THE COUNCILATION OF THE FEDERAL RESERVATION TRANSPORTATION OF FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA

**Key Findings:**

* A rumor circulated in Lebanon on May 18, 1968, that Senator Robert Kennedy had been shot.
* The CIA reported this rumor and Joseph Strong, Middle East Sales Manager for Raytheon, heard it while traveling in the Middle East and Czechoslovakia.
* J. Christian Kinney, a US citizen, also reported hearing the rumor from a man at a bar in Beirut.

**Individuals:**

* Sirhan B. Sirhan
* Senator Robert Kennedy
* Joseph Strong (Middle East Sales Manager for Raytheon)
* J. Christian Kinney

**Organizations and Agencies:**

* Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
* FBI
* USAID
* Department of State
* Organizing Committee for Clemency for Sirhan

**Dates and Locations:**

* May 18, 1968 (Lebanon)
* May 19, 1968 (Jidda, Saudi Arabia)
* Mogadishu
* Beirut
* New York
* Washington D.C.

**Significant Events or Activities:**

* The rumor about Senator Robert Kennedy being shot
* National agency checks on Joseph Addington Strong in 1964
* Investigation by the Albany Office of the FBI

**Connections to JFK, the Assassination, or Related Investigations:**

* None mentioned in this document.

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