</s>CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS LIFE OF SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAHAN June 4, 1968 Observed by brother Munir at Washington and Lake Streets, Pasadena about 8:00 a.m. At San Gabriel Valley Gun Club from approximately 11:00 am. San Gabriel P.m ., Bob's Restaurant, Pasadena and Pasadena City, San Gabriel, California about 6:00 p.m .. 7:15 p. m. Observed Venetian Room, Ambassador Hotel about 10:30 p.M. Observe kitchen area of Embassy Room, Ambassador Hotel before and after midnight. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. - 8* - 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

**John F. Kennedy**

* Born on March 19, 1944, in Jerusalem, Palestine
* Arrived in the United States with his family at New York City on January 12, 1957

**Sirhan Bishara Sirhan**

* Transferred to John Muir High School in June 1960
* Graduated from John Muir High School on June 13, 1963
* Involved in a family dispute on August 4, 1963
* Employed by Clarence Copping Elite Motor Service on March 10, 1964
* Terminated employment at Elite Motor Service on September 14, 1964
* Trial resumed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on January 7, 1969

**Assassinations**

* Senator Robert F. Kennedy was investigated by the FBI and a National Committee to Investigate Assassinations was formed
* The U.S. Secret Service received letters from Patricia Wells stating that the death of Senator Robert F. Kennedy was carefully planned and someone unknown might have been involved
* Grant B. Cooper appeared before a Federal Grand Jury in January 1969 and discussed his desires for a separate jury to decide the degree of penalty for Sirhan B. Sirhan

**Investigations**

* The FBI had previous contact with Bernard Fensterwald, who was involved in wiretapping probes and was untrustworthy according to the FBI
* The National Committee to Investigate Assassinations is being formed with the goal of embarrassing or forcing the government to make investigations they have been putting off since November 22, 1963, when President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas
* Bernard Fensterwald stated that the committee's purpose is not to embarrass or force the government to make investigations but to make sure that all leads have been covered and any other avenues still need to be investigated

**Committee Members**

* Jim Garrison, New Orleans District Attorney
* William Turner, former FBI Agent
* Fred D. Cook, author
* Richard Sprague, Harsdale, New York
* D.C. Loughlin, associated with the Sierra Club, Washington, D.C.
* P. Parris, associated with the Sierra Club, Washington, D.C.
* Parris Montgomery, a New York writer

**Bernard Fensterwald**

* Born on August 2, 1921, in Nashville, Tennessee
* Received his B.S. degree from Harvard College in 1942 and his LL.B. degree from Harvard Law School in 1949
* Employed on the staffs of several Senate committees, including the Senate Sub-committee on Constitutional Rights (Henning Committee) in 1953

**Richard Sprague**

* Wrote to Joseph A. Dolan, Administrative Assistant to Senator Robert F. Kennedy, enclosing photographs taken at the assassination site and stating that he was a proponent of the theory that more than one individual was firing shots at President Kennedy when he was assassinated
* The FBI conducted a credit and criminal inquiry in him in an attempt to identify him, but these checks were negative

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