DEPARTMENT OF STATE Department of State TELEGRAM TELEGRAI STATES OF AMALIY BOL 6 215/Komely. B.B.t.s 35 COMFIDENTIAL 391 PAGE 61 DAKAK 03U36 10119182 43 ACTION AF 15 ACTION OF 15 INFO USIE 0UCIAE 00/DODDE 00/ODODE 00/JPM 04H 02/INR 07/L 03/3NSAE 00/NSC 00/NSC 10, P 04/RSC 01/SP 02/SSP 00/SRSR 01/SAH 03/EUR 15/NEA 13/100 W Dakota 30/6 R 10100802 JUN 68 FM AMBASSY DAKAR TO SECS:ATE WASHDC 2523 IMMEMBASY AKADAKO AMBASSASY CONAKARY AMEMBASSAY CONAKRY AMEMBSASSY PARIS CONFIDENTIAL DAKA 3036 PASS USIA Ic IT BECAME EVIDENT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ASSASSINATION OF KENNEUY THAT AFRICANS THEY FRENCH ALIKE HERE SAW ACT AS PART OF SAME "CONSPIRACY" WHICH BELIEVE TOOK LIVES OF PRESIDENT KENNEUDY THAT AFRICANS THEY BELIEVED THIS INSTANT REACTION STEMS IN OF SANE AND MARTIN LUTHER KING. THIS INSTANENT REACTION STEMPS IN AND FROM TYPICAL EUROPEAN OR EUROPEan OR EUROPEAN OREOPRENTALITY WHICH ALWAYS ASKS "WHO PROFITS FROM THIS ACT?" 2o WHILE IT IS APPARENT THAT SENGELAGE AND FRENGH WISH WISH TO SEE A PLOT, IT IS ALSO OBVIOUS THAT THEY WISH THIS IMAGINED PLOT TO TAKE FORM THEY DESIRE. Thus DAKER-MATIN HAS CAREFULLY POINTED OUT THAT A SIRHAN NOT MUSLIM! THERE DID NOT ACT AS INSTRUMENT OUT ANTRAELI ORGANIZATION. 3o 3o OPPINATION HERE, AND GUSPECT ELSEWERE IN AFRICA AND THIRD ORLAND JELLS, QUICIAL AND GOSPECT EARLY HOURS, EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS OFFICIAL AMERICANS APPROACH AND POSSIBLE OVER-AWARENESS OF ARAB SENSITIVITIES IS LEAVING THE FIELD TO THE ENEMY, ALREADY WIDELY QUOTE IS HUMANITE REMARK THAT SENATOR'S DEATH IS RESULT OF "LINE CITY CONSPIRATION BEGINNING WITH PRESIDENT, KENNED TIME IS LEFT OF CITIZATION WITH THE PRESIDENT'S KENNEED TO BEACH US TO CATCH UP TO ACCUSATION AND THESE ACCUS TO ACCUSSATIONS, IF NOT

Summary  
The document contains telegrams from the U.S. Department of State detailing international reactions to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) on June 5, 1968. It notes that African leaders and French officials in Dakar speculated about a conspiracy involving Arab or European interests, though these claims were not substantiated. The text references Sirhan Sirhan as a non-Muslim individual not affiliated with any organization, suggesting skepticism about his role. In Algiers, U.S. officials observed restrained media coverage of RFK’s death and noted the absence of official mourning events due to strained U.S.-Algerian relations. A memorial book was opened in Algiers, signed by diplomats and others, though names were kept confidential. Kuwaiti officials expressed concern over the assassination’s implications for Arab unity, with some suggesting it reflected broader geopolitical tensions. The document also includes condolences from foreign ambassadors and diplomatic staff to the U.S. embassy in Algiers.  

Key People  
- Sirhan Sirhan (assassin of RFK)  
- Sengelage (French official)  
- Senghor (Senegalese leader)  
- Hoffacker, Lewis (U.S. embassy officer in Algiers)  
- Sartre (French philosopher, referenced in text)  
- Diamandis (British journalist)  
- Diaz Casanueva (Chilean ambassador)  
- Choudhury, Faruk (Pakistan official)  

Key Locations  
- Dakar (Senegal)  
- Algiers (Algeria)  
- Kuwait  
- Paris (France)  
- Beirut (Lebanon)  
- Jerusalem (Israel/Palestine)  
- London (United Kingdom)  

Key Events  
- Assassination of RFK on June 5, 1968  
- International speculation about conspiracy theories involving Arab or European interests  
- U.S. embassy in Algiers organizing a memorial book and receiving condolences  
- Kuwaiti officials discussing the assassination’s geopolitical implications  
- Media coverage restrictions in Algeria and Africa  

Key Organizations  
- U.S. Department of State  
- French Embassy (Algiers)  
- British Embassy (Algiers)  
- Chilean Embassy (Algiers)  
- Pakistan Embassy (Algiers)

RFK Declassified Files

pol_6_us_kennedy_06_10_1968_senator_robert_f._kennedy-part_5_of_5.pdf

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