Documents / FOIA release
This is a compilation of Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) briefing notes to the Director of INR, mostly dated June 12, 1968, with some from June 6, 1968. The notes cover world events, including student riots in Paris, East German passport and visa rules for West Germans, a UN resolution on South West Africa, a change of Komsomol leadership, Sino-Nepalese relations, and the Colombian presidential resignation crisis. Unrest in Senegal and Somalia is also covered. None of the notes discuss UFOs.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE GIST: Communist World Reactions to Robert Kennedy... INR BRIEFING NOTE TO: The Director, INR DATE: June 9, 1968 TIME: SOURCE(S) CLASS./CONTROL(S) Warsaw tel 3500 LOU June 1 Large crowds on June 8 continued to stream into the Embassy in Warsaw to sign their names in seven condolence books, with thousands viewing pictures of RFK in display cases in front. Similar crowds were visiting the Consulate in Poznan, placing flowers and candles before the display case. Bucharest tel 1793 LOU June 7 The Romanian press has contained distribs against the American system, mentioning the JFK and King shootings as well. Scinteia June 7 also charged the entire FBI apparatus was being used in a "ferocious persecution of democratic and progressive forces, in repression of movements against segregation and for civil rights, in intimidating intellectuals with forward-looking views." The Romanian treatment has included high praise for RFK. Prague tel 2318 UNCL June 7 Many newspapers June 7 continued belaboring the rightist conspiracy theme. Rude Pravo called the nationality or religion of Sirhan, Oswald, and Ruby "absolutely secondary." "The Presidential throne of the US is stained with blood—more terribly than Macbeth's throne—and the way to it stinks of gunpowder." Sympathy telegrams sent by Dubcek, Svoboda, Foreign Minister Hajek, and Smrkovsky were also publicized. Hajek gave an interview to CTK in which he said the RFK shooting was a setback for "realistic" and "peaceloving" forces in the US, and could only cause a geelinged surprise and condemnation. Embassy receiving many letters of sympathy. Belgrade tel 3292 LOU June 8 A steady stream of visitors has come to the Embassy to sign the condolence book, including Federal Executive Council President Spiljak and Serbian Executive Council President Jojkic. Media charge a plot by sinister reactionary forces using murder as an instrument of policy. Borba June 6 called JFK-King-RFK shootings all the work of the same forces, subtly implied that the USG had not pressed the investigation of JFK's assassination, and even suggested RFK was killed to prevent him from telling "the truth about Dallas." INR comment: Charges off a plot against JFK and RFK thus are universal, as are insinuations of some kind of US official involvement. Mayor Yorty's comment about Sirhan's alleged communist sympathies have made bloc media nervous. And the media are at a loss on how to handle Sirhan's Arab background convincingly.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 132 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.