TO FROM SUBJECT: : A, Rosen 1 - Mr. Malley Holmes MAY 1962 EDITION GSA GEN. REG, NO. 27 . Tolson UNITED STATES GOYERNMENT __ _ Moh @ Bishop Casper Memorandum ca Felt Gale : Mr. DeLoach DATE: June 19, 1968 gore = 1 -~ Mr, DeLoach Tavel 1 — Mr. Rosen Tele. Room Gandy 1 —- Mr. Shroder lL = Mr, Schutz 1 - Mr, Gale ASSASSINATION OF 1 — Mr. McGowan 1- Mr. Sullivan SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY 1 —- Mr. Bishop 1 -— Mr. Mohr LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ot ge SORE 1 ~ Mr, Trotter The following concerns most recent developments .¢ Ziyi in connection with our investigation into the assassination), of Senator Robert F, Kennedy. JFK Act 6 (1) (B) _ Our Los Angeles Office reports. that a check of the Selective Service Headquarters records for the State of California shows no registration for Sirhan Sirhan or his brothers Saidallah Sirhan and Munir Sirhan. The remaining brothers Sharif and Adel Sirhan are both registered with local board 91, Pasadena, California. Our Los Angeles Office in noting the failure to register on the part of Saidallah and Munir Sirhan advised that all four brothers have apparently been cooperative and have readily furnished background information relative to the activities of Sirhan Sirhan, Los Angeles was of the opinion that to pursue the Selective Service aspect insofar as Saidallah and Munir are concerned at this time could possibly adversely affect their cooperative spirit which has existed thus far. ACTION: In view of the above there is attached for approval, Enclosure . HAs 3) : | (13 CONTINUED — OVER NW 34959 Doocld: 32909522 Page i156
Memorandum to ir@beroach Y RE: ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY a2 letter to the Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, pointing out what appears to be a delinquency on the part of Saidallah and Munir Sirhan with respect to their failure to register for the Selective Service Act of 1948 and noting the fact that they have thus far appeared to be cooperating with the FBI and local authorities in connection with this inves- tigation, Accordingly, we request the Department's advice as to whether we should proceed further on this Selective Service matter at this time. NW 54999 Docld: 32989522 Page 159 7
NW 54999 Docld: 32989522 Page 160 Mr. Fred M. Vinson, Jr. . dune 19, 1968 Assistant Attorney General 1 - Mr. Deloach 1 - Mr. Bishop Director, FBI - 1 - Mr. Rosen 1 - Mr. Mohr . 1 - Mr. Malley @- Mr. Conrad ASSASSIN ATION OF 1 - Mr. Shroder 1- Mr. Gale 1 - Mr. Schutz 1 - Mr. Sullivan SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY 4 _ ir. McGowan 1- Mr. Trotter LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA In connection with our investigation into captioned matter, our Los Angeles, California, Office has reported that records of the Selective Service Headquarters for the State of California show no registration for Sirhan Bishara Sirhan or his brothers Saidallah and Munir Sirhan. The remaining brothers, Sharif and Adel Sirhan, are both registered with Local Board 91, Pasadena, California. Our Los Angeles Office in noting the failure to register for the Selective Service Act on the part of Saidaliah and Munir Sirhan advised that all four brothers have apparently been cooperative with the FBI and the Los Angeles Police Department in connection with the investigation into the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. They have readily furnished background information relative to the activities of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. According to our Los Angeles Office, further inquiry into the Selective Service status of Saidallah © and Munir Sirhan could possibly have an adverse effect upon what appears to be their cooperative spirit thus far. Accordingly, the Department's advice is requested as to . whether we should proceed further with these possible Selective Service violations at this time. NOTE: See memorandum A. Rosen to Mr. DeLoach, captioned as above, dated 6-19-68, HAS:jls. HAS:hes (15)
Laboratory Transmittal Form @ . @ MW 54999 Docld: 32989522 Page 161 1 ~ LAB FILE 1 - Mr. Rosen (Mr. Ba Shroder) aac «=aLABORATORY —_4_ (»- Hr. Conrad FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535 Date: FEI, Les Anreles (56-156) June 19, 1566 Re: gorse ees. tre . RONSALT . John Edgar Hoover, Director D-600613010 AT Examination requested by: Los Ancreles Reference: ae > Airtel 6/11/68 Examination requested: wee . ~ Locunent ~ Fangerprint Remarks? > : \voed ae: “~. ig Q17 through 020 are being returned separately with ahe x results of the Latent fingerprint examination. woes af, > Copies of this report are not being furnished to the oPicwriet Attorney , Los Anseles, since these speeinens do not (apps Zar to directly relate te the investircation being conducted by ‘the bistriet Attorney, Los fnreles. . 4 Enclosures (2) (2 Lab, repor c) CEB:pb (6) ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE
of the 7b @ REPORT @ " i sic. LABORATORY __a FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535 Te: FBI, Los Angeles (56-156) Date: June 19, 1968 . FBI File No. 62-527 Ret EENSALT Lab. No. D-600613010 AT Specimens received 6/13/ 63 QL7 Envelope postuarked "BELLEVUE, PA, JUN 3 Pil 1963,‘ bearing typewritten address "NAACP Watts Section Les Angeles, Calif." QlS Acconpanying piece of paper bearing typewritten messare beysinning "kennedy as an attorney pencral...” Q1S Unvelope postmarked "PITTSBURGH, PA. 45 -PM 31 HAY 1968,” . bearings typewritten address "Direetor, NAACP ‘Vatts Section Los Angeles, Calif." @20 Accompanying piece of paper bearing typewritten messare becinning "KINDLY SEE THAT..." Result of exanination: The typewriting on Q17 through Q20 corresponds to the standard for International Business Nachines (IBM) pica style type having a herizontal alicnment of ten letters to the inch. Q1L7 throush Q19 bear black ribbon impressions and 920 bears oranre ribbon impressions. The notation "AIR HAIL," written in blue ball-point ink, appears on onvelope QL. The questioned specimens were compared with the _ Anonymous Lettor File without effeetine an identification vith any prior submissions. Copies are being added thereto. No significant indented writing was found on 917 throuch 020. No watermarks were found in Q17, Q19 and 020, 18 contains a very fpacnontary watermark consisting, of a design and several letters. This watermark may be a part of a watermark “Old Council Trec’ which watermark has been used by the Neenah Paper Division, Pace 1 (continued on next pase) CEB:pb (6) NW 34959 Doocld: 32909522 Page 162
Kimberly- Clark Corporation, Neenah, Wisconsin (62957. The detailed physical characteristics of Q17 through Q20 . are ratained. O17 through Q20 are. being returned separately. These specimens have been photographed. . Page 2 D-680613010 AT NW 34999 Doocid: 325989522 Page 163°
MO . OPTIONAL FO MO. 10 . 3810-108 . * MAY 1967 BDITSDOS -o SSA GIMeAOS Rye 17 ” DUNT TE D ST. TBS GOV ERNMEN YT Memore ro: Mr. DeLoach a pare: ‘June 18, 1968 ’ 4 i -Mr. DeLoach 1 - Mr. Bishop i - Mr. Rosen rroM : A, Rosen , 1 -Mr. Malley — : “. J = Mr. Shroder * 1 i LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA / - Mr. McGowan Attached hereto for approval is a letterhead memorandum D for the White House with copies for the Vice President and the Department gu? seiting forth current developments our continuing investigation of the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Information contained in the personal effects of Sirhan Bishara (4 Sirhan indicated he was interested in the Rosternean Order (Ancient .. Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, also known 2 AMORC), San Jose, California. Inquiry with officials of this order reveals Sirhan filed an applicati ton in June, 1966, and his membership subsequently became inactive due to his failure to pay dues. His membership was reactivated upon payment of dues in February, 1968. Bureau files reveal the Rosicrucian Order is philosophical in nature with religious implications and has never been investigatec LY Us. Officials of this order state itis a world-wide fraternal ganization operated on a lodge system. They claim it is nonsectarion ais not a religious order although Christian principles are adhered tO. They state that any law abiding citizensover 21 years of age, of good » sz ute, and believing ina "Supreme Being" are eligible for membership, Members reportedly include-a cross section of ail classes of people and totai wurid membership is claimed at approximately 90,000 people, of which 45, GG0 aré in the United States. An official of this order states it traces ite origin | te tne “mystery schools or secret schools" in Egypt approximateiy 1.50 © years B.C, .The order requires that each member take an-oath in sa uort oz nis country ry and the country in which he lives. vhe order claims ti i or an any member: ‘charged with commission of a, feld, npr” found oust OED a5 srious preach of mor al ethics is immediat ely" ‘castoutl fe, : yer t met bi e Evein wie : ae . : - . A went OR Enclosur aL : ane aA * in ah’ Soe . 14) CONTINUED -OVER ¥ 7") “n WW 54999 Docld: 32989522 Page 166
% S _ y Memorandum to Mr. DeLoach Re: ASSASSINATION OF . SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY Although Sirhan is a corresponding member, we have learned he did attend a meeting of the Pasadena, California, chapter on the evening of 5-28-68. We are interviewing all persons who were in attendance at that particular meeting. The attached letterhead memorandum sets forth detailed information concerning this order. Local authorities obtained a search warrant and thereafter searched Sirhan's automobile on 6-5-68. Among other items this search revealed a sales receipt from the Lock, Stock and Barrel gun store, San Gabriel, California, reflecting the purchase of four boxes of . 22 caliber ammunition on 6-1-68. Interviews with the gun store owner, his wife and the salesman who allegedly sold Sirhan the ammunition have resulted in several inconsistent statements. We are intensifying our investigation into this phase. ACTION: If approved, the attached letterhead memorandum will be forwarded to the White House, with copies to the Vice President, the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General Fred M. Vinson, Jr., and Assistant Attorney General Stephen J. Pollak. | Mi 54999 Doold: 32989522 Page 167
untrH@ stares DEPARTMENT OF Brice FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 | MW 54999 Docld: 32989522 Page 166 June 18, 1968 ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA The continuing investigation concerning Sirhan Bishara Sirhan has revealed that he is a member of the Rosicrucian Order, San Jose, California. This order is also known as the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC). An official of this organization has advised that Sirhan had a "corresponding membership" and did not attend regular meetings. Several members of the Pasadena, California, chapter of this order have advised that Sirhan attended a meeting at - Pasadena, California, on the evening of May 28, 1968. Officials of the Rosicrucian Order have advised this is a world-wide fraternal organization operating on a lodge system. They advised it is nonsectarian and is not a religious order although the ethics of the order adhere to Christian principles. They further advised that the teachings of the organization do not interfere with religious freedom of members and only law-abiding citizens over 21 years of age, of good repute, and believing in a "Supreme Being” are eligible for membership. Members reportedly include a cross section of all classes of people and total world membership is ‘ claimed at approximately 90,000 people of which 45,000 are in the United States. This order reportedly traces its origin back to the "mystery schools or secret schools" in Egypt approximately 1500 years B,C., and is nonpolitical in nature. On June 5, 1968, a search of Sirhan’s automobile was conducted by the Los Angeles, California, Police Department. This search revealed a sales receipt from the Lock, Stock and Barrel gun store, San Gabriel, California, reflecting the purchase of four boxes of .22 caliber ammunition on June 1, 1968. Intensive inquiries are continuing into this as well as all other phases of this investigation.
i i : i { i : anereparceersaerenrs i j TO FROM SUBJECT: NW 54999 Docld:32989522 Page 169 MAY 1962 EDITION Ga otn, ag, 14>. 27 ; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum / " OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 “"\ — s0t0-106 &) a Tolson / DeLoach a Mohr Bishop Casper Callahan ——_. v “y Gale : Mr, De Loach DATE: June 17, 1968 . , Sailtvoa ae * Y | 4, — Tavel l= Mr. DeLoach } Tale. Room >A, Rosen 1 = Mr, Rosen © C-¢ Holmes 1 ~ Mr. Shroder ASSASSINATION OF 1 = Mr. Schutz il — Mr. Gale SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY 1 - Mr. McGowan 1 —- Mr. Sullivan LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -~ ir, Bishop 1 ~ Mr. Mohr - MrseGonrad= 1 ~ Mr. Trotter Attached is a memorandum setting forth full details relative to the story that appeared in the London Evening Stan- dard on June 13, 1968, to the effect that "new and startling" information had been reported to American officials by an uniden- tified Arab Government concerning Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, The White House had previously made inquiry on June 13 concerning -.-his release and a preliminary report was furnished the White House that date showing that the allegation had no basis in : JEK Act 6 (1) (B) Kimche alleged that his source identified Sirhan as’ having traveled to the Middle East from the United States in 1964 and 1966, during the latter visit spending time in Cairo, Egypt. It was reported that he allegedly married one Leila Ussef Mikhael at Es Salt, Jordan, during another trip to the Middle East on June 27, 1957, Our investigation shows this to be entirely without foundation since we can definitely show Sirhan to have been either gainfully employed or in school during the periods he is alleged to have been aveeda Furthermore, interview with each of his brothers indicate Sirhan has not left this country Since his arrival on dunes#®, 1957. JAN, 1A, The State Department, through its Embassy in London, contacted Kimche in an effort to pin him down relative to this story but he refused to identify his source and seemed unimpressed, according to the State Department, by the possibility this might be a simple case of mistaken identity. ACTION; Attached for approval is a memorandum for the White House, Vice President, and the Department setting forth full facts relative to the incident, nas 48) . (13) Enclosure om ee 2 ewer rr eens an ae . —
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 File No June 17, 1968 ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA A United Press International release on June 13, 1968, indicated an unidentified Arab Government had passed "new and startling" information to American officials rela- tive to Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, It is reported by corres~ pondent John Kimche in the London Evening Standard that - Sirhan had traveled in the Middle East in 1964 for seven months, He allegedly returned to the Middle East in 1966 spending five months in Cairo, Egypt, before returning to the United States in the beginning of 1967, A Reuters dispatch on June 13, 1968, additionally reported that this individual's full name, according to Kimche, was Sirhan Bishara Sirhan Abu Khatar, This indi- vidual, according to the dispatch, was first brought to the United States in 1928 when he was four years old. He was allegedly married upon a return to the Middle East on . June 27, 1957, to Leila Ussef Mikhael at Es Salt, Jordan, pe Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service show that Sirhan Bishara Sirhan entered the United States on January 12, 1957. His date of birth was given as March 19, 1944, Jerusalen, Jordan, s Investigation by our Los Angeles Office reveals he took up residence with his family in Pasadena, California, immediately upon his entry into the United States attending the Pasadena city schools until graduation from the John Muir High School in June, 1963, Thereafter he attended Pasadena City College until May of 1965, Investigation reveals that during 1964 Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was attending school and employed at two Pasadena, California, service stations, Investigation further indicates that during 1966 he was continuously in the Pasadena, California, area, , MW 54995 Docid: 32989522 Page i790 2 ase ~ ad a a, FS ee ae tonal acess Pataca acuapneeeandotien eg pean ie ome Sense BP rermeende Fe cone ers 7s ve emer Eas al
MW 54939 Doold: 329689523 Page 171i 4 @ ) : ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY In addition, each of Sirhan's four brothers was interviewed by Special Agents of the Los Angeles Office of the FBI on June 13, 1968, at which time they advised Sirhan has never left the United States since his arrival in 1957, They pointed out that the word Abu Khatar, meaning "is the father of Khatar," is a term not used by Christians and that te the Sirhan family is Christian. H The Department of State has advised that it has received no communication from any country in the Middle East relative to the aforementioned matter, According to the Department of State, information was received from the American Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, to the effect that a United Press International correspondent had reportedly talked with Sirhan's father in Jordan who stated that to his knowledge Sirhan never married and the other details contained in the original story of June 13, 1968, are - highly improbable. According to the Department of State an attempt was made by that agency in London to contact Jon, also known: as John, Kimche with whom this story originated, Kimche re-~ fused to identify his source but reiterated his source is usually reliable, According to the Department of State he seemed umimpressed by the possibility this might be a simple case of mistaken identity, Kimche, according to the Central Intelligence Agency, is an able, unscrupulous free lance journalist in London who apparent] c lines in his work JFK Act 6 (1) (C)
- Mr. Rosen (Mr. Shroder) Mr. Griffith 1 - Mr. Bohn 1 - LAB FILE 6/17/68 . PLAINTEXT , ; OCT. TELETYPE URGENT a TO SAC LOS’ ANGELES (56-185) FROM DIRECTOR FBI (62-587) KENSALT. . REAIRTEL FROM SAN FRANCISCO JUNE TWELVE ENCLOSING APPLICATION OF SIRHAN SIRHAN FOR MEMBERSHIP IN ROSICRUCIAN ORDER AND LOS ANGELES AIRTEL JUNE THIRTEEN ENCLOSING CASHIERS CHECK PAYABLE TO SIRHAN. | CONCLUDED HAND PRINTED ADDRESS IN LOWER PORTION OF PAGE ONE OF SPECIMEN Q ONE; HAND PRINTED ADDRESS AND NAME "SIRHAN SIRHAN" IN _ ‘UPPER PORTION OF PAGE THIRTY-TWO OF SPECIMEN Q ONE; AND ENGLISH WRITING ON FRONT OF SPECIMEN @ PIVE-F WERE WRITTEN BY SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN, BASED ON COMPARISON WITH KNOWN SPECIMENS OF SIRUAN'S WRITING FORWARDED WITH REFERENCED COMMUNICATIONS AND PREVIOUSLY FORWARDED. CONFIRMING LABORATORY REPORT WILL SET FORTH THOSE SPECIMENS WHICH MUST BE AUTHENTICATED AS KNOWN HANDWRITING AND HAND PRINTING STANDARDS. AVAILABLE KNOWN WRITING OF SIRHAN IS TOO LIMITED FOR PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER SIRHAN WROTE ANY OF REMAINING QUESTIONED WRITING. LOS ANGELES HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN REQUESTED TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL KNOWN WRITING OF SIRHAN. LABGRATORY REPORT FOLLOWS. CEB/EKS (7) NW 54999 Docld:32989522 Page 172
PP -1c (Rev. 4-17-67) REPORT ee ee ® of the @ 1 - LAB FILE 1 - Mr. Rosen (Mr. —= Sas Shroder) Jute. LABORATORY 4s. ad “ _ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535 } To: . Mp. Cvelle J. Younger June 17, 2968 biatriet Atterney Registered Atrmail 650 Hall ef Justice Lea Angeles, California $0617 This examination has been made with the understanding that the evidence is connected with an official _ investigation of a criminal matter and that. the Laboratory report will be used for official purposes only, related to the investigation or a subsequent criminal prosecution. Authorization cannot be granted for the use of the Laboratory report in connection with a civil proceeding. e Re: John Edgar Hoover, Director ASSASSIBATION OF SENATOR BROSLRT FF, KENNESY YOUR NO. ’ FBI FILE No. ame LAB. NO. b2-867 »~ 680611988 AT Examination requested by: . b~- 683612033 AT Th, Low Angeles and D-688612086 AT Fil, San Franeisco Meterence: Lettera 8/7/68 and 6/10/68 Examination requested: Specimens: received 6/31/66, from Fai, Las Angeles K2 0 8=6Applieation for License, Celifornia Horse Racing foard, £1034, Gated 1/1/66, signed “Sirhan Jirhan” K3 i366 Alien Addvese Aeport dated 1/25/66, and 13968 Alien Addrese Heport dated 1/15/85, elgned “Sirhan Sirben’ Ke see Alien Address Keport dated 1/23/68, signed “Seidallen &. irben” KS 1660 Alien Address Report dated 1/16/68. signed ‘Harry Sirhan” KG 1868 Alien Address hegorty cated X/26/64, elgned “Adel Sirhan’ e 2- FRI, Les Angeles (6-236) incloaures (7) 2 - FOL, San Frangiage 452.3083} Enclosure r.. atte Page i met : {continued on next page) mCEBequb hddhh: 32989592 Page 173
“4 c e > : @ &? «61968 Alien Aderane Rapert dated 1/15/68, eignead “Munir #. Sirhan” Specinen weceived frou Pil, Loe Angeles, 6/12/66 XG Infermation élank, Pasadena City Seahoola, Pasadena, California, dated 10/28/48, bearing pweperted handwriting and hand printiag of SISHAKR BIEHARA SIRbAR gpecinen received free PEI, dan Franclecs, 6/12/88 K9 Avgenaut Insuranes Comgany chagh #262013 dated 4/5/68, in tha 2eGuat of $1,705.86, payable te Sirhan Sirhan, and endorsed in same of payse ; Fesult of exeainatien: bus to differences in tine of writing and dua te the Aimitad aweunt of available weiting of Sirhan fiehara Sirhen, ; & Gefinite cencleasion waa not puached whether Sirlan Sishara Sirhan wrote any of the queationad writing om specinens subpitzed — | -previcusiy in thie satter. Due te the Liwited amount of writing avelieble for auamination, a definita cenclusien vas not reached whether the ueiters of ¢4 throwgh A? wrete any of the questionsd vriting on the specdwens aubsitted previcusly. Speciwens £2 through Ki are selag returned te Fal, Los Angeleaa. £pecinen £23 is being returaed to FSI, Zan Franclece. These specinens have been photographed. NOTE FOR LOS ANGELES: AND SAN FRANCISCO: This confirms Bureau telétypes dated 6-11-68, 6-12-68, and 6-13-68 addressed to Los Angeles in this matter. For your investi- gative guidance, similarities were noted in the writings of Sirhan #ishara Sirhan and certain questioned writings. Los Angeles has been requested to obtain contemporary writings of Sirhan containing words and letters comparable with the questioned writing. Efforts to obtain known writings comparable with the questioned writing should be continued. San Francisce requested the return of specimen K9 so that it could be returned to the Argonaut Insurance Company. Since K@ may become a piece of erucial evidence in this case, San Francisco should,retain K9 until such time as this specimen may no longer be vase .2 : NW 54999 | eReasIieRd Page iv4-
f OSA GIN, ALG. NO, 27 ¢ TO FROM SUBJECT: NW 54999 BDocld: 32989522 Page 175 \ OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 . 5010-106 " MAY 1962 EDITION ‘Tolson DeLogch —_, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Mohs ———— SHOP) nn neennnnnreet : Casper “ Memorandum crit Felt Gole : Mr. DeLoach DATE: June 15, 1968 Soilrean 1 - Mr. DeLoach Tavel - 1 - Mr. Rosen Tele. Room : A, Rosen 1- Mr. Malley Gendy 1 - Mr. Shroder 1 - Mr. Mohr . Ses ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR 1 - Mr. Schutz 1 - Mr. Gale 4 Hey <WE ROBERT F. KENNEDY 1- Mr. McGowan 1- Mr. Sullivan ed LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNTA_; Mr. Bishop 1- Mr. Trotter UR S| pu: , ANAM ° ONLAC Hi Le are A report totaling 1, 082 pages has been received from the Cjt>s- Los Angeles Office setting forth results of FBI investigation through Y= June 9, 1968, into the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. It FEC contains photographs and charts depicting the area where the shooting Horie occurred, as well as photographs of Senator Kennedy immediately prior to autopsy. , Ce The report, which is four volumes plus two volumes of exhibits, has a brief succinct synopsis, a table of contents, and an index. The report has been thoroughly reviewed for accuracy and content. Minor typographical corrections have been made; however, over-all, the Los Angeles Office has done an excellent job in its prepara- tion and has indicated a second report will be forthcoming within the next few days. ” SUMMARY OF INFORMATION SET FORTH IN REPORT: Senator Kennedy, following victory speech at Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, left podium at approximately 12:15 a.m., 6-5-68, As he and a number of his staff walked toward the Colonial Room . to attend a press conference, he was shot three times in corridor leading to hotel kitchen, One bullet entered his head in right mastoid area. Two bullets entered under the right arm, one lodging in the neck near the spine, the second exiting the body. Five other persons also wounded, none critically. a ‘ Enclosure HAS: hw (13) CONTINUED - OVER
oe inn nats meee min Oe on hh nemaetnnniette neem eat 1 Nee ei ae km NW 54999 Docld: 32989522 Page 176 eee nena . ~ « + ' Memorandum to Mr. DeLoach RE: ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Witnesses to the assault have been interviewed and several positively identified Sirhan Bishara Sirhan as the assailant. Sirhan was subdued by two hotel employees, assisted by Roosevelt Grier, professional football player, and Rafer Johnson, Olympic decathlon champion, Confusion existed immediately following shooting and same situation prevailed at the emergency hospital where Kennedy was first taken. He was thereafter taken to Good Samaritan Hospital where brain surgery was performed and he expired at 1:44 a.m., 6-6-68. The Los Angeles Police Department has established that the murder weapon was an eight-shot Iver Johnson . 22 caliber revolver, All 8 cylinders in chamber contained expended cartridges. One bullet removed from Kennedy determined to have been fired from this revolver. The Los Angeles Police Department furnished copy of their initial interview with Sirhan which was taped. Sirhan repeatedly advised of his rights by Los Angeles Police Department officers. The interview appears to have been conducted in an appropriate manner but it was totally unproductive and irrelevant. No motive has been established for the killing beyond the probative value deduced from literature which Sirhan possessed and writings taken from his room which show he was deeply disturbed concerning the relations between Arabs and Jews, | Considerable investigation has been conducted concerning the background of Sirhan and his family, which consists of his mother and four brothers, all of whom have resided in Pasadena, California, area since they entered the United States. The father, the mother, subject Sirhan, two brothers and a sister came to the United States in 1957, Two other brothers came to this country in 1960. Sirhan's sister died in 1960. Sirhan resides with his mother and three brothers in house in Pasadena, His father currently resides in Jerusalem. -2- CONTINUED - OVER
‘ a . Y ; e . Memorandum to Mr. DeLoach RE: ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F,. KENNEDY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Sirhan attended Pasadena City schools, graduating from high school in June, 1963. He entered Pasadena City College immediately thereafter until his dismissal for poor scholastic record in May, 1965. While attending Pasadena City College, he was employed : as agas station attendant and subsequent to dismissal from school, he was employed as an exercise boy for race horses and as clerk in a health foods store. During September, 1966, while employed as an exercise boy, he fell off a horse, sustaining what doctors describe as minor injuries; however, he was compensated in March, 1968, in the amount of $2, 000 for damages. Relatives and some associates state following Sirhan's accident there was a noticeable change in his demeanor. Subject actually has few friends, no known girl friend and is considered to be a "Joner,"' Report contains numerous references to the alleged girl in the "polka dot dress.'' This refers to statements made by one Sandra Serrano who was sitting on steps outside the Ambassador Hotel when she heard sounds like "backfire" and seconds later a man and a woman ran down the stairs, the woman shouting "We shot him--We shot him.'’ Serrano states that prior to the shooting this woman and two men, one of whom she identifies as Sirhan, entered the Ambassador Hotel via the steps she was sitting on. Identity of the girl in "polka dot dress" has not been established and inconsistencies in Serrano's alleged observations are set forth. Vigorous investigation continuing concerning this and any other unresolved aspects of this case. For your additional information, Sirhan was indicted on 6-7-68, on one count of murder and five counts of assault with a deadly - weapon with intent to commit murder and a hearing has been set for 6-28-68, at which time he is to enter a plea, -3- CONTINUED - OVER ‘HW 54999 DoolId: 32989522 Page i77
: WW 54999 Docld: 32989522 Page i178 . Memorandum to Mr. DeLoach RE: ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AC TION: Administrative data is set forth in the cover pages of ~ the report, It will not be disseminated. No information is contained in the details of the report pertaining to sources of information or other confidential matters. If approved, the following dissemination is recommended: 1. Two copies to the Department; one for the Criminal Division and the other for the Civil Rights Division, both of which have an interest. Transmittal letter attached for approval. 2. Two copies to the Los Angeles prosecuting attorney, former FBI Agent Evelle J. Younger. One for his prosecutive staff, the second for his investigative staff. These will be submitted over the Director's signature. The reports will be delivered by our Los Angeles Office which has sufficient copies. Attached letter to the Department requests authority for us to disseminate this report to District Attorney Younger. 3. One copy to the United States Attorney's Office, Los Angeles (also will be delivered by our Los Angeles Office). Attached letter advises the Department that this action is being taken, 4, One copy each to Secret Service, State Department, and Central Intelligence Agency, all of whom have an interest in this matter (to be delivered by Bureau liaison). -4-
MW 54999 Docld: 32989522 Page i179 l- Mr. DeLoach l- Mr. Rosen Mr, Fred M. Vinson, dr. 1- Mr. Malley dune 17, 1968 Agsictant Attorney General 1- Mr, Shroder _ ney NOR 1- Mr. McGowan Director, FBI > Mr. Bishop “1 Goerad . ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR = [7 Ve Qonr ROVER F, KONMEDY 1~ Mr. Sullivan x OS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 1 ~ Mr. Trotter Attached for you and Assistant Attorney General Stephen J. Foliax, Civil Richts Division, is one copy each of the report of Specicl écont Amedee O. Richards, dy., dated June 9, 1868, at Tos Angeles, California, concerning captioned matter, This preliminary report encompasses investigative activity throuch June 9, 1068, Additional reports will, of course, be prepared in this matter and will be furnished to you. Ag you ars aware, this Burean, as well as the Los Anseles Police Levartment, has been conducting an investigation into the docth of Sonates Kennedy. Local prosceutive action is pending in tos Arsoles, California, and is being handled by District Attorney Evie J, Youncer. His belioved that the resulis of our investieation would bs of material assistance ta Mr. Younzer, and you are requested to 2dvise if and when copies of these reports may be furnished to him. A copy of ts report will be furnished to the United States Attorney, Los Auscles, California. Pruelocure i+ ir, Stephen J. Pollak Assistant Attorney General (Enclosure) HAS:hw NOTE: See Rosen to DeLoach memorandum, dated 6-15-68, (15) same caption, HAS:hw.
OPTIONAL fORM'NO, 10 ~ $010-106 aN MAY, 2961 EDITION : GSABEN, AEG. NO. 27 BS Tolson DeLoach UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Mohe Bishop Casper Memorandum cai Felt Gale TO : Mr. DeLoach DATE: June 15, 1968 posen = 1 ~ Mr, DeLoach Tavel . 1 « Mr. Rosen Tele Room FROM : A, Rosen 1 - Mr, Malley Holmes 1 - Mr. Shroder Genty 1 —- Mr. Schutz 1 ~ Mr. Gale SUBJECT: ASSASSINATION OF 1 - Mr, McGowan 1 - Mr. Sullivan SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY 1 - Mr. Bishop 1 =| Mr. Mohr LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA wat: ’ 1 ~ Mr. Trotter In connection with our investigation into the shooting of Senator Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in : Los Angeles, California, on the night of June 4 -— 5, 1968, of interest is the fact that we have located and inter- viewed a college student by the name of Paul W. Grieco w my HY was in the kitchen area waiting for the Senator to con—> plete his speech. As Senator Kennedy came into view approx imately ten to twelve feet from him he heard several shots then saw the Senator lying on the floor, Grieco immediately knelt by him attempting to stop the bleeding with his hand %O and according to Grieco, Kennedy asked him "Is Paul all right? Is everybody all right?" He then apparently lapsed into unconsciousness. Grieco did not see Sirhan Bishara Sirhan the assailant until after attempting to comfort the Senator and after Sirhan had been restrained. Witnesses have been located who have positively identified Sirhan as being in the hotel area up to three hours before the shooting. The most recent, Judy Marie Royar, private secretary toformer California Governor Pat Brown, while not observing the shooting, has positively identified Sirhan as an individual she had seen at approximately 10:00 o'clock in the vicinity of the Embassy Ballroom, Our investigation has developed several instances wherein individuals traveling abroad in Europe and the Middle Rast between May 15 = 18, 1968, heard reports from various sources of an alleged assassination of Senator Kennedy. These reports appear to stem from erroneous releases from European news media at about that time. We are currently conducting investigation to obtain full factswith respect to this situa- tion and in particular we are attempting to pin down the origin of this story, \ Has $15) (137 CONTINUED ~ OVER NW 34959 Doocld: 32989522 Page i160 ee ae : - .
Nx. Delsackh Jume 14, 1868 i» Ur, Rosen A, Rosen F : = at. Walioy xX = hadex et of SENATOR MORKAT F. KEWODY . , ck [yf LOM ANGELES, CALLEORNIA (& Thies is te request Laboratory examination OE hand writing appearing on Keanedy campaign Litera tum forwarded Karl Warres, U. B. Supreme Court and futniehbed to this Daren by Secret Service. BACKGROUND: Canplign Literature of Senator Robert F. Rensedy waa wiiied anonymously to U. 5. Supe Court Juctic Kart ¥arven in &n envelope bearing pottmark May 45, 1968, at San Franciace, Californian. On thin campaign literature ap- peared inked haodwriting saylug “Somebody shaot this Catholic Dastaxd” aad “Somebody eid blow thin Catholic Hastards Head iam This anonyncus mailing was Obtained by Seerxvet Service ad forwarded to the Surean with the notation that it enti nat be usceseary for the originals to be cotursed ta Secret Ct. ¢ on {a it i9 vequested that the Fai laboratory conduet appropriate examimaetion on the attached Kennedy caapeign Aiteraturve to attespt to identify the writer and deternine S2 it has any significance in captioned case, . toe Ae BHC 71s . a, 7 ate MW 34939 Doocld: 32959522 Page 152
7-13 (Rev. 3-28-68) FBI LAB@Arory » 1968 Conrad 7621 _ Mr. Dingle 7601 White 7621 — Mr. Dahlgren 7605 Downing Annex __ Mrs. Gusack 7143 Jevons 7133 Miss Bailey 7601 Griffith 7601 _ Miss Andrykovitch 7601 Swartz 7114 | Miss Fuson 7605 __] Avignone 7617 ___Mr. Bohn 7616 _ Mr. Marshall 7630 __Mr. Brittain 7612 _ Mr. Mesnig 7627 ___Mr. Buckley 7612 Mr. Miller 7625 __Mr. Cadigan 7334 Mr. Mortimer 7613 ___Mr. Collier 7607 Mr. Newbrough 7627 __Mr. Davies 7627 _ Mr. Oberg 7617 ___Mr. Davis 7635  _ Mr. Ray 7630 ___Mr. Delaney 7633 | Mr. Senter 7630 __Mr. Devine 7613 | Mr. Shaneyfelt 7336 __Mr. Farrell 7609 _ Mr. Stangel 7607 ___Mr. Hegvold 7629 Mr. Thompson 7633 __Mr. Herbertson7616 __ Mr. Tunstall 7614 __Mr. Jepsen 7635 | Mr. Webb 7336 __Mr. Kittel 7609 _ Mr. Whitcomb 7625 __Mr. Lilja 7614 | Mr. Williams 7629 __Mr. Lisker 7334 _ Mr. Woodcock 7334 ___Mr. Preston 7314 _ Voucher-Stat Sec. 6221 IB ___Consolidation7231 _ Assembly Sec. 2211 IB ___Reading Rm. 5533 __ Miss Stiles 2210 IB __Lab Files 7147 _ (Assembly Locate) __L.F.P.S. 6137 IB___Correspondence Unit 6208 IB ___Records Branch Technical Sec. 3201 IB Mail Room ‘ ___Mechanical Section (Ame hace, Ladd B-110 7 Please See Me | Please Initial DOCUMENT SECTION Nw 34999 Docld: 32989522 Page 163
OPTIONAL, FORM NO. 10, MAY 1982, COnton BSA GEN, REG. NO. 27 Tolson . - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Mohr oe Memorandum , ; coin — . Gale — oe yy TO : Mr. DeLoach DATE: June 14, 1968 Saitioaa 1+ Mr. DeLoach edits ; 1 - Mr. Rosen ue | FRoM : A. Rosen 1- Mr, Malley 1- Mr, Mohr cm | ss “k= Mr. Shroder 1I- Mr. Gale 7 I sugject: ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR 1- Mr. McGowan 1- Mr, Sullivan , , Jofag ROBERT F, KENNEDY - Mr, Schutz _1- Mr. Trotter 777% f LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Mz,eGonrad 1- Mr. Bishop : Deputy Attorney General Warren Christopher called with () reference to captioned matter. He said he had received a call from Deputy Chief of Police Robert A. Houghton. Houghton is handling the special squad for the District Attorney's Office who has been investi- gating this matter. Our office has worked closely with the District Attorney' s Office and the local police department. Christopher stated that Houghton had inquired as to whether anything could be done to accelerate submission of the reports in this matter. I advised Christopher that I had been in touch with Departmental Attorney Lyfich Of-the. Criminal Division and had advised him that we were hgpeful-to have the report in proper shape by Monday, June 17, 1968, Ghristophér & Said that if there were any portions which he could’ read, le would appreciate being furnished them. I advised him that . the report wouldilé Submitted in toto to the Department and that we ‘were working ongsojime exhibits which we thought would be helpful in submissiofof the reports. ‘ (These are photos being reproduced ° which havésbeersmade from copies previously submitted, ‘Such photo- copies are much more readable, ) OE TES ea ater eee ee ot oa aor agente amen mio RRR sooo teis tiated diet He also inquired as to whether any information or contact with Central Intelligence Agency would be furnished, I advised him that ‘any information which we had réceived pertinent to this investigation would be submitted to him. If the information was furnished by CIA and was labeled "Secret, "t it would have to be handled separately. (In this connection,’ F am not. aware of any information which falls into this category, ) I also advised him that if the. information was from a confidential source, we would not identify the . Soiirce, but would furnish the information, It was pointed out that if the disclosure of the information would identify the source, that it would have’ to-be properly labeled. In any event, the report would contain the information which was pertinent to this case. le . SEP ne gtk Tem See EW Pe eS weaited DIE ndmet ten 8 Bian y _ ye ete rw See CR eae TT eet 7 4 ra 4 2 vl clam tee eco aes Tone thee tee AR:hw 7 (13) . CONTINUED - OVER Tec eres NW 54999 Doold: 32989529 Page i164
Memorandum to Mr. DeLoach RE: ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA I also pointed out that it should be recognized the report is a preliminary report and consequently cannot be considered as a final report, our investigation was continuing and all possible leads were being completely run out so that this matter can be fully resolved insofar as available informa- tion is concerned, Christopher thanked me and said that he was hopeful he would be able to get the report sometime Monday. I told him the report would be sent through appropriate channels and when in proper form would be submitted to the Department. ACTION: The report is in final form. We are assembling it and it will be ready for transmittal on Monday, June 17, 1968. NW 34959 Doocld: 32909522 Page i165 a
. OPTIONAL F fan NO 10 010-106 . may 1962,gori0n & © GSA'GEN. 27 UNITED ‘STAT ES GOVERNMENT Bishop Caspe Memorandum sa Felt ~ ‘ Gale TO : Mr. DeLoach paTe: June 14, 1968 gosen ~ 1 - Mr. DeLoach Teates FROM : A. Rosen . 1 - Mr. Rosen Helges 1 . Mr. Malley Gandy 1 - Mr. Shroder supjecr: ASSASSINATION OF - Mr. Schutz 1 - Mr. Gale 1 SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY j ~ wr. McGowan 1- Mr. Sullivan LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 1 - Mr. Bishop 1 - Mr. Mohr Cr eConved 1- Mr. Trotter Investigation is continuing in an effort to identify all individuals who were at or near the scene of the shooting at the Ambassador Hotel on the night of 6/4-5/68. We have located Rafer Johnson, Olympic champion, who related how he assisted in subduing Sirhan immediately after the shots were fired.. Johnson advises that as he held Sirhan in his grasp he put his. fist next to Sirhan's head and asked 'Why did you do it" and repeated ‘Why did you to it." Sirhan's only reply was “I'll explain it." Another witness to the shooting identifies Sirhan as having queried him shortly before mid- night as to the route Senator Kennedy was to take when he exited from the stage. Information has been received indicating Sirhan was allegedly seen in the lobby of the Ambassador Hotel on 6/2/68 during a reception for Senator Kennedy on that date. We are checking further into this aspect. We are likewise making every effort to determine the full circumstances surrounding the change in Kennedy's itinerary which took him through the kitchen where he was shot instead of downstairs to the Ambassador Room as originally planned. Of note is the fact that confidential information made available only to the FBI has been received from the Affairs Secretary of the Governor's Office in California to the effect that a group of Arabs in New York State have formed a committee to insure the United States Govern- ment does not “railroad Sirhan into prison, This group has attempted to bring pressure on the Los Angeles Sheriff's Office through the Governor's Office to insure that Sirhan's incoming mail is no. longer screened. The Governor's Office in turnlas advised this group that this is the responsi- bility of the Sheriff's Office and has refused to intervene. Our Los Angeles Office reiterated that this information was given in extreme confidence and must not be disseminated, Enclosures HAS:hes (18) \ ya’ CONTINUED - OVER NW 54999 Doocld: 325969522 Page 186
MW 34939 Doocld: 32959522 Page i167 Memorandum to Mr. DeLoach Re: Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy With respect to the unfounded United Press International release of 6/13/68 relative to alleged travels abroad of Sirhan in 1964 and 1966, we know this to be completely false since Sirhan was either employed or going to school in Pasadena, California, at the time. A preliminary report was given the White House late in the afternoon of 6/13/68 and we are obtaining complete facts in order to furnish the White House a detailed refutation to this press release. ACTION: w Attached for approval is a memorandum setting forth current developments. This will be disseminated to the White House, the Vice President and the Department of Justice. dN
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to WASHINGTON, D.c. 20535 File No. June 14, 1968 ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA We are continuing interviews with individuals who were at or near the scene of the shooting at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, during the evening of June 4-5, 1968, in an effort to establish full facts relative to the activities of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, Rafer Lewis Johnson, Olympic champion who assisted in subduing Sirhan, advises that while he was’ holding Sirhan immediately after subduing him he held his fist to Sirhan's head and repeated the question "Why did you do it?" The assailant's only reply to ’ Johnson was "I'll explain it." Another witness, Jesus Perez, saw Sirhan, gun in hand, immediately after Senator Kennedy had been shot. He stated Sirhan is identical with an individual who talked to him briefly just before midnight June 4, 1968, inquiring as to whether Senator Kennedy would pass their way after his speech, Investigation indicates that the itinerary for Senator Kennedy was modified somewhat during the evening of June 4, 1968, due to delays in receiving election returns. According to information received from Senator Kennedy's Public Relations Director for the California Campaign, the decision to take the route directly to the Colonial Room at the Ambassador Hotel was made on the stage immediately. after Senator Kennedy's speech. Inquiry into this phase is continuing. MW 54999 Docld: 32989522 Page 166 ee
ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY A United Press International release on June 13, 1968, indicated Sirhan Bishara Sirhan had traveled to the Middle East during 1964 and 1966. This information allegedly originated with an unidentified Arab state. According to our inves- tigation, it is completely unfounded since Sirhan had been, during 1964 and 1966, either pursuing his education or employed in the Pasadena, California, area. NW 54999 Doold: 32989522 Page 169 OO
yan pe so e. AFFIDAVIT _ eae . ety DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) ss: ee JAMES H. MORTIMER, being duly sown, €caes and says? _ ; 1. Tam 42 years old and reside in Springfield, Virginia, I attended Miamt University at Oxford, Ohio and the University of South Carolina and received a Bachelor of Science degree at the latter in 1945. I also attended ' the University of Cincinnati. 2. I am a Spe¢ial Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and-am assigned to the Laboratory of the Federal Bureau of Investigation «. “i: Headquarters Office . in Washington, D. C. I have been employed by the Federal _ Bureau of Investigation continuously since July 21, 1952, ‘ when I entered on auty.as a Special Agent. After an. initial training period of sixteen weeks at the Washington, D.C. Headquarters OfFice, Iwas assigned to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Division for a period of eighteen months and “then was transferred to the Washington, D. €. Field Office,” | _ where I vemainea until March 16, 1959, when I was assigned | to the Laboratory. I have been employéd there since then - _ exclusively and full-time as an examiner of questioned ‘ documents. I received éxtensive training in this highly — specialized field, working ‘originally as an apprentice . under an experienced examiner for a period of three years. E attended. lectures delivered by experts in this field and ~ ‘ vead the extensive. literature of the subject. | BW 54999 Doold: 32989522 ad: Page 190
gi Ts . - " " " ie sg & * . 1 7 . 4 rd « . ‘ . a - - ¢ * . ‘ . : re ‘ - 3. As an eraniner of questioned documents, I have examined and compared numerous written, typed and printed instruments for the purposes of determining questions of 7 identity, authenticity, and the like. J have examined and ° compared samples of handwriting in thousands of instances, and have testified as a handwriting expert in numerous trials in the federal and state courts. oo, ‘4h. On April 10, 1968, in the due course of business I received a sealed envelope which had been sent by registered | mail from the Memphis Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I opened the envelope and found therein a. Registration Card labeled for the Vie Dupratt's New~Rebel Motor Hotel, hearing the written signature "Eric 8. Galt." A photographic copy of the face of, the Registration Card, _ which is a true and fadtheul reproduction of the original, is attached hereto and designated.as Exhibit I. A photo graphic copy of ‘the back of’ the card, which is.a true and faithful, reproduction of the original, is attached hereto sag Exhibit IZ. _ 7 | Bs. On April 22, 1968, in the due course of business, I received @ sealed envelope which had beén sent by registered mail from the Los Angeles Division of the Federal Bureau of investigation. E opened the envelope and found therein, among other items, two original documents, One was a printed form headed "APPLICATION FOR SCHOOL ADM", bearing at .the | - top and bottom the handwritten signature "Eric s. Gait." A photographic copy of that document, which is a true and “ faithful reproduction of the original, is attached hereto. - i - HW 54999 Doold:32989522 Page 191
@ @ Oy ~ Mr. Rosen (Mr. Shroder) 1 ~ Mr. Griffith ~ 6/14/68 . 1 - Lab File TELETYPE DEFERRED PLAINTEXT TO SAC, LOS ANGELES (56-156) FROM DIRECTOR, FBI (62-587) KENSALT REURAIRTEL JUNE ELEVEN LAST SUBMITTING HANDWRITING SAMPLES OF ADEL BISHARA SIRHAN, SAIDALLAH B, SIRHAN, SHARIF B, SIRHAN AND MUNIR BISHARA SIRHAN. CONCLUDED MAJORITY OF QUESTIONED WRITINGS ON PAGES FIFTEEN AND FORTYSEVEN OF NOTEBOOK Q ONE WERE NOT WRITTEN BY SAIDALLAH B. SIRHAN, BY SHARIF B. SIRHAN OR MUWIR BISHARA SIRHAN. THE WRITING OF ADELL BISHARA SIRHAN CONSISTS ‘ PRIMARILY OF HANDWRITING WHICH 18 NO) COMPARABLE WITH oo QUESTIONED WRITING. WHILE SUBMITTED KNOWN WRITINGS FOR PERSONS MENTIONED ARE NOT ADEQUATE FOR COMPARISON WITH ALL THE QUESTIONED WRITINGS, MANY DIFFERENCES WERE NOTED. LABORATORY REPORT FOLLOWS. 3:AW = (7) NW 54999 Docid: 32989522 Page i193 .
i | HW 54999 eeeeneenea _ TO FROM SUBJECT: OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 MAY 1962 FDITION ; r 50t0-106 GSA GEN. REG. NO, 27 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT e Tolson —————— fyeLoach Mohr Bishop e ~~, Casper Memorandum ene : Mr. DeLoach DATE: June if “964 Rozen ~ yt ave 1- Mr. DeLoach Be TAS Totes — : A. Rosen 1 - Mr. Rosen . a 1 - Mr. Malley 5 1 - Mr. Shroder ASSASSINATION OF 1- Mr. Schutz ENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY . ° . ° 1 - Mr. McGowan 1 - Mr. Sullivan LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Mr. Bishop 1- Mr. Mohr r. 5 1 - Mr. Trotter iV The attached teletype from our Los Angeles Office summarizes 46?! recent investigation into the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, setting forth the results of interviews with former associates, employers and witnesses to the shooting of Senator Kennedy. Roosevelt Grier, pro- fessional football player, has been interviewed and relates his part in helping to disarm Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. Another associate of Sirhan's who recently conversed with Sirhan described him as extremely frustrated with respect to the so-called "Zionist plots" and states Sirhan is convinced the United States is involved in the furtherance of the Zionist goals. With respect to Sandra Serrano, a 20-year-old girl who insists she saw a female in a polka dot dress run from the scene of the shooting shouting "We shot him - we shot him, " Serrano has now obtained an attorney and will not be interviewed by authorities unless that attorney is present. The Los Angeles Police Department does not contemplate further interview with Serrano and considers her story of no value to this investi- gation because of inconsistencies. The Los Angeles prosecutor's office is of the firm opinion that investigation has failed to indicate any evidence to. support Sirhan was associated with anyone in a conspiracy. Wilbur Littlefield, in the office of the Public Defender, Los Angeles, has been named to represent Sirhan although press reports indicate Sirhan desires private attorneys but cannot afford them. ACTION: Attached for dissemination to the White House with copies to the Vice President and the Department of Justice if approved is a brief summary of recent developments in our investigation. Enclosures HAS:hcs (18) - Doold: 32389522 Page i134
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer'to WASHINGTON, D.c. 20535 File No. oe June 13, 1968 ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Interviews with witnesses into the shooting of Senator Robert F. Kennedy continue, as well as interviews with associates and former employers of the accused assail-= ant Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, Approximately 207 employees of ; the Ambassador Hotel have been interviewed to date. Roosevelt Grier, professional football player who was present at Senator Kennedy's speech in the Ambassador Hotel at Los Angeles, California, during the night of June 4, 1968, related to FBI Agents how he, with the assistance of hotel employees and Rafer Johnson, Olympic champion, disarmed Sirhan after the shooting. Another individual, Louis Shelby, a restaurant owner where Adel Sirhan had been employed, described the assailant as an extremely ON frustrated individual and one who was convinced the United - States was involved in the furtherance of Zionist goals. Chief Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County, Lynn Compton, has advised our Los Angeles Office that a review of investigation conducted.by the investigative staff of the ; \ District Attorney's office and the Los Angeles Police Depart~ °-” ment fails to indicate that there is any evidence to support Sirhan was associated with anyone else or conspired with any other person in the assassination of Senator Kennedy. With respect to the prosecution of Sirhan, it has been reported that Mr. Wilbur Littlefield, Chief Trial Deputy in the Office of the Public Defender, has been named to. represent Sirhan, The news media indicates Sirhan reportedly desires two private attorneys to defend him but alleged he has stated he could not afford to retain private counsel. Littlefield was placed in charge of the case after a meeting of the Los Angeles Bar Association. WW 54999 Doold:32989522 Page 195
o o Lae i ms ase LeLoec i aa sake nehate ~ ee Lure ‘oxen At Oht seh L~ ior, jade y Oa Da ag a wR, LeLGACH i = tare shroder 6718/68 x ‘ L~- aXe Gale ~ the LOSER i» Six. Sullivan a) ’ | ford ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR OST Ln RGLEMT #. HENNEY Coy LG ANGELES, CALLEGRAIA ¥iltam Lynch of the Criminal sivision, whe is this case for the Atiorney General aa & special, called to inquire whether we have a yeport and whether we plasned to send ihe rescita of our laveatizgation to sdetzict Attorney Kvelie J. Younger of Log Angeles. A tales Beta hat any report which we receive Will be furalshed, in accordance with the Cepartuient's request, ta the Cepariaent. He wanted to know if wa plauned to aubmilt it to the Vepari went before it wont ta Younger. Pollak hag previously slated they waked ia review it elore it. went out fo Youager. = = it noted that Pollak anced ae when she eas expect & Faport i told hic we expect a report somatinw toward the end of the wees. and that it hac to be carefully reviewed. = alea told Lynch the report would nitoveey Gineares en nme in accordance with the xequesy.of the ~Attoragy Gsaeral. e For your information, wa bere the report. its ost bulky, it ia ower 1,000 gages, and it is being caxefally reviewed. if represent thw current investigation to date. Cerrectious are belag made and it in ‘oeing rechecked with Lou Angeles in any instances where questions arise. ‘dust a6 Sood as the review ie completed, an appropriate ciemoranduss will Be teanncaltbed forwarding the report te tae i-epartment, aud at that tute, we will spetifically inquire te be advised when the material may be sub~ suitted ie District Aitorney Younger, oy /~ bie {15} NW 54999 DBDocld: 32989522 Page 196 set ee 7 a - a t pe
@ : 1 - Mr. N@Gen (Mr. Shroder) + 1- Mr. Griffith ——Can_ 1 - Mr. Bohn g< 1 - Lab Files 6/13/68 PLAINTEXT TELETYPE DEFERRED TO SAC, LOS ANGELES (56-156) PROM bIREC — THI (62-587) RELET JUNE TEN FROM SAN FRANCISCO ENCLOSING ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY CHECK ENDORSED SIRHAN SIRHAN. DUE TO LIMITED KNOWN HANDWRITING AVAILABLE, A DEFINITE CONCLUSION WAS NOT REACHED WHETNER SIRHAN WROTE AMY OF THE QUESTIONED HANDWRITING ON SPECINENS SUBMITTED PREVIOUSLY. | SIMILARITIES WERE NOTED IN WRITING OF SIRHAN ANU CERTAIN QUESTIONED WRITINGS. EFFORTS TO LOCATE CONTEMPORARY WRITINGS OF SIRHAN COMPARABLE WIT QUESTIONED WRITING SHOULD B£ CONTINUED. LABORATORY REPORT FOLLOWS. COPY BEING NAILED TO SAN FRANCISCO. 1 - SAN FRANCISCO (62-5881) CEB:pb (9) NW 54999 Docld: 32989592 Page igs?
” y R *., . t ‘™ , MAY 1962 EDITION @ GSA GEN. SEG. NO. 27 7 . ( . Tolson UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Vie [ [ 0% Mohr r | | OPTIONAL FoR NO. 10 ‘ 5010-108 Attached for approval is a memorandum to the White House with copies to the Vice President and the Department summarizing developments relating to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Enclosed with the memorandum are copies of material found by FBI Agents and Los Angeles police officers in a search of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan's room, This material relates to notations possibly by Sirhan threaten- ing in nature against President Johnson, Senator Kennedy and Ambassador Goldberg, Of significance is one statement that - "Robert F, Kennedy must be assassinated before 5 June (68. " In Summary, the attached memorandum to the White House briefly sets forth results of additional inquiries into Sirhan's background, interviews with his brothers and. the fact that we have insufficient samples of Sirhan's known handwriting specimens to identify the notations appearing on the above-referred-te material. Additional specimens are being obtained. With respect to statements by Samuel W. — Yorty of Los Angeles that Sirhan is affiliated with the WEB Bubois Cluis, we advise that no information has been develoned to establish this fact at this time. The following details do not appear in the letter~ head memorandum, One Terry Mickey Welch, a former exercise. boy with the Granja Vista Del] Rio Thoroughbred Horse Farm at Corona, California, where Sirhan was employed, was inter- viewed by our Detroit Office and claimed to mow Sirhan well. He last saw him during May of 1967 and advised while Sirhan was, prior to his accident when he fell from a horse in September, 1966, good natured, popular, gentlemanly and ambitious, he underwent @ complete perscnality change becoming quiet, aloof, unpredictable and a "loner," Welch alleges Sirhan, to his mowledge, was anti-comnunist and did not appear to be prejudiced against race or nationality. Enclosure BAS: alg — ai <2 OTE OT erage TE, emp eey ST (12) 14 CONTINUED ~ OVER NW 34959 Doold: 32989522 Page 196 - ine Bishop Casper Memorandum calc a / Gale TO” : Mer? DeLoach DATE-*dune 7, 1968 Rosen - . . . . Tavel i- Mr. Deloach Trotter — - FROM A, : 1 - le. Rosen Holmes ' 1 - Mr. Malley Gandy 1 —- Mr. Shroder 1 - Hr, Gale i SUBJECT; . 1 - Br. Schutz 1 - Mr, Sullivan SENATOR ROBERT F, DY 1 - le, HcGovarn 1 —~ Me, Mohr LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 1 - Mr, Bishop 1 -~ Kr, Trotter
Kenorandum to Mr, DeLoach RE: ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY He named anong individuals knowing Sirhan, T.V. personalities Desi Arnez, Buddy Ebson.and Dale Robertson . a11 of whom kept horses at Granja Vista Del Rio, - Of interest is the fact that the District Attorney in Los Angeles County, who is prosecuting Sirhan, is Evelle Jansen Younger, 2 former Bureau Agent. Younger entered on duty December 9, 1940, he was placed on leave without pay for military purposes May 2, 1942, and submitted his voluntary resignation effective 12/5/45, as he did not desire to return to active duty. His: services were satisfactory. ACTION: (1) Attached for approval is a letterhead memorandum for the White House with copies to the Vice President, the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, and Civil Rights Division, (2) In view of the fact that the material found in Sirhan's room bearing threatening notations is of direct interest to the Secret Service, CIA and the State Department, if Approved, copies ef this material wilh be made available _ to these agencies, (3) All phases of this investigation are being pressed to the utmost. ; . ~ 2 = , Nw 54999 DocTd: 32989522 Page 199 . ° . t
| in Reply, Please Refer to File No. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . WASHINGTON, D.c. 20535 June 7, 1968 ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY — LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Intensive investigation is continuing in order to determine the complete circumstances surrounding the shooting of Senator Robert F. Kennedy by an individual who has been charged by Los Angeles, California, authorities as his assailant, Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. School records in Pasadena, California, described Sirhan prior to 1963 when he graduated from John Muir High School as "friendly, co- operative, well mannered, has adjusted very nicely to his new environ- ment and making many new friends." Continuing investigation into Sirhan's background indicates, according to his brother Sharif Bishara Sirhan, the assailant had little association or communication with the rest of the family. He had few male associates and since his fall from a horse in September, 1966, had been more withdrawn. ——  -The FBI Laboratory has conducted an examination ofthe hand- — writing appearing on papers found after a search of Sirhan's room in the Pasadena family home which bore notations advocating the overthrow of the President of the United States and other statements alluding to the necessity of assassinating Robert F Kennedy. The handwriting could not be identified as Sirhan's because of the lack of adequate known handwriting samples. Additional samples of Sirhan's known handwriting are being. obtained for comparison purposes. A copy of this material is attached. Investigation is continuing in an effort to account for Sirhan's activities directly prior to the shooting of Senator Kennedy. Individuals who were in attedance at the ballroom in the Ambassador Hotel at the time of the shooting are being located and interviewed in detail. Two . — — —_— + NW 54959 “Docld: 32989522 Page 200
. . a * + 4 . c 4 - ‘ ‘ A ‘ @ ° . @ . e Me a : . a . “ > ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY witnesses, Humphrey Cordero and Enrique Rabago, identified Sirhan as being at the Ambassador Hotel at approximately 9:30 p. m., Pacific Daylight Time, on June 4, 1968, at which time Sirhan is alleged to have made derogatory comments regarding "rich people" in general and . Senator Kennedy in particular. It was alleged Sirhan stated that Senator Kennedy was going to "buy the presidency” for personal purposes, and that he (Sirhan) was looked down upon because of his clothing. Both Cordero and Rabago were of the opinion based on their conversation with Sirhan that he had come to the Ambassador Hotel alone since no one appeared to be accompanying him during their approximate ten-minute conversation with him. Three of the five individuals who were wounded during the shooting were interviewed, but none observed the assailant. The remain- ing two who were more seriously wounded will be interviewed as soon as their condition permits. Mayor Samuel W. Yorty, Los Angeles, California, was reported by the news media on June 6, 1968, as stating Sirhan was associated with the W. E. B. DuBois Clubs of America. The Los Angeles Police Depart- ment advised that on January 16, 1966, a vehicle registered to Sirhan's brother Adel was observed in the vicinity of Baces Hall, Sunset and Vermont, Los Angeles, California, where a meeting sponsored by the W. ETB, DuBois Clubs of ‘America was being held. FBI files based on available data failed to establish Sirhan was a member of such an organization. A reliable source has indicated that Dorothy Healy, Los Angeles Communist Party leader, has stated the assassin is unknown as a member of the W. E. B. DuBois Clubs of America in the Los Angeles area. The W. E. B. DuBois Clubs of America is a Marxist-orientated youth organi- zation whose leaders in 1967 were Communist Party, United States of America, members. It was indicated that the Communist Party, United States of America, intends to issue a press release denying Sirhan has had any connection with the Communist Party and, in fact, is considering a legal suit against Mayor Yorty with respect to his allegations. ' MW 54999 Docld: 32989522 Page 201 eee pre : .
- ‘ *, . ‘ , *. . . 4 * - . . aoe - * ry 4 . ~ . ty £ - 7 . * . . ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY FBI Agents, on June 5, 1968, located a 1956 DeSoto registered to Sirhan Sirhan at Wilshire Boulevard and New Hampshire Avenue a few blocks from the Ambassador Hotel, An examination of this vehicle, after a search warrant was obtained, resulted in the location of one empty box of . 22 caliber bullets in the glove compartment. In addition, a sales receipt was located in the glove compartment showing the purchase of four boxes of . 22 caliber bullets for $3.99 paid for in cash on June 1, 1968. A wallet containing identification in the name of Sirhan Sirhan was also located in the glove compartment. . Enclosure « MW 34999 Doocld: 32959522 Page 202
‘ of nar « . ja "4 . . «st UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . 7 “ . ' 9 - In Reply, Please Refer to WASHINGTON, D.c. 20535 June 7, 1968 - ASSASSINATION OF * , . SENATOR ROBERT F. ‘KENNEDY a ; LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Intensive investigation is continuing in order to determine the complete circumstances surrounding the shooting of Senator Robert F. Kennedy by an individual who has been charged by Los Angeles, California, authorities as “his assailant, Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. School records in Pasadena, California, described Sirhan prior to 1963 when he graduated from John Muir High School as "friendly, co- operative, well mannered, has adjusted very nicely to his new environ- ment and making many new friends." Continuing investigation into Sirhan's background indicates, according to his brother Sharif Bishara Sirhan, the assailant had little association or communication with the rest of the family. He had few male associates.and since his fall from a horse in September, 1966, had been more withdrawn. writing appearing on papers found after a search of Sirhan's room in the Pasadena family home which bore notations advocating the overthrow of *. the President of the United States and other statements alluding to the necessity of assassinating Robert F Kennedy. The handwriting could not be identified as Sirhan's because of the lack of adequate known handwriting ‘ samples. Additional samples of Sirhan's known handwriting are being. obtained for comparison purposes. A copy of this material is attached. Investigation is continuing in an effort to account for Sirhan's activities directly prior to the shooting of Senator Kennedy. Individuals who were in attendance at the ballroom in the Ambassador Hotel at the time of the shooting are being located and interviewed in detail. .Two — OE ROIs ASLAN OSA eae} eee F ante lins Nee BET OD EE et tee wee med a ET > \ HW 54999 Doold:32989522 Page 203 . The FBI Laboratory has conducted an examination of the hand- — innene “ ee ee te ee
q . . ‘ ° . . . : " . a - . “ a ¥ . . a x. - t . ‘ ‘ « . -) < . . . ae ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY witnesses, Humphrey Cordero and Enrique Rabago, identified Sirhan as being at the Ambassador Hotel at approximately 9:30 p. m., Pacific Daylight Time, on June 4, 1968, at which time Sirhan is alleged to have made derogatory comments regarding "rich people" in general and Senator Kennedy in particular. It was alleged Sirhan stated that Senator Kennedy was going to "buy the presidency" for personal purposes, ‘and that he (Sirhan) was looked down upon because of his clothing. Both - Cordero and Rabago were of the opinion based on their conversation with Sirhan that he had come to the Ambassador Hotel alone since no one - appeared to be accompanying him during their approximate ten-minute. ‘conversation with him, 3 . Three of the five individuals who were wounded during the ‘shooting were interviewed, but none observed the assailant. The remain- ing two who were more Seriously wounded will be interviewed as soon as their condition permits. Mayor Samuel W. Yorty, Los Angeles, California, was reported by the news media on June 6, 1968, as stating Sirhan was associated with , the W. E. B. DuBois Clubs of America. The Los Angeles Police Depart- ment advised that on January 16, 1966, a vehicle registered to Sirhan's ' brother Adel was observed in the vicinity of Baces Hall, Sunset and Vermont, Los Angeles, California, where a meeting sponsor ed by tl the — W. E.-B. DuBois Clabs of America was being held. a FBI files based on available data failed to establish Sirhan was a member of such an organization. A reliable source has indicated that Dorothy Healy, Los Angeles Communist Party leader, has stated the assassin is unknown as a member of the W. E, B, DuBois Clubs of America in the Los Angeles area. The W. E. B. DuBois Clubs of America is a Marxist-orientated youth organi- zation whose leaders in 1967 were Communist Party, United States of America, members. It was indicated that the Communist Party, United States of America, intends to issue a press release denying Sirhan has had any connection with the Communist Party and, in fact, is considering a legal suit against Mayor Yorty with respect to his allegations. <n Maree roy SAI mentary, haere cal Front EU a etn SATE Ee TEENY NMS ep . HW 54959 Docld: 32985522 Page 204 |
' ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY FBI Agents, on June 5, 1968, located a 1956 DeSoto registered to Sirhan Sirhan at Wilshire Boulevard and New Hampshire Avenue a few blocks from the Ambassador Hotel. An examination of this vehicle, after a search warrant was obtained, resulted in the location of one empty box of . 22 caliber bullets in the glove compartment. In addition, a sales receipt was located in the glove compartment showing the purchase of - four boxes of . 22 caliber bullets for $3.99 paid for in cash on June 1, 1968. A wallét containing identification in the name of Sirhan Sirhan was also ’ located in the glove compartment, — < Enclosure ;  , » MW 54999. Docld:32989522 Page 205
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MW 34939 Doocld: 32959522 Page 215 GSA GEN. REG, NO. 27 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OPTIONAL #0%4 NO, 10 ~~ soro-108 WAY 1967 EDITION Memorandum if . <a o, Mr. DeLoach DATE: June ‘12, 1968 Crier AL lL ~ Mr. DeLoach A. Rosen 1 -~ Mr. Rosen LE Db / 1 ~ Mr. Malley 1 - Mr. Shroder (7 ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR 1 =- Mr. Schutz 1 = Mr. ROBERT F,. KENNEDY 1 =- Mr. McGowan 1 = Mr. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ~ Mr. Bishop 1- Se wsConrad 1 - Mr. Attached for approval is a memorandum for the White House with copies for the Vice President and the Department dealing with current developments in our investigation into the assassination of Senator Robert F,. Kennedy. The attached memorandum includes not only information originally set forth in our letterhead memorandum of June 11, 1968, which was not sent, but, information relating to facts as supplied by the ambulance attendant, Max Alma Behrmanno, in his dealings with Ethel Kennedy as well as true facts relating to the subduing of. Sirhan after the shooting. ACTION (1) If approved, the attached memorandum will be forwarded to the White House with copies to the Vice President, the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General and the Civil Rights Division of the Department. (2) Additional memoranda will be prepared for dissemination to the White House upon the development of Significant details. HAS/irk (13) Mr. Mohr
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D.c. 20535 in Reply, Please Refer to File No, June 12, 1968 ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA | Investigation is continuing in order to develop i) _ full background information concerning Sirhan Bishara _ Sirhan as well as that of members of his immediate family and associates. | | With respect to a previous statement attributed | to Mayor Samuel W. Yorty, Los Angeles, California, as reported by the news media on June 6, 1968, alleging Sirhan was associated with the W. E. B. DuBois Clubs of America, and a vehicle registered to Sirhan's brother, Adel, was observed on January 16, 1966, in the vicinity of Baces Hall, 1528 North Vermont, Los Angeles, California, where a meeting sponsored by that organization was being held, information has been developed indicating Adel Sirhan had previously been employed as a musician at the Fez Res- taurant, 1508 North Vermont, adjacent to Baces Hall. Full details are being developed with respect to this phase of our investigation. On June 9, 1968, a United Press International release datelined Cairo made reference to the arrest of one Soliman Sirhan by Iraqi authorities as an Israeli spy . alleging he was a brother of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. Sirhan's mother, during an intensive interview by FBI Agents on June 10, 1968, volunteered she had heard this newscast and stated she ~ has only five sons, Sirhan, Munir, Sharif, Adel and Saidallah, none of whom are living outside the United States. The individual to whom the United Press International referred was unknown to her. Interviews are continuing with those individuals | who were in or near the Embassy Room at the: Ambassador Hotel during the evening of June 4-5, 1968, Several have | HW 54999 Doocld: 32989522 Page 216
NW 54999 DoolId: 32869522 Page 217 = Lo eee ee - oo. ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY been located who were witnesses to the shooting of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and who positively identify Sirhan Bishara Sirhan as the individual who fired the shots at Senator Kennedy. This phase of our investiga- tion is being exhaustively pursued. According to information furnished by ambulance attendant Max Alma Behrmann, after responding to the call at the Ambassador Hotel, a distraught Mrs. Kennedy attempted to keep him from assisting the Senator stating "Keep your hands off him, I'm Mrs. Kennedy." As the Senator was placed in an ambulance, an argument ensued between Behrmann and Mrs. Kennedy as to who would accompany the ambulance and again, according to Behrmann, when he questioned Mrs. Kennedy while en route to the hospital as to what had transpired, she stated "I don't give a damn what you say," grabbed his record book and threw it out of the ambulance. Upon noting the Senator was having difficulty breathing and thereafter trying to assist him, Behrmann was told by Mrs. Kennedy "You keep your dirty filthy hands off my husband," and she struck him on the right side of his face stunning him. He further recalls. Mrs. Kennedy called to a male associate who was sitting in the front seat to "Come back here and throw this ambulance man out; he's bothering me; he's asking too many questions." It was further reported by a witness at the hospital that upon arrival there Mrs. Kennedy grabbed a camera from a newsman, knocking it to the floor, and she also swung at the newsman hitting him in the chest area, Senator Kennedy's bodyguard then jumped over the stretcher and punched the newsman in the face. Of possible significance is the fact that among items found on Sirhan's person when taken into custody was AON @ newspaper article by David Lawrence captioned "Paradoxical Bob" and highlighting the fact that while Kennedy vigorously opposes the war in Vietnam, he has nevertheless recommended full assistance to Israel "with arms if necessary" to meet the threat of the Soviets.. . In addition, whereas press reports claim Rafer Johnson, Olympic champion, and Roosevelt Grier, professional football player, subdued the assailant, investigation reveals the first to reach the assailant were two.hotel employees. They then were assisted by Grier and Johnson. . ae ee ~ eee ee ee ee Oe a
> ar aa ON ee OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 $010-106 MAY 1962 EDITION ” ., , in ee Tolson $ GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 tL te g DeLoach i UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT . } . sae ; ( ; Memorandum TO > My, DeLoach - ~ DATE: June 12, 1968 ‘ . lL - Mr. DeLoach — . L = Mr. Rosen FROM : Ay Rosen ~.. 1 ~ Mr. Malley a 1 ~ Mr, Shroder “74 LL —— 1 + Mr, Schutz PY C4 bene SUBJECT: ASSASSINATION OF a 1 - Mr. McGowan ~~" Wabe’ CF Ay a) (° SENATOR ROBERT F., KENNEDY 1 ~ Mr. Mohr 1 -"Mr. Gale Co™ \ LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 1- Mr, Bishop 1 — Mr,\Sullivan ae l — Mr, Conrad 1 - Mr. grotter In order to facilitate the handling of evidence with respect to reporting results of FBI examination either by the FBI Laboratory or Identification Division, the following should be placed in effect: ; . 1. When evidence has been submitted for examination to either the FBI Laboratory or the Identification Division by_ the FBI, as opposed to evidence recovered by a police j department and submitted to the FBI Laboratory, a report should be prepared addressed to Evelle Janson Younger, Prosecuting Attorney for the County of Los Angeles, setting forth the results of the desired examination, The evidence Should be returned to the contributing field office. Copies of the report should be furnished FBI, Los Angeles, the _ General Investigative Division and, if appropriate, the - Domestic Intelligence Division, The material transmitted to Younger will not, of course, contain administrative data or other information of special interest to the Bureau alone. . — 2. When evidence is submitted for examination by the Los Angeles or other police departments, a report Should be returned in accordance with existing procedure to the submitting law enforcement agency, A copy of the report should be made available to the Los Angeles Divi-~ | Sion, the General Investigative Division, and if appro- | Te, priate, the Domestic Intelligence Division, |) és ACTION; ae _ :. If approved, the above procedures should be adopted : henceforth,. OT, he TAREE ag OP BEN. | «* HAS: jl | HW 34955 Doold: 32989522 Page 218
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 |” @ 5010—106 @ } MAY 1962 EDITION , . ° GSA GEN. REG. NO, 27 ” Tolson UNITEU STATES GOVERNMENT Del.oach Memorandum | 7 ceeee Felt N Gale TO: Mr, DeLoach “DATE: June 12, 1968 4) st Mr. DeLoach, jv. Tavel Mr. Rosen elt 0. ta Tele. Room Mr, Malley ~“‘| ; i Mr. Shroder “AI y - ; Schutz fe GF. \ Ee z Mr, McGowan ~~ FQ APIO eyo mM Mr, Mohr Ll ~ Mr. Gale Ur, Bishop 1 = Mr, Sullivan Mr, Conrad Ll = Mr. Trotter FROM : Ay Rosen hee SUBJECT: ASSASSINATION OF ; SENATOR ROBERT F., KENNEDY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. at fed fost fad food fend ed Jot od perprnrnene e In order to facilitate the handling of evidence with respect to reporting results of FBI examination either by the FBI Laboratory or Identification Division, the following should be placed in effect: 1s When evidence has been submitted for examination to either the FBI Laboratory or the Identification Division by the FBI, as opposed to evidence recovered by a police 4 department and submitted to the FBI Laboratory, a report ‘ Should be prepared addressed to Evelle Janson Younger, Prosecuting Attorney for the County of Los Angeles, setting forth the results of the desired examination, The evidence should be returned to the contributing field office. Copies F “ o£ the report should be furnished FBI, Los Angeles, the _- , General Investigative Division and, if appropriate, the + Domestic Intelligence Division. The material transmitted to Younger will not, of course, contain administrative data or other information of special interest to the Bureau alone. . 2. When evidence is submitted for examination by the Los Angeles or other police departments, a report should be returned in accordance with existing procedure to the submitting law enforcement agency, A copy of the report should be made available to the Los Angeles Divi- sion, the General Investigative Division, and if appro- Tee priate, the Domestic Intelligence Division, g-- ACTION: “eos ad ~ eres au :. If approved, the above procedures should be. adopted henceforth,. nn ing PARSE ‘ a . 2 ~ are epoitsoe f a foul s 7 ar hy Vas ; 4 ie lS ie i a qa3sy\ -Q0,/ be MW 54999 Docld: 32989522 Page 219
ie —— OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10” @ 5010-106 ® ' MAY 1962 EDITION ; . - . . - GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT o\ all Memorandum — a / TO > Myr. Deloach ~ DATE: June 12, 1968 . . wy” i ~ Mr, DeLoach >; L band Hr o: Rosen ‘ Telgf Room FROM : A. Rosen 1~ Mr, Malley Aid se an iL - Mr. Shroder JoAy Z 1 = Hr, Schutz ed Ane SUBJECT: ASSASSINATION OF 1 — Mr, McGowan -~ SENATOR ROBERT F., NEDY 1 — Mr, Mohr li- Mr. {Gale LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 1l-~ Mr. Bishop 1. Mr. ‘Sullivan 1 - Mr, Conrad 1 SXur. Trotter | an fe ee ~ ae woe HAS:jl hv ACTION: mee In order to facilitate the handling of evidence with respect to reporting results of FBI examination either by the FBI Laboratory or Identification Division, the following should be placed in effect: co 1. When evidence has been submitted for examination to either the FBI Laboratory or the Identification Division by the FBI, as opposed to evidence recovered by a police department and submitted to the FBI Laboratory, a report should be prepared addressed to Evelle Janson Younger, Prosecuting Attorney for the County of Los Angeles, setting forth the results of the desired examination, The evidence should be returned to the contributing field office, Copies of the report should be furnished FBI, Los Angeles, the General Investigative Division and, if appropriate, the - Domestic Intelligence Division, The materiel transmitted to Younger will not, of course, contain administrative data or other information of special interest to the Bureau alone. 7 2. When evidence is submitted for examination by the Los Angeles or other police departments, a report should be returned in accordance with existing procedure to the submitting law enforcement agency. A copy of the report should be made available to the Los Angeles Divi- Sion, the General Investigative Division, and if appro- priate, the Domestic Intelligence Division, - -:, &£ approved, the above procedures should be adopted henceforth, OO, bie MEE GS . ty ; asy. - ef JS Oe WW 54999 Docld:32999522 Page 220 - (Ff f
NW 54939 Doold: 32959522 Page 221 beers ASSASSUSATIUR OY Iw at. SRAAT a NEAT #, RESMELY Ln Rte Bi Ln Me, Gale ef AACE, MALLS AOA iv ae. siwiep = I~ ht. Xultiven Ae A honcelor th. MAS: 4le ha} ‘oe Ef « ¥ w a is <« BE, ¢ i= “f°. Tratter in wder te facilitate the hiadlieg Of evidence sith Yaupect to reperting yesulte of ¥SI asaniaation either by the oe} Laberatory ac identification Uivisiot, the follocing should te placed in effect: evidenct ban keen wubeitted for extaieation (0 kn PRD wither the Fae laboraiogs or tha identiticatioqn Diviaiosn by the FAI, Be sppuned to avidouce recovered Ky a police aria ta peapares aiitussed to Kealia deans foumsers | show . ive Min Promecatini Attorauy for tas Conaty of Len Angolew, oe tting y Lia ot tne doeiredt Lom bs Sahaiantion. The #videme should Be tetursgd to the coatrifmiting *1014. iice,. Copien a at Of the tepert abould he Saraished Fil, lea Angeles, the Ceperal-teveautizative division aad, if apurepriate, the demtic intalligews Oivinies, The sateriani treneaitiead to Younpes will pet, of coutae, ceutalian adelaintrative Gata wr other invermetion of special intereat to the eres a home. R. shen evidesce in eubsittied fer susaiaation by the Les Angeles oc olher police departaents, & xeport shamld be retetaed in accordasee With exinting peobedare oe tee eubaitting law eafortenent agency. A capy of tse YOpert shonld be onde avellabia {¢ the Low Angelen Oiyi- Sins, the General Javon tian tive idvision, wed if agpra- priate, the Sanpatixn Intelligavce Cliviniou, 1% tpevowed, tha aleve pecondecen should be adepted
~ Mr. x (Mr. Shroder) 1 - Mr. Griffith 1- Mr. Bohn 1- Lab File ¢ jaye PLAINTEXT | TELETYPE | DEFERRED TO SAC, LOS ANGELES (56-156) FROM DIRECTOR, FBI (62-567) -KENSALT; REURAIRTEL JUNE TEN. DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN TIME OF WRITING AND DUE TO LINITED AMOUNT OF WRITING AVAILABLE, A DEFINITE CONCLUSION WAS NOT REACHED WHETHER SIRHAN SIRHAN WROTE ANY OF THE QUESTIONED WRITING, BASED ON SUBMITTED NINETEEN FIFTYEIGHT INFORMATION BLANK AND SPECIMENS SUBMITTED PREVIOUSLY. SIMILARITIES WERE FOUND IN WRITING OF SIRHAN AND CERTATN QUESTIONED WRITINGS. EFFORTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL KNOWN WRITING SHOULD BE CONDUCTED WITH CONCENTRATION ON CONTEMPORARY WRITINGS CONTAINING COMPARABLE WORDS AND LETTERS. LABORATORY REPORT FOLLOWS. CEB:pb (7) NW 54959 - Docld: 32989522 Page 222
He. Delomelk 2 By, Gheader kw Es, Sehate Swe Sie Pesos «fe, Eobe . £ « Be, Gaia me E Bishig . | « Be, Suikiven tm osdex to fackiitate the kandiius af avidesca vith wosseet to moperting resalie o2 P52 exaelastios eliaer by tie PRE inkoratery or iden$igieatinn Bivision, the feliovins chusid be pinced 25 effents E, When ovideress Bas booa eubsittied For exanination (0 either tho ESE Laboraterys oe the idenpl fees tion Division hy the FSI, Be oppesed to avideucs reeorexred by & posles @assrtievst tad auimkited fo dhe FS Lr nwmtary, H Pesure Showid bo proenaved addevscad te Hyeane dommes Powsger, Sroscentings Aviersse for the founiy of Leet angeles, sateiag fosth the voouite si the dusised aniniantios. The evidence gientd be potugexd bo ties ccatrpibutieg Sieig@ other. Copies ef the Pemorh) should be furciehed 4k, bos Gaming, tho ‘Canuoras Investigative Dicicion asd, £2 Appropsisie, Sie Homswtlie Enbekigcones Digigdes, The ezterial Seances tted to Younes whkR oot, ef euutdo, sontein adednirientire atk ag other gufounmatios of spesiai ambarant oo they HWCAE RIVES. ARSABRERATION GF SRESTRR ROLLA B, BESNESE - £09 ANGELES, CALEPORUES eh, & Whee gweidence ia subsitied Ser auzaiuation Sy the Les Anseies oy other pelace domietsonia, & pagarh Shewid bs sotursed in acoapdgams w2th caistien precedunse ° 2s the cubsdating Jaw eagercesen’d arenes. & copy oF faa yepert. shosid bo gade @ralziebde to ths Los Angeles Diyt< sien, the Genoyek inyoshiuative Pivisios, aud 22 apy peiote, the Dosesiin ingeiliguscs Divigicite  pemmegcareye BBEEH Es the Shove procedures should Be ndsptad | eee is ~ | * s ‘ + 7e ‘ . Poy * Ae x ESSeSCe oe ber “ 3 €i5}¥ aa ons 4 - MOOR oO aw we te 4 | NW 54959 Doold: 329389522 Page 223
move ren @ of the as = %un rile Les. LABORATORY 222° FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535 To Ry, Evolie J. Younger dune 12, 1563 Vistrict Attarney REGISTERED ATAMAIL S00 Hai of dusbice Los a4ngeles, California $0012 ~~ ® »~ ca ~ This examination has been made with the understanding that the evidence is connected with an official investigation of a criminal matter and that the Laboratory report will be used for official purposes only, related to the investigation or a subsequent criminal prosecution. Authorization cannot be granted for the use of the Laboratory report in connection with a civil proceeding. Re: assassination oe? - John Edgar Hoover, Director Senater Rebort FF. Kennedy YOUR NO. FBI FILE NO. g2e85F LAB. NO. He SEGSLUSS Ae i Examination requested by: FSI, Los Angeles Reference: . Lettar & (3/88 as Examination requested: Rocurenk Specimens: received G/10/08, from FBI, Los Angeles EL Essadena City College Residence Statement bearing purported handwriting o¢ SIRUAN %. SIREAN «y . > Result of ousaviuation: tne writing on S&L ie tan limited and not sutiieioatiy comparable with the questioned writing on the specimens subadited Brovionsiy fer adequate esamination. “Therefore » 26 could not bo determined whether the writer ef 41 wrote any of the questioned specimens ; RL is being returned te ¥BE, 1 Los angeles. Thia seecisen bas becn photesravhed. = 2 FRE, Las angeles Enclosure Lo . (56-156) ot tt yeas See note on next page CEB:AW « (8) ,°° am MW 34999 Doocld: 32959522 Page 224 , te _
Note to. FBI, Los Angeles: - This confirms Bureau teletype dated 6/10/68, addressed to Los Angeles in this case. -: For your investigative guidance, some similarities were found in the writing on Kl and in the questioned writing on the specimens submitted previously. As soon as additional known handwriting samples are obtained, further comparisons will be made. Le Page 2 Oo, : D-680610095 ‘AT . a 7 va~ / HW 549599 Doocld: 32989522 Page 225
=~ me <7-la (Rev. 4-17-67) a Ww 54999 Doold: 32989522 Page 226 A : ; bs oe REPORT T. SO Y of the 4 a i can RB Loner. LABORATORY le FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTOR, D. C. 20535 fe ** Mr. Evelle J. Younger June 12, 1968 District Attorney 600 Hall of Justice Registered Airmail Los Angeles, California 98012 , This examination has been made with the understanding that the evidence is connected with an official investigation of a criminal matter and that the Laboratory report will be used for official purposes only, related to the investigation or a subsequent criminal prosecution. Authorization cannot be granted for the use of the Laboratory report in connection with a civil proceeding. . Re: John Edgar Hoover, Director ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F,. KENNEDY YOUR No. FBI FILE No. -§26 587 LAB. NO. D-680606001 AT CR-13268 JU Examinati ted by: | , _— BBY, Los Angeles Reference: Letter dated 6/5/68 Examination requested: Document - Translation received 6/6/58, from FBI, Los Angeles Specimens: Ql Spiral notebook bearing green cover captioned "PASADENA CITY COLLEGE" Q2 Spiral notebook bearing brown cover captioned "The SPIRAL ‘ NOTE BOOK, 302, REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." Q3 Spiral notebook bearing Light green cover captioned "Simpson, INDEXED FILLER, 5 Subjects in One Book, No. 9804" Q4 U.S. Treasury Department envelope bearing hand printed and - handwritten notation "RFK Must be disposed of like his \ brother was.....reactionary" Enclosure 2 “\ 2 - FBI, Los pngeles (56- -156) Enclosures (2). a copies of translation) Page 1 (continued on next page) - * i CEB:pal (7) Py ; Mee on
é “ Q5 ‘Seven sheets of spiral notebook paper, further described Q6 Q7 Q8 as follows: * (A) Sheet bearing handwriting beginning "Slavery — History," ending on reverse side "...cattle Kingdom" (B} Sheet bearing handwriting beginning "Cattle Kingdom began...,"' and ending on reverse side ",..tarrif" (C} Sheet bearing handwriting beginning “Rosecrucian Philosophy" (D) Sheet bearing handwriting beginning "the New: epic," and ending on reverse side "ee Tealistic'™ . (E} Sheet bearing handwriting beginning "How to Swing a golf club properly," and bearing handwriting on reverse side beginning "If you decide..." (F) Sheet bearing handwriting beginning "...Your book, Mastery of life," and bearing various handwritten characters on reverse side (G) Sheet of paper bearing handwriting on reverse Side beginning ° ‘I have often experienced momentary..." Portion of ‘cardboard. sheet bearing handwriting beginning “Jet Spe, Rosenc to..." Two sheets of paper bearing handwriting and reproductions of typewriting, first sheet beginning "RUSSIAN IB FINAL L's 14" containing exercise notations 1-10 through * 105-128 and second page bearing exercise notations 125- 139 through 199-200 2 Honorable Discharge from California Cadet Corps issued to Sirhan B. Sirhan dated June 13, 1963 tf - Qo Strip of three photographs . : ‘ Q10 May 23, 1968, issue of The ‘Christian Science Monitor, Western Edition - . Ql1 Two-page copy of “THE OPINION, AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT | PUBLICATION," dated Friday, March” 30, 1962 . . ,. Page 2 nn ° . , * D-680606001 AT oe 4,4, (continued on next page) WW 64999 DoocId:32989522 Page 227°
Sed Nw 34949 4 + Q12 One-page announcement beginning "MEET A WINNER..." ~~ Q13 Pamphlet entitled "MENTAL PROJECTION" Ql4 Business card of BORIS YARO, STAFF WRITER, LOS ANGELES TIMES, bearing on reverse side handwritten notation "7469541, 625 W 28th St., LAL" . oe ALSO SUBMITTED: Manila-type folder Result of examination: . * i The signature on the available photocopy of the fingerprint card of SIRHAN BISHARA SIRHAN (obtained by St. Horse Racing Bd,, Los Angeles, California) is too limited and not sufficiently comparable with the questioned writing on the specimens described above for the purpose of determining whether SIRHAN wrote any of-the questioned writing. The submitted material is being returned separately to FBI, Los Angeles. This material has been photographed, ‘A translation of the foreign language material contained in the submitted specimens is attached. Note for Los Angeles: . “This supplements Bureau teletype dated 6/6/68 to Los Angeles in this case. A separate report is being submitted concerning the* 7 fingerprint examination, at which time you will be advised with respect to the return of the submitted evidence. - as Nothing significant was noted in the cryptanalytic examination of specimens Q1 through Q14. . The questioned writing was searched through the ‘appropriate ‘sections of the National Security File without | _effecting an identification with any prior submission. ” ~ .f It was found that the typewriting on Q7 and Qil is not clear enough for adequate examination. . noe ye06001 AT . - (continued ‘on’ next -page) ~” ~ . , : “ . ’ Q ’ . Docld: 32989522 Page 226 ' . ; , : ee - .
GeTjonat Fork NO. 10 5010-106 ~~ mat 1962 EDITION : Tolson GSA GEN, REG, NO. 27 J JZ D L I NITED STATES GOVERNMENT yl Hobe Bishop Casper —___ Memorandum ay, ht? sa Felt Gale ro  : Mr. DeLoach pare: June 11, 1968 Hoven - 1 - Mr. DeLoach ; Trotter Tele. Room Holmes 1 - Mr. Rosen From : A. Rosen 1 - Mr. Malley Gir Gondy 1 - Mr. Shroder supjyecr: ASSASSINATION OF 1 - Mr. Schutz 1- Mr. Gale SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY. 1- Mr. McGowan 1- Mr. Sullivan LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Mr. Bishop 1 - Mr. Mohr =r ad 1- Mr. Trotter There is attached for approval a memorandum for the White House with copies for the Vice President and the Department dealing with current developments in our investigation of the assassination of Senator Robert F, Kennedy. In summary, we indicate our investigation is continuing into _ all aspects of this matter. We refer to the fact that Mayor Samuel W. Yorty, Los Angeles, California, claimed Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was associated with the W. E. B. DuBois Clubs of America. Yorty's release to the press on 6-6-68 identified an automobile belonging to Sirhan's brother, Adel, as having been parked in the vicinity of Baces Hall when a meeting of the above group was in Session. We point out that Adel is reported to have been employed as a musician at a restaurant directly ; adjacent to Baces Hall. In addition, we comment on the fact that Sirhan's mother definitely states the individual mentioned by United Press Inter- national, Soliman Sirhan, reportedly an Israeli spy currently under arrest, * is not, as indicated by United Press International, her son and brother of the subject. The individual arrested was unknown to her. Additional information not reported in the attached memorandum is as follows: An investigative report totaling 1, 082 pages was received from our Los Angeles Office on 6-10-68. It is currently being intensively reviewed. Investigation would indicate that immediately following the shooting of Senator Kennedy, considerable confusion resulted. According to information furnished by ambulance attendant Max Alma Behrmann, after responding to the call at the Ambassador Hotel,a distraught © Mrs. Kennedy attempted to keep him from assisting the Senator stating Enclosures *by Iraqi authorities HAS:hes CONTINUED - OVER (13) hee | WW 54999 Doold:32989522 Page 230
» . Memorandum to Mr. DeLoach Re: Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy “Keep your hands off him, I'm Mrs. Kennedy." As the Senator was placed in an ambulance, an argument ensued between Behrmann and Mrs. Kennedy as to who would accompany the ambulance and again, according to Behrmann, when he questioned Mrs. Kennedy while en route to the hospital as to what had transpired, she stated "I don't give a damn what you say, ™ grabbed his record book and threw it out of the ambulance. Upon noting the Senator was having difficulty breathing and thereafter trying to assist him, Behrmann was told by Mrs. Kennedy ''You keep your dirty filthy hands off my husband, ' and she struck him on the right side of his face stunning him. He further recalls Mrs. Kennedy called to a male associate who was sitting inthe front seat to "Come back here and throw this ambu- lance man out; he's bothering me; he's asking too many questions." It was further reported by a witness at the hospital that upon arrival there Mrs. Kennedy grabbed a camera from a newsman, knocking it to the floor, and she also swung at the newsman hitting him in the chest area. Senator Kennedy's bodyguard, former FBI Agent Bill Barry, then jumped over the stretcher and punched the newsman in the face. Of possible significance is the fact that among items found on Sirhan's person when taken into custody was a newspaper article by David Lawrence captioned "Paradoxical Bob" and highlighting the fact that while Kennedy vigorously opposes the war in Vietnam, he has nevertheless recommended full assistance to Israel "with arms if necessary" to meet the threat of the Soviets. In addition, whereas press reports claim Rafer Johnson, Olympic champion, and Roosevelt Grier, professional football player, subdued the assailant, review of Los Angeles report would indicate the first to reach the assailant were two hotel employees. They then were assisted by Grier and Johnson. ACTION: (1) If approved, the attached memorandum will be forwarded to the White House with copies to the Vice President, the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General and the Civil Rights Division of the Department. (2) Additional memoranda will be prepared for dissemination to the White House upon the development of significant details. gis pe | MW 54999 Doold: 32869522 Page 231
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to WASHINGTON, D.c. 20535 June 11, 1968 ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Investigation is continuing in order to develop full background information concerning Sirhan Bishara Sirhan as well as that of members of his immediate family and associates, With respect to a previous statement attributed to Mayor Samuel W. Yorty, Los Angeles, California, as reported by the news media on June 6, 1968, alleging Sirhan was associated with the W. E. B. DuBois Clubs of America, and a vehicle registered to Sirhan's brother, _ Adel, was observed on January 16, 1966, in the vicinity of Baces Hall, 1528 North Vermont, Los Angeles, California, where a meeting sponsored by that organization was being held, information has been developed indicating Adel Sirhan ‘had previously been employed as a musician at the Fez Res- taurant, 1508 North Vermont, adjacent to Baces Hall. Full details are being developed with respect to this phase of our investigation. On June 9, 1968, a United Press International release datelined Cairo made reference to the arrest of one Soliman Sirhan by Iraqi authorities as an Israeli spy alleging he was a brother of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. Sirhan's mother, during an intensive interview by FBI Agents on June 10, 1968, volunteered she had heard this newscast and stated she has only five sons, Sirhan, Munir, Sharaf, Adel and Saidallah, none of whom are living outside the United States. The individual to whom the United Press International referred was unknown to her. Interviews are continuing with those individuals who were in or near the Embassy Room at the Ambassador -Hotel during the evening of June 4-5, 1968. Several have DoclTd: 32989522 Page 232
ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F.. KENNEDY been located who were witnesses to the shooting of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and who positively identify Sirhan Bishara Sirhan as the individual who fired the Shots at Senator Kennedy. This phase of our investi-~ gation is being exhaustively pursued, Additional significant developments will be reported as they occur. MW 54999 Doocld: 329059522 Page 233
) 1.~ Mr.gRosen (Mr. Shroder) ~ Mr. Griffith C 6/11/68 PLAINTEXT TELETYPE DEFERRED TO SAC LOS ANGELES (56-156) FROM DIRECTOR FBE (62-587) KENSALT " REURAIRTEL JUNE SEVEN. WRITINGS ON INS FORMS AND CALIFORNIA HORSE RACING BOARD APPLICATION ARE TOO LIMITED FOR ADEQUATE COMPARISON FOR PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER ANY OF THE WRITERS OF SUBMITTED ITEMS WROTE QUESTIONED HANDWRITING. CERTAIN SIMILARITIES IN HANDWRITING CHARACTERISTICS WERE NOTED IN WRITING OF SIRHAN SIRHAN AND SOME OF QUESTIONED WRITINGS. EFFORTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL KNOWN HANDWRITING SAMPLES SHOULD BE CONTINUED, LABORATORY REPORT FOLLOWS. CEB: jp (6) NW 34959 Doold:i32989522 Page 234
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TO FROM SUBJECT: HW 34955 Doocld: 32989522 Page 236 ortinat foun NO. 10 “oe MAY 1962 EDITION ' GSA GEN, REG. NO. 27 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum S010-104 Tolson DeLoach PN © Mohr 4 Bishop . Wy Casper ay / e Calishan a 3 4, Conrad . . “f NS. Felt —_—__—__ Gale Mr. DeLoach DATE: June 10, dene Aa we ror) Toavel 1 ~ Mr. DeLoach ger H gekele. Reon A. Rosen l - Mr. Rosen Ge teflon: 1.- Mr. Malley weft . L- Mr. Shroder 9 v4), 762) ASSASSINATION OF 1 - Mr. Schutz 1 ~ Mr. Gale SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY 1 - Mr. McGowan 1 - Mr. Sullivan - Mr. Bishop 1 - Mr. Mohr LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Mz. —-Conrad= 1 - Mr. Trotter ee In connection with our investigation into the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, there is attached for approval a memorandum for the White House with copies for the Vice President and the Department. In summary, we indicate interviews with individuals in the area have determined that Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, who has been charged by local authorities as the assailant, was seen alone in the Ambassador ball room immediately prior to the shooting. One witness viewed the actual shooting. It was further determined that Sirhan earlier in the evening on June 4, 1968, met a casual acquaintance and gave no indication during this meeting that he planned such an act. Results of our interview with a Communist Party member, an acquaintance of Sirhan, is also set forth. This individual, Walter S. Crowe, dm, unequivocally states Sirhan was not a Communist Party member. * Additional facts relative to the so-called girl in the polka dot dress are likewise set forth as well as the results of ~~ the Los Angeles Police Department's ballistics tests which show that the murder gun fired the lethal bullets found in Senator Kennedy's body from a distance of from 2" to 6". Facts relating to the order by the Superior Court in Los Angeles prohibiting the release of statements, documents, exhibits or evidence are also reported. Of significance is the fact investigation indicates Sirhan was seen taking target practice at the San Gabriel Gun Club, Duarte, California, on June 4, last. This information is set forth in the attached memorandum. Two other individuals were seen at the gun club. One an unidentified female, husky build, shoulder-length blond hair, and an unidentified male companion were at the range at the same time. . The range officer indicated Sirhan and the female may possibly have been acquainted. This phase of our investigation is being pressed vigorously and under the circumstances, because of the incomplete facts on hand, information relating to the other individuals. at the range does not appear in the attached memorandun. Enclosures *or a member of the HAS/Irk CONTINUED ~ OVER W. E. B. Bu Bois Clubs (13) ‘ of America
=a Rosen to DeLoach Memorandum RE: ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY ACTION (1) Attached is a letterhead memorandum for the White House with copies to the Vice President, the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, and the Civil Rights Division. . (2) An all-out investigation is continuing in order to fully develop all facets of this case. MW 34999 Doocld: 32959522 Page 237
In Reply, Please Refer to UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 dune 10, 1968 ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA In our continuing investigation to trace the activities of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan immediately prior to the shooting of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, several witnesses have been located who observed Sirhan in the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel moments prior to the assault. One witness, Edward Minasian, employee at the Ambassador Hotel, observed the actual shooting. None of the witnesses interviewed observed Sirhan in the company of any other individual. A casual acquaintance of Sirhan's, Gaymoard Mistri, Pasadena, California, when interviewed related he had a chance meeting with Sirhan at approximately 6:10 p. m., Pacific Daylight Time, on June 4, 1968, at a Pasadena restaurant. He claimed to have been with Sirhan until approxi- mately 7:30 p. m., Pacific Daylight Time. During this period, Sirhan gave no indication whatsoever of his intentions to commit the action that followed several hours later. In fact, he invited Mistri to engage in a game of pool and gave no indication that there would be a time limit or that he had a subsequent engagement. , Walter S. Crowe, Jr., an admitted member of the Communist Party, acknowledged an acquaintanceship with Sirhan, having last been in contact with him on May 2, 1968. Crowe stated Sirhan was not a member of the W. E. B. DuBois Clubs of America nor was he a member of the Communist Party. Crowe considered Sirhan "erratic" in his political philosophy since he politically favored movements that are con- sidered by the general populace to be left of center; however, definite phases of his thinking were to the right of center, particularly on the subject of the State of Israel. It has been reported by the Los Angeles, California, Police . Department that a ballistic examination has proven that the bullet removed from Senator Kennedy's head had definitely been fired by the murder weapon at a distance from two to six inches. MW 34959 Doocld: 32909522 Page 236
seperti ap eho NS ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY Information was developed by our Los Angeles Office to the effect that Sirhan has been identified as engaging in target practice with a .22 caliber pistol on June 4, 1968, at the San Gabriel Valley Gun Club, Duarte, California. Sandra Serrano, aged 20, who appeared on television imme- diately after the shooting was interviewed in detail relative to her state- ment that she heard shots and then saw a man and woman running from the scene of the shooting. According to Serrano, as the woman who wore a polka-dot dress ran by her she yelled ‘We shot him - we shot him." An on-the-scene examination of the area in the presence of Serrano indicates . she was across the ballroom at least 140 feet from the scene of the shoot- ing and at the time there were approximately 1, 500 people in the ballroom. Detective C. J. Hughes, Los Angeles Police Department, advised in his Opinion it would have been physically impossible to hear a . 22 caliber pistol being fired at a location where Serrano claims to have been, pointing out many other individuals much closer to the shooting who were insidé the ballroom had not heard the shots. This phase of our investi- gation is continuing. On June 7, 1968, Judge Arthur L. Alarcon, Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, issued an order prohibiting the release of any - extra judicial statements, documents, exhibits or evidence so as to insure there be no interference with the constitutional right of Sirhan to a fair trial. MW 34959 Doocld: 32909522 Page 239
- Mr. Rosen : der) eel ol \- Mr. crifftt/® 1~- Mr. Bohn . TELETYPE . DEFERRED PLAINTEAT . TO SAC, LOS ANGELES (56-156) FROM DIRECTOR, FBI KENSALT REURAIRTEL JUNE SEVEN, WRITING ON RESIDENCE STATEMENT OF SIRHAN IS TOO LIMITED AND NOT SUFFICIENTLY COMPARABLE FOR PURPOSE OF DETERMINING . WHETHER SIRHAN WROTE ANY OF QUESTIONED WRITING. SOME SIMILARITIES IN HANDWRITING CHARACTERISTICS WERE FOUND, AS SOON AS ADDITIONAL KNOWN HANDWRITING SAMPLES ARE OBTAINED FURTHER COMPARISONS WILL BE MADE. 4 JE vu . “i =CEB:mja ( e ° = co on & = v a aS Sis o NW 54999 Docld: 32989522 Page 240
* wm OPTIONAL FORM NO. 19 4010-106 . MAY 1962 EOITION GSA GEN, REG, NO. 27 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Tolson DeLoach ___4.. Memorandum pi, OF foe “ v Felt . Gale ' TO : Me, DeLoach “ DATE: June 7, 18°8 foeo Rosen — ° . : : Tavel ti \ 1 - Hr. DeLoach Trotter — | FROM : A, Rosen . f 1 -~ Hr, Rosen Holmes — 1.— Mr. Malley Gendy 1 ~ Mr, Shroder i - Mr, Gaile SUBJECT: ,ASSASSINATION OF 1 - kr. Schutz jl. Hr, Sullivan SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY - o 1 - My. McGowan Me, Mohr LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 1 - Mr. Bishop I - Mr. Trotter Attached for approval is 2 memorandum to the White House with copies to the Vice President and the Department summarizing developments relating to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Enclosed with the memorandum are copies of material found by FBI Agents and Los Angeles police officers in a search of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan's room, This material relates to notations possibly by Sirhan threaten~ ing in nature against President Johnson, Senator Kennedy and Ambassador Goldberg, Of significance is one statement that - ‘Robert F., Kennedy must be assassinated before 5 June 68," In summary, the attached memorandum to the White House briefly sets forth results of additional inquiries into Sirhan's background, interviews with his brothers and the fact that we have insufficient samples of Sirhan's known handwriting specimens to identify the notations appearing on the above-referred-to material, Additional specimens are being obtained. With respect to statements by Samuel W. - Yorty cf Los Angeles that Sirhan is affiliated.with the WEB Dubois Clubs, we advise that no information has been ageveloped to establish this fact at this time. The following details do not appear in the letter- head memorandum, One Terry Mickey Weich, a former exercise. boy with the Granja Vista Del Rie Thoroughbred Horse Farm at Corona, California, where Sirhan was employed, was inter- viewed by our Detroit Office and claimed to mow Sirhan well. He last saw him during May of 1967 and advised while Sirhan wags, prior to his accident when he fell from a horse in September, 1966, good natured, popular, gentiemanly and ambitious, he underwent a complete personality change becoming quiet, aloof, unpredictable and a “loner," Welch alleges Sirhan, to his In owledge, was anti-communist and did not appear to be prejudiced against race or nationality. Enclosure HAS: dig (12) {4 CONTINUED - OVER ETT ee ica ~ 0 eee ene — 1 i Ria Pinatea.h tensa bmeada ort tied baichhe tee ieicaeabhbdace Mma 2: et amd NW 34959 Doocld: 32989522 Page 241
Memorandum to Kr, DeLoach RE: ASSASSINATION OF _ SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY 4 e ’ : He named among individuals knowing Sirhaa, T.V. personalities Desi Arnez, Buddy BKbson.and Dale Robertson _ all:of whom kept horses at Granja Vista Del Rio, _ Of interest is the fact that the District Attorney in Los Angeles County, who is prosecuting Sirhan, is Evelle Jansen Younger, 2 former Bureau Agent. Younger entered on duty December 9, 1940, he was placed on leave without pay for military purposes May 2, 1942, and submitted his voluntary resignation effective 12/5/45, as he did not desire to return to active duty. His’ services were satisfactory. ACTION: - (1) Attached for approval is a letterhead memorandum for the White House with copies to the Vice President, the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, and Civil Rights: Division, (2) In view of the fact that the material found in Sirhan's room bearing threatening notations is of direct interest to the Secret Service, CIA and the State Department, it approved, copies of this material will be made available _ to these agencies, - (3) All phases of this investigation are being pressed to the utmost. MW 54999 Docld: 32989522 Page 242
In Reply, Please Refer:to File No. | HW 64999 Doold: 32989592 Page 243 ee - . ~ . ‘ % a - tee * . . ope , - Ee >» oft UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE oo - ot FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D.c. 20535 June 7, 1968 ASSASSINATION OF .. SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY = LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA : . * Intensive investigation is continuing in order to determine the complete circumstances surrounding the shooting’of Senator Robert F. vr Kennedy by an individual who has been charged by Los Angeles, ‘ California, authorities as “his assailant, Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. . School records in Pasadena, California, described Sirhan prior to 1963 when he graduated from John Muir High School as "friendly, co- operative, well mannered, has adjusted very nicely to his new environ- ment and making many new friends." Continuing investigation into Sirhan's background indicates, according to his brother Sharif Bishara Sirhan, the assailant had little association or communication with the rest.of the family. He had few male associates and since his fall from a horse in September, 1966, had been more withdrawn. The FBI Labor atory has conducted an examination of the hand- — writing appearing on papers found after a search of Sirhan's room in the Pasadena family “home which bore notations advocating the overthrow of - the President of the United States and other statements alluding to the necessity of assassinating Robert F Kennedy. The handwriting could not be identified as Sirhan's because of the lack of adequate known handwriting ‘ samples. Additional samples of Sirhan's known handwriting are being | obtained for comparison purposes. A copy of this material is attached. Investigation is continuing in an effort to account for Sirhan's activities directly prior to the shooting of Senator Kennedy. Individuals who were in attendance at the ballroom in the Ambassador Hotel at the time of the shooting are being located and inter orviewed in detail. WO aces —s Practetanneten 7 aed a TURESy Loe poeterng ieee mgr pee eee a _
~ * 1 ~~ ~ ay . . vt | ; . , @ « “ -“ . - *t ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY witnesses, Humphrey Cordero and Enrique Rabago, identified Sirhan as being at the Ambassador Hotel at approximately 9:30 p. m., Pacific Daylight Time, on June 4, 1968, at which time Sirhan is alleged to have "made der ogatory comments regarding "rich people" in general and Senator Kennedy in particular. It was alleged Sirhan stated that Senator Kennedy was going to "buy the presidency" for personal purposes, ‘and that he (Sirhan) was looked down upon because of his clothing. Both - Cordero-and Rabago were of the opinion based on their conversation with Sirhan that he had come to the Ambassador Hotel alone since no one - appeared to be accompanying him during their approximate ten-minute conversation with him. - . | . Three of the five individuals who were wounded during the ‘shooting were interviewed, but none observed the assailant. The remain- ing two who were more Seriously wounded will be interviewed as soon as their condition permits. , Mayor Samuel W. Yorty, Los Angeles, California, was reported by the news media on June 6, 1968, as stating Sirhan was associated with , the W. E. B,.DuBois Clubs of America. The Los Angeles Police Depart- ment advised that on January 16, 1966, a vehicle registered to Sirhan's ’ brother Adel was observed in the vicinity of Baces Hall, Sunset and Vermont, Los Angeles, California, where a meeting sponsor ed by t the _ W. E.-B. DuBois Cltibs of America Was being held. ~ ~— FBI files based on available data failed to establish Sirhan was a member of such an organization. A reliable source has indicated that Dorothy Healy, Los Angeles Communist Party leader, has stated the assassin is unknown as a member .of the W. E. B. DuBois Clubs of America in the Los Angeles area. The W. E. B. DuBois Clubs of America is a Marxist-orientated youth organi- zation whose leaders in 1967 were Communist Party, United States of America, members, It was indicated that the Communist Party, United States of America, intends to issue a press release denying Sirhan has _ had any connection with the Communist Party and, in fact, is considering a legal suit against Mayor Yorty with respect to his allegations. <a cannery CEI ae, remnant 5 aol mre hee Sabateria ea ~~ Lo ae ee RIT NEE ete TED a NW 54999 Docld: 32989522 Page 244 - oe .
“ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY MW 54999 Docld: 32989522 Page 245 . - ba . - . . . ’ eof. . a * te ~ o# - ao ' . . . ra > = . . ove ~ . yey . . ‘ as . - . . . . < \ . i FBI Agents, on June 5, 1968, located a 1956 DeSoto registered to Sirhan Sirhan at Wilshire Boulevard and New Hampshire Avenue a few blocks from the Ambassador Hotel. An examination of this vehicle, after @ search warrant was obtained, resulted in the location of one empty box of .22 caliber bullets in the glove compartment. In addition, a sales receipt was located in the glove compartment showing the purchase of four boxes of . 22 caliber bullets for $3.99 paid for in cash on June 1, 1968. A wallet containing identification in the name of Sirhan Sirhan was also ’ located in the glove compartment. < Enclosure *
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UNITED STATES @ concent fl petoasti Mohr £ ° “ Sie, - OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 5010-106 -. MAY 1962 EDITION , lé GSA GEN, REG. NO, 27 . Tolson . "Be x z ~ S <th ae =~ "e : / ~ he > Bisho = — 4 Memorandum = — Soles EV A, ~ he ot — 64 * To : Me, DeLoach ; D. June 7, ISSs ip A, 1 = ir, Deloach Sg ti FROM : A, Roger / l- ie, Rosen ad Holmes a, 1 = le, Malley Gondy ad a ~ l- lr, Shroder L- Hert Gale SUBJECT: (pHSSASSINATION OF 7) le ke, Schutz 1 - Hert Sullivan SENATOR ROBERT ‘EC KENiEDy 1 = li, MeGovan 1 ~ lie, Mobr te (108 ANGELES s"CALIPORNIA 1 = Me, Bishop 1 -~ ke, Trotter f j| Attached for approval is a memorandum to the White House with copies to the Vice President and the Department Ssunmarizging developments relating to the assassination of Senator Rebert F. Kennedy, Enclosed with the memorandum are copies of materiel found by FBE Agents and Los Angeles police officers in a search of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan’s room, This material relates te notations possibly by Sirhan threaten. . ing in nature against President Johnson, Senator Kennedy and Awbassador Goldberg, Of significance is one statement that - ‘Robert F, Kennedy must be assagsinated welore 5 June 68," In summary, the attached memorandum to the White , , House briefly sets forth results of additional induiries Mag” into Sirhan's background, interviews with his brothers and 7 the fact that we have inawS ficient samples of Sirhan's known handwriting specimens to identify the notations appearing on the above-referred=to material, Additional specimens are being obtained. With respect to statements by Samuel W. Yorty of Los Angeles that Sirhan is affiliated with the WEB Dubois Clubs, we advise thet no information has bsen developed to establish this fact at this time. ; The following details do not appear Zn the lettere | nena memorandum. One Terry Mickey Welch, a former exercise boy with the Granja Vista Del Rio Thoroughbred Horse Farm . at Corona, California, where Sirhan was employed, was intere LA viewed by our Detroit Office and claimed to lnow Sirhan well. sy He last saw him during May of 1967 and advised while Sirhan Ra ca: was, prior to his accident when he fell from a horse in Ne September, 1966, good natured, popular, gentlemanly and- “ jambitious, he underwent a complete personality change . Os i becoming quiet, aloof, unpredictable and a “loner," Weleh lalleges Sirhan, to his In owledge, was anti-comnmunist and did not appear to be prejudiced against race or nationality. Le Enclosure ce rere u HAS: dig Lou CS + 61 mi ne L oy (12) /¢ / CONTINUED - OVER 24 Ce SH fo oe a 12 1968. ; Vo ally Ba a ly WW 54999 DocId: s2989x02 | “Page 253 fn wecel e ; . | ve fe LE v _
Ma movtindum to Me, DeLoach RE: ASSASEZNATION OF . ; SENATOR ROBERT F, KENNEDY ~ wf ’ +p He named among individuals knowing Sirhan, T.V. personalities Desi Arnez, Buddy Hbson and Dale Robertson all of whom kept horses at Granja Vista Del Rio, O£ interest is the fact that the District Attorney in Los Angeles County, who is prosecuting Sirhan, is Evelle Jansen Younger, a former Bureau Agent, Younger entered on duty Decenber 9, 1940, he was placed on leave without pay for military purposes May 2, 1942, and submitted his voluntary resignation effective 12/5/45, as he did not desire to return to active duty. His services were satisfactory. ACTION: (1) Attached for approval is a letterhead memorandum for the White House with copies to the Vice President, the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, and Civil Rights Division. (2) sx vrew of the fact that the material found in Sirhan'’s room bearing threatening notations is of direct Pee interest to the Secret Service, CIA and the State Department, if approved, copies of this material will be made available to these agencies, (3) All phases of this investigation are heing pressed to the utmost, po ye st? hay af rpg v wane release ot water weyerrase or painted li Learatalf? aie. wee we et ee —NL4999 Docld: 32989522 Page 254, : . , “ -
| June 7, 1968 ° PLAINTERT 1 - Mr. Shroder TELETYPE JC Bag eomree TO SAC, LOS ANGELES FROM DIRECTOR, FBI KENSALT IMMEDIATELY SUTEL RESULTS OF INTERVIEW WITH NBC REPORTER SANDER VANOCUR AND SUMMARY OF INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED TO LOCATE THE WOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SAW SIRHAN AT THE AMBASSADOR HOTEL. ALSO SUTEL RESULTS OF ANY BALLISTIC TESTS MADE ON THE REVOLVER AND ANY BULLETS TAKEN FROM SENATOR KENNEDY'S BODY OR OTHER VICTIMS, ALSO ADVISE IF EXAMINATION MADE OF "SPENT BULLETS" FOUND IN ‘SUBJECT'S CAR WITH THE MURDER WEAPON, IMMEDIATELY CLARIFY IF BULLETS ARE ACTUALLY CARTRIDGE CASES. IN ADDITION SUTEL WHETHER SIRHAN'S FINGERPRINTS FOUND ON MURDER WEAPON. | RIS: ctj (5) NW 54959 Docld: 32989522 Page 255 “V¢
; _— - Loil- Mr. Rosea (Mr. Shroder) }-Mr. Bohn Ye Dawe (Mr. Trimbach) | - Mr. Griffith 6/6/66 TO SAC OG ANGELES (36-156) FROw ERECTOR, FBI SEBSALT. REURAINTE |). JUNE FIVE LAST. AVAILAELE KNOWN HANDWAITING OF SUUIAN BISHARA GAHAN CONSIBTO OF FINGERPRINT CARD SIGNATURE ONLY. THE BOT ADECUATE FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMDUNG WHETHER HRHAN WROTE ANY OF QUESTIONED HANDWRITING ON EUBMITTED MATERIAL. MANY L¥ AUBCUATE RNOWN HANDWAITING SAMPLES CAN BE OBTAINED A ¢ MAY EE COMDUCTED. MAMY OF THX wiATINGS SUITABLE COM PARDO! CONALET OF ARABIC AND RUASIAN. EVERY EFFORT SHOULD: BK MADE TO OBTAIN COMPARABLE ZNOWN HANDWRITING SAMPLES FOR RISO WITH QUESTIONED WETTING. YOU WILL BE ADVISED SF PARATELY CONCKRRING REQUEST FOR LATENT FINGZRPIONT EXAMINATION AND TRANSLATIONS OF THE ARABIC AND RUSSIAN WRITINGS. CEB:mb (7) MW 84999. Boold: 323969522 Page 256
“ r _ TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES KENSALT SUBMITTED NOTEBOOK CAPTIONED "PASADENA CITY COLLEGE" CONTAINS FOLLOWING INFORMATION OF POSSIBLE VALUE. ONE OF PAGES CONSISTS OF AN UNDATED LETTER WRITTEN IN ARABIC APPARENTLY TO HIS MOTHER IN WHICH HE SENDS HER TEN DOLLARS TO BUY POSTAGE STAMPS FOR LETTERS SHE WILL WRITE TO HIM. AND MAINLY FOR THE ENVELOPE AND NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE OF THE ROSECRUCIANS AND PACKAGES. HE BAYS HE 18 WAITING FOR THE CHECK FROM THE U. 5. TREASURY. HE STATES HE HAS WRITTEN His ADDRESS ON THE ENVELOPE AND SHE IS TO USE IT ONLY TO MAIL THE LETTERS AND FOR HER NOT TO REVEAL TO ANYONE RIS WHEREABOUTS. A SECOND PAGE CONTAINS ARABIC WORDS “ROTEL ONE EIGHT SEVEN NINE" WITH THE NAME "ROGERS" WRITTEN IN ENGLISH AFTER THIS NOTATION. VARIOUS PAGES ALSO SHOW NAMES AND ADDRESSES: MISS PEGGY OSTERKAMP, ONE THREE TWO NINE ZERO ARCHIBALD AVENUE, CORONA, CALIFORNIA EIGHT ZERO ONE ONE THREE. HER ADDRESS ALSO SHOWN AS EIGHT ZERO THREE TWO SEVEN (NO STREET), TWO SEVEN ONE FOUR TWO (NO STREET), SIX NINE SIX E. HOWARD STREET, TWO SEVEN ONE SEVEN N. ARCHIEALD AVENUE AND TWO SEVEN SEVEN TWO N. ARCHIBALD; MISS GWENDOLINE GUM, ONE ZERO ZERO NINE NINTH AVENUE, ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA. wv 54900 poora:sobMABORATORY EXAMINATION CONTINUING.
son? ae _ PERSONAL ATTENTION THIS WILL CONFIRM FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED TO . - ppac ROGGE TODAY. COMPREHENSIVE REPORT MUST BE PREPARED | AND RECEIVED AT THE BURRBAU BY: NINE A. M. ’ EDT, JUNE TEN NEXT. - SUBMIT TWENTY COPIES AND INSURE THERE I8 AN INDEX. _ ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES MUST BE INSTITUTED TO " INSURE THAT THERE Is APPROPRIATE INDEXING oF ALL PERTINENT NAMES RESULTING FROM YOUR INVESTIGATION. | | THE MATERIAL OBTAINED FROM SUBJECT 8 ROOM CONTAINS | NUMEROUS INVESTIGATIVE LEADS WHICH SHOULD BE RUN OUT MMEDIATELY, ‘MANDWRITING EXEMPLARS OF SUBJECT SHOULD BE MATERIAL OBTAINED FROM su HW 54999" os AtMANATION c CAN BE MADE OF HANDWRITING APPEARING on rni2idh T's ROOM. THIS MATERIAL CON- . mon 4 mEROUS ARABIC sera fiance ARE BEING TRANSLATED © Doeld:32989522 Page 258
RE: KENSALT . AT THE BUREAU AND YOU WILL BE ADVISED. _ YOUR INVESTIGATION CONCERNING KENSALT SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN A MOST EXHAUSIVE MANNER WITH PARTICULAR . EMPHASIS DIRECTED TOWARD ESTABLISHING WHE THER SUBJECT AC TED IN CONCERT WITH OTHERS. you SHOULD IMMEDIATELY RUN OUT ALL FACETS OF SUBJECT'S BACKGROUND INCLUDING RESIDENCE, NEIGHBORHOOD, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, RELATIVES, ASSOCIATES :. AND ASSOCIATION WITH SUBVERSIVE, ETHNIC OR RACIAL GROUPS. INTERVIEW REPORT FORMS SHOULD BE USED FOR INTER- | VIEWS CONDUCTED AND AUAZILIARY OFFICES SHOULD SUBMIT INTERVIEW REPORT FORMS OR INSERTS TO YOU FOR INCLUSION IN A REPORT. ALL LEADS SHOULD BE SET OUT BY EITHER TELEPHONE ‘OR TELETYPE AND THE BUREAU SHOULD. BE ADVISED IMMEDIATELY _ OF ALL PERTINENT DEVELOPMENTS. HW 54999 Dood: 32989522 Page 259 <<
*- OPTIONAL fORM NO. 10" : x ) 5010-106 Tits ex! MAL 3°52 SDINAR” GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 . Tolson UNITED STATES COVERNMENT een Bishop ———* id VA d . Casper iviemoranaum . Seley . Felt - Gale TO : Mr. DeLoach DATE: June 5, 1968 “ao Rosen | ppide Suv 1 -” Mr. DeLo ach J Trotter From : A. Rosen 1 - Mr. Rosen 1 Vertes Helge _ i- Mr. Malley 1) Cony (its Gendy ; 1- Mr. Shroder sugjecT: ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF 1- Mr. Schutz 1- Mr Sullivan SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY 4 _ wr. MeGowan 1+ Mr. Mohr LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Me Ri 1 - Mr. Trott TUNE 5, 1968 ’ i - Mr. Bishop r. Trotter Our Los Angeles Office has advised that a telephone call was received from one Ronald R. Huntley, 2902 East Burnside, Portland, Oregon, this morning. Huntley stated that he saw a picture of Kennedy' s | assailant on television this morning and recalled that he had seen this > same individual in Portland, Oregon. According to Huntley, after the votes had been tabulated on the evening of 5-28-68 Senator Kennedy visited Senator McCarthy's campaign headquarters at the Benson Hotel, Portland. A crowd was around Senator Kennedy and Huntley says that the individual whose picture was on television this morning was very close to Kennedy and, infact, he (Huntley) pushed this individual away from Kennedy. At the, time he ‘did this he felt an object on this individual which he states was pa pistol, Huntley did not report this to Senator Kennedy, any of his staff aor the police department. “S ar x assailant was accompanied by another individual described as of Latin appearance, 5'4" tall, stocky build, 23 to 25 years of age, and with dark brown hair. Our Portland Office has been instructed to immediately inter- view Huntley and obtain full details concerning his alleged observations. id All facets of this phase of the investigation will be completely checked out. | - Huntley states that the individual whom he describes as Kennedy's Our Los Angeles Office has been instructed to conduct an all-out investigation into this matter and upon identifying the subject, to completely: check out every bit of his background. Instructions were also issued to begin the preparation of a comprehensive report concerning our investi- gation; however, in the interim the Bureau should be kept advised of all pertinent developments by telephone followed by teletype confirmation. Our Los Angeles Office has arranged with the telephone company to have a direct line to the hospital where Kennedy is confined so that we will be aware of any changes 1 in his condition or prognosis. ‘ "RIS: hes (11) CONTINUED ~ OVER MW 54999 Doocld:329859522 Page 260°
Memorandum to Mr. DeLoach Re: Attempted Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy The 1958 Chrysler registered to Robert Gene Gendroz will be thoroughly processed for physical as well as fingerprint evidence; however, the local police desire to obtain a search warrant prior to conducting any - | examination. They are attempting to contact a magistrate to obtain the f search warrant. Any pertinent evidence developed from an examination of this car will be flown to.our Laboratory for examination. There is no stolen report on this car in the Los Angeles area. ; . Pierre Salinger ‘called the office and advised that Senator Kennedy 1 is out of surgery, the extent of his injuries will not be known for a couple of | days: however, the doctors are optimistic. ACTION: | ka This is submitted for information. | , / ys re MW 54939 Doold: 32809522 Page 264
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION POSTPONEMENT INFORMATION SHEET (JFK MATERIALS) C — KY wagers) withheld entirely at this location in the file. CU] 0] CJ 0} 54999 Docld: 32989522 rac One or more of the following statements, where indicated, explain this deletion (these deletions). Deletions were made pursuant to the postponement rationale indicated below with no segregable material available for disclosure. All references relate to Section 6 of the "President John’ F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992." {] Subsection 1A (intelligence agent's identity) {[] Subsection 1B (intelligence source or method) [] Subsection 1C (other matter relating to military defense, intelligence operations or the conduct of foreign relations) {] Subsection 2 (living person who provided confidential information) {] Subsection 3 (unwarranted invasion of privacy) {} Subsection 4 (cooperating individual or foreign government, currently requiring protection) {] Subsection 5 (security or protective procedure, currently or expected to be utilized) Information pertained to a matter unrelated to the JFK Assassination investigation. For your information: Kt) The following number is to be used for reference regarding this page (these pages) : -7066 - Page 262
Form DJ-151 . (Ed. 4-26-65) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Memorandum TO : CORTLANDT CUNNINGHAM DATE: /O 6/77 FROM : (WVlke& RYAP, AUS tak, SUBJECT: J/E/SBERG V. DEPT OF TeS7c€, © ak MW 34939 Doold: 32809522 Page 263
e ee ere . UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HAROLD WEISBERG, ) Plaintiff, } ; ve ; - Civil Action No. 75-226 U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. , a - Defendants. ) E Le — ss) | ~ ou vee wt ere  * i. ’ “OCT --5 4977. MEMORANDUM OPINION iaMES F, DAVEY, Clert This matter is ‘before the Court on defendahts'* motion for summary - reehes ware mete ptare e ee ae erin eae me Oat Hen pane 9 ele cee oe line eet eRe ¢ ater judgment. Plaintiff has brought suit under the Freedom of Information Act H ("FOIA") to obtain materials relating to scientific and ballistics tests — alleged to have been performed on items of evidence in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 5 U.S.C. § 552(b) (7) (Supp. V 1975). The if defendants are the United States Department of Justice, to which plaintiff has directed his requests for laboratory records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the United States Energy Research and Development Adminis- tration ("eRDA"), to which plaintiff has directed requests for records of the Atomic Energy Commission ("AEC"), ERDA's predecessor agency. ' i/ ERDA's responses to plaintiff's interrogatories indicate that the | AEC's role in the investigation of the assassination of President ; i Kennedy was limited to making its reactor facilities at Oak | | | H t | { | | i I 4 i area ee A cA A ot re SE i ere mere Pe Se $y re a ree rs Pe RS tt NS ‘a? Perey Ridge, Tennessee, available for FBI tests on assassination evidence. See generally Defendant ERDA's Responses to Plaintiff's First Set of Interrogatories. Plaintiff apparently does not dispute this point; the only respect in which either ERDA or AEC figure in his recent submissions relates to the FBI's alleged failure to follow up on an AEC official's recom— mendations that certain tests be conducted. See Affidavit of Harold Weisberg, at 16; Letter from Dr. Paul C. Aebersold, Director, Division of Isotopes Development, United States Atomic Energy Commission, to Herbert J. Miller, Assistant Attorney General,- Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice (December 11, 1963). The AEC recommendations were conveyed to the FBI by counsel _---£0r the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (Warren Commission). Letter from J. Lee Rankin, Genéral Counsel, President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, to J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, (January 7, 1964). In its reply, the FBI pointed out that it was already "well-acquainted" with the techniques propounded by the AEC, and that arrangements for such testing already were under way. Letter From J. Edgar Hoover to J. Lee Rankin (January 10, 1964). There is no indication that the FBI followed the AEC recommendations to the letter; indeed, the FBI special agent who conducted the type of testing in question appears to have resented the AEC recommendation as interfering in the FBI's investigation. See Deposition of John F. Gallagher, at 67-69. a ’ pret ein M5 4999 | Docld:32984522 Page 264
of Justice, 160 U.S. App. D.C. 71, 489 F.2d 1195 (D.C. Cir. 1973) (en banc), ° -2~ Although the Government's submissions to the plaintiff have been voluminous, plaintiff maintains that much of what he has received was unsought, and that much of what he has sought has not been tendered to him. The Government's position, on the other hand, remains, first, that it has complied fully with plaintiff's requests'as to materials extant, and second, that it cannot possibly comply with the remaining requests because the "ee" A? materials sought do not exist.: . In moving for summary judgment, the.Government bears the burden . ' ? - . ~ of demonstrating that no genuine issue of material fact impedes its right to judgment as a matter of law. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c); Bloomgarden v. Coyer, 156 U.S. App. D.C. 109, 479. F.2d 201, 208 (D.C. Cir. 1973). Although-mere assertions in the pleadings will not suffice to defeat a motion for summary judgment, Dewey v. Clark, 86 U.S. App. D.C. 137, 180 F.2d 766, 770 (D.C. Cir. 1950), matters of fact are to be viewed in the light most favorable to the party opposing the motion. Nyhus v.- Travel Management Corp., 151 U.S. App. D.C. 269, 466 F.2d 440, 442 (D.C. Cir. 1972); Semaan v. Mumford, 118 U.S. App. D.C. 282, 335 F.2d 704, 705 n.2 (D.C. Cir. 1964). I. BACKGROUND OF THE ACTION. ‘Plaintiff's initial quest for scientific investigatory data related to the assassination of President, Kennedy was frustrated in the courts on the ground that the data sought lay within the purview of FOIA exemption seven, covering investigative matter. Weisberg.v. United States Department cert. denied, 416 U.S. 993 (1974); see Act of June 5, 1967, Pub. L. No. 90-23, § 1, 81 Stat. 54 (current version at 5 U.S.C. § 552 (b) (7) (Supp. V 1975)). Congress subsequently narrowed the scope of exemption seven, and plaintiff renewed his requests. Act of Nov. 21, 1974, Pub. L. No. 93-502, § 2, 88 Stat. 1563, amending 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7) (1970). On July 15, 1975, this Court dismissed the action as moot, and plaintiff took an appeal. A panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia MW 34939 Doocld: 32959522 Page 265 dt eewnaee wateen bam othe Meee es mein ens lare Sock aroma t ed tenes nate ey Omn ee EE Stem ERM yete ReneL ne Gee tne tem toe Hae Fre ee mane Y em Os wort os" ee erent a RRA San sn Gere Ate erp gence ew erstn tener tuterenNNN een ¢ ween te rennet A oF ate nen temenie etna te Speen tne banre—vrmnnintscmmnpeanetseree Sewireaaresioramarweenptnte emery new frat wen ntehevhnahntid ap mtn enw emt netetranne tues nant ne oe wrvarheme mtaratine ‘
‘ e . « . . ; rere neennn eens pee + men cenem Anna 9 ence nn mrs Fee erage i oe meen eno near sae of ean oe ran een nee er nen RY nC ES ES SOTO A 54999 Doold: 32989522 Page 266 . - * , . . . ° ~—J— * “ fea? no wo Circuit reversed, and remanded for further proceedings. Weisberg v. United States Department of Justice, 177 U.S. App. D.C. 161, 543 F.2d 308 (D.C. Cir. 1976). The Court of Appeals identified five categories of investiga-— tive tests as to which plaintiff had madé demands “which raise material factual questions still) in dispute." -Id. at 163,543 F.2d at 310. As the Court of Appeals noted, however, there remain other categories of tests, . ” av) we s poatt Mate such as the microscopic examinations performed on certain items of evidence, ot as to which plaintiff asserts his requests have not evoked satisfactory response. Id. at 164, 543 F.2d at 311. These categories, as well as the five enumerated in the Court of Appeals opinion, must figure in considera~ tion ‘of the’ motion fot summary ‘judgment. “In addition to identifying several of the factual areas to be explored on remand, the Court of Appeals specified ’ an exploratory technique, namely the taking of the testimony, by deposition or otherwise, with an opportunity for cross-examination in any case, of the individuals who actually conducted the tests, the results of which plaintiff ‘ has requested. Id. at 163, 164, 543 F.2d at 310, 311. In February and March, 1977, plaintifé took the depositions of four former and present employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation laboratory, ail of whom worked directly with evidence associated with the assassination. The four are Robert A. Frazier, employed as a special agent in the laboratory's firearms and toolmarks unit during the investigation of the assassination, and retired from the FBI as of April 1975; John F. Gallagher, assigned to the laboratory's spectrographic unit during the Sr ee ee eos eS a SS a rs nnn es mee o—ermrnone investigation, and retired as of January 1975; Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt, assigned as a documents examiner and photographic specialist for the laboratory between 1955 and 1975, when he retired from the Bureau; and Cortlandt Cunninghan, formerly a special agent supervisor in the firearms and toolmarks unit during the investigation, and presently chief of the unit. Frazier and Cunningham were deposed February 24, 1977, and Gallagher and Shaneyfelt were deposed March 28, 1977. At each deposition save that of former Special Agent Gallagher, examination was by plaintiff's counsel é / $ mere Guinn BAA ean ae bey ener eer ee Tine mineatne tt Ine BTS en ee NE epee AREAS ORO 2 bene eatene eee nen tnenese ees neweemecin ce eats abnnpeemsttnry tema # ot menreert meat tone snes t A ne NN ES EES Ae RTE outta oT oO SEY TRCN oe ee met emmeyeite Renee npn
‘ « : . . 5 - . . « . . « mentee ote ne ie meee 20 mreenenn se ow nae eee mete meena enn ete rr nen me Ae et A i a i REN tt A RI eran Scare a 8 a ee a a NR NN Ee TN ET RN NE Se SN EE ee i ~4~ only, with occasionally interposed objections from counsel for the defendants. At a hearing March 30, 1977, counsel for plaintiff indicated that no further depositions of FBI employees who had participated in the 2/ . Bureau's “investigation were planned. Weisberg v. United States Department ‘of Justice, No. 75-226, Tr. at 4 (D.D.C.. March 30,1977). These representa- tions controvert the suggestion in an affidavit of the plaintiff that "Ct]his Court refused ie ee *aédositions my counsel and I consider necessary to meet what I regard as the mandate of the court of appeals. . .” Affidavit of Harold venshere { 165, at 34 (July 28, 1977) [hereinafter "Weisberg Affidavit"). Read broadly, the mandate of the.Court of Appeals was to resolve whether the ‘data sought exist on "the basis of ‘the best | available evidence, i.e., the witnesses who had personal knowledge of events at the time the investigation was made." 177 U.S. App. D.C. at 164, 543 F.2d at 311. Plaintiff has not sought to depose any such witness other than the four whose depositions were taken. To borrow the metaphor employed by the Court of Appeals in its opinion above, the legal engine of cross-— examination has done its work on plaintiff's behalf with respect to witnesses with direct knowledge of the FBI investigation into the President's assassi- nation. 177 U.S. App. D.C. at 164, 543 F.2d at 311. The issue devolves to what the evidence adduced in the four depositions establishes, and thence to whether there now remains a genuine issue as to whether the Government has complied with the strictures of the FOTIA. : 1. THE EVIDENCE ADDUCED. The testimony of all four deponents related not only to specific pieces of assassination evidence and the tests performed, or not performed, upon them, but also to the procedures, and occasionally lack of procedures, employed in those sections of the FBI laboratory with which the deponents 2/ Counsel had previously indicated he planned to depose plaintiff, an employee of the National Archives, which has custody of the evidence involved, and an FBI special agent who had not parti- . ¢ipated in the investigation but whose affidavit had constituted part of the Government's response to plaintiff's request. NW 54999 Docld: 32989522 Page 267 pene cet eeee mene thin bnevreedes ee die mire mtenenn eanen eee: trnet Rinse ANienniy iw 296 SAnG tarenG Bee tere ner Orn enemas Nie wr naar ee Sine ea-teER sep rrnnrsne StetanntenND FT Reema A ee RT RR PTE E RIN Be NR OR a eT ee mh A Re SRE He Rt Ow rete eee ot Hye eters me meanest come tetera mete art tremniinitninathen crane prnmennetharn este nerneinte emer epeeven ees dee enpyhnantaen eniemaeDr meena wip pnhmataer repel weit pe 4: - ' . ’
were familiar. These laboratory procedures bear significantly on the’ question whether much of the material plaintiff seeks exists. ° ' Laboratory Procedures. The laboratory's Scientific Analysis Section,was known at the time of the investigation as the Physics and Chemistry Section; then, as now, the section comprised several disparate units, including the firearms ‘and toolmarks unit, and the spectrographic ” . oon wee aD eam owed . . unit, which in 1963~64 was responsible for both emissions spectrography and neutron activation analysis. Cunningham Deposition, at 4-5. During ‘ 5 ‘ . ¥ - > t ~ t vy eae einer eerie nd me meena seat © fone enmetine to te se ay ttt ment et Steer tpn fib ear riee tntrntntananNa SAY the investigation of the Presidential assassination,’ investigating agencies in the field—-the Dallas Police Department, the Secret Service, and the FRI--forwarded the evidence to the FBI laboratory, in some instances directly to the firearms and toolmarks unit. Frazier Deposition, ‘at 5, 7-83; Cunningham Deposition, at 8. Ordinarily, the evidence would be accompanied’ by a statement of the matters sought to be ascertained through laboratory testing, as, for example, the presence of gunpowder on a piece of evidence. Frazier Deposition, at 6, 8. The decision as to the specific tests to be conducted, however, was made within the laboratory. Id. at 8-9; Cunningham Deposition, at 8-9; Gallagher Deposition, at 26-27. The decisionmaking process as to which tests would be appropriate apparently was highly | informal: in some cases, Frazier, the laboratory examiner with direct responsibility for the Physics and Chemistry Section's efforts in the investigation, conferred with his superiors on the tests to be performed, Cunningham Deposition, at 8-9, and in others, he and the individual examiners who would conduct the tests conferred on which tests to perform. . . inate ee ett meee eee ot rs eee tp re ren ter te tr ees eo pe en A on Tt RT tn eee eee eee aS SSS eae SS SS ane Frazier Deposition, at 8; Gallagher Deposition, at 27. In still other instances, if the individual examiner determined that tests outside his would approach examiners in the other units with jurisdiction over the x earns meen 27 See re ee ae) an nes ee een ‘ requisite type of testing. Cunningham Deposition, at 10; Frazier Deposition, at 8-9; Shaneyfelt Deposition, at 14. Only rarely were these conferences on.tests to be performed recorded in communications between the conferees, | H | | domain were called for, he and his supervisor (Frazier, in most cases) | | Hf I Nw 34999 Docld: 32989522 Page 266
a or in notes made by one of them. Cunningham Deposition, at 10; Frazier Deposition, at 8-9; Gallagher Deposition, at 27-28. “The tests determined to be appropriate for a given item of physical evidence typically were conducted by examiners working individually, 2a or under the direct supervision of the individual examiner. Cunningham ~ Deposition, at 10; Frazier Deposition, at 10. Three examiners in the firearms and toolmarks unit collaborated on the testing within that unit, all three having been present during all tests conducted by the unit on . . - a * * assassination evidence, save a velocity test. Cunningham Deposition, at.53. Several examiners tested items of evidence in the ‘spectrography unit, ‘"" -- although they appear to have worked separately. Gallagher Deposition, at 7, 35-37. . ren er earn cece eee mente enn te See ee par ene et epittonte mr Sem seeye ned ime KategiS InN ne epernet RAG uLret sme RR 8 eI ne SDD fe A AN A ee RR I SN NRE TO . . Just as there was no established procedure for deciding which tests were to be performed on a particular item of evidence, there was no requirement that test results be expressed in a particular format, or expressed at all if the results were insignificant. In most instances, the examiner performing a test took notes during the testing. Cunningham Deposition, at 11; Frazier Deposition, at 10; Gallagher Deposition, at 38. However, all deponents testified to not having made notes on results they deemed insignificant or insufficiently reliable. Cunningham, for example, testified to his practice of making notes on a weapon's operating condition only if the weapon was not in normal working order. Cunningham Deposition, at 21. Gallagher explained the absence of observation data in a neutron 10 emer ee oo me Oe eer a te er nt ee a es ne ern aera irri nan nagar ts en in ae oe i mae a ef et fe a en et tee te Oe ee A ae mee i tn ne A ATT Te ae Og a SS gas moment eens ern eer ene ee aN ne ee oe a NN ee ee a ER I EN er a a NE RE Oe eC NO NE eD S > o * . i activation analysis folder by suggesting that he might have skipped the ; step of noting down the readings and done the tabulations in his head. Gallagher Deposition, at 61-62, He indicated later that he did not report a thirty percent variation in primer residue data between shells because | he did not consider the variation significant. Id. at 114. Shaneyfelt 3 testified that he had not submitted a report on the four frames allegedly 3 spliced out of the Zapruder film of the assassination because the film print from which he had worked was complete. Shaneyfelt Deposition, at 21. | ee : : re se reer ont a eee are nt Ne ARC ee gm eter ne ine mee nent genta Ae tanga Sen cree
perprenvenanamnenaadremneniee pianer vain aereracein annem eeoauatn] a NN RR Te RN EN RENN TAS NS A aT SLar SST = | F | | | | | | | MW 54939 Doocld: 32959522 Page 270 -7~ What ‘an examiner did with test results likewise varied. In many instances, the examiner dictated a report on the tests conducted, either for use on its own or for incorporation in a more comprehensive report prepared by the examiner's superior. Frazier Deposition, at'11; Gallagher - Deposition, at 38. Gallagher, however, indicated.-that he occasionally ‘submitted data directly to Spécial Agent Frazier who transmuted the figures Cary 0 WF into prose. Gallagher Deposition, at 38. When the examiner himself pre- pared the report, he did not always include in it all the results obtained, as when the testing was done for “background purposes," Gallagher’ Deposi- tion, at 57; when flaws in the testing itself cast the results in doubt, see id. at 7i, or when the results would simply not be of value, in the examiner's judgment. Cunningham Deposition, at 47. In some instances, ’ the examiner's failure to make a report is unexplained. See Cunningham Deposition, at 33, 53; Gallagher Deposition, at 73-74. After the report was prepared, one copy went into FBI files, .another went to the "original contributor" of the item of evidence on which the report was based (generally the FBI's Dallas field office), and a third went to the examiner or examiners responsible, for them to retain informally with their notes of the tests. Cunningham Deposition, at 11-12, 17; Frazier Deposition, at 12, 15; Gallagher Depositéon,) at 86-87. Whether ‘the Warren Commission received the actual reports, and how the reports the Commission received were transmitted, varied widely. Former Special Agent Frazier ‘recalled the "mechanics" of the process as being, first, that the laboratory forwarded the report to the Dallas field office; next, that the Dallas office incorporated the report into its report to the Commission, and finally, that the latter report was transmitted to the Commission. Frazier Deposition, at 19-20, In practice, however, there appears to have been substantial, continuing and direct contact between laboratory personnel and the Commission. Cunningham Deposition, at 49-50; Frazier Deposition, . at 20-21; Shaneyfelt Deposition, at 8, Frazier indicated that several laboratory employees, whose identities he could not recall, served as / / t . Aen ee cane ore ee eee ae etc mtee neon Mar ae OTe mnt tOen etme ety SANRIO te mt ae an JRevnmese mat renee emmenen & ene eins en eee eee ee re ee Re Nee Ae RS A SO TE TENN Are mele melee Qrese ten mente M tn weeres antl a ane erameanssienueree neAnnpetr? ANP! eran ttyAt ees Getta ave manne Sun Senet EH te Se Nine Seem mee a red Os ate:
. “8- liaison between the laboratory and the Commission. Frazier Deposition, at se 20. Cunningham stated that he “generated some correspondence” with the Commission every day during the laboratory's participation in the investi- gation. Cunningham Deposition, at 51. Shaneyfelt indicated that his reports went to the Commission via his section chief, and -that he testified to the Commission, either live or. by deposition, on all examinations he conducted. Shaneyfelt Deposition, “at B28" “in his affidavit of May 13, 1965, John We Kilty, special agent assigned. to the FBI laboratory in a supervisory capacity, stated that plaintiff had been told that all final FBI laboratory reports in the pertinent categories of testing had been furnished to the Commission. However, there apparently was no monitoring system known to deponents to log the transfer of final reports to the Commission, and no ‘custodian within. ‘the laboratory to collect final laboratory reports. Frazier Deposition, at 68. It is clear, on the other hand, that not all examiners’ observation notes went to the Commission, the rule being that examiners retained their notés" except when the supervisor prepared a report directly from the notes. Cunningham, Deposition, at 47, 52-53; Frazier Deposition, at 15; see Gallagher Deposition, at 73, 107. One instance of the latter occurred when Frazier used Gallagher's worksheets to prepare a report on testing of a bullet fragment; both the worksheets and the report went to the Commission, though only Frazier appeared before the Commission. Frazier Deposition, at 42-44; Gallagher Deposition, at 82, 84. Finally, neither observation . ey . re rn rn nn nr na re RS MN A A a Rt Se earn tent are one ne neat neither nen wt te te a TS Ca EN notes, worksheets, nor final reports were distributed among units within the laboratory, absent a specific reason. Cunningham Deposition, at 12-13; Frazier Deposition, at 15, 18. Former Special Agent Gallagher testified that even within the spectrographic unit one examiner's report on testing would not necessarily, or even customarily, have been circulated among the other examiners in the same unit. Gallagher Deposition, at 7-8. An examiner who performed tests on a particular item of evidence thus might be unaware whether other units within the laboratory had performed other tests on the same item. E.g. Cunningham Deposition, at 22-23; Gallagher Deposition, at 6-7, 26; Shaneyfelt Deposition, at 16. ua é ‘ 4 34999 Doold: 32989522 Page 271
r . un 4 * . oo. x erecta ne oe eee A TR TD Re re ne enna ae reer grerenery nnmapemranhonnngrearenatmnrqreeprmceetet = Pn lebeveaefaaendrrnaetrent teat earn ae ar a TS eA SS ee a TT A LT A ae SS a ST ct BU STG TCT aaa ae ee. NW 34999 Docld: 32959522 Page 272 ° ~9- Tests Performed on Assassination Evidence. The Court of Appeals opinion remanding this case for further consideration and testimony adverts to five areas of continuing factual dispute [177 U.S. App. D.C. at 163-64, 543 F.2d at 310-11): , . . | (1) Final reports of spectrographic: analyses;-= - (2) Reports on neutron activation analyses of bullet fragments; . an : tt weg . eat Pe (3) Raw data of spectrographic and neutron activation analysis tests; . oO oo . . (4) Neutron activation analysis of clothing; -and- 3/ (5) Emissions spectroscopy data and reports. Plaintiff's opposition to the motion for summary judgment identi- fies nine specific areas of testing, encompassed within the five areas enumerated by the Court of Appeals, in which plaintiff asserts the evidence shows tests should have been, or were, conducted, yet concerning which plaintiff has received no materials. These areas are: (1) Neutron activation analysis of clothing, Opp., at 7-8; _ (2) Neutron activation analysis of windshield scrapings, Opp., at 8-9; (3) Neutron activation analysis of Q3, a bullet fragment dis- covered beside the right front ‘seat of the Presidential Limousine, Opp., at 93 (4) Print-outs for neutron activation analysis of Q3 and other specimens, Opp., at 9; (5) Testing of the live round found chamberedin the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle determined to have been the murder weapon, and comparison of said live round with shells found at the scene, Opp., at 9-103. 3/ The distinction between spectroscopic analysis and spectrographic analysis was not observed in deposition testimony and the pleadings. Hence, discussion of spectrography hsrein should be deemed to encompass spectroscopy where appropriate. SA ee ART i A A et SND A REET le ROE ee en ea Oe ei Oh = wn oe ee en meneAe meradt $count crear anaes snesfstenntnarn aisha anernenainereneae Dette
4 aceeus avemamenememenrrearee cueres nee tempi tents opp eee ene ne penn rere eter at ee net nn caren ente emer AN 5 tee Aen ee Ae RR ap Sahat nese nO a a TES nt ON Ee Tn ge 4/ Plaintiff does not indicate which item of evidence is -10- _ (6) Spectrographic testing of the curbstone supposed to have been struck by a bullet, a bullet fragment or fragments, _or other airborne debris during the moments of the assassination, Opp., at 10; . (7) Testing of the bullet holes below the coklar button of the shirt President:Kennedy was wearing when he was , an. : ete, .. “ey ee ae © shot, Opp., at 10; (8) A "formal report" prepared by Frazier on the basis of Gallagher's comparison of windshield scrapings with other bullet matter, and alluded to in an exchange between Commission counsel and Frazier during Frazier's - testimony before the Commission,* Opp., at 10-11; and (9) Report on neutron activation testing, Opp., at nc! As these differently organized catalogs of potential factual issues indicate, there are numerous ways of approaching the factual aspects of this case for the purpose of determining whether they engender issues of sufficient magnitude to defeat the motion for summary judgment. What follows is an amalgam or combination of the Court of Appeals’ and plaintiff's approaches, in that this discussion commences with general observations on firearms testing, spectrography, and neutron activation analysis, with particular emphasis on each technique's capabilities and limitations, and proceeds to consideration of testing on specific items of evidence... It should be stressed'that the question throughout is not whether tests ought to have been made, or even whether tests that actually were made should have culminated in the preparation of reports, but simply whether there is any genuine issue as to the existence of the reports and other materials plaintiff Weisberg seeks. the subject of the allegedly extant report; the reference will be construed hereafter as applying both to the windshield residues discussed in the preceding paragraph of the Opposition, and to the body of assassination evidence as a whole. MW 34939 Doocld: 32959522 Page 273
ghar eeremrerrenteere rate eae PT faeae Soe ney aiaeeiransard . * . . Ee eet ee ern pee ees erent attra eee nA cen ene otra tr a tC a a RE oe Sn rt a AA nt er oO CI TAPE S00 OA TO NW 54999 Doold: 32989522 . weapon believed to be the source of the bullet is on, hand, as was the : -11- Firearms Identification. Special Agent Cunningham's work with the firearms and toolmarks unit of the laboratory's Scientific-Analysis Section has included the examination.of firearms and bullets to determine the’ source of particular bullets. Cunninghati testified that the process commences with the marking, weighing, and identification of the slug as to type and characteristics. | Cunningham Deposition, at 18-19. The builet . as * ott ae . Me easy ET is examined microscopically for rifling marks that might be useful for purposes of identifying the source of the bullet. Id. at 19-20. If a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle in the Presidential assassination, it, too, is examined. ‘Id. at 20-22. The examiner then fires the weapon using ammunition ° as similar as possible to the bullet ‘under analysis. Id. at 25. The "evidence bullet" and the test bullet then are viewed simultaneously under a comparison microscope. Id. Any of three conclusions is possible: identification, indicating that the bullet under study was fired from the weapon in question, and no other; non-identification, indicating that the general rifling characteristics of the two bullets vary to the degree suf~ ficient to exclude the weapon as the source of the builet under analysis; and "no conclusion," indicating that the general characteristics are similar, but that the individual markings are either different or lacking. Id. at 26-27. , Spectrography. Former Special Agent Gallagher was a specialist in both spectrographic examination and neutron activation analysis. .In spectrographic analysis, samples are either sparked or burned; the results show up on spectrographic plates from which the examiner derives composition data. Gallagher Deposition, at 37-38. Spectrographic examination will elicit information on a range of elements, though specific readings in multiple tests of the same item of evidence may vary as a consequence of the technique's relative insensitivity, inherent testing error, and compositional differences between different portions of the object under analysis. Id. at 41-42, 54, 58-60. Although less sensitive than neutron Page 274 $e on ne ae One ee TA te RR i ans HEE OE eS wit a Me Ae rt ee eee neo ¢yeerttnees A tener aonb Seeepatnr fy eet ieee rennin mnmaeaitteeomama new f win . ' . aie vente tne retraite vinereniiee  eateA te a on entree tee Oo IRE ee) “wi Sap etNe te tne, feel ee Serene SeviS earetenprenh Sm RUS prant beta enn ee eet metric PUR DE rT RRL AEM
é he 4 7 7 = 7 ° 7" we . ~12~ activation analysis, spectrographic testing appears to have been much more abundantly used in the examination of evidence, apparently because of the limitations inherent in neutron activation analysis. Neutron Activation Analysis. In 1964, during the neutron acti- vation analysis conducted in connection with the divestigation into the assassination of President Kerinedy, neutron activation analysis was rela~ tively in an infant state, particularly so far as the equipment was con~ cerned. Id. at 115. Even so, it was a far more sensitive technique for measuring the presence of certain elements in samples than spectrography: it-was about twice as. sensitive with respect to antimony, barium and other .. elements present in items of the assassination evidence, and up to a thousand times as serisitive with respect to other elements. Id. at 116. Its limitations, however, precluded its use on many items of assassination evidence, and vitiated the results of some tests that were performed on items. Id. at 50-51, 92. One such limitation was that only a handful of ' elements were discernible through neutron activation analysis. Id. at 42. Another was that certain elements, such as sodium and copper, showed up so prominently in neutron activation analysis results as to obscure others. Id. at 51, 74. Thus, items of evidence composed largely of copper, such as copper bullet jackets, were not subjected to neutron activation analysis. Id. at 74-75, 97, 98-99. By the same token, however, lead does not show . . etn er rt Ot ern a nA ee A i I up in neutron activation analysis. Id. at 109. On behalf of the FBI laboratory, Gallagher conducted neutron activation analysis on items of assassination evidence at the reactor at Soren Se ame lees enema wate er he ace ee en nS nL SN RE Sh RO RO a a nen Senn Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Gallagher Deposition, at 64. The paraffin lifts taken from Lee Harvey Oswald were tested shortly after the assassination, but other items were not tested at Oak Ridge until "May 1964. Id. at 63, 65. When plaintiff's counsel asked him to explain the delay with respect to other items, Gallagher pointed out that the FBI's access to the reactor was limited, and that the paraffin lifts were tested oo - . . > ; FS ST A eT PT eS Co AEN ht oe a gt me nero gamete tenn yn vernal pte tutta totter top entender nner artartnne Sereen somen Sryabaprtemesnrnan sie eemnne ere tnnennennsnr abe nennshe eense mennetesnne aneneeth fsa eRe panier aah rnArREE ott HeRTTe Aen mnaunsdieetteRnr — aetMneentens mutehen Sen Srveerente Sve Af | rennet eens Nw 34999 Docld: 32989522 Page 275 ~ EE FY NON my nS ero 7 =
| : | | | | | | | ! | ; | | - | | INSU a yw 54999 Doold: 32989522 Page 276 [| wa * -13- - - early because they were tested solely by neutron activitation analysis, | whereas bullet samples could be tested by spectrography as well. Id. at 65. Two additional observations on. both spectrographic examination and neutron activation analysis should be made inzresponse to points raised in plaintiff Weisberg's affidavit. First, plaintiff asserts that none of the reports he has been furnished alludes to microscopic examination, which both Cunningham and Gallagher testified they frequently conducted. Weisberg Affidavit, at 32; Cunningham Deposition, 185195 Gallagher Depo- sition, at 31. Gallagher's explanation was that microscopic examination, at least within the FBI laboratory, is so widely accepted as a preliminary to spectrographic and other tests as not to be worth noting in a report. ‘Gallagher Deposition, at 107. That, in plaintiff's words, "there is not a word ina single report" about microscopic examination is entirely consistent with Gallagher's statement that FBI laboratory practice was to omit reference to microscopic examination. The second point raised by ‘plaintife is that the FBI laboratory reports contain "no statement of positive proof in the comparisons" of different items of evidence; "Tr]here is only the meaningless description of 'similar.'" lieisberg Affidavit, at 8. Here, too, the deposition testimony reveals the plaintifé to be under a misapprehension, stemming from ignorance not of FBI laboratory practice in this instance, but of the inherent limitations of FBI examina~ tion techniques. Even neutron activation analysis, a much more sophisticated technique than spectrography, frequently will not enable bullet fragments, for example, to be positively identified as having come from a particular bullet. Cunningham Deposition, at 45-48; Gallagher Deposition, at 97-98. Neither will it be possible in many instances to exclude a fragment.as having come from a given bullet, as when compositional variances are not suffi- ciently great to indicate different sources rather than fluctuations in composition within the bullet. Gallagher Deposition, at 102-05. Stead
CE # 399: The "Pristine Bullet.''. The Warren Commission con- qeagniteeme eens «oat -un seu eth erenm eatecre ee ements cluded that Commission Exhibit 399, one of the bullets fired at the Presidential motorcade that day, had passed through the President's neck, and struck successively Governor Connally's chest, wrist, .and thigh, ending its journey withqut substantial visible damage to itself. Plaintiff's counsel directed’ numerous questions to both Cunningham and an ee ; Frazier on how the slug could have inflicted so much damage without itself ee nop ee Sts em ane even tice @ ntEer gS bre ene Sees shee ee te ee ee eee een eens crenn eee ao mraeencuemrepetere aeperlamnewetinagcrra: em mp antes wuans neesnesemasinassapeemeveaeenanes dewnn nen nnruneateruemupmnstnnpameeinran ernanmeietnt earestt) nae minhsinanpminnatestah suman Sansnen wet vir emeanmiinmimenerramarta nance meprurie res semamrearerms emameeh aaame we = sustaining damage. Cunningham Deposition, at 34-37; Frazier Deposition, ere oe at 24-28; 31-33.. Although plaintiff's line of questioning is, at best, doubtfully relevant to the question whether plaintifé has received all material on CE 399, plaintiff has devoted considerable discussion to the physical state of CE 399. Weisberg Affidavit, at 44-48. Cunningham was ‘asked whether he would expect a bullet alleged to have inflicted the damage attributed to CE 399 to emerge as unscathed as CE 399. Cunningham Deposi- tion, at 35. Cunningham pointed out that a relatively heavy bullet with a slow muzzle velocity normally is less likely to fragment .upon impact than ‘lighter, faster slugs, and that the damage imputed to CE 399 and its cut- wardly pristine condition were not inconsistent. Id. at 36-37. Frazier, who with Cunningham and one other had performed the ballistics tests on assassination evidence, observed that CE 399 had flattened slightly during ' 7 . nt epee ar Renee NN TN TN A na CE its journey and might have extruded a significant amount of lead, in the form of fragments, from its base. Frazier Deposition, at 26-27, 32, 38-39. _ The remainder of plaintiff's assertions regarding CE 399 concern tests he claims ought to have been performed, such as comparison of CE 399 with core fragments. Weisberg Affidavit, at 15, 16. Gallagher indicated that he indeed had made such comparisons, but that aside from the spectro~- graphic worksheets which formed the basis of Frazier's November 23, 1963 report, he prepared no reports on the comparison under spectrography or neutron activation analysis. Gallagher Deposition, at 26, 73-74. Gallagher indicated also that a directive to preserve CE 399 "for posterity” i precluded his testing different portions of the bullet for composition, it t to, i i é 54999 BDooldad: 32989522 Page 277
~15- Area te ad. at 57, though he ran multiple tests on the samples he was permitted to remove. Id. at 59-60. Apart from plaintiff's allegations, there is “nothing. to suggest that any comparative test reports, by spectrographic and neutron activation techniques, were prepared other than those furnished to plaintiff. That such tests should have been madé is not relevant, even ~ if true. vn ot 2 ipl ates Sn Te Pony eg FE ene SF The first report disseminated by the FBI laboratory took the form. of a letter dated November 23, 1963, to Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry. Gallagher Exh. 5. Portions of this letter indicate that CE 399 [referred to in the letter as Ql] was fired from the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle, and. .. that the windshield scrapings as well as certain bullet fragments were Mane nea re ae oe ene mae ae memrannes te determined to be similar in composition to CE 399. Gallagher Exh. 5, at 2. In the course of his testimony before the Commission, Frazier was questioned about a "comparison made of the lead residues on the inside of the winh- shield with . .. the bullet fragments. . ” Frazier indicated he had . prepared "the formal report of the entire examination" based on the report Gallagher had submitted. Plaintiff claims not to have received either the - "formal report" or the "report" prepared by Gallagher. Opposition, at 11. The confusion as to the latter appears to have stemmed from differences in terminology: what Frazier called a report consisted of Gallagher's work- sheets. Gallagher Deposition, at 84. As to the “formal report," plaintiff argues that the November 23 letter could not possibly cover "the entire : . . . 2 . . . . ee ee ee en er we ea i en 8 ee PT I A ee a a Te CO SO ae ET MO INO examination" because much testing, particularly the neutron activation analysis, did not transpire until months after the letter was written. Opposition, at 11. Frazier and Gallagher, on the other hand, indicate that the November 23 letter was the "formal report" Frazier alluded to in his Commission testimony. Frazier Deposition, at 41; Gallagher Deposition, at 86. Here, too, the evidence is uniformly agamst plaintiff's assertion. Frazier's reference to "the formal report of the entire examination” plainly relates to the procedures about which he was just queried: the comparison AY Nw 34999 Docld: 32989522 Page 276
- . * renee tees nanan ae oe encane mene ot ante ne A I A I A ST rr enn entree ne A TE AY ~ = testing ever occurred. Cunningham Deposition, at 22-23; Gallagher Depo-— | | | \ , ~16- of the windshield residues with CE 399 and bullet fragments. Plaintiff's than one of the numerous examinations which comprised the investigation is wholly unwarranted. There is no evidence to controvert Frazier's and Gallagher's statements that the November 23 letter—was, in fact, the "formal report" described -by Frazier before the Commission. ne) 7. ite * Plaintiff also contends that neither CE 399 nor any bullet fragment was tested for human residue. Weisberg Affidavit, at 14. Because this allegation does not concern the existence of unfurnished reports but sidered except to note that the depositions yield no indication that such sition, at 39, 48. Plaintiff asserts he received no report on "the analysis of the copper-jacket material." Weisberg Affidavit, at 15. Gallagher indicated that laboratory practice was not to test copper jackets spectrographically unless such testing would contribute to the investigation. Gallagher Deposition, at 13. Copper’s tendency to overshadow other elements under neutron activation analysis precluded testing of that kind. Id. at 74-75. Nothing in the record: indicates reports or other materials in this area have not been furnished. Q8: The Live Round. Plaintiff claims repeatedly not to have received reports on Q8, the Live round discovered in the chamber of the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle. Opposition, at 10; Weisberg Affidavit, at 16, 57. Gallagher was unaware whether the round had been tested, and indicated that it probably should have been tested. Gallagher Deposition, at 43-46. Defendant Department of Justice has indicated that Q8 was subjected to "Firearms Identification" testing only. Defendant United States Department of Justice's Answers to Plaintiff's First Set of Interrogatories, at 4. Inexplicably, however, plaintiff directed questions about Q8 only to ,HW 34999 Doold: 32389522 Page 275 assumption’ that the "formal report" covers the entire investigation rather . rather, the. appropriateness ‘of such tests, such contention need not be con- eens een et oe seen setae aneareetnnnnan ee SaLenEEle Minniveerr- Hefner ety Say ANIA ine eutaitnnar btrarey wan} qraateertrsinetah amen prenunetian sasere'venastrea the surkeossaeheweitnd-etineantiniresine caer rit wine yon wwe wean ater erNOA Cn SRNR Lae ater aretna ‘omarreeeenesherertninnt aot Rem Snr tame erteerniny rte ‘i ANG eumertt Stat Reman eee mee emmat wns aq oun: ea ew eerie met ere me meer tere meme cur remutrenmemrinmecnennperenirmnaatatte Smut sane tt , ‘ -
a? . ay | « a toe ms on cme eee remem sot men oo re swe eerie Sem mn en eh caren te fl YN ot ta Tt SS ET SPN I a I ven ee rere ee — —— TF = rar rrr as - ’ ~17- Gallagher, who was unfamiliar with testing in the firearms identification category, and not to Frazier or Cunningham, both of whom conducted firearms identification tests. Though what either of the latter might have said about Q8 is open to speculation, the November 23, 1963 report to Chief Curry describes Q8 only as being of the Same manufacture as certain cartridges found on the scene in the school book depository building. The ~ inference to be drawn, “untettxoverted by any other evidence, is that Q8 was subjected to visual scrutiny only by one of the ballistics examiners, and thus that no reports or other material on Q8 remain to be furnished... It is worth noting parenthetically that the plaintiff does not indicate, and the Court does not discern, what ‘purpose additional testing of 08 ‘would have served. In that respect, Gallagher's supposition--that no further _ testing of Q8 was necessary because it was sufficient that the live round was of the same manufacture as the cartridges--seems eminently reasonable. Gallagher Deposition, at 46-47, 68-69. ‘There is no evidence to suggest that reports or other materials on Q8 have not been supplied. Testing of Clothing. Taken together, the Weisberg affidavit and plaintiff's Opposition to the motion for summary judgment reveal only one point of dispute: whether a report exists comparing the two anterior holes in CE’ 394, the shirt worn by President Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Opposition, at 10; Weisberg Affidavit, at 24-25. As to the remaining tests performed on items of clothing (the President's, Governor Connally's, and Oswald’s), the record indicates that spectrographic testing only was per- Tee VO NET RE ee ee eee ne rae a aera a ann a NO we A EN SN eS TT NN TS formed on these items, and that neutron activation analysis was not performed because laboratory personnel did not deem it an appropriate technique for those items. Defendant United States Department of Justice's Answers to ewe tee ems eeren cer ins ore we en tee ant ee a Heinen conte pesencnteh eepit earantnpenviersa-enren heprieerercnstanrecaen! pamaptverenrtasetnermactelomnetndire vnenamanatte-whmednatane--stin tiny etm ata remeaene Sigernwwinnin et ai rote RNEN EN nent teem m Ae San SIE Meee werent mes eenbo nn? ©in ant emeeerde + Plaintiff's First Set of Interrogatories, at 12-13; Gallagher Deposition, at 50-52. The worksheets reflecting examination of both the President's and Governor Connally's clothing have been provided to plaintiff, together with the FBI's reports, internal and external, on the examinations. E.g., 34999 Doold: 32989522 Page 250 x : _ x a enn ae en ee en ametaneneaneaal
hry « * eee et Sap ar 9 re a re ee er NE Ee RP ee I REED AS TCS * a a ae aa See eRe ERTS ES Sie nance tc ae ah oa See RN ae NTT TEE SO TT NRT STRSTR P EON PANE CORRS SOS NT RETNA RN ERS ET EE a aT a RE SE I ET NE cS . ~18- “« Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to J. Lee Rankin. (March 23, 1964); Memorandum from R. H. Jevons to Mr. Conrad (April 15, 1964). The sole basis for plaintiff's assertion that an extant report on the comparison of CE 394 holes remains ta be furnished is that former N on aeeeanel \ . rhamnegety = Special Agent Frazier testified in the course of his deposition that he had asked another examinérstoidetermine, by buttoning the shirt, whether the two anterior holes overlap. Frazier: Deposition, at 60-62. Initially, Frazier could not recall whether he himself had conducted that aspect of the examination of the shirt, id. at 61, and he subsequently indicated that , another examiner, whom he thought:.was Paul .M. Stombaugh, had made the examination, and prepared a report on his conclusions. Id. at 62. Frazier _assumed that the Commission had obtained a copy of the report in the course of taking Stombaugh's testimony. Id. There is no indication outside Frazier's deposition testimony that Stombaugh, or any examiner other than Frazier, prepared such a report. CE 394 was discussed only twice in the course of the Commission hearings, by ond. James J. Humes, a pathologist at the Naval Medical Center who testified on the autopsy conducted on the body of the president.” and by Frazier himself. Frazier stated first that he himself had conducted ‘the’ examination of ‘tha President’s Gey vot V Hearings Before the President's Comm'n on the Assassination of President Kennedy 60 (1964). He stated that "on ‘the front of the shirt, I found what amounts to one hol, Actually, it is a hole through both the button line of the shirt and the buttonhole line which overlap down the front of the eee merece rene eset neemmere earn ons eanap nares ins eels Sanne nnn ear shirt when it is buttoned." Id. Frazier's testimony before the Commission compels the conclusion that he was mistaken in attributing responsibility for the examination of the two anterior holes to another examiner. One Pa 5/ Commander Humes indicated that "with the shirt buttoned, the fly front of the shirt causes two layers of cloth to be present in this location, and that [sic] there is a defect in the inner layer of cloth and a corresponding defect in the outer layer of the cloth." II Hearings Before the President's Comm'n on the Assassination of President Kennedy 365 (1964). We said also that "the defects in 393 [the President's suitcoat] and 394 [the shirt] coincide virtudlly exactly with one another." Id. at 366. t S4999 Doold: 32999522 Page 261
Seneca a a SS ee ER NN fT lcety meen ir me mcr ner rr rr re ae ere eer temp rennmnere nee tervaarmgrmneanaed explanation for his error, aside from the lapse of more than thirteen . ; "  219- years since the examination in question, is that Special Agent Stombaugh indeed examined the fibers of:a shirt linked with the assassination, and testified before the Commission on the results of his examination; the shirt in question, however, was CE 150, that worn by Lee Harvey Oswald at the point he was captured py police. IV Hearings, supra, at 74-75. There being no genuine question as to the existence of the report alluded to by Frazier in his deposition, this point, too, must be resolved against the plaintiff. Neutron Activation Testing of Fragments and Residue. Plaintiff claims not to have received extant reports on the neutron activation ’ analysis of Q3, a fragment recovered from beside the right front seat of the Presidential limousine, and Q15, residues obtained by scraping the inside of the limousine's windshield. Opposition, at 8-9; Weisberg Affidavit, at 13. The Department of Justice answers to plaintiff's inter- ‘rogatories indicated that neither Q3 nor Q15 was subjected to neutron activation analysis. Defendant United States Department of Justice's Answers to Plaintiff's First Set of Interrogatories, at 12, 13. When former Special Agent Gallagher was queried about Q3, he initially could not © ‘recall testing it, but later, on his own initiative, he remembered sub- jecting the item to neutron activation analysis and emerging with no- significant result. Gallagher Deposition, at 74-75, 90-92. The lack of results for Q3, a Fragment consisting chiefly of copper jacket, is‘con- sistent with Gallagher's previous statement that copper is normally not susceptible to neutron activation analysis. Id. at 74. As to Qi5, the windshield scraping, Gallagher stated, after initial inability to recall, that neutron activation analysis had, just as with Q3, not resulted in any significant finding, chiefly because the Q15 sample was inadequate. Id. at 71. In each case, Gallagher had left his worksheets virtually blank, accounting for the Department's assumption in its answers to plaintiff's interrogatories that no neutron activation analysis on these items had been é f a L Bi! 54999 Doold:32989522 Page 282 ee ern rer nee te es Lamanrtrrere nnrrriemneeinrinlapeirersen pam nemvrethennen sretuhaiasemensiireane inhi weteesereveres ted nn rearmenaeineenrmrsenee ot Stee aretrsiem senna what nn lw remet tre anunmnaecener ates itvamscermanmneat saeracamaa teeny sre ri #—e eee ere cere tay actin te cient epee emeetteReN ee etre ae eeenteretn aemneanerenemnee ‘ ene see ne renee g enter erm e rine hrs ani + rat tA RA ented ns Hee te ren ee
| | | 7 | | : | ‘ ~20- conducted. The record indicates conclusively that, despite its denial that such testing had occurred, the Government has unwittingly supplied the plaintiff with the very worksheets to indicate that such testing did occur, albeit unsuccessfully. As to’ the printouts from the testing, Gallagher indicated that the data on the printouts was duplicative of that 135 on: the worksheets, and hence that. the printouts themselves might not have been kept. Gallagher DepSsttiot, at 92, 117. The deposition testimony on the neutron activation analysis conducted on fragments does not indi- cate that tests were conducted for which materials have not been furnished. Dealey.Plaza Curbstone. Plaintiff claims that he was not supplied with materials relating to testing performed on a curbstone removed in 1964 from near the site of the assassination. Opposition, at 10; Weisberg 6/ Affidavit, at 10, 36-42. ; According to bystanders at the assassination, there were indications that a bullet or bullet fragment had struck the “eurbstone during the moments of firing at the Presidential limousine. On July 7, 1964, the Warren Commission requested an examination of the curb-~ stone, and early in August Special Agent Lyndal Shaneyfelt was dispatched to Dallas to retrieve it. The result of his analysis of the "smear" he discovered on the curbstone was that the foreign substances thereon “could be bullet metal." Shaneyfelt Exh. 2. The tests conducted on the curbstone were microscopic and spectrographic only; no neutron activation analysis was conducted. Gallagher Deposition, at 69-70. The decision not to subject 6/ It might be noted that plaintiff's allegations regarding the curbstone extend far beyond testing materials supposedly not furnished pursuant to his FOIA requests. His submissions include the affidavit of James T. Tague, a witness to the assassination apparently struck by un- identified debris associated, Tague contends, with the mark on the curbstone. Tague Affidavit, at 7. Much of the affidavits of both plaintiff Weisberg and Mr. Tague ‘are directed toward establishing that the mark on the curbstone underwent drastic alteration, from a chip in 1963 to a smear in mid-1964, when the FBI recovered the curbstone. It is not clear from plaintiff's affidavit whether he is asserting that the FBI removed the wrong curbstone, or that the curbstone is the same, with only the mark different. Compare Weisberg Affidavit {| 185 with id. $194. In any case, none of the allegations on these points needs be considered in the context of plaintiff's FOIA requests, and the extent of Government compliance therewith. NW 34539. Doold: 32983522 Page 263 Awe seetemene toe mnrnenm eetemene Og Geen ais eeraremmenirenmine | ete ete eum een tee tehememne one en RRL EN Genes SaeweN eeen Meret Henn: Mica etme Senet Ee rem ee otra e Soon mt me ewee anes ne meee whe o pre mmennany pecans tr er meer ne cee