</s>IA 56-156 CEW/y/s On June 20, 1968, RONALD L. ARCHER, 7306 El Redondo Circle, Buena Park, California, phone 521-3597, telephoneically contacted SA DONALD H. PERRY at the Los Angeles Office of the FBI. ARCHER stated that a few days before Senator ROBERT F. KENNEDY killed, his (ARCHER) brother-in-law JOHN MC CARTHY, telephone number 637-1559, made numerous statements to the effect that KENNENDY would be killed in Los Angeles and he made references to Jordan and Jordanians. ARCHER started that when he told MC CARTHy that the FBI should be advised about his statements, MC CARTY became rate and stated he, MCCARTHY. would have to call his employer because his employer did not want the FBI to know about this. ARCHER states that he does not know MC CARITHY's employer or his actual address, but stated he could be reached at the above telephone number which is accurate. - 261 - 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

John Francis McCarthy stated that Clifford Daniel Gresham allegedly said that if Kennedy were to be elected, he may be shot because he wants to stand with the Arabs and the Jews. On June 5, 1968, Sergeant Fred Anderson reported an anonymous call stating that an Arab named "ABDO" was involved in the shooting of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Lee Dennis, a waitress at the Sherman House Coffee Shop, stated that she heard Beatrice Piekorn mention that Kennedy had been hit in the head. Eva Jasperson, manager of the Sherman House Coffee Shop, stated that she remembered the incident and believed it started with a misinterpretation of information passed on by one of the waitresses.

Oliver B. Owen advised the FBI that he had picked up a hitchhiker in Los Angeles on June 3, 1968, who resembled Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. The hitchhiker was later identified as Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, who assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel on June 5, 1968.

Jibrill, a Jordanian national, stated that he had made emotional outbursts about being a member of a secret organization whose purpose was to assassinate state leaders. However, he claimed that these statements were merely emotional outbursts with no basis in fact.

John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the crime. The FBI conducted an investigation into the assassination, which included interviews with witnesses and suspects.

Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was seen at a residence in Lynwood, California on June 2, 1968. Benjamin Ben-Ezra denied any connection to Sirhan or his family. William Ertl was accused of being responsible for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy in an anonymous letter sent to Ethel Kennedy.

Howard Phillip Etheridge reportedly told two women that he had been involved in the killing of President Kennedy. The FBI investigation into the assassination led to leads on other suspects, including Sirhan Bishara Sirhan and William Ertl.

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