Loose Ends & Whatnot
[Original version posted on my blog on 19 May 2014]This ends the posting of my files on the Robert F. Kennedy murder case. I found that I had to do more additional research than I'd planned to, mainly in the sections on Khaibar Khan Gudarzian, Michael Wayne/Wien, and the girl in the polka dot dress. I hope that I have at least helped clarify those issues, particularly for anyone newly arriving to the study of this case. There are a good many other areas to be explored. I'll note a few here that I've worked on or that seem to have some relevance.
1. About the time I stopped actively researching the case and began helping with research on the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, I'd been delving into potential links that Sirhan Sirhan might have had with the Process Church of the Final Judgment. That came about from reading the deleted chapter of Ed Sanders' The Family, which was posted at a Charles Manson website (now no longer available on the internet). As I recall, it had brief but intriguing information on Sirhan's possible connection to the sect. I would guess that Greg Parker, Larry Hancock, or others may have looked into this angle more fully in the several years since.
2. Along that same vein, I did some research but mostly speculating about possible links among motorcycle gangs, organized crime, and the Far Right. For instance, there was evidence that, in the hey-day of the Cotroni gang, Montreal had a reputation as an entry point for European lads visiting North America for use as assassins. And it seems a bit of turbulence developed between the Cotronis and the Devil's Disciples on the issue of controlling Montreal's vice and drug trade in the 1970s and '80s. More generally, occult influences among motorcycle gang members would not seem to preclude their potential connections to the Far Right, given the many bizarre ideas found frequently in the latter, apart from their shared ideology of white supremacy.
3. There were several reports documented at a source no longer available on the internets about threats and plans to kill Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, involving an auto dealer meeting in Miami Beach, Florida. I assume Stuart Wexler and Larry Hancock covered these issues in their book on the murder of Dr. King.
4. There was at one time a CBS Radio interview with Robert Kennedy whose link likewise no longer works. It seemed to be a walking interview, as the Senator occasionally spoke briefly to others amid a buzz of crowd noise. Then there was an abrupt cut to a post-shooting recording (that may have included the famous "Get the gun! Get the gun!" exclamations of the reporter, though I'm less sure about that). It was notable in implying that the entire attack could've been caught on tape (but only this edited version remained). Some damned idealist may have posted it online, trying to get the word out, for as long as it lasted.
In closing this out, it seems it might be appropriate to say some nice things about Robert F. Kennedy and give some idea of "what it means to me." It also occurs to me that I've earned the right to bitch about a few things here and there the past few years. But instead, I think I'll just keep moving, and let some things speak for themselves.
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