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WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS ARTICLE REPORTING ON DUARTE AND SIRHAN

Document Type: 
SPECIALCOLLECTION [1]
Collection: 
Records Related to the Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
07165453
Release Decision: 
RIFPUB
Original Classification: 
U
Document Page Count: 
1
Document Creation Date: 
June 6, 2025
Document Release Date: 
June 12, 2025
Publication Date: 
June 13, 1968
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APPROVED FOR RELEASE 2025 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 14176 14X NEWS 13 JUN 12,58 �UP; Pno!o LINKS SIJlIJAN & CASTRO � Jos;� Duarte, a former major in FicH Ca S tr(i'S army, said in Mi. that he h ad atterided a pro-Castro meeting in Los An- lies May 21 and there met the accused slayer of Robert F. Kennedy, Sirhan Sirh an. Mr. Duarte said he asked permission to speak to the meeting in favor of the U.S., but Sirhan (whom Mr. Duarte didn't know by name at the time), violently ob- jected, called him a CIA agent, shouted obscenities, and added -what this country needs is an- other Castro." (See stories on Page 57.) C-1,4�4, ;r-k,

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